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This noticeboard is for announcements and statements made by theArbitration Committee. Only members of the Arbitration Committee or the Committee'sClerks may post on this page, but all editors are encouraged to comment on thetalk page.
The Arbitration Committee has resolved bymotion that:
Remedy 2 ofAntisemitism in Poland ("Icewhiz and Volunteer Marek interaction-banned") is renamedIcewhiz banned from interacting with Volunteer Marek and amended to read:
For the Arbitration Committee,CodeLyokotalk02:10, 1 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]
The Arbitration Committee has resolved bymotion that:
BrownHairedGirl (talk ·contribs) andNorthamerica1000 (talk ·contribs) are prohibited from editing in the Portal: namespace or engaging in discussions about portals, with the exception of arbitration case pages, until this case is concluded.
For the Arbitration Committee,CodeLyokotalk03:50, 1 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]
The Arbitration Committee is pleased to announce thatSQL (talk ·contribs) has been appointed a full clerk, effective immediately.
The arbitration clerk team is often in need of new members, and any editor who would like to join the clerk team is welcome to apply by e-mail toclerks-l
lists.wikimedia.org.
For the Arbitration Committee,Kevin (akaL235·t·c)18:33, 3 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Conclusive CheckUser evidence was obtained through the scrutinizing process of the2019 Arbitration Committee election thatEdgar181 (talk ·contribs ·blocks ·protections ·deletions ·page moves ·rights ·RfA) has been engaging in extensive sockpuppetry. Edgar181, using his sockpuppets, attempted to vote in the election at least seven times.
Edgar181 has admitted to this abuse of his editing privileges in an email to the Committee. Accordingly, Edgar 181 is desysopped underlevel II procedures.
These accounts have been indefinitely blocked as sockpuppets of Edgar181:
Support: AGK, Joe Roe, KrakatoaKatie, Mkdw, Opabinia regalis, Premeditated Chaos, Worm That Turned
Oppose: None
Not voting: GorillaWarfare
In addition,
the committee has resolved by motion that Edgar181 should be indefinitely blocked.
Support: AGK, Joe Roe, KrakatoaKatie, Mkdw, Premeditated Chaos
Oppose: None
Abstain: Opabinia regalis, Worm That Turned
Not voting: GorillaWarfare
For the Arbitration Committee,
Katietalk21:26, 5 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Because of the nature of thePalestine-Israel articles 4 arbitration case and the importance of the exact wording of remedies, the Arbitration Committee would like to invite further public comment and workshopping on its preliminary proposed decision, which is nowposted on the workshop. Accordingly, theworkshop in this case is re-opened and will remain open until Friday, December 13. For the Arbitration Committee,Kevin (akaL235·t·c)23:55, 6 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]
The Arbitration Committee welcomes the following new and returning arbitrators following theirelection by the community. The two-year terms of these arbitrators formally begin on 01 January 2020:
The one-year terms of these arbitrators also begin on 1 January 2020:
All incoming arbitrators have elected to receive (or retain, where applicable) the checkuser and oversight permissions. Xeno has elected not to receive administrator permissions.
We also thank our outgoing colleagues whose terms end on 31 December 2019:
Outgoing arbitrators are eligible to retain the CheckUser and Oversight permissions, remain active on cases accepted before their term ended, and to remain subscribed to the functionaries' and arbitration clerks' mailing lists following their term on the committee. To that effect:
For the Arbitration Committee,
Katietalk21:02, 19 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]
An arbitration case regarding Palestine-Israel articles (4) has now closed and the final decision is available at the link above. The following remedies have been enacted:
1) For the sake of easy referencing, the following existing remedies are vacated (with the intention of replacing them elsewhere in this decision):
Existing enforcement decisions relying upon these remedies are not vacated and will be appealable as if this remedy had not carried.
2) Editors are reminded that when editing in subject areas of bitter and long-standing real-world conflict, it is all the more important to comply with Wikipedia policies such as assuming good faith of all editors including those on the other side of the real-world dispute, writing with a neutral point of view, remaining civil and avoiding personal attacks, utilizing reliable sources for contentious or disputed assertions, and making use of dispute resolution where necessary.
Wikipedia cannot resolve the dispute between the Israeli and Palestinian people or any other real-world conflict. What Wikipedia can do is aspire to provide neutral, encyclopedic coverage about the areas of dispute and the peoples involved in it, which may lead to a broader understanding of the issues and the positions of all real-life conflict parties. The contributions of all good-faith editors on these articles who contribute with this goal in mind are appreciated.
3) Editors who find it difficult to edit a particular article or topic from a neutral point of view and adhere to other Wikipedia policies are counselled that they may sometimes need or wish to step away temporarily from that article or subject area. Sometimes, editors in this position may wish to devote some of their knowledge, interest, and effort to creating or editing other articles that may relate to the same broad subject-matter as the dispute, but are less immediately contentious. For example, an editor whose ethnicity, cultural heritage, or personal interests relate to Side X and who finds that they become caught up in edit-warring on an article about a recent war between Side X and Side Y, may wish to disengage from that article for a time and instead focus on a different aspect of the history, civilization, and cultural heritage of Side X.
4) For the purposes of editing restrictions in the ARBPIA topic area, the "area of conflict" shall be defined as encompassing
5) The following set of sanctions will be considered the "ARBPIA General Sanctions".
6) All primary articles will be subject to the ARBPIA General Sanctions.{{ArbCom Arab-Israeli enforcement}} should be added to the talk page of affected pages, and{{ArbCom Arab-Israeli editnotice}} should be added as aneditnotice to affected pages. The presence of the templates is required before the General Sanctions can be enforced on primary articles. The templates may be added to primary articles by any user, but may only be removed by an uninvolved administrator. Users who lack the appropriate permissions to create an editnotice should place the talk page template as normal, then make anedit request for someone with permissions to create the edit notice.
7) All edits made to related content (i.e. pages not otherwise related to the area of conflict) will be subject to ARBPIA General Sanctions.
When disruptive edits are being made to such content, any editor may invoke ARBPIA General Sanctions for that content. They must place{{ArbCom Arab-Israeli enforcement}} on the talk page and{{ArbCom Arab-Israeli editnotice}} in the editnotice to do so. If there is confusion about which content is considered related, the content in question may be marked in the wiki source with an invisiblecomment. The presence of the templates is required before the General Sanctions can be enforced on related content. Once added by any editor, any marking, template, or editnotice may be removed only by an uninvolved administrator. Users who lack the appropriate permissions to create an editnotice should place the talk page template as normal, then make anedit request for someone with permissions to create the edit notice.
Editors should apply the ARBPIA General Sanctions templates to related content only when disruption creates a need for additional administrative tools. Administrators should only utilize the ARBPIA General Sanctions to reduce disruption caused by edits related to the conflict area. Problematic edits made to unrelated content on the same page should be handled by normal administrative means.
8) In the case of disputes regarding whether or not an article is a primary article, or whether a portion of content is related to ARBPIA, editors should use normal dispute resolution methods to come to a consensus.
9) Uninvolved administrators are encouraged to monitor the articles covered by discretionary sanctions in theoriginal Palestine-Israel case to ensure compliance. To assist in this, administrators are reminded that:
For the Arbitration Committee,CThomas3 (talk)07:03, 20 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]
