User:FT2/Arb disclosure

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This page covering personal disclosure, mediation work, and conflict/AFD analyses enlarges slightly on my 2007 Arbitration Committee statement.

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[edit] Personal disclosure

A degree of personal disclosure is made in my statement, for those who wish some personal information. It's a common request in past elections, and obviously important this time around.

I will be glad to verify the given disclosures to the Foundation or any appropriate party, if necessary, given the responsibility involved.

[edit] Mediation, coaching, mentorship

Examples:

  • [1] - formal mediation of article dispute (2004).
  • [2] - mentoring proposal, near-banned "difficult user" (2007).


Intervention with good explanation can prevent disputes from spiralling, so it's worth trying:

  • [3] - user being threatened with ban for inserting original research (2007).
  • [4] - user requesting information on a harassing user in a dispute and moving towards legal discussion (2007).
  • [5] - comment following intervention on a help desk thread (2006).
  • [6] (feedback) - comment in simple terms to a young but willing user having problems due to personal POV in edits (2007).

[edit] Conflict analyses and closures

Most conflicts are passed by referral, because they contain some unusual element of confusion, conflict, or need for careful review.

Examples (conflict analyses and summaries):

  • 7 - User possibly improperly blocked, unblock declined, another admin was unhappy and sought complete review by someone who had zero prior knowledge of, or involvement with, editor.
  • 8 - DPeterson/AWeidman community ban rationale
  • 9 (ARB) - Previous checkuser failed, intervened to present evidence from many behavioral angles that all 6 users were sock-puppets. A repeat checkuser later finally confirmed this.
  • 10 (ARB) - Sadi Carnot observations. See "collapse box" for case analysis.

Examples (AFD):

  • 11 - Likely self-promotion sock stacking with obscuration via "puff". (Feedback).
  • 12 - Contentious AFD with strong feelings both ways. (Feedback)
  • 13 - Well meaning and potentially positive template capable of misuse.
  • 14 - Acrimonious debate, deletion and edit warring issues, meatpuppetry and canvassing concerns. (Feedback)
  • 15 - Article content in template; copyright and 'poll manipulation' issues raised.

Also tracked this virulently destructive sneaky vandal across dozens of articles, and around 70 socks, from 2005 to date. Latest socks, Nov. 2007.