Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Rex071404 4/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 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 1 is inactive, so 6 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] Template

1) {text of proposed orders}

Support:
Oppose:
Abstain:

[edit] Proposed final decision

[edit] Proposed principles

[edit] Ownership of articles

Some contributors feel very possessive about articles they have donated to this project. Some go so far as to defend them against all intruders... Well, it's one thing to take an interest in an article that you maintain on your watchlist. Maybe you really are an expert or you just care about the topic a lot. But when this watchfulness crosses a certain line, then you're overdoing it. --Wikipedia:Ownership of articles

Support:
  1. Raul654 20:29, 18 November 2005 (UTC)
  2. James F. (talk) 12:42, 19 November 2005 (UTC)
  3. Kelly Martin (talk) 15:47, 19 November 2005 (UTC)
  4. Jayjg (talk) 22:33, 21 November 2005 (UTC)
  5. Fred Bauder 02:06, 24 November 2005 (UTC)
  6. Mindspillage (spill yours?) 06:58, 24 November 2005 (UTC)
  7. ➥the Epopt 23:08, 25 November 2005 (UTC)
Oppose:
Abstain:

[edit] Proposed findings of fact

[edit] Previous arbitration cases

Rex has been the subject of 3 previous arbitration cases - Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Rex071404, Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Rex071404 2, Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Rex071404 3

Support:
  1. Raul654 20:24, 18 November 2005 (UTC)
  2. James F. (talk) 12:42, 19 November 2005 (UTC)
  3. Kelly Martin (talk) 15:47, 19 November 2005 (UTC)
  4. Jayjg (talk) 22:33, 21 November 2005 (UTC)
  5. Fred Bauder 02:06, 24 November 2005 (UTC)
  6. Mindspillage (spill yours?) 06:58, 24 November 2005 (UTC)
  7. ➥the Epopt 23:08, 25 November 2005 (UTC)
Oppose:
Abstain:

[edit] Problematic editing on John Kerry article

Since returning to Wikipedia, Rex has resumed the same problematic editing on the John Kerry article described in his earlier cases. [1]

Support:
  1. Raul654 20:24, 18 November 2005 (UTC)
  2. James F. (talk) 12:42, 19 November 2005 (UTC)
  3. Kelly Martin (talk) 15:47, 19 November 2005 (UTC)
  4. Jayjg (talk) 22:33, 21 November 2005 (UTC)
  5. Fred Bauder 02:06, 24 November 2005 (UTC)
  6. Mindspillage (spill yours?) 06:58, 24 November 2005 (UTC)
  7. ➥the Epopt 23:08, 25 November 2005 (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] Rex banned from John Kerry

1) Rex is permanently banned from editing the John Kerry article.

Support:
  1. Raul654 20:24, 18 November 2005 (UTC)
  2. James F. (talk) 12:42, 19 November 2005 (UTC)
  3. Kelly Martin (talk) 15:47, 19 November 2005 (UTC)
  4. Jayjg (talk) 22:33, 21 November 2005 (UTC)
  5. Fred Bauder 02:06, 24 November 2005 (UTC)
  6. Mindspillage (spill yours?) 07:00, 24 November 2005 (UTC)
  7. added "permanently" ➥the Epopt 23:08, 25 November 2005 (UTC)
Oppose:
Abstain:

[edit] Problematic editing at other articles

2) If Rex should begin similiar problematic editing at any other article, any admin may prohibit him from editing on that page.

Support:
  1. Raul654 20:24, 18 November 2005 (UTC)
  2. James F. (talk) 12:42, 19 November 2005 (UTC)
  3. Kelly Martin (talk) 15:47, 19 November 2005 (UTC)
  4. Jayjg (talk) 22:33, 21 November 2005 (UTC) Note change in wording, why limit this to political articles? Feel free to change back, though.
  5. Fred Bauder 02:06, 24 November 2005 (UTC)
  6. Mindspillage (spill yours?) 07:00, 24 November 2005 (UTC)
  7. ➥the Epopt 23:08, 25 November 2005 (UTC)
Oppose:
Abstain:

[edit] Proposed enforcement

[edit] Enforcement by block

1) If Rex edits any article from which he is banned, he may be blocked from editing for a period of up to a week. After 5 blocks the length of the maximum block shall increase to one year.

Support:
  1. Jayjg (talk) 22:33, 21 November 2005 (UTC)
  2. Fred Bauder 02:06, 24 November 2005 (UTC) (added "after 5 blocks...") Fred Bauder 02:06, 24 November 2005 (UTC)
  3. Kelly Martin (talk) 02:26, 24 November 2005 (UTC)
  4. James F. (talk) 02:31, 24 November 2005 (UTC)
  5. Mindspillage (spill yours?) 07:00, 24 November 2005 (UTC)
  6. ➥the Epopt 23:08, 25 November 2005 (UTC)
  7. Raul654 18:38, 26 November 2005 (UTC)
Oppose:
Abstain:

[edit] Discussion by Arbitrators

[edit] General

[edit] Motion to close

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. Raul654 18:38, 26 November 2005 (UTC)
  2. James F. (talk) 19:44, 26 November 2005 (UTC) Sure.
  3. Jayjg (talk) 17:17, 28 November 2005 (UTC)
  4. ➥the Epopt 04:16, 4 December 2005 (UTC)
  5. Close it. Kelly Martin (talk) 17:10, 4 December 2005 (UTC)
  6. Mindspillage (spill yours?) 17:14, 4 December 2005 (UTC) Close.