Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Billy Ego-Sandstein/Proposed decision

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After considering /Evidence and discussing proposals with other arbitrators, parties and others at /Workshop, arbitrators may place proposals which are ready for voting here. Arbitrators should vote for or against each point or abstain. Only items that receive a majority "support" vote will be passed. Conditional votes for or against and abstentions should be explained by the arbitrator before or after his/her time-stamped signature. For example, an arbitrator can state that she/he would only favor a particular remedy based on whether or not another remedy/remedies were passed. Only arbitrators or clerks should edit this page, non-arbitrators may comment on the talk page.

For this case, there are 12 active arbitrators of whom none is recused, so 7 votes are a majority.

Contents 1 Motions and requests by the parties 1.1 Template 2 Proposed temporary injunctions 2.1 Template 3 Proposed principles 3.1 Wikipedia is not a soapbox 3.2 User pages 3.3 Trolling 3.3.1 Provocation 3.4 Disruptive editing 3.5 Personal expression on User Pages 3.6 Template 4 Proposed findings of fact 4.1 Billy Ego 4.2 Template 5 Proposed remedies 5.1 Billy Ego banned 5.2 Template 6 Proposed enforcement 6.1 Template 7 Discussion by arbitrators 7.1 General 8 Motion to close 8.1 Implementation notes 8.2 Vote

[edit] Motions and requests by the parties

Place those on /Workshop. Motions which are accepted for consideration and which require a vote will be placed here by the arbitrators for voting.
Motions have the same majority for passage as the final decision.

[edit] Template

1) {text of proposed motion}

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[edit] Proposed temporary injunctions

Four net "support" votes needed to pass (each "oppose" vote subtracts a "support")
24 hours from the first vote is normally the fastest an injunction will be imposed.

[edit] Template

1) {text of proposed orders}

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[edit] Proposed principles

[edit] Wikipedia is not a soapbox

1) Wikipedia is not a soapbox for propaganda or activist editing.

Support:

1. Kirill Lokshin 14:45, 7 April 2007 (UTC)
2. Fred Bauder 15:16, 7 April 2007 (UTC)
3. Paul August ☎ 17:35, 7 April 2007 (UTC) Added link, Paul August ☎ 18:16, 7 April 2007 (UTC)
4. FloNight 23:13, 8 April 2007 (UTC)
5. Mackensen (talk) 00:34, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] User pages

2) While not explicitly stated on Wikipedia:User page, it is implicit there that users should refrain from creating user pages likely to bring the project into disrepute.

Support:

1. Kirill Lokshin 14:45, 7 April 2007 (UTC)
2. Fred Bauder 15:16, 7 April 2007 (UTC)
3. Mackensen (talk) 00:34, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] Trolling

3) Editing in a manner so as to intentionally provoke other editors is a form of trolling and goes against established Wikipedia policies, as well as the spirit of Wikipedia and the will of its editors.

Support:

1. Kirill Lokshin 14:45, 7 April 2007 (UTC)
2. Fred Bauder 15:16, 7 April 2007 (UTC)
3. Mackensen (talk) 00:34, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

Oppose:

1. Paul August ☎ 17:58, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

Abstain:

[edit] Provocation

3.1) Editing in a manner so as to intentionally provoke other editors goes against established Wikipedia policies, as well as the spirit of Wikipedia and the will of its editors.

Support:

1. Kirill Lokshin 21:43, 7 April 2007 (UTC)
2. Mackensen (talk) 00:34, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

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Abstain:

1. Paul August ☎ 17:58, 7 April 2007 (UTC) I don't like using the word "trolling" — I think this is better worded. At the moment I don't know if this applies, as intention is difficult to judge.

[edit] Disruptive editing

4) Editors who engage in disruptive editing may be banned from the site.

Support:

1. Kirill Lokshin 14:45, 7 April 2007 (UTC)
2. Fred Bauder 15:16, 7 April 2007 (UTC)
3. Paul August ☎ 18:00, 7 April 2007 (UTC) Note: I've changed "Users" to "Editors". Paul August ☎ 18:11, 7 April 2007 (UTC)
4. FloNight 23:13, 8 April 2007 (UTC)
5. Mackensen (talk) 00:34, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] Personal expression on User Pages

5) Editors are generally permitted to include in their userspace a limited amount of non-inflammatory personal expression not directly related to encyclopedic collaboration, including moderate declarations of POV.

Support:

1. Paul August ☎ 17:49, 7 April 2007 (UTC)
2. It's worth making this clear. Mackensen (talk) 00:34, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

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Abstain:

1. This doesn't seem relevant, except perhaps as background for principle #2. Kirill Lokshin 21:07, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Template

6) {text of proposed principle}

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[edit] Proposed findings of fact

[edit] Billy Ego

1) Billy Ego (talk · contribs · logs · block user · block log) has, since his arrival on Wikipedia, been engaged largely in a variety of disruptive behaviors, including interfering with the deletion nomination of Category:Fascist Wikipedians (edit talk links history) and recreating it multiple times once it had been deleted ([1], [2], [3], [4], [5]), tendentious edit-warring on Nazism, Fascism, and related articles ([6], [7]), the addition of inflammatory materials (including pro-Nazi advocacy and other content likely to bring the project into disrepute) to his userpage ([8]), vexatious attempts to use Wikipedia processes against editors attempting to stop his activities ([9], [10]), and making wild allegations against editors in good standing ([11]).

Support:

1. Kirill Lokshin 14:45, 7 April 2007 (UTC)
2. Fred Bauder 15:16, 7 April 2007 (UTC)
3. FloNight 23:21, 8 April 2007 (UTC)
4. Mackensen (talk) 00:35, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

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Abstain:

[edit] Template

2) {text of proposed finding of fact}

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[edit] Proposed remedies

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.

[edit] Billy Ego banned

1) Billy Ego (talk · contribs · logs · block user · block log) is banned from Wikipedia for a period of one year.

Support:

1. Kirill Lokshin 14:45, 7 April 2007 (UTC)
2. Fred Bauder 15:16, 7 April 2007 (UTC)
3. FloNight 23:22, 8 April 2007 (UTC)
4. Mackensen (talk) 00:35, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

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Abstain:

[edit] Template

2) {text of proposed remedy}

Support:

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Abstain:

[edit] Proposed enforcement

[edit] Template

1) {text of proposed enforcement}

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[edit] Discussion by arbitrators

[edit] General

[edit] Motion to close

[edit] Implementation notes

Clerks and arbitrators should use this section to clarify their understanding of the final decision--at a minimum, a list of items that have passed. Additionally, a list of which remedies are conditional on others (for instance a ban that should only be implemented if a mentorship should fail), and so on. Arbitrators should not pass the motion until they are satisfied with the implementation notes.

[edit] Vote

Four net "support" votes needed to close case (each "oppose" vote subtracts a "support")
24 hours from the first motion is normally the fastest a case will close.