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			<big>'''Case amended by ]''' on 17:27, 7 April 2018 (UTC)</big>

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	Please do not edit this page directly unless you wish to become a participant in this request. (All participants are subject to Arbitration Committee decisions, and the ArbCom will consider each participant's role in the dispute.) Comments are very welcome on the ], and will be read, in full. Evidence, no matter who can provide it, is very welcome at ]. Evidence is more useful than comments.		Please do not edit this page directly unless you wish to become a participant in this request. (All participants are subject to Arbitration Committee decisions, and the ArbCom will consider each participant's role in the dispute.) Comments are very welcome on the ], and will be read, in full. Evidence, no matter who can provide it, is very welcome at ]. Evidence is more useful than comments.
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	==Statement by ]==		==Statement by ]==
	I am requesting arbitration over the disruptive conduct of these editors, who have edited almost exclusively to promote a religious and nationalist point of view across a wide range of articles (including biographies) concerning ], ] and ]. Repeated disruption has been caused owing to their edit-warring over script transliterations, wikiproject banners, descriptions of nationality and an attempt to rewrite articles on historical and cultural topics to promote their point of view. These editors have also been consistently incivil to others and have also personally attacked editors on the lines of national origin, race and religion. They have routinely accused other involved editors of racial, national, political and religious bias. All of these editors have attempted to evade blocks and promote their point of view via sockpuppetry through anonymous IP addresses and multiple sockpuppet accounts. Their continued disruptive activities have caused wide-ranging edit wars between groups of editors, often threatening to degenerate into an open edit-war between national and religious groups. These editors have continuously violated ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ] and ]. Only ] has attempted proper ], which largely stalled as the editors in question maintained their disruptive and confrontational behavior. ] 17:06, 12 February 2007 (UTC)		I am requesting arbitration over the disruptive conduct of these editors, who have edited almost exclusively to promote a religious and nationalist point of view across a wide range of articles (including biographies) concerning ], ] and ]. Repeated disruption has been caused owing to their edit-warring over script transliterations, wikiproject banners, descriptions of nationality and an attempt to rewrite articles on historical and cultural topics to promote their point of view. These editors have also been consistently incivil to others and have also personally attacked editors on the lines of national origin, race and religion. They have routinely accused other involved editors of racial, national, political and religious bias. All of these editors have attempted to evade blocks and promote their point of view via sockpuppetry through anonymous IP addresses and multiple sockpuppet accounts. Their continued disruptive activities have caused wide-ranging edit wars between groups of editors, often threatening to degenerate into an open edit-war between national and religious groups. These editors have continuously violated ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ] and ]. Only ] has attempted proper ], which largely stalled as the editors in question maintained their disruptive and confrontational behavior. ] 17:06, 12 February 2007 (UTC)

	*'''Request for continuation''' I request that the case proceedings (if accepted) not begin until this Sunday, February 18th. This is because I will be out of town for some important business, which will deny me access to Misplaced Pages. I hope the arbitrators and clerks will find this request reasonable, as I'm asking for only a very short delay. ] 14:57, 13 February 2007 (UTC)		*'''Request for continuation''' I request that the case proceedings (if accepted) not begin until this Sunday, February 18th. This is because I will be out of town for some important business, which will deny me access to Misplaced Pages. I hope the arbitrators and clerks will find this request reasonable, as I'm asking for only a very short delay. ] 14:57, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
	::It also appears that one party to the dispute is not active and has not responded to the notification. It will provide some more time for that editor, ] to make a statement and allow arbitrators to decide if he is to be a party (in wake of his absence). ] 15:18, 13 February 2007 (UTC)		::It also appears that one party to the dispute is not active and has not responded to the notification. It will provide some more time for that editor, ] to make a statement and allow arbitrators to decide if he is to be a party (in wake of his absence). ] 15:18, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

	== Statement by ] ==		== Statement by ] ==
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	*violated ] (including making racial remarks)		*violated ] (including making racial remarks)
	*Disruptive edit wars,violating ].		*Disruptive edit wars,violating ].
			*Violated ] by claiming the identity and heritage of other countries.(Mainly Pakistan's)
	*Abuse of administrative privelidges by blocking users for their disagreement and without evidence of their alleged "violations".		*Abuse of administrative privelidges by blocking users for their disagreement and without evidence of their alleged "violations".
	*Taking "ownership" of articles through Tag-team edit warring.		*Taking "ownership" of articles through Tag-team edit warring.
	*using wikipedia as a soapbox to spread false information about Pakistan and it's history,therefor violating ].		*using wikipedia as a soapbox to spread false information about Pakistan and it's history, therefor violating ].
	*Bullying single users in groups through harrassment on talkpages.		*Bullying single users in groups through harrassment on talkpages.
	*Repeated vandalizm.		*Repeated vandalizm.
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	'''Response to clerks requests.'''I don't see why it should be called "Pakistani nationalism".What these Indians are doing is far beyond nationalism.Should it be called "Indian nationalism" or "Indian imperialism"?I think we should rename it to Indo-Pakistani disputes.Simply asking the right to my history/heritage does not make me a nationalist.Also want to point out that Rama's Arrow is both Hindu and Indian.He has made some accusations in his edits on the ] article against Indian Buddists and Pakistani Muslims.So please consider changing the name from "Pakistani nationalism".Thanks.--]		'''Response to clerks requests.'''I don't see why it should be called "Pakistani nationalism".What these Indians are doing is far beyond nationalism.Should it be called "Indian nationalism" or "Indian imperialism"?I think we should rename it to Indo-Pakistani disputes.Simply asking the right to my history/heritage does not make me a nationalist.Also want to point out that Rama's Arrow is both Hindu and Indian.He has made some accusations in his edits on the ] article against Indian Buddists and Pakistani Muslims.So please consider changing the name from "Pakistani nationalism".Thanks.--]

			take for example.Based upon categories like these about Hindu temples/settlements in ],I saw a site about 2 years back (which I am trying to find again for evidence of my claims of Indian hegemonic claims over other countries ancient heritage) that claimed the so-called "common
	I also want to add that Ambroody is inderectly involved in this case as he is part of the ongoing dispute between us and the Indian users.he is another Indian user who has quarrelled with me in the past.And to respond to Ambroody about him not being associated with Rama's Arrow,I meant they have similar veiws on South Asian and other Pakistani articles.When Ambroody quarralled with Unre4L,all he got was wheras Unre4L got .Just to be clear,Rama's Arrow is not some "neutral admin" concerned about our conduct.As I said he is both Hindu and Indian(see his Indian name on his userpage and his complete post ) and is predjiduiced towards people of Pakistani descent,particularly Muslim,which I will later prove if/when the case proceeds.I however request that neutral users are permitted to continue posting statements from a neutral perspective and that the arbitrators in this case are from niether countries (India and Pakistan) for a fair judgement to take place.Thanks.--]

			The alligation that I "threatened" Ragib is bogus.I even to him for getting so upset.I was under the notion he let Kumernator repeatidly attack me while making a big deal over striking out a false info.That was before he provided the links to Kumernators talkpage.And I also removed "middle school" kid since it borders personal attack.I removed it before anyone could see it.Bakaman is using a diff that was deleted before anyone saw it.

	== Statement by ] ==		== Statement by ] ==
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	**http://en.wikipedia.org/search/?title=Talk:Ongar%2C_Sindh&diff=90752757&oldid=90724287		**http://en.wikipedia.org/search/?title=Talk:Ongar%2C_Sindh&diff=90752757&oldid=90724287
	:In addition to these, you are continuously using <nowiki>{{WP India\|history=yes}}</nowiki> instead of <nowiki>{{WP India\|history=yes\|pre=yes}}</nowiki> to tag Pakistan relating historical articles. <nowiki>{{WP India\|history=yes}}</nowiki> results in a Republic of India flag which is not only inappropriate but also provocative and offensive; and in a direct violation of consensus built about Indian tags which resulted in <nowiki>{{WP India\|history=yes\|pre=yes}}</nowiki>. ] 06:47, 13 February 2007 (UTC)		:In addition to these, you are continuously using <nowiki>{{WP India\|history=yes}}</nowiki> instead of <nowiki>{{WP India\|history=yes\|pre=yes}}</nowiki> to tag Pakistan relating historical articles. <nowiki>{{WP India\|history=yes}}</nowiki> results in a Republic of India flag which is not only inappropriate but also provocative and offensive; and in a direct violation of consensus built about Indian tags which resulted in <nowiki>{{WP India\|history=yes\|pre=yes}}</nowiki>. ] 06:47, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

			== Statement by ] ==
			I contributed to Pakistan related articles. The Indian contributors are continuing to rewrite Pakistan related with the ] version of history and events. The Pakistan History article has been rewritten with a Hindutva team tagging. There are not that many Pakistani contributors to defend and give Pakistani point of view in Pakistan related articles. The Indian editors have also been involved in this partisan editing. Some article like ] is created by Indians are
			owned by them as all edits are reverted. I think all Pakistan articles should have a heading "Written by ]s with Indian and Hindutva Point of view". This team tagging Indian contributors and Indian editors rewriting Pakistan articles has definitely smeared Misplaced Pages. I have been banned and I do not care anymore. I tried my best to be good contributor but these Indians have left me no choice. Good Luck and good bye.
			] 01:21, 16 February 2007 (UTC)

	== Statement by ] ==		== Statement by ] ==
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	Rama not only accepted this, but supported them, and banned Pakistani users who dared to question these views and vandalisms.		Rama not only accepted this, but supported them, and banned Pakistani users who dared to question these views and vandalisms.
	Rama ignores all the above offences of Indian users and punished Pakistani users for Questioning(!) Indian PoV, however false, and sourceless they were.		Rama ignores all the above offences of Indian users and punished Pakistani users for Questioning(!) Indian PoV, however false, and sourceless they were.
	I ~~didnt~~ Edit-war, vandalise, Curse, or Flame anyone whatsoever. My bans were caused entirely by Questioning the Current Indian POV.<br />		I did not Edit-war, vandalise, Curse, or Flame anyone whatsoever. My bans were caused entirely by Questioning the Current Indian POV.<br />

	I attempted several RfCs, where I asked that Neutral parties should reply. The Debate was bombarded by a group of Indians with a rich history of edit warring Pakistani articles.		I attempted several RfCs, where I asked that Neutral parties should reply. The Debate was bombarded by a group of Indians with a rich history of edit warring Pakistani articles.
	Other Dispute Resolution attempts got me Blocked.<br />		Other Dispute Resolution attempts got me Blocked.<br />
	'''My first Block (Without Warning)'''<br />		'''My first Block (Without Warning)'''<br />
	Banned for questioning the claim that Lahore used to belong to Republic of India.(Please note, not once did I curse or attack another member in this discussion.)<br />		Banned for questioning the claim that ] used to belong to Republic of India. (Please note, not once did I curse or attack another member in this discussion.)<br />
	I start a discussion on the talk page and put a Disputed template on the page, (which is removed seconds later). <br />		I start a discussion on the talk page and put a Disputed template on the page, (which is removed seconds later). <br />
	User:AMbroodEY responds with a harsh reply, including the statement:		User:AMbroodEY responds with a harsh reply, including the statement:
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	*"First i'd do take additional English lessons."<br />		*"First i'd do take additional English lessons."<br />
	*"By your dumb logic..."<br />		*"By your dumb logic..."<br />
	*"AN article ~~doesnt~~ become disputed just because you get nationlistic epileptic fits, every now and then." <br />		*"AN article does not become disputed just because you get nationlistic epileptic fits, every now and then." <br />
	Conclusion:<br />		Conclusion:<br />
	I get a weeks block for "POV-Pushing".		I get a weeks block for "POV-Pushing".
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	::Above - BTW - the migration of people from both sides of Indian border continued till the mid 1950's - it was not as if all the partition was completed on 14-15 August 1947 and then borders closed ] 17:43, 14 February 2007 (UTC)		::Above - BTW - the migration of people from both sides of Indian border continued till the mid 1950's - it was not as if all the partition was completed on 14-15 August 1947 and then borders closed ] 17:43, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

			This is EXACTLY what I mean. I provided half a dozen sources for the figure of 3.5 Million people moving out of Pakistan. All sources were ignored, and first these guys claim the figure was 7 million something, then 10 million something, now AMbroodEY is claiming the figure was 15 million for Sindh alone!. No sources of course. Thank you.<br />
			And btw User Chattezavecmoi is an Obvious Sock of someone. He only has 1 contribution, which seems to be a disruption of my Statement.<br />
			--<b>]</b><b>]</b> <sup><span style="color:green;">]</span></sup> 02:18, 16 February 2007 (UTC)

			'''Comment:''' i meant 1'''.'''5 million. As for your 'sources' are you talking about this edit ?

			Do tell whether your 'sources' qualify ]:
			.# http://festivals.tajonline.com/independence-day.php
			.# http://kcm.co.kr/bethany_eng/p_code3/1496.html (a missionary website)
			.# http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/shows/india/timeline4.html (a tv channel!)

			It is impossible to put a number to the number of refugees during the partition. Estimates range from 8 million to 15 million. Conservative estimates suggest that over 500000-2 million people were killed disproportionate number of them being Sikhs and Hindus. Migration continued until mid-1950's.

			Yes your encarta link does say that there were 3.5 million Hindu refugees but it also puts the number of Muslim refugess to 5 million. Why did you selectively edit the number for only Hindu refugees?The 7.5 million figure is cited from Azad, Maulana Abul Kalam. India Wins Freedom. New York: Longmans, Green and Co., 1960. and ]. <b>]</b><sup><b>]</b></sup> 18:24, 16 February 2007 (UTC)
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			I did not selectively edit anything. Unlike you I took random sources. And we were discussing ]s moving out of Pakistan. Not ]s moving in. Your keep giving figures with both numbers added up. Now please dont cause a disruption of my statement. --<b>]</b><b>]</b> <sup><span style="color:green;">]</span></sup> 20:16, 16 February 2007 (UTC)

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			===Sockpuppets===
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			2) Abuse of sockpuppet accounts, such as using them to evade blocks, bans, and user accountability–and especially to make personal attacks or reverts, or vandalize–is strictly forbidden. See ].
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			''Passed 6 to 0, 21:43, 4 March 2007 (UTC)''

			===Misplaced Pages is not a battleground===
			4) Misplaced Pages is a reference work. Use of the site for political struggle accompanied by harassment of opponents is extremely disruptive.

			''Passed 6 to 0, 21:43, 4 March 2007 (UTC)''

			===Disruptive editing===
			5) Users who engage in disruptive editing may be banned from the site.

			''Passed 6 to 0, 21:43, 4 March 2007 (UTC)''

			== Findings of fact ==

			===Szhaider===
			1) {{userlinks\|Szhaider}} has an extensive history of aggressive edit-warring (see block log) and attempts to turn Misplaced Pages into a battleground along national lines (, , ).

			''Passed 6 to 0, 21:43, 4 March 2007 (UTC)''

			===Unre4L===
			2) {{userlinks\|Unre4L}} has an extensive history of aggressive edit-warring (see block log) and attempting to turn Misplaced Pages into a battleground along national lines (, , , ).

			''Passed 6 to 0, 21:43, 4 March 2007 (UTC)''

			===Siddiqui===
			3) {{userlinks\|Siddiqui}} has an extensive history of abusive sockpuppetry (see ]), aggressive edit-warring (see block log), and attempting to turn Misplaced Pages into a battleground along national lines (, , ).

			''Passed 6 to 0, 21:43, 4 March 2007 (UTC)''

			===Nadirali===
			4) {{userlinks\|Nadirali}} has an extensive history of aggressive edit-warring (see block log) and attempting to turn Misplaced Pages into a battleground along national lines (, , , ).

			''Passed 6 to 0, 21:43, 4 March 2007 (UTC)''

	==Remedies==		==Remedies==
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			===Siddiqui banned===
			3) {{userlinks\|Siddiqui}} is banned from Misplaced Pages for a period of one year.

			''Passed 6 to 0, 21:43, 4 March 2007 (UTC)''

			===Nadirali banned===
			4) {{userlinks\|Nadirali}} is banned from Misplaced Pages for a period of one year.

			''Passed 6 to 0, 21:43, 4 March 2007 (UTC)''

			===Contentious topic designation===
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			5) ] are authorized for all pages related to ], ], and ], broadly construed.

			''Passed by 8 to 2, 18:15, 29 July 2012 (UTC)''
			::''Superseded by ] at 21:36, 14 December 2022 (UTC)''
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			5) All pages related to ], ], and ], broadly construed, are designated as a ].
			: ''Amended by ] at 21:36, 14 December 2022 (UTC)''

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			The discretionary sanctions appeal by MapSGV is sustained, and the topic-ban imposed on MapSGV on March 2, 2018 is lifted. MapSGV remains on notice that the India/Pakistan topic-area is subject to discretionary sanctions, and is reminded to edit in accordance with all applicable policies.

			:''Passed 6 to 2 with 1 abstention by ] at 17:35, 7 April 2018 (UTC)''
			===Motion 2 (April 2019)===
			SheriffIsInTown's topic ban from pages related to conflict between India and Pakistan is lifted, subject to a probationary period lasting six months from the date this motion is enacted. During this period, any uninvolved administrator may re-impose the topic ban as an arbitration enforcement action, subject to appeal only to the Arbitration Committee. If the probationary period elapses without incident, the topic ban is to be considered permanently lifted.

			:''Passed 6 to 2 by ] at 22:52, 4 April 2019 (UTC)''

			=== Motion: contentious topic designation (December 2022) ===
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			21) Each reference to the prior ] shall be treated as a reference to the ]. The arbitration clerks are directed to amend all existing remedies authorizing discretionary sanctions to instead designate contentious topics.
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			:''Passed 10 to 0 with 1 abstention by ] at 21:36, 14 December 2022 (UTC)''

			==Enforcement log==
			===Notifications===
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			On 3 May 2014 Arbcom established a new method of notifying for discretionary sanctions which is explained at ]. All notices given prior to the May 2014 cutover date will expire on 3 May 2015. New notices are to be given using {{tl\|Ds/alert}} and they expire one year after they are given. No new notices should be logged here.

			*{{user\|Shahdaan Khan}} notified after a block for edit warring at ]. ] (]) 16:16, 13 September 2012 (UTC)
			*{{User\|Pilot2020mi}} {{User\|Salvio giuliano}}
			*{{User\|Arctan371}} {{User\|Salvio giuliano}}
			*{{User\|Rao Asghar}} {{User\|Sitush}}
			*{{User\|Ravindr}} {{User\|The Blade of the Northern Lights}}
			*{{user\|Aminul802}} by ] (]) 18:57, 13 January 2013 (UTC)
			*{{user\|Tariqmia}} by ] (]) 21:43, 13 January 2013 (UTC)
			*{{user\|Power of 200 Million}} by ] (]) 02:17, 17 January 2013 (UTC)
			*{{User\|Abhidevananda}} by {{User\|CorrectKnowledge}} 06:47, 20 March 2013 (UTC)
			*{{user\|Maria0333}} for nationalist editing at ]. ] (]) 18:41, 20 March 2013 (UTC)
			*{{user\|Dipendra2007}} ] for sockpuppetry block evasion to edit-war. <small><span style="border:1px solid black;padding:1px;"></span></small> 17:44, 2 May 2013 (UTC)
			*{{User\|Ratnakar.kulkarni}} Per ANI discussion (Non admin warning) ] (]) 17:38, 26 May 2013 (UTC)
			*{{user\|Yogesh Khandke}} Per ANI discussion (Non admin warning) ] (]) 17:48, 26 May 2013 (UTC)
			*{{User\|Dharmadhyaksha}} Notifed per ANI discussion (Non admin warning) ] (]) 17:51, 26 May 2013 (UTC)
			*{{User\|Kondi}} Per ANI discussion (Non admin warning) ] (]) 17:54, 26 May 2013 (UTC)
			*{{user\|OrangesRyellow}} Per ANI discussion (Non admin warning) ] (]) 17:56, 26 May 2013 (UTC)
			*{{User\|A.amitkumar}} Per ANI discussion (Non admin warning) ] (]) 18:00, 26 May 2013 (UTC)
			*{{User\|Sir Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington}} Per ANI discussion (Non admin warning) ] (]) 18:02, 26 May 2013 (UTC)
			*{{user\|Sitush}} - adding myself to let it be known that I'm aware of these sanctions. See - ] (]) 10:30, 27 May 2013 (UTC)
			*{{user\|RegentsPark}} - adding myself to let it be known that I'm aware of these sanctions. See ---] <small>(])</small> 12:32, 27 May 2013 (UTC)
			*{{user\|Darkness Shines}} - adding myself to acknowledge my awareness. See ] (]) 12:35, 27 May 2013 (UTC)
			*{{user\|AcorruptionfreeIndia}} warned by ] (]) 10:02, 17 June 2013 (UTC)
			*{{user\|Mrt3366}} warned by Spartaz on 21/06/2013. ] <sup>'']''</sup> 19:27, 21 June 2013 (UTC)
			*{{user\|Neo.}} by Darkness Shines for editwarring and personal attacks on 2002 Gujarat violence. ] (]) 07:31, 15 July 2013 (UTC)
			*{{user\|Soham321}} Per his already having been notified. (Non admin warning) ] (]) 17:41, 6 August 2013 (UTC)
			*{{user\|Faizan}} warned for tendentious source falsification . ] ] 17:55, 17 August 2013 (UTC)
			*{{user\|Pee3.14159}} for source misrepresentation. ] (]) 21:11, 23 August 2013 (UTC)
			:*{{user\|Crème3.14159}} (formerly ]) by ]. --] <sup>]</sup> 09:52, 1 September 2013 (UTC)
			:*{{user\|CopSuscept}} ]. --] <sup>]</sup> 14:47, 6 September 2013 (UTC)
			:*{{user\|ShamsherAhmad}} sock of Crème3.14159. --] <sup>]</sup> 16:25, 6 September 2013 (UTC)
			*{{user\|Capitals00}} by ] For sockpuppetry and persistent edit warring ] (]) 20:51, 3 September 2013 (UTC)
			*{{user\|Gmcssb}} For edit warring. ] (]) 19:11, 27 September 2013 (UTC)
			*{{user\|Smsarmad}} Warned for a history of revert wars promoting Pakistani POV, such as here , reverting significant referenced content with a pithy "per ]" edit summary here and using personal attacks, such as here . --] (]) 20:34, 1 October 2013 (UTC) <small>— ] (] • ]) is a ] of ] (] • ]). </small> <small>--] <sup>]</sup> 13:38, 2 October 2013 (UTC)</small>
			*{{user\|Lollywoodcafe}} for persistently edit warring without using the talk page. --] <sup>]</sup> 14:38, 3 October 2013 (UTC)
			*{{user\|Dhruv2357}} for persistent POV (, , ) and unconstructive edits (, ). -- ] <sup>]</sup> 08:56, 9 October 2013 (UTC)
			*{{user\|Zeeyanwiki}} ] for edit warring on Narendra Modi for the second time in a week. ] (]) 10:32, 4 November 2013 (UTC)
			*{{user\|Chimpu420}} . For edit, and those that followed. ] (]) 10:33, 12 November 2013 (UTC)
			*{{user\|Darkness Shines}} <s>and {{user\|TopGun}}</s> were given a final warning that further edit warring or other inappropriate interaction will lead to sanction, as a result of this AE thread: . ] <small><sup>]</sup></small> 05:55, 29 November 2013, Friday (1 year, 19 days ago) (UTC+11)
			**Reference to TopGun is struck per and by {{u\|MastCell}} (admin modifying the sanction. <small>Recorded by <b>]</b> (] • ] • ]) 06:44, 18 December 2014 (UTC)</small>
			*{{user\|Feysalafghan}} for edit warring at ] and ]--v/r - ]] 18:44, 29 December 2013 (UTC)
			*{{user\|OccultZone}} for not adhering to NPOV. ] (]) 11:59, 1 January 2014 (UTC)
			*{{user\|Arildnordby}} Edit warring, source misrepresentation and accusations of vandalism when he is reverted, ] (]) 22:34, 22 January 2014 (UTC)
			*{{user\|Kswarrior}} , for edit warring, pov pushing and accusations of editing in bad faith. ] (]) 17:58, 7 February 2014 (UTC)
			*{{user\|Khabboos}} of discretionary sanctions and advised of dispute resolution policies. ] <small>(] \| ])</small> 18:06, 14 February 2014 (UTC)
			** from appealing more than every six months. ] ''(])'' 02:51, 17 July 2014 (UTC)
			*{{user\|AcidSnow}} of discretionary sanctions and advised of dispute resolution policies. ] <small>(] \| ])</small> 18:12, 14 February 2014 (UTC)
			*{{user\|Vinay Jha}} . PoV pushing. ] (]) 22:49, 15 March 2014 (UTC)
			*{{user\|ZORDANLIGHTER}} . POV pushing and edit warring on 2002 Gujarat violence. ] (]) 17:03, 26 March 2014 (UTC)
			*{{user\|Mehrajmir13}} . Edit warring on Human rights abuses in Kashmir, insertion of the same OR eight times since 23 December 2012. ] (]) 14:17, 2 April 2014 (UTC)
			*{{user\|Rim sim}} . for ] (]) 15:40, 5 April 2014 (UTC)
			*{{user\|Jyoti.mickey}} POV pushing. ] (]) 21:13, 9 April 2014 (UTC)
			*{{user\|D4iNa4}} Edit warring. ] (]) 08:49, 13 April 2014 (UTC)
			*{{user\|Vatsan34}} for . ] (]) 21:24, 16 April 2014 (UTC)
			*{{user\|Calypsomusic}} Constant failure to AGF ] (]) 19:14, 17 April 2014 (UTC)
			*{{user\|Bladesmulti}} I am aware of these sanctions, see . ] (]) 04:56, 27 April 2014 (UTC)
			*{{user\|Flat Out}} Failure to AGF --] (]) 11:50, 8 May 2014 (UTC)
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Requests for comment

Statement by Rama's Arrow

I am requesting arbitration over the disruptive conduct of these editors, who have edited almost exclusively to promote a religious and nationalist point of view across a wide range of articles (including biographies) concerning India, Pakistan and Hinduism. Repeated disruption has been caused owing to their edit-warring over script transliterations, wikiproject banners, descriptions of nationality and an attempt to rewrite articles on historical and cultural topics to promote their point of view. These editors have also been consistently incivil to others and have also personally attacked editors on the lines of national origin, race and religion. They have routinely accused other involved editors of racial, national, political and religious bias. All of these editors have attempted to evade blocks and promote their point of view via sockpuppetry through anonymous IP addresses and multiple sockpuppet accounts. Their continued disruptive activities have caused wide-ranging edit wars between groups of editors, often threatening to degenerate into an open edit-war between national and religious groups. These editors have continuously violated WP:POINT, WP:DE, WP:3RR, WP:EW, WP:CIVIL, WP:NPA, WP:SOAP, WP:NPOV, WP:OR, WP:NEO and WP:SOCK. Only Unre4L has attempted proper dispute resolution, which largely stalled as the editors in question maintained their disruptive and confrontational behavior. Rama's arrow 17:06, 12 February 2007 (UTC)

Request for continuation I request that the case proceedings (if accepted) not begin until this Sunday, February 18th. This is because I will be out of town for some important business, which will deny me access to Misplaced Pages. I hope the arbitrators and clerks will find this request reasonable, as I'm asking for only a very short delay. Rama's arrow 14:57, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

It also appears that one party to the dispute is not active and has not responded to the notification. It will provide some more time for that editor, Siddiqui to make a statement and allow arbitrators to decide if he is to be a party (in wake of his absence). Rama's arrow 15:18, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

Statement by Nadirali

With evidence,I will prove the violations of Rama's Arrow and his associates which I will soon name. They have committed the following acts/violations:

violated WP:NPOV
violated WP:NPA (including making racial remarks)
Disruptive edit wars,violating WP:EW.
Violated WP:NC by claiming the identity and heritage of other countries.(Mainly Pakistan's)
Abuse of administrative privelidges by blocking users for their disagreement and without evidence of their alleged "violations".
Taking "ownership" of articles through Tag-team edit warring.
using wikipedia as a soapbox to spread false information about Pakistan and it's history, therefor violating WP:SOAP.
Bullying single users in groups through harrassment on talkpages.
Repeated vandalizm.

I request that the Arbcom allows a few other users as witnesses to this case to make statements regarding this case with statemnts and evidence of their own.--Nadirali نادرالی

Reply to Ambroodey Ambroody is a close associate of Rama's Arrow and has engaged in tagging Pakistani articles with Indian tags,causing offense.His statement about tags not being used for ownership is not true.Administrator:Dbachmann is a Swiss and has participated in many South Asia discussions.Never was any South Asian article talkpage tagged with a Swiss banner for the obvious reason that the Indians are using their tags to claim our history.What's more is they won't allow us to add Pakistani tags to Pakistani history articles.Here is an example.This is enough to prove they want to use the tags to claim ancient Pakistani history as "Indian". If the case is approved and does proceed,I will provide evidence against each associate of Rama's Arrow (as well As Rama's Arrow himself) including the 2 which are already mentioned,Abroody and Dangerousboy.These two as well as others have committed serious violations and have gotten away with them.--Nadirali نادرالی

Response to clerks requests.I don't see why it should be called "Pakistani nationalism".What these Indians are doing is far beyond nationalism.Should it be called "Indian nationalism" or "Indian imperialism"?I think we should rename it to Indo-Pakistani disputes.Simply asking the right to my history/heritage does not make me a nationalist.Also want to point out that Rama's Arrow is both Hindu and Indian.He has made some accusations in his edits on the anti-Hindu article against Indian Buddists and Pakistani Muslims.So please consider changing the name from "Pakistani nationalism".Thanks.--Nadirali نادرالی

take this category for example.Based upon categories like these about Hindu temples/settlements in Azerbaijan,I saw a site about 2 years back (which I am trying to find again for evidence of my claims of Indian hegemonic claims over other countries ancient heritage) that claimed the so-called "common

The alligation that I "threatened" Ragib is bogus.I even apologised to him for getting so upset.I was under the notion he let Kumernator repeatidly attack me while making a big deal over striking out a false info.That was before he provided the links to Kumernators talkpage.And I also removed "middle school" kid since it borders personal attack.I removed it before anyone could see it.Bakaman is using a diff that was deleted before anyone saw it.

Statement by Szhaider

I am a busy man in my real life. I have no time to spend here. However, when I see something balatantly wrong, I try to fix it and there are others who do not want somethings fixed and try to push their own POV. My very first contributions were to fix a few typos. My first major contribution was in Abrar-ul-Haq . Since then, I have expanded this article significantly. Interestingly enough, I was blocked for the first time because of the same article. It was because of edit war with a user User:Sukh who insisted to add Gurmukhi to the article, although, this script is not comprehensible to the subject of the article and neither it is used in the country of the subject of the article. See the edit summary of User:Rama's Arrow at . He encouraged User:Sukh to keep irrelevant script just because it was used in India (country of User:Rama's Arrow). My disputes with User:Anupam started when he started to add Hindi script to virtually all Pakistan related articles (e.g. ) and changing Islam related articles with tone more favourable towards India. He has been catgorizing Arabic and Persian words as Hindi, and adding Hindi scripts to such words ( ) On November 26, 2006 I used WP:AWB to cleanup articles under Category:Archaeological sites in Pakistan; within hours, a User:Dangerous-Boy tagged the talk pages of all these articles with WP India tags and began to wage a war when I removed them. User:Bakasuprman (a staunch supporter of User:Hkelkar) also joined him. Rama's Arrow himself has been engaged in edit wars against me. I never complained against him but considering his behaviour and volatile nature, I had a strong feeling that he could never be an Admin; until he blocked me. All other parties of this Requests for arbitration have been blocked by many Admins, why is that only Rama's Arrow is crticised. I believe, because of heavy criticism gainst him from me and other Pakistanis, User:Rama's Arrow has developed an enemosity against us. If you count personal attacks from me (which by the way I still do not consider personal attacks as they were expressions of furstrations because of meatpuppetry against me) they are only two. That's right only two. One against User:Anupam (mere criticism) and one against Rama's Arrow (mere criticism), when he blocked me while ignoring policy violations from certain Indian users. Interstingly, he blocked me after the very first warning by when I did not post any other heated post. He did not wait for any other heated post from me because he was in content dispute with me and used a warning as an opportunity to block me, hence violating the blocking policy; see Misplaced Pages:Blocking_policy#When_blocking_may_not_be_used. Blocking policy clearly states that block should be for 24 hours for initial accusations of personal attacks but Rama imposed a whopping 7 day block. His policy violations were repeated twice in coming weeks. I believe Rama's Arrow has failed to prove his neutrality when content disputes involve India and Pakistan, he can easily be provoked into edit wars and he has been involved in multiple accounts of edit wars and meatpuppetry. Considering these facts, he should be stripped off his Admin privelages with justified period of block. He has ignored comments by other users and admins against his blocks. In one case he quickly reverted Jinnah when I removed a bised sentence, although, I was going to give sources. Note that, in later edits I removed the same sentence again and provided solid sources against it. In addition, his user name "Rama's Arrow" gains a lot of attention because of his extremely religious nature. I have nothing against Hindus; in fact I am proud of Pakistani hindus such as Danish Kaneria and Rana Bhagwandas, however, consistent to his username Rama's Arrow's has demonstrated his religion-based intentions by being involved in edit wars with mostly Pakistanis and over sensitive issues related to Pakistan and India. By this it was my intention to gether attention of others towards how his religion and Indian background are affecting his neutrality at wikipedia.

Some points about my editing habits:

I have personally felt a little confused about Pakistani nationalism as I was finding some material added by Pakistanis which was outrageous. The only thing I was sure about the Aurangzeb part and I have tried to build consensus against that part as I found such claims about importance of Aurangzeb baseless and ridiculous.
I never edited any articles related to Hinduism as I have no solid knowledge about that religion (I have some curious questions though which I will be posting on relevant pages). I am in discussion about clarification of the origin of the word Hindu.
I have never made any major changes to India (I do not remember any typos if I have ever fixed in this article).
Rama's Arrow gave me 1 extra week of block for block evasion, therefore, this accusation should not be mentioned again.
I have always resisted the inclusion of Indian scripts to Pakistan related articles, however, I have never tried to add any Pakistani scripts (Arabic script is exclusively used in Pakistan for regional and national languages) to India related articles. My recent attempt to add persian to Hindu has been countered with full force, although, I gave a solid reason for persian script. I have backed off from it for now. I consider the inclusion of Indian scripts to Pakistan related articles a cultural warfare against Pakistan's culture and it's identity; and I believe Misplaced Pages is being used as an active battlefield. Such additions of foreign scripts is a nostalgia-based claim over Pakistan for India.
I do not add any content unless I believe it is not POV and it can be proved. If strong proofs against my edit's validity are provided with a dignified way, I accept them. However, I counter with full force when a balatant POV is pushed into a topic of my interest.
We four Pakistanis are being accused of being waging edit wars in groups. The fact is we have never worked as groups. I have no off-wiki contact with any of other three editors. Although I feel most of their edits are valid but at times I have had my share of disagreements with them. See this as an example. In contrast to our accusers, we have never tried to support each other with meatpuppetry.

Reply to Dangerous-Boy

I stopped removing Indian tags when all of my reservations had been resolved and POV images had been replaced with satellite images for pre-1947 South Asia. As for your claim that you never removed Pak tag, here are some diffs where you did remove Pak tag (and replaced with India tag):

In addition to these, you are continuously using {{WP India|history=yes}} instead of {{WP India|history=yes|pre=yes}} to tag Pakistan relating historical articles. {{WP India|history=yes}} results in a Republic of India flag which is not only inappropriate but also provocative and offensive; and in a direct violation of consensus built about Indian tags which resulted in {{WP India|history=yes|pre=yes}}. Szhaider 06:47, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

Statement by Siddiqui

I contributed to Pakistan related articles. The Indian contributors are continuing to rewrite Pakistan related with the Hindutva version of history and events. The Pakistan History article has been rewritten with a Hindutva team tagging. There are not that many Pakistani contributors to defend and give Pakistani point of view in Pakistan related articles. The Indian editors have also been involved in this partisan editing. Some article like Poverty in Pakistan is created by Indians are owned by them as all edits are reverted. I think all Pakistan articles should have a heading "Written by Indians with Indian and Hindutva Point of view". This team tagging Indian contributors and Indian editors rewriting Pakistan articles has definitely smeared Misplaced Pages. I have been banned and I do not care anymore. I tried my best to be good contributor but these Indians have left me no choice. Good Luck and good bye. Siddiqui 01:21, 16 February 2007 (UTC)

Statement by Unre4L

Ok. This Arbitration case has taken me by surprise, as its filed minutes after Me and Nadirs complaint against user Rama's Arrow.
I am not a "PoV-Pusher" of any sort, All my contributions have been based on getting rid of PoV-based content on Wiki. A few Indian users supported by Rama have been bombarding Pakistan articles with Hinduvta Views:

Replacing/Removing terms to change the image of Pakistan/Islam ,
Omitting Pakistan altogether in Ancient history articles,
Replacing terms with "Indianised" non-official terms and editing entire texts to promote Hinduvta views,
Replacing terms to promote Indian version of history,
Replacing (sourced) facts with exaggerated versions to fit POV.
Pakistani national heroes referred to as “Indian” to cause tension, when infact they were “British Indian”
Other examples which caused a lot of tension was the inclusion of unrelated India terms to Pakistani articles.
Not to mention Generally ignored insults:

(More examples of each can me provided, but you get the Idea) Rama not only accepted this, but supported them, and banned Pakistani users who dared to question these views and vandalisms. Rama ignores all the above offences of Indian users and punished Pakistani users for Questioning(!) Indian PoV, however false, and sourceless they were. I did not Edit-war, vandalise, Curse, or Flame anyone whatsoever. My bans were caused entirely by Questioning the Current Indian POV.

I attempted several RfCs, where I asked that Neutral parties should reply. The Debate was bombarded by a group of Indians with a rich history of edit warring Pakistani articles. Other Dispute Resolution attempts got me Blocked.
My first Block (Without Warning)
Banned for questioning the claim that Lahore used to belong to Republic of India. (Please note, not once did I curse or attack another member in this discussion.)
I start a discussion on the talk page and put a Disputed template on the page, (which is removed seconds later).
User:AMbroodEY responds with a harsh reply, including the statement:

"Misplaced Pages is not a playground for nationalist wetdreams"

I start presenting more arguments, User:AMbroodEY responds with further Harsh replies, including the following.

"First i'd do take additional English lessons."
"By your dumb logic..."
"AN article does not become disputed just because you get nationlistic epileptic fits, every now and then."

Conclusion:
I get a weeks block for "POV-Pushing". User:AMbroodEY gets a verbal warning by Rama, After I point out the insults.
My second Block (Without Warning)
A debate on Talk:History_of_Pakistan, led to a few "heated" replies by me, like:

"I will let you take your words back"
"why do 160 million have to be denied their history?"
" I was naive enough to think you would agree with me for once"
"The history belongs to the Pakistani people, hence its Pakistani history. Tell me, how many Pakistanis are there in India, since you can claim the history of their ancestors?"

(Plus more, be sure to check them all out.) These insanely moderate comments were Twisted, by giving them alternative Titles, and used to hand out another 1 week ban . People who bothered to read the comments criticized Rama for the Block. however, despite objections, the Block was not lifted.
Desperate Attempt to extend block.
I am a Pakistani Muslim, and yes, By Rama’s thinking, it makes me a much more likely candidate for an Anti-Semite. His accusation of Anti-Semitism were extremely hurtful, and they were thrown at me Immediately after my 2nd block. Not caring that I was logged out, I immediately defended my self from these accusations. Ignoring everything I posted he hands out 2 weeks for "Block Evasion". He also tried to extend my block by making me my own colourful "agenda".

To AMbroodEY
I never mentioned any Genocide, let alone Deny one. Why do you insist on twisting my words. My exact statement was, that I (without thinking) claimed that

"Nobody was forced out. People left Pakistan just like they left India." .

And by the use of some twisted Logic, you convert my statement into a Genocide Denial? Please. I have told you several times that I didnt deny any genocide, I even told you I was offended when you called me a "Genocide Denier" , but you keep spreading the same lies over and over again.

~~15 million just left eh? Sindh had 35% Hindu population before partition, today it numbers only abt 2%. I dont want this page to snowball, we can discuss this later on.~~ Posted by AMbroodEY

Above - BTW - the migration of people from both sides of Indian border continued till the mid 1950's - it was not as if all the partition was completed on 14-15 August 1947 and then borders closed Chattezavecmoi 17:43, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

This is EXACTLY what I mean. I provided half a dozen sources for the figure of 3.5 Million people moving out of Pakistan. All sources were ignored, and first these guys claim the figure was 7 million something, then 10 million something, now AMbroodEY is claiming the figure was 15 million for Sindh alone!. No sources of course. Thank you.
And btw User Chattezavecmoi is an Obvious Sock of someone. He only has 1 contribution, which seems to be a disruption of my Statement.
--Unre4Lﺍﹸﻧﺮﮮﺍﻝ 02:18, 16 February 2007 (UTC)

Comment: i meant 1.5 million. As for your 'sources' are you talking about this edit ?

Do tell whether your 'sources' qualify WP:RS: .# http://festivals.tajonline.com/independence-day.php .# http://kcm.co.kr/bethany_eng/p_code3/1496.html (a missionary website) .# http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/shows/india/timeline4.html (a tv channel!)

It is impossible to put a number to the number of refugees during the partition. Estimates range from 8 million to 15 million. Conservative estimates suggest that over 500000-2 million people were killed disproportionate number of them being Sikhs and Hindus. Migration continued until mid-1950's.

Yes your encarta link does say that there were 3.5 million Hindu refugees but it also puts the number of Muslim refugess to 5 million. Why did you selectively edit the number for only Hindu refugees?The 7.5 million figure is cited from Azad, Maulana Abul Kalam. India Wins Freedom. New York: Longmans, Green and Co., 1960. and Freedom at Midnight. Amey Aryan DaBrood 18:24, 16 February 2007 (UTC)

I did not selectively edit anything. Unlike you I took random sources. And we were discussing Hindus moving out of Pakistan. Not Muslims moving in. Your keep giving figures with both numbers added up. Now please dont cause a disruption of my statement. --Unre4Lﺍﹸﻧﺮﮮﺍﻝ 20:16, 16 February 2007 (UTC)

Preliminary decisions

Arbitrators' opinion on hearing this matter (4/0/0/0)

Accept - Blnguyen (bananabucket) 22:57, 12 February 2007 (UTC)
Accept - SimonP 14:20, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
Accept. Matthew Brown (Morven) (T:C) 18:12, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
Accept. --jpgordon 03:32, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

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Final decision

All numbering based on /Proposed decision (vote counts and comments are there as well)

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