Zeq-Zero0000: A case involving the actions of
Zeq (
talk·contribs) and
Zero0000 (
talk·contribs). Zero alleged that Zeq had engaged in POV-pushing, while Zeq alleged that Zero had misused administrative tools in blocking him, the case in particular involving the question of whether probations, article bans, etc. can be enforced by involved admins. The arbitrators considered several different versions of a
principle covering to what degree involved administrators may enforce probation, but none attained majority support. As a result of the case, Zero0000 was advised not to take further administrative actions against Zeq, including enforcement of probation, and was admonished that editors who are not restricted in their editing of a page or area are entitled to be accorded good faith and be treated with respect and courtesy.
New case
Badlydrawnjeff: A highly controversial case involving the actions of
Badlydrawnjeff,
Doc glasgow,
Tony Sidaway and
JzG in relation inter alia to the article known as
QZ, which underwent an
AfD which was closed as delete by
Drini, but overturned on
DRV by
Xoloz. The resulting AfD was then speedily closed by
thebainer. Badlydrawnjeff then filed for a deletion review, which was speedily closed or removed by a number of administrators and others consecutively, including JzG, Doc Glasgow and Tony Sidaway, and the closures often reverted or new DRVs opened. There is dispute as to whether the actions of all parties were within process, and whether, as some believe,
WP:BLP takes priority over DRV. A peripheral issue to the case is a 60-hour block of Badlydrawnjeff by
Zsinj, apparently after discussions on the admin IRC channel, although some have stated that the consensus on the channel did not favour the block. The block was quickly undone by
Gaillimh. Additionally, some allege that
violetriga acted improperly in undeleting some articles deleted under BLP.
Abu badali: A case alleging that
Abu badali (
talk·contribs) has disruptively tagged non-free images for deletion, even when a valid fair-use justification exists, and has harassed editors who have complained about this behavior. Abu badali denies the allegations.
Piotrus: A case involving administrator
Piotrus (
talk·contribs) and other editors on Central and Eastern Europe-related articles. Multiple parties accuse others of edit warring, incivility, unethical behavior and biased editing. (An earlier arbitration case,
Piotrus-Ghirla, was dismissed
without prejudice in part due to inactivity of
Ghirlandajo (
talk·contribs), who was listed as a party in the new case.)
Hkelkar 2: A case involving the actions of
Rama's Arrow(
talk·contribs·blocks·protections·deletions·page moves·rights·RfA),
Bakasuprman (
talk·contribs),
Dangerous-Boy (
talk·contribs) and
Sbhushan (
talk·contribs), Rama's Arrow alleges that the others acted as meatpuppets of banned user
Hkelkar, and blocked them for six months. They deny the allegations, and allege that Rama's Arrow acted improperly in blocking them, and in posting private e-mails to the
incidents noticeboard. Kirill Lokshin has proposed remedies imposing no sanctions but calling on the parties to enter into mediation, as well as a finding of fact noting the lack of reliable evidence in the case, all of which have the support of six arbitrators, and a remedy prohibiting admin actions between the parties has the support of four. However, voting on principles regarding the posting of private e-mails is split.
TingMing: A case involving the actions of
TingMing (
talk·contribs).
Ideogram (
talk·contribs) alleges that he has engaged in "controversial edits", edit warring, incivility, and possibly sockpuppetry. TingMing denies the allegations, and alleges incivility on the part of Ideogram. Kirill Lokshin has proposed a remedy banning TingMing for one year, which has the support of four arbitrators, but is opposed by Blnguyen.
E104421-Tajik: A case involving the actions of
E104421 and
Tajik. The case had been suspended to allow a referral to
Community enforceable mediation, but the mediation broke down after Tajik was alleged to have edited through sockpuppets while claiming to be away and unavailable for the mediation. Remedies have been proposed banning Tajik either indefinitely or for one year (which have the support of five arbitrators), and reminding
AzaToth that Wikipedia operates by consensus (with the support of two arbitrators).
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