Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Marcosantezana/Proposed decision

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After considering /Evidence and discussing proposals with other arbitrators, parties and others at /Workshop 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.
  • Items that receive a majority "oppose" vote will be formally rejected.
  • Items that do not receive a majority "support" or "oppose" vote will be open to possible amendment by any Arbitrator if she/he so chooses. After the amendment process is complete, the item will be voted on one last time.

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.

On this case, no Arbitrators are recused and 5 are inactive, so 5 votes are a majority.

For all items

Proposed wording to be modified by Arbitrators and then voted on. Non-Arbitrators may comment on the talk page.

Contents

[edit] Motions and requests by the parties

Place those on /Workshop.

[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] Marcosantezana banned from biology related articles

1) Marcosantezana is banned from editing Natural selection and all other biology related articles pending resolution of this arbitration request.

Support:
  1. Fred Bauder 15:33, 24 April 2006 (UTC)
  2. ➥the Epopt 16:05, 24 April 2006 (UTC)
  3. James F. (talk) 16:06, 24 April 2006 (UTC)
  4. Jayjg (talk) 16:18, 8 May 2006 (UTC)
Oppose:
Abstain:

[edit] Proposed final decision

[edit] Proposed principles

[edit] Courtesy

1) Users are expected to be reasonably courteous to other users.

Support:
  1. Fred Bauder 15:33, 24 April 2006 (UTC)
  2. Dmcdevit·t 07:11, 3 May 2006 (UTC)
  3. Charles Matthews 14:39, 7 May 2006 (UTC)
  4. Jayjg (talk) 16:18, 8 May 2006 (UTC)
  5. James F. (talk) 09:28, 13 May 2006 (UTC)
  6. Mindspillage (spill yours?) 20:32, 3 June 2006 (UTC)
Oppose:
Abstain:

[edit] Negotiation

2) Users are expected to to be able to engage in productive negotiation with other users with respect to the content of articles.

Support:
  1. Fred Bauder 15:33, 24 April 2006 (UTC)
  2. Dmcdevit·t 07:11, 3 May 2006 (UTC)
  3. Charles Matthews 14:39, 7 May 2006 (UTC)
  4. Jayjg (talk) 16:18, 8 May 2006 (UTC)
  5. James F. (talk) 09:28, 13 May 2006 (UTC)
  6. Mindspillage (spill yours?) 20:32, 3 June 2006 (UTC)
Oppose:
Abstain:

[edit] Ban from editing articles

3) Users who disrupt the editing of articles which deal with a particular subject may be banned from editing that subject area.

Support:
  1. Fred Bauder 15:33, 24 April 2006 (UTC)
  2. Dmcdevit·t 07:11, 3 May 2006 (UTC)
  3. Charles Matthews 14:39, 7 May 2006 (UTC)
  4. Jayjg (talk) 16:18, 8 May 2006 (UTC)
  5. James F. (talk) 09:28, 13 May 2006 (UTC)
  6. Mindspillage (spill yours?) 20:32, 3 June 2006 (UTC)
Oppose:
Abstain:

[edit] Proposed findings of fact

[edit] Locus of dispute

1) Marcosantezana (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · block user · block log) has engaged in disruptive editing disputes at natural selection and related articles.

Support:
  1. Fred Bauder 15:33, 24 April 2006 (UTC)
  2. Dmcdevit·t 07:11, 3 May 2006 (UTC)
  3. Charles Matthews 14:39, 7 May 2006 (UTC)
  4. Jayjg (talk) 16:18, 8 May 2006 (UTC)
  5. James F. (talk) 09:28, 13 May 2006 (UTC)
  6. Mindspillage (spill yours?) 20:33, 3 June 2006 (UTC)
Oppose:
Abstain:

[edit] Marcosantezana has violated 3RR

2) Marcosantezana has twice violated WP:3RR (First: [1], [2], [3], [4]; Second [5], [6], [7], [8]).

Support:
  1. Fred Bauder 15:33, 24 April 2006 (UTC)
  2. Dmcdevit·t 07:11, 3 May 2006 (UTC)
  3. Charles Matthews 14:39, 7 May 2006 (UTC)
  4. Jayjg (talk) 16:18, 8 May 2006 (UTC)
  5. James F. (talk) 09:28, 13 May 2006 (UTC)
  6. Mindspillage (spill yours?) 20:33, 3 June 2006 (UTC)
Oppose:
Abstain:

[edit] Marcosantezana has been discourteous

3) Marcosantezana has been discourteous to other editors [9].

Support:
  1. Fred Bauder 15:33, 24 April 2006 (UTC)
  2. Dmcdevit·t 07:11, 3 May 2006 (UTC)
  3. Charles Matthews 14:39, 7 May 2006 (UTC)
  4. Jayjg (talk) 16:18, 8 May 2006 (UTC)
  5. James F. (talk) 09:28, 13 May 2006 (UTC)
  6. Mindspillage (spill yours?) 20:33, 3 June 2006 (UTC)
Oppose:
Abstain:

[edit] Disruption by Marcosantezana

4) Marcosantezana, despite being very knowledgeable about Biology and Natural selection, is unable to function adequately in the editing of articles related to natural selection. He is unable to negotiate productively with other editors, persists in adding excessively detailed information into the article, and engages in edit warring, see Wikipedia:Requests_for_arbitration/Marcosantezana/Evidence#Marcosantezana_does_not_engage_in_discussion.2C_but_merely_declarations and Wikipedia:Requests_for_arbitration/Marcosantezana/Evidence#Marcosantezana_ignores_Wikipedia:Consensus.

Support:
  1. Fred Bauder 15:33, 24 April 2006 (UTC)
  2. Though wary about the "very knowledgeable" wording. Dmcdevit·t 07:11, 3 May 2006 (UTC)
  3. Charles Matthews 14:39, 7 May 2006 (UTC)
  4. Jayjg (talk) 16:18, 8 May 2006 (UTC)
  5. James F. (talk) 09:28, 13 May 2006 (UTC)
  6. Mindspillage (spill yours?) 20:33, 3 June 2006 (UTC)
Oppose:
Abstain:

[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] Marcosantezana banned from editing natural selection

1) Marcosantezana is banned for one year from editing natural selection and related articles. He may continue to edit the talk pages of the affected articles and make suggestions and comments regarding content of the articles.

Support:
  1. Fred Bauder 15:33, 24 April 2006 (UTC)
  2. Dmcdevit·t 07:11, 3 May 2006 (UTC)
  3. Charles Matthews 14:39, 7 May 2006 (UTC)
  4. Jayjg (talk) 16:18, 8 May 2006 (UTC)
  5. James F. (talk) 09:28, 13 May 2006 (UTC)
  6. Mindspillage (spill yours?) 20:34, 3 June 2006 (UTC)
Oppose:
Abstain:

[edit] Marcosantezana placed on probation

2) Marcosantezana is placed on probation indefinitely. He may be banned for up to one year by any Wikipedia administrator from any article which he disrupts by tendentious editing or edit warring. He may continue to make suggestions and comments on the talk page of articles. All bans to be logged at Wikipedia:Requests_for_arbitration/Marcosantezana#Log_of_blocks_and_bans.

Support:
  1. Fred Bauder 15:33, 24 April 2006 (UTC)
  2. Dmcdevit·t 07:11, 3 May 2006 (UTC)
  3. Charles Matthews 14:39, 7 May 2006 (UTC)
  4. Jayjg (talk) 16:18, 8 May 2006 (UTC)
  5. James F. (talk) 09:28, 13 May 2006 (UTC)
  6. Mindspillage (spill yours?) 20:34, 3 June 2006 (UTC)
Oppose:
Abstain:

[edit] Mentorship

3) If a suitable mentor or mentors can be found Marcosantezana may be placed under Wikipedia:Mentorship by the Arbitration Committee. In such a case the terms of the mentorship shall be worked out between the Arbitration Committee and the mentors.

Support:
  1. Removed the wording that suggested Marcosantezana would contribute to determining the terms of his mentorship; this is a remedy being placed on him by the AC. Dmcdevit·t 07:11, 3 May 2006 (UTC)
  2. Charles Matthews 14:39, 7 May 2006 (UTC)
  3. Jayjg (talk) 16:18, 8 May 2006 (UTC)
  4. James F. (talk) 09:28, 13 May 2006 (UTC)
  5. Mindspillage (spill yours?) 20:34, 3 June 2006 (UTC)
Oppose:
Abstain:
  1. For your consideration as it was proposed at Wikipedia:Requests_for_arbitration/Marcosantezana/Workshop#Mentorship. Fred Bauder 15:33, 24 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Proposed enforcement

[edit] Enforcement by block

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

Support:
  1. Fred Bauder 15:33, 24 April 2006 (UTC)
  2. Dmcdevit·t 07:11, 3 May 2006 (UTC)
  3. Jayjg (talk) 16:18, 8 May 2006 (UTC)
  4. James F. (talk) 09:28, 13 May 2006 (UTC)
  5. Mindspillage (spill yours?) 20:34, 3 June 2006 (UTC)
Oppose:
Abstain:

[edit] Discussion by Arbitrators

[edit] General

I feel Marcosantezana is extremely knowledgeable but is having trouble writing effectively in a collaborative situation. Hopefully he can significantly improve. I don't oppose the mentorship but am sceptical as to whether a mentor acceptable to Marcosantezana can be found. Fred Bauder 15:33, 24 April 2006 (UTC)

[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.

  • The majority vote is 5.
  • All proposed principles pass
  • All proposed findings of fact pass
  • All proposed remedies pass.
  • Enforcement proposal passes.

[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.

  1. Close. Mindspillage (spill yours?) 20:35, 3 June 2006 (UTC)
  2. Close Fred Bauder 21:04, 3 June 2006 (UTC)
  3. Close. James F. (talk) 21:15, 3 June 2006 (UTC)
  4. Close. Dmcdevit·t 23:58, 3 June 2006 (UTC)