Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Rejected requests

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Notice Please note that this page is incomplete and is not always up to date. It is here for those interested in rejected requests for arbitration, or those following up on editor behavior following rejection of a request, but many rejected/declined requests are not listed. Any editor is encouraged to add appropriate diffs to the listing.

This is an archive of cases that have been rejected for consideration by the Arbitration Committee or withdrawn by the initiating user (most recent on top).

The term "declined" is sometimes used by arbitrators instead of "rejected." In this context, the terms are synonymous.

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 not to hear a case often briefly indicate their reasons.

Contents

[edit] 2008

[edit] April to June

[edit] January to March

[edit] 2007

[edit] October to December

[edit] July to September

[edit] April to June

[edit] January to March

  • Billy Ego-Sandstein - Rejected 31 March 2007 - diff (note: a subsequent request was accepted)
  • Nationalist - Rejected/deemed moot 29 March 2007 - diff
  • Richard Walter - Handled off-wiki 29 March 2007 - diff
  • Metzenberg-ZayZayEM - Rejected 27 March 2007 - diff
  • User:Dbachman - Rejected 26 March 2007 - diff
  • Lucius Cornelius Sulla - Rejected 22 March 2007 - diff
  • Discordian works - Rejected 20 March 2007 - diff
  • User:BabyDweezil - Rejected 18 March 2007 - diff
  • Chess biographies - Rejected 17 March 2007 - diff
  • Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them - Rejected 15 March 2007 - diff
  • Arthur Ellis - Early closure 13 March 2007 - diff
  • Essjay - Rejected 10 March 2007 - diff
  • 1902 Corona del Rey - Rejected March 2007 - diff
  • Bates Method - Rejected 3 March 2007 - diff
  • GordonWatts - Rejected 28 Feb 2007 - diff
  • Flameviper - Rejected 28 Feb 2007 - diff
  • Highway 401 - Rejected 27 Feb 2007 - diff
  • ElKevbo - Rejected 27 Feb 2007 - diff
  • Instantnood4 - Rejected 26 Feb 2007 - diff
  • LUCPOL - Rejected 24 Feb 2007 - diff
  • Nearly Headless Nick - Withdrawn, deferred to RfC 19 Feb 2007 - diff
  • Anglicization of French administrative terms - Rejected 19 Feb 2007 - diff
  • "Wikipedia is failing" essay - Rejected/deemed moot 17 Feb 2007 - diff
  • Indian Institute of Planning and Management - Rejected 6 Feb 2007 - diff
  • Lucky 6.9 - Rejected 4 Feb 2007 - diff
  • Need for existence of #wikipedia-en-admins - Rejected 1 Feb 2007 - diff
  • SuperDeng - Rejected 31 Jan 2007 - diff
  • Pseudoscience case (arbitration irregularities) - Rejected 21 Jan 2007 -*dff
  • University of Phoenix - Rejected 17 Jan 2007 - diff
  • Valve audio amplifiers - Rejected 13 Jan 2007 - diff

[edit] 2006

[edit] October to December

  • Satanism - Rejected 26 Dec 2006 - diff
  • Huaiwei and Singapore Changi Airport - Rejected 26 Dec 2006 - diff
  • Jayjg - Rejected 23 Dec 2006 - diff
  • Appeal by Nobs01 — Rejected 19 Dec 2006 — diff
  • Izanbardprince — Rejected 12 Dec 2006 — diff
  • Ral315 — Rejected 12 Dec 2006 — diff
  • Jews for Jesus — Rejected 9 Dec 2006 — diff
  • Cool Cat — Removed as WP:POINT 8 Dec 2006 — diff
  • Appeal by Prof02 — Rejected 1 Dec 2006 — diff
  • "Sockpuppets" (Mystic/Lahiru) - Rejected 30 Nov 2006 - diff
  • "The Office" - Rejected 26 Nov 2006 - diff
  • Brahmah Kumaris World Spiritual University - Rejected 14 Nov 2006 - diff (a subsequent case was accepted)
  • Israeli POV - Rejected 13 Nov 2006 - diff
  • Will Smith - Rejected 9 Nov 2006 - diff
  • User:Cbuhl79 — Rejected 9 Nov 2006 — 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: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 (a subsequent case was accepted)
  • 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] 2005

[edit] July to December

  • 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

  • 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:White Cat - 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 - February 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