Revision as of 06:20, 3 December 2007

After considering /Evidence and discussing proposals with other Arbitrators, parties and others at /Workshop, Arbitrators may 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. 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. Only Arbitrators or Clerks should edit this page; non-Arbitrators may comment on the talk page.

For this case, there are 10 active Arbitrators (excluding 1 who is recused), so 6 votes are a majority.

Motions and requests by the parties

Place those on /Workshop. Motions which are accepted for consideration and which require a vote will be placed here by the Arbitrators for voting.
Motions have the same majority for passage as the final decision.

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Proposed temporary injunctions

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24 hours from the first vote is normally the fastest an injunction will be imposed.

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Proposed principles

Administrators

1) Misplaced Pages administrators are trusted members of the community and are expected to follow Misplaced Pages's policies and guidelines. Occasional lapses may be overlooked, but consistently poor judgment may result in revocation of adminship.

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1. The Uninvited Co., Inc. 04:48, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

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Don't bite the newcomers

2) New contributors are prospective Wikipedians and are therefore our most valuable resource. Editors are expected to treat newcomers with kindness and patience. Nothing scares potentially valuable contributors away faster than hostility. Blocking policy states, "Warning is not a prerequisite for blocking, ... but administrators should generally ensure that users are aware of policies, and give them reasonable opportunity to adjust their behaviour accordingly, before blocking."

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1. The Uninvited Co., Inc. 04:48, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

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Blocking policy

3) Blocking policy specifically proscribes any use of "cool-down" blocks, and (with the exception of removal of material per the policy on biographies of living people) proscribes the use of blocks in situations where the administrator is in a content dispute with the editor to be blocked.

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1. The Uninvited Co., Inc. 04:48, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

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Blocking of sock puppets

4) Evidence that a user is familiar with Misplaced Pages editing conventions (such as the use of Wikitext markup, edit summaries, and core policies) is, by itself, insufficient basis to treat the user as a sock puppet.

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1. The Uninvited Co., Inc. 04:48, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

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Review and discussion of blocks

5) Since administrators are strongly discouraged from reversing one another's blocks, it is of particular importance that blocking admins respond to good-faith requests to review blocks they have made. Similarly, administrators who perform independent reviews of unblock requests are expected to familiarize themselves with the full facts of the matter before marking the unblock request "declined."

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1. The Uninvited Co., Inc. 05:54, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

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Proposed findings of fact

Adam Cuerden

1) Adam Cuerden (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) has edited Irreducible Complexity and other evolution-related articles in an effort to make the articles adhere to Misplaced Pages's policy on neutral point of view. While this editing is laudable, it makes it clear that Adam Cuerden has specific content goals for these articles in mind.

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1. The Uninvited Co., Inc. 05:13, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

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Edit history of Irreducible complexity

2) The Irreducible complexity article history does not show that the article was subject to repeated edit wars, ongoing content disputes, or heavy editing in the weeks leading up to the block. .

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1. The Uninvited Co., Inc. 04:56, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

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Cuerden's statements about Hoffman not borne out by the facts

3) Adam Cuerden's talk page and block log statements made to justify his block of MatthewHoffman (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) include claims of harassment, POV pushing, extreme rudeness, and vandalism (more on evidence page). These claims are not borne out by a review of Hoffman's contributions.

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1. The Uninvited Co., Inc. 05:21, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

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72 hour and indefinite blocks of Matthew Hoffman were outside policy

4) Adam Cuerden's block of Matthew Hoffman for 72 hours, and the subsequent extension of the block to make it indefinite, were both outside blocking policy. The reasoning used to justify the blocks was fallacious, and Cuerden was involved in a content dispute with Hoffman. Further, the justification for the blocks in part is to encourage Hoffman to "cool down," which contravenes blocking policy.

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1. The Uninvited Co., Inc. 05:41, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

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Matthew Hoffman not a sock puppet

4) There is no evidence to suggest that Matthew Hoffman is a sock puppet.

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1. The Uninvited Co., Inc. 06:03, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

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User:Chaser

5) Chaser (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) failed to familiarize himself with the full facts of the matter before declining the unblock request. In particular, Chaser relied upon discussion at the Administrators' noticeboard without reviewing the evidence himself.

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1. The Uninvited Co., Inc. 06:14, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

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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.

Adam Cuerden

1) Adam Cuerden's administrative privileges are revoked. He may reapply only by appeal to this committee.

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1. The Uninvited Co., Inc. 06:20, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

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MatthewHoffman

2) The block log is to be annotated to show that this committee has found the 72 hour and indefinite blocks of MatthewHoffman to be unjustified.

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1. The Uninvited Co., Inc. 06:20, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

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Discussion by Arbitrators

General

Motion to close

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.

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.