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This is a page for working on Arbitration decisions. It provides for suggestions by Arbitrators and other users and for comment by arbitrators, the parties and others. After the analysis of /Evidence here and development of proposed principles, findings of fact, and remedies. Anyone who edits should sign all suggestions and comments. Arbitrators will place proposed items they have confidence in on /Proposed decision.

Contents 1 Motions and requests by the parties 1.1 Template 2 Proposed temporary injunctions 2.1 Template 3 Proposed final decision 3.1 Proposed principles 3.1.1 Template 3.1.2 What Wikipedia is not 3.1.3 Tendentious editing 3.1.4 Sockpuppets 3.1.5 Template 3.1.6 Template 3.2 Proposed findings of fact 3.2.1 Template 3.2.2 Locus of dispute 3.2.3 Use of sockpuppets by Beckjord 3.2.4 Personal attacks and incivility by Beckjord 3.2.5 Tendentious editing by Beckjord 3.2.6 Dishonest editing practises by Beckjord 3.2.7 Template 3.2.8 Template 3.2.9 Template 3.3 Proposed remedies 3.3.1 Template 3.3.2 Beckjord banned from editing in the paranormal 3.3.3 Sockpuppets 3.3.4 Template 3.3.5 Template 3.3.6 Template 3.3.7 Template 3.4 Proposed enforcement 3.4.1 Template 3.4.2 Enforcement by block 3.5 Analysis of evidence 3.5.1 Template 3.6 General discussion

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[edit] What Wikipedia is not

1) Wikipedia is not a venue for the promotion of a user's unique take on things, see Wikipedia:What_Wikipedia_is_not#Wikipedia_is_not_a_publisher_of_original_thought nor is a venue for promotion of the user's outside activities.

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[edit] Tendentious editing

2) Users who disrupt Wikipedia by engaging in aggressive point of view editing may be banned from affected articles, and in extreme cases from the entire site.

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[edit] Sockpuppets

3) In instances where use of sockpuppets has created a confusing situation, remedies may be applied to users exhibiting the same pattern of editing as the principle user.

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[edit] Locus of dispute

1) The locus of the dispute is articles such as bigfoot which User:Beckjord would edit in a more liberal way than is customary under Wikipedia policies. Beckjord is the user name of Erik Beckjord who has a long history of promoting such theories.

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[edit] Use of sockpuppets by Beckjord

3) Beckjord has used a variety of sockpuppets, see Wikipedia:Requests_for_arbitration/Beckjord/Evidence#Using_sockpuppet_accounts_for_dubious_reasons.

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[edit] Personal attacks and incivility by Beckjord

4) Beckjord has repeatedly engaged in incivility and personal attacks, see Wikipedia:Requests_for_arbitration/Beckjord/Evidence#Violations_of_No_personal_attacks.2C_Civility.2C_Assume_good_faith and Wikipedia:Requests_for_arbitration/Beckjord/Evidence#Violation_of_no_personal_attacks.

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[edit] Tendentious editing by Beckjord

5) Eric Beckjord has used Wikipedia to advance ideas that he supports and a website which he runs, that promotes those ideas [1],[2], [3] ,[4] ,[5], [6],in one edit referring to the website's "cutting edge research findings", [7], in another referring to its "many researchers", [8], adding sources that support his favored point of view and removing sources that present alternative points of view [9] and occasional page blanking [10],[11], though some earlier edits are undoubtedly due to inexperience with wiki editing.

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1. This seems about right now. Tweaked this as the proposed decision seems to be well on the way to establishing that Beckjord is in fact Eric Beckjord --Tony Sidaway 18:24, 2 February 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] Dishonest editing practises by Beckjord

6) On more than one occasion, Beckjord has dishonestly labeled large scale alterations to articles as "minor edit" [12],[13]

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1. Again, needs work. --Tony Sidaway 03:46, 1 February 2006 (UTC)

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Note: All remedies that refer to a period of time, for example to a ban of X months or a revert parole of Y months, are to run concurrently unless otherwise stated.

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[edit] Beckjord banned from editing in the paranormal

1) Beckjord is banned from editing articles which are concerned with paranormal phenomena such as UFOs, crop circles, the Loch Ness Monster, and Bigfoot. Other than these obvious instances, this remedy may be applied to any article which relates to the paranormal after a warning to Beckjord. Bans should be logged at Wikipedia:Requests_for_arbitration/Beckjord#Log_of_blocks_and_bans.

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3) Beckjord is to use one account. Edits by other accounts reasonably believed to be Beckjord shall be considered Beckjord for the purposed of this decision.

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[edit] Enforcement by block

1) Should Beckjord violate any ban he may be blocked briefly, up to a week in the case of repeat offenses. After 5 blocks the maximum block shall increase to one year. Blocks should be logged at Wikipedia:Requests_for_arbitration/Beckjord#Log_of_blocks_and_bans.

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