Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Rejected requests

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This is an archive of cases that have been rejected for consideration by the Arbitration Committee or withdrawn by the initiating user (most recent on top).

Please note that a listing on this page does not necessarily reflect on the merits of the case filing or the article(s) or user(s) involved. A case may be rejected because the dispute has been resolved through other means, because other dispute resolution has not yet been pursued, because the issues have become moot, or for any other reason that the arbitrators conclude they should not take the case. The arbitrators' comments in voting to reject often briefly indicate their reasons .

Note that this page is not officially maintained. It is here for those interested in rejected AC decisions to research and maintain as is useful to them.

1 2006
2 July - December 2005
3 March - June 2005
4 January - Feburary 2005
5 2004

[edit] 2006

[edit] October to December

User:Cbuhl79 — Rejected 9 Nov 2006 (4-2 to accept, short of 4 net accept votes required) diff
H. Elwood Gilliland — Withdrawn as mooted by community ban 7 November 2006 diff
Appeal by Bonaparte — Rejected 31 October 2006 diff
Community Ban for User:Brya — Rejected 28 October 2006 diff
Fox News — Rejected 28 October 2006 diff
Vivian Gaither Senior High School — Rejected 28 October 2006 diff
Splash — Rejected 28 October 2006 diff
User:Arthur Ellis appeal — Rejected 25 October 2006 diff
JJay — Rejected 25 October 2006 diff
GPS and Einstein — Rejected 20 October 2006 diff
"Black people" article — Rejected 20 October 2006 diff
User:Gwernol — Rejected diff
Cold fusion — Rejected 18 October 2006 diff
KarlBunker — Rejected 18 October 2006 diff
Union of Moldavians in Pridnestrovie — Rejected 17 October 2006 diff
SlimVirgin — Rejected 13 October 2006 diff

[edit] July to September

User:Homeontherange — Rejected diff
User:Sarner — Rejected [1]
Vincente Fox — Rejected diff
Jarlaxle Artemis 3 - Rejected diff
"New anti-Semitism" article - Rejected diff
Splash's Unsemiprotects - Withdrawn after comments diff
MyWikiBiz - Rejected (subject later banned by Jimbo) diff
(First) Appeal by Dbiv - Rejected diff (a subsequent appeal was granted)
Emil Kraepelin - Rejected (initiator of case indefinitely banned) diff
Jgp - Rejected - diff
Sam Sloan - Rejected diff
Derrick Smart - Rejected diff
JTKiefer - Withdrawn after comments diff
General Tojo - Rejected (subject community banned) diff

[edit] January to June

UCRGrad - Rejected diff
Cyde - Rejected diff
SlimVirgin et al. - Rejected diff
Kelly Martin, Snowspinner, and Tony Sidaway - Rejected diff
Jeffery O. Gustafson - Rejected diff
Dmcdevit - Withdrawn diff

[edit] July - December 2005

Phroziac and karmafist - Rejected diff
SlimVirgin – Rejected diff
EddieSegoura and suspected sockpuppets - Withdrawn to give Eddie a second chance diff
E Pluribus Anthony v. Chris Bennett – Rejected (diff)
Ray Lopez - Rejected, subject of proposed case is under permanent ban by proclamation and no case is neccessary or useful. diff
User:Wiglaf - Rejected, parties encouraged to follow other methods of dispute resolution diff
User:Germen - Rejected in favour of mediation diff
User:Sumnakay - Rejected diff
User:Joke137 - Rejected diff
Thetruth - Rejected diff
Time Cube Guy - Rejected diff
Hogeye, Albamuth, Kevehs - Rejected diff
Authentic Matthew - Rejected diff
JuliusThyssen - Rejected - Subject has stopped editing Wikipedia. diff
Zen-master - Rejected - Parties encouraged to follow other methods of dispute resolution. diff

[edit] March - June 2005

AndyL - Rejected - No evidence of wrongdoing: Try RfC or mediation first. diff
MARMOT - Rejected - user may be banned as a disruptive user. diff (Note: The user reformed, then repudiated again)
Ed Poor - Moved to BJAODN; users can't bring arbitration against themselves. diff
Jguk - Rejected; content dispute. diff
Request to reopen /Noah Peters - Withdrawn/Rejected - Apollomelos (who brought forward the request) has left the project and Noah Peters is already hardbanned. diff
The Number, Sollogfan, et al. - Rejected. User:The Number, User:Sollogfan, etc. are considered trolls and can be blocked on sight. diff
Xiong - Rejected diff
James F. - Rejected; one-time issue, try earlier steps in the dispute resolution process. diff
Everyking 3 - Withdrawn as both parties are willing to go to mediation. diff
AndyL - Rejected; dispute seems to have settled itself; try mediation if needed. diff
SPUI - Rejected; try earlier steps in the dispute resolution process. diff
(Xiong and Netoholic) vs Snowspinner et al - Rejected; seeing if the recent ArbCom decision against Netoholic will solve the problem diff
user:SummerFR vs. user:BaronLarf - Rejected; try earlier steps in the dispute resolution process. diff
User:STP - Rejected; user has stopped editing, and is probably simply a disruptive sockepuppet. diff
User:Fadix vs User:Coolcat - Rejected; referred to earlier steps in the dispute resolution process; participants admonished to limit the verbosity of their complaints. diff
B1link82 - Withdrawn as B1link82 was indefinitely blocked for simple vandalism. diff
Geni vs. Earl Andrew - Rejected ; try earlier steps in dispute resolution. diff
IZAK - Rejected ; try earlier steps in dispute resolution. diff
Violetriga & Spinboy - Rejected; Insufficient grounds for arbitration. diff
Circumcision and Anti-semitism - Withdrawn diff
Snowspinner - Rejected; please bring more evidence of disputes. diff
Trey Stone - Rejected; no input required for banning abusive sockpuppets on sight. diff
Stude62 v. Patnaik - Rejected; little to no solid evidence of a dispute has been brought. diff
Snowspinner - Rejected as the case was brought by Snowspinner himself. diff
Talk:Sydney Hilton bombing - Rejected; content dispute. diff
Jayjg - Rejected; evidence provided is not particularly representative of a dispute. diff
Adam Carr - Rejected; general arbitrator sentiment is that earlier forms of dispute resolution are likely to work more effectively than arbitration would. diff
David Gerard, Neutrality, Cyrius - Superseded by Jimbo Wales' indication that he is going to hear the case. See statement here. diff¹ diff²
Banned user request - Rejected; the Arbcom feels they can do nothing with this request and express their belief that a block is likely to stick if the behaviour of a user is meant to be an imitation of that of a banned user. diff
Viajero - Rejected; please try earlier forms of dispute resolution and attempt to phrase requests such that they relate to behaviour, not article content. diff

[edit] January - Feburary 2005

Everyking clarification - Rejected as separate new case, answered as clarification of previous ruling. diff
Anti-circumcision activists/Foreskin worshippers - Rejected, covered in /Robert the Bruce. diff
Exploding Boy - Rejected, covered in /Robert the Bruce. diff
Arb Com, Jimbo Wales, Wikimedia foundation - Rejected, unfounded allegations. diff
Certain Editors Contributing to WikiEn-L - Rejected
Dbachmann - Rejected, covered (and decided) in Wikipedia:Requests_for_arbitration/Antifinnugor. diff
Tigermoon vs. Slrubenstein - Rejected; Please be specific in your complaint. diff
Safavids 2 - Rejected; Try earlier steps in dispute resolution. diff
Liberal Party of Australia - Rejected; Content dispute, try earlier steps in dispute resolution. diff
Safavids - Rejected; Content dispute, try ealier steps in dispute resolution. diff
Axon (/Axon)- Withdrawn diff
66.20.28.21 - Withdrawn after clarification it was covered by current order. diff
Acidmonkey - Withdrawn diff
Chris 73 - Rejected; Try earlier steps in dispute resolution. diff
152.163.101.7 - Rejected; User has left the project and was indefinitely banned as requested. diff
Slrubenstein - Rejected as a bad-faith request. diff
Slrubenstein - Rejected; Nothing in the case is worthy of reprimand. diff
Gzornenplatz/Wik - Withdrawn diff
Davenbelle - Rejected; Try earlier steps in dispute resolution. diff
Ambi, David Gerard, Neutrality, Grunt - Rejected; False or misrepresentated allegations, try earlier steps in dispute resolution. diff
Radicalsubversiv, Rhobite and 172 - Rejected; Not enough evidence, nothing worthy of arbitration. diff
82.124.1.82/Irismeister - Rejected; Covered by current ban. diff
Robert the Bruce - Rejected, see /Robert the Bruce old. diff
Gzornenplatz - Rejected; Content dispute that is already enforceable from prior decree. diff
Vfp15 vs Noisy, Aaarrrggh and Adraeus - Rejected; Content dispute, try earlier steps in dispute resolution. diff

[edit] 2004

Jguk - Withdrawn 29 December 2004. diff
Everyking - Withdrawn 29 December 2004. diff
Alterego - Rejected 28 December 2004; Try earlier steps in dispute resolution. diff
Slrubenstein - Rejected 23 December 2004; Cheesedreams is already involved in another case with Slrubenstein. diff
Arminius and Darrien - Rejected 20 December 2004; Try earlier steps in dispute resolution. diff
Quadell - Rejected 11 December 2004; Try earlier steps in dispute resolution. diff
CheeseDreams - Rejected 11 December 2004; Make requests precise, clear, and focussed. diff
UninvitedCompany - Rejected 28 November 2004; Our temporary injunction holds. diff
John69 - Rejected 16 November 2004; Content dispute. Text archived at user talk:John69 diff
Jayjg - Rejected 11 November 2004; Isolated event, not a pattern of wrongful actions. diff
Aranel - Rejected 4 November 2004; Try earlier steps in dispute resolution first. diff
RickK - Rejected 4 November 2004; No evidence of wrongdoing. diff
Chuck_F, 203.112.19.195 and 210.142.29.125 - Rejected 31 October 2004; Consolidated with /Reithy. diff
Request to re-open Anthony DiPierro - Rejected 27 October 2004; See discussion at Wikipedia talk:Requests for arbitration/Anthony DiPierro, actions already enforceable. diff
VeryVerily vs Gzornenplatz - Rejected 7 October 2004; Try earlier steps in dispute resolution. diff
Mintguy - Rejected 27 September 2004; Try earlier steps in dispute resolution. diff
Gene Poole vs. Gzornenplatz - Rejected 15 September 2004; Try earlier steps in dispute resolution. diff
Emsworth vs. Xed - Rejected 13 September 2004; Case unworthy of arbitration. diff
Xed vs. Jimbo Wales - Rejected 10 September 2004; Lack of jurisidiction over Jimbo, private email, lack of initial litigant's involvment, and various other reasons. diff
VeryVerily - Rejected 30 August 2004; Try earlier steps in dispute resolution. diff
Tim Starling - Rejected 19 August 2004; Tim's page endorsed by Jimbo and others per discussion on the mailing list. diff
Guanaco and MyRedDice vs Lir - Rejected 14 August 2004; Trivial complaint. diff
User:JRR Trollkien 2 - Rejected 12 August 2004; Inconclusive deadlock: 3 votes to reject, none to accept. User is a reincarnaion of a previous account. Archived at User talk:JRR Trollkien. diff
Sam Spade vs. 172 - Rejected 10 August 2004; Try earlier steps in dispute resolution. diff
Guanaco and Lir (IRC blocking claims) - Rejected 9 August 2004; Either a lack of jurisdiction (the IRC channels are not official) or a failure to follow earlier steps.diff
Mike Storm - Rejected 9 August 2004; Try earlier steps in dispute resolution. diff
RickK - Rejected 9 August 2004; Referred to the Mediation Committee. diff
Raul654 vs Anthony DiPierro - Withdrawn 30 July 2004 after agreement of both parties (see standing order). diff¹ diff²
Sam Spade vs. AndyL - Withdrawn 28 July 2004. diff
Sam Spade vs. Danny - Withdrawn 28 July 2004. diff¹ diff²
Simonides vs. "everyone" - Rejected 23 July 2004; Referred to the Mediation Committee. diff
WikiUser vs. unspecified others - Rejected 23 July 2004 due to lack of a specific request. diff
172 vs. VeryVerily - Withdrawn 15 July 2004. diff
Cheng v. Anonymous and others - Rejected 24 June 2004; Refer to wikipedia:username for name change policy. For content disputes, try earlier steps in dispute resolution. Discussion moved to User talk:Nathan w cheng. diff
Avala vs various users - Rejected 20 May 2004; Try previous steps in dispute resolution. Discussion moved to User talk:Avala. diff
Wheeler vs 172 - Rejected 26 April 2004; Try earlier steps in dispute resolution. Discussion moved to user talk:WHEELER. diff
Matter of Hephaestos - Rejected 26 February 2004; due to lack of community desire or allegations. Case referred by Jimbo 19 February, 2004. Discussion moved to Wikipedia talk:Requests for comment/Hephaestos. diff

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