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| <big>'''Case Opened''' on 21:35, 10 January 2008 (UTC)</big> |
<big>'''Case Opened''' on 21:35, 10 January 2008 (UTC)</big> | ||
| <big>'''Case Closed''' on 01:38, 19 January 2008 (UTC)</big> |
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| <big>'''Case Amended by ]''' on 14:32, 27 October 2011 (UTC)</big> | |||
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| <big>'''Case Amended by ]''' on 18:44, 10 March 2012 (UTC)</big> | |||
| Please do not edit this page directly unless you wish to become a participant in this case. Only add a statement here after the case has begun if you are named as a party; otherwise, your statement may be placed 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. | |||
| <big>'''Case Amended by {{oldid2|565162644|Motion 3: Syrian civil war|motion}}''' on 08:49, 21 July 2013 (UTC)</big> | |||
| Arbitrators, the parties, and other editors may suggest proposed principles, findings, and remedies at ]. That page may also be used for general comments on the evidence. Arbitrators will then vote on a final decision in the case at ]. | |||
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| ==Involved parties== | == Involved parties == | ||
| *{{Admin|Ryan Postlethwaite}} (initiating party) | *{{Admin|Ryan Postlethwaite}} (initiating party) | ||
| *{{userlinks|Jaakobou}} | *{{userlinks|Jaakobou}} | ||
| *{{userlinks|PalestineRemembered}} | *{{userlinks|PalestineRemembered}} | ||
| *{{Userlinks|Tiamut}} |
*{{Userlinks|Tiamut}} | ||
| *{{Userlinks|Eleland}} | *{{Userlinks|Eleland}} | ||
| *{{Userlinks|Pedro Gonnet}} | *{{Userlinks|Pedro Gonnet}} | ||
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| ==== Statement by Ryan Postlethwaite ==== | ==== Statement by Ryan Postlethwaite ==== | ||
| The ] that are going on at Palestine/Israel articles are now getting out of hand and the community is no longer able to handle them. is an ideal example of the problems we’re faced with here. Despite there being discussion on talk pages, the parties insist on edit warring with Jaakobou continually changing the article to his version – despite it being arguably a BLP violation (Jaakobou has basically been trying to label Erekat a liar). Other articles paint a similar picture (, , , , , , , , , (Note:This is not an exhaustive list)). What it boils down to is severe ownership issues from certain members of the dispute, and an unwillingness for parties to make compromises and stick with consensus. I realise there are no user RfC’s in this dispute, the problem is, who to create an RfC for? We’ve had many previous threads on AN/I about this, a ] which was closed without action and now all parties seem resigned to getting their point across through edit warring and other disruption. A quick look at the block logs of a number of the participants show that they have no respect for some of our editing policies and guidelines. Any further efforts at attempting to stop the dispute other than arbitration are simply going to add gasoline to the fire and will act solely as a stepping stone to arbitration at a later date. I hope the arbitrators will accept this case to look at remedies including editing restrictions and/or article/topic probations. ] 17:22, 8 January 2008 (UTC) | The ] that are going on at Palestine/Israel articles are now getting out of hand and the community is no longer able to handle them. is an ideal example of the problems we’re faced with here. Despite there being discussion on talk pages, the parties insist on edit warring with Jaakobou continually changing the article to his version – despite it being arguably a BLP violation (Jaakobou has basically been trying to label Erekat a liar). Other articles paint a similar picture (, , , , , , , , , (Note:This is not an exhaustive list)). What it boils down to is severe ownership issues from certain members of the dispute, and an unwillingness for parties to make compromises and stick with consensus. I realise there are no user RfC’s in this dispute, the problem is, who to create an RfC for? We’ve had many previous threads on AN/I about this, a ] which was closed without action and now all parties seem resigned to getting their point across through edit warring and other disruption. A quick look at the block logs of a number of the participants show that they have no respect for some of our editing policies and guidelines. Any further efforts at attempting to stop the dispute other than arbitration are simply going to add gasoline to the fire and will act solely as a stepping stone to arbitration at a later date. I hope the arbitrators will accept this case to look at remedies including editing restrictions and/or article/topic probations. ] 17:22, 8 January 2008 (UTC) | ||
| ==== Statement by PalestineRemembered ==== | ==== Statement by PalestineRemembered ==== | ||
| *Nobody need be intimidated by this case, because it's not really so complex. In my humble opinon, all the problems come down to just <s>two</s> three factors: | *Nobody need be intimidated by this case, because it's not really so complex. In my humble opinon, all the problems come down to just <s>two</s> three factors: | ||
| #One or two semi-literate editors, who cannot process the information in front of them properly. | #One or two semi-literate editors, who cannot process the information in front of them properly. | ||
| #Occasional cases of straight-forward cheating, deliberate insertion of falsehoods |
#Occasional cases of straight-forward cheating, deliberate insertion of falsehoods – or removing good material on frivolous grounds, to the severe aggravation of scholarly editors. | ||
| #"Disciplinary cases" that have been poisoned by malice aimed at witnesses, and evidence been interfered with. A severe chill has been induced by an expectation of victimising. | #"Disciplinary cases" that have been poisoned by malice aimed at witnesses, and evidence been interfered with. A severe chill has been induced by an expectation of victimising. | ||
| *These problems will not be difficult to identify and score/judge. Unless we need barristers to demand answers for straightforward questions like this: | *These problems will not be difficult to identify and score/judge. Unless we need barristers to demand answers for straightforward questions like this: | ||
| *'''Question to Jaakobou''' |
*'''Question to Jaakobou''' – have you ever operated any sock-puppet accounts, and, if so, have you operated them abusively? ]<sup>]</sup> 19:51, 8 January 2008 (UTC) | ||
| ==== Statement by ] ==== | ==== Statement by ] ==== | ||
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| Not really sure why I'm considered an involved party. I watch AN/I and I like reading through some of the cases and chiming in when I think that wider community input is useful, or the opinion of a third party editor can help. I've got all of three article space edits to any of the relevant articles (two to The Palestinian Fedayeen, one to the definitions of Palestinian). I'm not particularly into edit warring about these articles, but I have acted in these few instances when I think I can help. One was corrected (the Def. of Palest-ine/ian), and the other two probably got lost in the edit warring there fast. For me, wider involvement in Misplaced Pages, via AN/I, has just been a way of expanding my awareness here, by getting me into new subject areas. Although it's possible some here think I've got a 'side' going because i happen to be Jewish, not the case. I've been reading the cases and reviewing them, and anyone who looks at my contribs to AN/I will see I kibbitz in lots of cases, sometimes to some particular help, other times, it goes silently ignored. Either way, fine by me. I've got no particular interest in this entire situation beyond being frustrated watching the project resources being squandered on the cyclical fighting, and in noting who I think has been responsible for violations of policy and creating problems. Do I have opinions about the topic? yes. I keep them out of the cited facts, because frankly, I suspect most of the editors of these articles write more from personal assumptions and POV, and I'd rather see cited facts I disagree with than not. Cited facts make me rethink my own attitudes.) Do I have opinions about who is at fault here? Yes, and they're already stated in the relevant AN/I threads about Jaakobou and Eleland. In summary, no clue why I'm here, not an edit warrior on here, just an uninvolved third party. ] (]) 21:32, 8 January 2008 (UTC) |
Not really sure why I'm considered an involved party. I watch AN/I and I like reading through some of the cases and chiming in when I think that wider community input is useful, or the opinion of a third party editor can help. I've got all of three article space edits to any of the relevant articles (two to The Palestinian Fedayeen, one to the definitions of Palestinian). I'm not particularly into edit warring about these articles, but I have acted in these few instances when I think I can help. One was corrected (the Def. of Palest-ine/ian), and the other two probably got lost in the edit warring there fast. For me, wider involvement in Misplaced Pages, via AN/I, has just been a way of expanding my awareness here, by getting me into new subject areas. Although it's possible some here think I've got a 'side' going because i happen to be Jewish, not the case. I've been reading the cases and reviewing them, and anyone who looks at my contribs to AN/I will see I kibbitz in lots of cases, sometimes to some particular help, other times, it goes silently ignored. Either way, fine by me. I've got no particular interest in this entire situation beyond being frustrated watching the project resources being squandered on the cyclical fighting, and in noting who I think has been responsible for violations of policy and creating problems. Do I have opinions about the topic? yes. I keep them out of the cited facts, because frankly, I suspect most of the editors of these articles write more from personal assumptions and POV, and I'd rather see cited facts I disagree with than not. Cited facts make me rethink my own attitudes.) Do I have opinions about who is at fault here? Yes, and they're already stated in the relevant AN/I threads about Jaakobou and Eleland. In summary, no clue why I'm here, not an edit warrior on here, just an uninvolved third party. ] (]) 21:32, 8 January 2008 (UTC) | ||
| ==== Statement by G-Dett ==== | ==== Statement by G-Dett ==== | ||
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| I have two suggestions and will keep them both brief. One is that ] be included somehow. He is a very unusual editor in that he's widely trusted by both sides. I'm sure he has real-life views but they are no more detectable in his Misplaced Pages presence than is his body odor. He seems to be drawn to resolving intractable debates, as if they were 10,000 piece jigsaw puzzles and he some kind of savant. | I have two suggestions and will keep them both brief. One is that ] be included somehow. He is a very unusual editor in that he's widely trusted by both sides. I'm sure he has real-life views but they are no more detectable in his Misplaced Pages presence than is his body odor. He seems to be drawn to resolving intractable debates, as if they were 10,000 piece jigsaw puzzles and he some kind of savant. | ||
| Ideally we could have a mini-cabal but frankly I don't know who else would be on it (Durova?). Part of HG's success has been that he never tells anyone they're talking balderdash, even when they are; he's more of a facilitator of mildly Socratic dialogue. There are many other intelligent and non-aligned editors, who however through very occasional and understandable flashes of intellectual impatience have been branded partisan. |
Ideally we could have a mini-cabal but frankly I don't know who else would be on it (Durova?). Part of HG's success has been that he never tells anyone they're talking balderdash, even when they are; he's more of a facilitator of mildly Socratic dialogue. There are many other intelligent and non-aligned editors, who however through very occasional and understandable flashes of intellectual impatience have been branded partisan. | ||
| My second suggestion is that we have some sort of moderated ME-related forum where ''inter-article'' balance issues could be discussed as they arise, and loose working principles formulated. There are certain policy-interpretation memes that come up regularly in editing disputes, and even when they're semi-resolved there's no take-away. I know "other stuff" isn't supposed to exist on Misplaced Pages, but it certainly ''does'' exist on ME pages, and the fact that we're not supposed to talk about it has just forced it underground into "strategy," often of a passive-aggressive sort.--] (]) 22:09, 8 January 2008 (UTC) | My second suggestion is that we have some sort of moderated ME-related forum where ''inter-article'' balance issues could be discussed as they arise, and loose working principles formulated. There are certain policy-interpretation memes that come up regularly in editing disputes, and even when they're semi-resolved there's no take-away. I know "other stuff" isn't supposed to exist on Misplaced Pages, but it certainly ''does'' exist on ME pages, and the fact that we're not supposed to talk about it has just forced it underground into "strategy," often of a passive-aggressive sort.--] (]) 22:09, 8 January 2008 (UTC) | ||
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| :*The list of involved participants seems to have been chosen in an arbitrary fashion. ] strikes me the most noteworthy omission, though I'm certain that others have been left out as well. | :*The list of involved participants seems to have been chosen in an arbitrary fashion. ] strikes me the most noteworthy omission, though I'm certain that others have been left out as well. | ||
| :*I would recommend that this ArbComm case be restructured so as to encompass pages that do not ''specifically'' address the Israel/Palestine conflict, but rather address related matters and involve many of the same participants. ] strikes me as a particularly relevant example, in light of ongoing discussions on its ]. |
:*I would recommend that this ArbComm case be restructured so as to encompass pages that do not ''specifically'' address the Israel/Palestine conflict, but rather address related matters and involve many of the same participants. ] strikes me as a particularly relevant example, in light of ongoing discussions on its ]. | ||
| :*I do not accept Ryan's assertion that "all parties seem resigned to getting their point across through edit warring and other disruption". While it's undeniably true that both "sides" in this dispute are guilty of edit-warring, there are some participants who have tried to persuade "the other side" with rational arguments |
:*I do not accept Ryan's assertion that "all parties seem resigned to getting their point across through edit warring and other disruption". While it's undeniably true that both "sides" in this dispute are guilty of edit-warring, there are some participants who have tried to persuade "the other side" with rational arguments … the difficulty is that this approach seldom leads to discernable results. | ||
| :*While it may prove necessary to admonish or sanction certain editors for their behaviour on these pages, this will not solve the underlying problem. '''It could even be counter-productive, if editors who are not sanctioned (or like-minded editors who are not named in this particular RfA) continue the larger pattern of tendentious editing once arbitration is finished.''' Misplaced Pages's articles on Israel/Palestine have been an embarrassment for some time, in no small part because meaningful debate on substantive editing issues has become almost impossible. We need is method of ensuring that future disputes can be resolved in an open and civil manner -- anything short of this will just be window dressing on one of the project's most serious problems. (The suggestion of appointing an ] has its advantages, though I wonder if this task could prove too large for any one editor to take.) | :*While it may prove necessary to admonish or sanction certain editors for their behaviour on these pages, this will not solve the underlying problem. '''It could even be counter-productive, if editors who are not sanctioned (or like-minded editors who are not named in this particular RfA) continue the larger pattern of tendentious editing once arbitration is finished.''' Misplaced Pages's articles on Israel/Palestine have been an embarrassment for some time, in no small part because meaningful debate on substantive editing issues has become almost impossible. We need is method of ensuring that future disputes can be resolved in an open and civil manner -- anything short of this will just be window dressing on one of the project's most serious problems. (The suggestion of appointing an ] has its advantages, though I wonder if this task could prove too large for any one editor to take.) | ||
| ] (]) 00:38, 9 January 2008 (UTC), with 02:53, 9 January 2008 (UTC) | ] (]) 00:38, 9 January 2008 (UTC), with 02:53, 9 January 2008 (UTC) | ||
| :::Please allow me to reiterate my view that this RfA '''should''' be expanded to address relevant articles that do not specifically address the Israel/Palestine conflict, and '''should''' address the larger problem of a poisoned atmosphere on all of these pages. |
:::Please allow me to reiterate my view that this RfA '''should''' be expanded to address relevant articles that do not specifically address the Israel/Palestine conflict, and '''should''' address the larger problem of a poisoned atmosphere on all of these pages. | ||
| :::If this RfA only addresses issues of behaviour on a small number of pages, I'm quite concerned that it could (i) selectively punish some participants while allowing equally culpable parties in the larger dispute to escape sanction, (ii) further poison the atmosphere on these pages by creating the ''appearance'' of selective prosecution, and (iii) do nothing to resolve the larger and more pressing problem of factionalism on these pages. |
:::If this RfA only addresses issues of behaviour on a small number of pages, I'm quite concerned that it could (i) selectively punish some participants while allowing equally culpable parties in the larger dispute to escape sanction, (ii) further poison the atmosphere on these pages by creating the ''appearance'' of selective prosecution, and (iii) do nothing to resolve the larger and more pressing problem of factionalism on these pages. | ||
| :::By the way, I think 6SJ7 has raised an interesting point regarding the time frame. I'm a bit concerned that this RfA could have the ''unintended consequence'' of allowing tendentious editors who've kept a low profile in recent months, but were prominently involved in past POV disputes, to re-emerge if and when restrictions are placed on their "opponents". I don't believe this (plausible, if remote) turn of events would create either the appearance or reality of fairness. | :::By the way, I think 6SJ7 has raised an interesting point regarding the time frame. I'm a bit concerned that this RfA could have the ''unintended consequence'' of allowing tendentious editors who've kept a low profile in recent months, but were prominently involved in past POV disputes, to re-emerge if and when restrictions are placed on their "opponents". I don't believe this (plausible, if remote) turn of events would create either the appearance or reality of fairness. | ||
| :::To improve the quality of these pages, this RfA must take a ''proactive'' role in establishing terms of behaviour for articles on Middle East issues. We don't need to examine every dispute, but we most certainly ''do'' need to ensure the situation on these pages improves. User:Sm8900's "general comment" was well-intentioned, but I fear it his/her remedy would take this process in entirely the wrong direction, and focus on minutiae rather than the bigger picture. ] (]) 23:33, 9 January 2008 (UTC) | :::To improve the quality of these pages, this RfA must take a ''proactive'' role in establishing terms of behaviour for articles on Middle East issues. We don't need to examine every dispute, but we most certainly ''do'' need to ensure the situation on these pages improves. User:Sm8900's "general comment" was well-intentioned, but I fear it his/her remedy would take this process in entirely the wrong direction, and focus on minutiae rather than the bigger picture. ] (]) 23:33, 9 January 2008 (UTC) | ||
| ==== Statement by ] ==== | ==== Statement by ] ==== | ||
| I am listed as a party to the edit-war on ]. My last edit to the page () or to the talk page () predate the page-protection by 12 and 14 days respectively, which makes me an unlikely candidate for that war (I am, however, involved in ], where a nice solution was found, and on ], which went stale). The discussions on that ] (the wildest one is regarding the use of the term "occupied" when referring to the ]) are symptomatic of the way ] work: insert POV/unsourced/tendentious material or delete sourced material, start a revert war, call for an RfC, flame anybody who participates in it, drop out of the discussion and when a compromise is reached between other editors, block and/or ignore it. | I am listed as a party to the edit-war on ]. My last edit to the page () or to the talk page () predate the page-protection by 12 and 14 days respectively, which makes me an unlikely candidate for that war (I am, however, involved in ], where a nice solution was found, and on ], which went stale). The discussions on that ] (the wildest one is regarding the use of the term "occupied" when referring to the ]) are symptomatic of the way ] work: insert POV/unsourced/tendentious material or delete sourced material, start a revert war, call for an RfC, flame anybody who participates in it, drop out of the discussion and when a compromise is reached between other editors, block and/or ignore it. | ||
| As I have mentioned on the ] thread, this is not about ''a'' content dispute, but about the willingness to start literally ''hundreds'' of content disputes based on bogus material, simply to deadlock or seriously degrade most -- if not all -- articles related to the ]. The ] are not interested in ], ], avoiding ] and such, but in inserting their own, generally anti-Palestinian ] at any cost. For ] , there is ''never'' a compromise, ''never'' a mutually agreed solution and as such, ''never'' an end to an edit-war. | As I have mentioned on the ] thread, this is not about ''a'' content dispute, but about the willingness to start literally ''hundreds'' of content disputes based on bogus material, simply to deadlock or seriously degrade most -- if not all -- articles related to the ]. The ] are not interested in ], ], avoiding ] and such, but in inserting their own, generally anti-Palestinian ] at any cost. For ] , there is ''never'' a compromise, ''never'' a mutually agreed solution and as such, ''never'' an end to an edit-war. | ||
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| As you may have guessed, my main problem is with ], with whom I have locked horns on several occasions. I have yet to see him end an edit-war, accept a compromise or back down from any of his positions or edits. This is not about tough discussions -- I have had many with ] and ] and in most cases reached a solution and/or compromise, of which I am somewhat proud -- but about fruitless discussions being used as a mere pretext to drag an issue on an wear out all participants. This kind of behaviour is ''extremely'' disruptive, time-consuming and just plain annoying -- and does not contribute to the encyclopaedia. | As you may have guessed, my main problem is with ], with whom I have locked horns on several occasions. I have yet to see him end an edit-war, accept a compromise or back down from any of his positions or edits. This is not about tough discussions -- I have had many with ] and ] and in most cases reached a solution and/or compromise, of which I am somewhat proud -- but about fruitless discussions being used as a mere pretext to drag an issue on an wear out all participants. This kind of behaviour is ''extremely'' disruptive, time-consuming and just plain annoying -- and does not contribute to the encyclopaedia. | ||
| Please, accept this RfA so that we can all get back to ''normal'' editing. <small style="border: 1px solid;padding:1px 4px 1px 3px;white-space:nowrap">''']''' |
Please, accept this RfA so that we can all get back to ''normal'' editing. <small style="border: 1px solid;padding:1px 4px 1px 3px;white-space:nowrap">''']''' – ''']''' – 9 January 2008 08:02</small> | ||
| ====Statement by ]==== | ==== Statement by ] ==== | ||
| I welcome the fact that ArbCom is to look at this area, and I hope that they will come up with some helpful guidelines. In particular, I support the suggestion by ] above for a style guide or naming convention. As ] notes, there is constant dispute over the use of the term "occupied" to describe the territories which came under Israeli rule in 1967. There are also disputes over the term "guerilla"/"terrorist", over the placing of an "Antisemitism" category tag on many articles, and other similar issues. This could all usefully be addressed. | I welcome the fact that ArbCom is to look at this area, and I hope that they will come up with some helpful guidelines. In particular, I support the suggestion by ] above for a style guide or naming convention. As ] notes, there is constant dispute over the use of the term "occupied" to describe the territories which came under Israeli rule in 1967. There are also disputes over the term "guerilla"/"terrorist", over the placing of an "Antisemitism" category tag on many articles, and other similar issues. This could all usefully be addressed. | ||
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| :{{userlinks|Hertz1888}} | :{{userlinks|Hertz1888}} | ||
| :{{userlinks|6SJ7}} | :{{userlinks|6SJ7}} | ||
| and I'm sure there are many more. If ] was not currently under a one-year topic ban, he also would be included. In short, it is invidious to pick out just the editors named above, since there are countless others acting in a very similar manner. |
and I'm sure there are many more. If ] was not currently under a one-year topic ban, he also would be included. In short, it is invidious to pick out just the editors named above, since there are countless others acting in a very similar manner. | ||
| Having said that, I do think that there should be a specific inquiry into the behaviour of ], identified by several editors above and elsewhere as a particularly problematic and uncooperative editor. My history with him includes regarding his use of racist language and following his posting of libellous comments about me on a talk page. On that occasion, Jaakobou so thoroughly angered other editors (not previously involved in this area) that he was extremely lucky to avoid a lengthy community block. ] (]) 11:09, 9 January 2008 (UTC) | Having said that, I do think that there should be a specific inquiry into the behaviour of ], identified by several editors above and elsewhere as a particularly problematic and uncooperative editor. My history with him includes ] regarding his use of racist language and ] following his posting of libellous comments about me on a talk page. On that occasion, Jaakobou so thoroughly angered other editors (not previously involved in this area) that he was extremely lucky to avoid a lengthy community block. ] (]) 11:09, 9 January 2008 (UTC) | ||
| ==== Statement by ] ==== | |||
| ====Statement by ]==== | |||
| My own conduct hasn't been ideal, I realize and I took upon myself to change my editing habits since my recent block (arguing on a number of articles and 3RR breach on one of them) and have obtained mentorship to address that and help diffuse problematic cases. | My own conduct hasn't been ideal, I realize and I took upon myself to change my editing habits since my recent block (arguing on a number of articles and 3RR breach on one of them) and have obtained mentorship to address that and help diffuse problematic cases. | ||
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| I also believe there is a serious need for formal mediation on ] and ]. | I also believe there is a serious need for formal mediation on ] and ]. | ||
| I believe full blown arbitration should always be a last resort and that my suggestions will help everyone involved to improve their policy understanding and conduct and will also open the door for new editors who'd be kicked out in the current state of affairs. <b>< |
I believe full blown arbitration should always be a last resort and that my suggestions will help everyone involved to improve their policy understanding and conduct and will also open the door for new editors who'd be kicked out in the current state of affairs. <b><span style="color:teal;">]</span><span style="color: #1F860E;"><sup>'']''</sup></span></b> 11:42, 9 January 2008 (UTC) | ||
| :If the Committee does decide to accept this case, then I request that the following names be added to the list |
:If the Committee does decide to accept this case, then I request that the following names be added to the list – Nishidani, Stingray86, NSH001, Sanguinalis, Gatoclass, Timeshifter, Ian Pitchford, Nickhh, ChrisO, Abu_Ali, Paul kuiper NL, Timb0h, RomaC, Editor54321, JaapBoBo, Burgas00, Bless sins, Liftarn, and 70.109.223.188, who are certainly involved in these conflicts as much as anyone else, and some moreso than the listed or suggested parties. | ||
| :My apologies if I forgot someone. <b>< |
:My apologies if I forgot someone. <b><span style="color:teal;">]</span><span style="color: #1F860E;"><sup>'']''</sup></span></b> 18:24, 9 January 2008 (UTC) | ||
| =====Sorted for comfort |
===== Sorted for comfort ===== | ||
| *'''Special mentions:''' | *'''Special mentions:''' | ||
| ** Eleland, PalestineRemembered, G-Dett, Bless sins, CJCurrie, Liftarn. | ** Eleland, PalestineRemembered, G-Dett, Bless sins, CJCurrie, Liftarn. | ||
| *{{User|Nishidani}}, | *{{User|Nishidani}}, | ||
| *{{User|Stingray86}}, |
*{{User|Stingray86}}, | ||
| *{{User|NSH001}}, |
*{{User|NSH001}}, | ||
| *{{User|Sanguinalis}}, |
*{{User|Sanguinalis}}, | ||
| *{{User|Gatoclass}}, |
*{{User|Gatoclass}}, | ||
| *{{User|Timeshifter}}, |
*{{User|Timeshifter}}, | ||
| *{{User|Ian Pitchford}}, |
*{{User|Ian Pitchford}}, | ||
| *{{User|Nickhh}}, |
*{{User|Nickhh}}, | ||
| *{{User|ChrisO}}, |
*{{User|ChrisO}}, | ||
| *{{User|Abu_ali}}, |
*{{User|Abu_ali}}, | ||
| *{{User|Paul kuiper NL}}, |
*{{User|Paul kuiper NL}}, | ||
| *{{User|Timb0h}}, |
*{{User|Timb0h}}, | ||
| *{{User|RomaC}}, |
*{{User|RomaC}}, | ||
| *{{User|Editor54321}}, |
*{{User|Editor54321}}, | ||
| *{{User|JaapBoBo}}, |
*{{User|JaapBoBo}}, | ||
| *{{User|Burgas00}}, |
*{{User|Burgas00}}, | ||
| *{{User|Bless sins}}, |
*{{User|Bless sins}}, | ||
| *{{User|Liftarn}}, |
*{{User|Liftarn}}, | ||
| *{{User|70.109.223.188}} | *{{User|70.109.223.188}} | ||
| *{{User|146.115.58.152}} / {{User|67.98.206.2}} (same user) | *{{User|146.115.58.152}} / {{User|67.98.206.2}} (same user) | ||
| -- <b>< |
-- <b><span style="color:teal;">]</span><span style="color: #1F860E;"><sup>'']''</sup></span></b> 23:32, 11 January 2008 (UTC) , added another on 02:55, 13 January 2008 (UTC) | ||
| ====Statement by ]==== | ==== Statement by ] ==== | ||
| First off, I would like to thank Ryan Postlewaithe for being bringing this case to the attention of Arbcomm. The problems besetting Palestine-Israel articles are chronic, long-term problems that have not received the attention required to resolve them. |
First off, I would like to thank Ryan Postlewaithe for being bringing this case to the attention of Arbcomm. The problems besetting Palestine-Israel articles are chronic, long-term problems that have not received the attention required to resolve them. | ||
| I second Number 57's suggestion that {{ |
I second Number 57's suggestion that {{User|Beit Or}} be added to the list and the suggestion of other editors above that {{User|Jayjg}} also be included. The former has a habit of pile-on reverting and even wikistalked me to five different articles one day, just to revert my additions. (See related discussion , , and ). The latter, while having taken a brief sabbatical between August and November, was (and still is) deeply involved in editing Palestine-Israel articles, and as an admin, set the example to many of us on how to approach editing at such articles (for better or worse – arbcomm can decide that). Though his involvement is recent, I would also add {{User|Eternalsleeper}} here as well, since he jumped into the dispute at ] to drive-by revert twice, before even engaging in any discussion. | ||
| Having learned a lot over the last year and half about Misplaced Pages policies, I like to think that the quality of my editing contributions and my ability to work with others with vastly differing viewpoints has greatly improved. This is of course not true across the board. There are some editors who engage in tendentious and disruptive editing with whom I have not been able to construct a satisfactory, collaborative editing relationship. I often get the sense that the goal of these editors is simply to disrupt a page where sourced edits representing a viewpoint they don't like are being added, until the page is protected and no further additions can be made. |
Having learned a lot over the last year and half about Misplaced Pages policies, I like to think that the quality of my editing contributions and my ability to work with others with vastly differing viewpoints has greatly improved. This is of course not true across the board. There are some editors who engage in tendentious and disruptive editing with whom I have not been able to construct a satisfactory, collaborative editing relationship. I often get the sense that the goal of these editors is simply to disrupt a page where sourced edits representing a viewpoint they don't like are being added, until the page is protected and no further additions can be made. | ||
| Regarding my own block log, I have been blocked four times for 3RR. The first block was placed {{ |
Regarding my own block log, I have been blocked four times for 3RR. The first block was placed {{User|SlimVirgin}} for editing at ], where in the midst of multi-participant edit war over how (or for some whether) to include a piece of sourced information regarding the status of Palestinians in Israel as an "indigenous people", involving many of the editors listed here, Isarig reported me for 3RR and I was blocked. Many fellow editors took issue with the block, which they believed was unfair, given my involvement in discussion in the talk page and the attempt in my edits to find alternate phraseology acceptable to everyone. The subsequent two blocks were placed after reports filed (again) by Isarig (who in all three cases was edit-warring with me at the time, but was not himself sanctioned). These two were lifted before they expired after Isarig's own history of edit-warring was brought to the attention of admins by other editors. It was around this time that I began to see how detrimental edit warring was to the project. I am certainly not making excuses for my behaviour, only outlining an evolution. The last block was placed by {{User|Tariqabjotu}} after I filed a report against {{User|Egyegy}}. While I had not violated 3RR and had not lowered myself to responding to Egygey uncivil and personal attacks on me, I admit that I was edit warring, and Tariqabjotu blocked me for a lengthy period. The block was overturned by {{User|Mangojuice}} long before it expired after I recognized that fact. (Note that Tariqabjotu refused to lift the block when I requested that he do so by email). That was my last block (in September 2007) and I have had no blocks since. | ||
| I do try to avoid edit-warring. It is however, deeply challenging. Particularly when you spend days working to add reliable sourced and relevant scholarly material to an article, only to have someone come by and mass blank your additions, and then have someone else come and drive-by revert them away again after they are restored by you or others. I think Arbcomm needs to know that this is not about a content dispute. It's about a style of editing that centers on disruption to do away with facts that cannot argued away. It's about some editors letting ] be the key determinant to whether an addition remains in an article, rather than adibing by core Wiki policies like ] and ]. I don't think I am one of those editors. Though I do have a strong POV on the issues which no doubt influences what information I add to these articles, I do try to be self-conscious about it and I don't delete relevant reliably sourced information representing opposing viewpoints, even when I think it's a total load of crap. |
I do try to avoid edit-warring. It is however, deeply challenging. Particularly when you spend days working to add reliable sourced and relevant scholarly material to an article, only to have someone come by and mass blank your additions, and then have someone else come and drive-by revert them away again after they are restored by you or others. I think Arbcomm needs to know that this is not about a content dispute. It's about a style of editing that centers on disruption to do away with facts that cannot argued away. It's about some editors letting ] be the key determinant to whether an addition remains in an article, rather than adibing by core Wiki policies like ] and ]. I don't think I am one of those editors. Though I do have a strong POV on the issues which no doubt influences what information I add to these articles, I do try to be self-conscious about it and I don't delete relevant reliably sourced information representing opposing viewpoints, even when I think it's a total load of crap. | ||
| I think the arbcomm should focus on identifying specific behaviours that are unhelpful here (e.g. drive-by reverting to delete sourced material without sufficient engagement in talk) and the editors who use them. Without a specific work agenda here, this arbcomm is likely to end up unfocused and end without resolving anything (as did the previous one on ]). ] 12:21, 9 January 2008 (UTC) | I think the arbcomm should focus on identifying specific behaviours that are unhelpful here (e.g. drive-by reverting to delete sourced material without sufficient engagement in talk) and the editors who use them. Without a specific work agenda here, this arbcomm is likely to end up unfocused and end without resolving anything (as did the previous one on ]). ] 12:21, 9 January 2008 (UTC) | ||
| :PS. Regarding Tariqabjotu's statement that {{ |
:PS. Regarding Tariqabjotu's statement that {{User|Tewfik}} (among others) shouldn't be lsited in this case, I have to disagree (about tewfik specificially). Tewfik regularly engages in the kind of behaviour I have described above. His mass blanking of material ] after one version enjoyed stability for two weeks, prompted a series of edit wars that led to the page being protected. In my opinion and that of other editors at the page, he did not sufficiently explain these edits. ] 12:39, 9 January 2008 (UTC) | ||
| ==] is no longer with us== | == ] is no longer with us == | ||
| This is to inform all involved parties here that {{User|Isarig}} have exercised their right to vanish and are no longer active as a Misplaced Pages contributor. It should be noted that both their mentors (] and myself) have agreed to that according to ]. The user have been explained not to come back editing again as per WP:RTV, a thing they agreed to. The 'right to vanish' request has been accepted by OTRS members and a notice has been sent to the ArbCom mailing list. As a consequence, all edits by User:Isarig have been deleted from their main account and transfered to an account place holder known to the ArbCom, OTRS members and their mentors. This same notice has been cross posted to ]. -- ] - <small>]</small> 15:44, 15 January 2008 (UTC) | This is to inform all involved parties here that {{User|Isarig}} have exercised their right to vanish and are no longer active as a Misplaced Pages contributor. It should be noted that both their mentors (] and myself) have agreed to that according to ]. The user have been explained not to come back editing again as per WP:RTV, a thing they agreed to. The 'right to vanish' request has been accepted by OTRS members and a notice has been sent to the ArbCom mailing list. As a consequence, all edits by User:Isarig have been deleted from their main account and transfered to an account place holder known to the ArbCom, OTRS members and their mentors. This same notice has been cross posted to ]. -- ] - <small>]</small> 15:44, 15 January 2008 (UTC) | ||
| ==Preliminary decisions== | == Preliminary decisions == | ||
| === Arbitrators' opinion on hearing this matter (4/0/0/0) === | === Arbitrators' opinion on hearing this matter (4/0/0/0) === | ||
| * Accept, primarily to consider the overall situation in this topic area. ] 17:29, 8 January 2008 (UTC) | * Accept, primarily to consider the overall situation in this topic area. ] 17:29, 8 January 2008 (UTC) | ||
| * Accept per Kirill. -- ] - <small>]</small> 17:39, 8 January 2008 (UTC) | * Accept per Kirill. -- ] - <small>]</small> 17:39, 8 January 2008 (UTC) | ||
| * Accept to look out the best way to handle heated conflicts related to this topic and examine involved parties disruptive conduct. ] (]) 16:06, 9 January 2008 (UTC) | * Accept to look out the best way to handle heated conflicts related to this topic and examine involved parties disruptive conduct. ] (]) 16:06, 9 January 2008 (UTC) | ||
| * Accept. There's no doubt this case must be accepted but the scope needs to be kept fairly tightly defined and this case has already started to sprawl. The decision is not going to have any effect on the balance of views present in articles about the Israel/Palestine conflict. The committee will only be looking at user conduct issues. The wide number of users involved is likely either to make this case among the most protracted ever seen, or to a deliberate decision to pass enforcement to uninvolved admins. The latter is the more likely. Can I make a plea for brevity in the evidence? Generally the pithier a submission, the more impact it makes. ] (]) 20:53, 9 January 2008 (UTC) | * Accept. There's no doubt this case must be accepted but the scope needs to be kept fairly tightly defined and this case has already started to sprawl. The decision is not going to have any effect on the balance of views present in articles about the Israel/Palestine conflict. The committee will only be looking at user conduct issues. The wide number of users involved is likely either to make this case among the most protracted ever seen, or to a deliberate decision to pass enforcement to uninvolved admins. The latter is the more likely. Can I make a plea for brevity in the evidence? Generally the pithier a submission, the more impact it makes. ] (]) 20:53, 9 January 2008 (UTC) | ||
| ===Temporary injunction (none)=== | === Temporary injunction (none) === | ||
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| :''Passed 11 to 0 01:38, 19 January 2008 (UTC)'' | :''Passed 11 to 0 01:38, 19 January 2008 (UTC)'' | ||
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| :''Passed 11 to 0 01:38, 19 January 2008 (UTC)'' | :''Passed 11 to 0 01:38, 19 January 2008 (UTC)'' | ||
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| :''Passed 11 to 0 01:38, 19 January 2008 (UTC)'' | :''Passed 11 to 0 01:38, 19 January 2008 (UTC)'' | ||
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| ===Area of conflict=== | === Area of conflict === | ||
| 1) The disputes presented in this case, while focusing specifically on issues related to Palestinian-Israeli conflict, are part of a broader set of conflicts prevalent over the entire range of articles concerning the Arab-Israeli conflict (see, in particular, the prior Arbitration cases regarding ], ], ], ], ], ], and ]). Many of these conflicts are grounded in matters external to the project; deep-seated and long-standing real world conflicts between the peoples of Palestine and Israel have been transferred to Misplaced Pages. The area of conflict in this case shall be considered to be the entire set of Arab-Israeli conflict-related articles, broadly interpreted. | 1) The disputes presented in this case, while focusing specifically on issues related to Palestinian-Israeli conflict, are part of a broader set of conflicts prevalent over the entire range of articles concerning the Arab-Israeli conflict (see, in particular, the prior Arbitration cases regarding ], ], ], ], ], ], and ]). Many of these conflicts are grounded in matters external to the project; deep-seated and long-standing real world conflicts between the peoples of Palestine and Israel have been transferred to Misplaced Pages. The area of conflict in this case shall be considered to be the entire set of Arab-Israeli conflict-related articles, broadly interpreted. | ||
| :''Passed 11 to 0 01:38, 19 January 2008 (UTC)'' | :''Passed 11 to 0 01:38, 19 January 2008 (UTC)'' | ||
| ==Remedies== | == Remedies == | ||
| <small>''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.''</small> | <small>''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.''</small> | ||
| {{ctop|title=These remedies have been vacated. For the current set of remedies applicable in this topic area, please see the ''']'''.}} | |||
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1.1)<s> Any uninvolved administrator may, on his or her own discretion, impose sanctions on any editor working in the area of conflict if, despite being warned, that editor repeatedly or seriously fails to adhere to the purpose of Misplaced Pages, any expected standards of behavior, or any normal editorial process. The sanctions imposed may include blocks of up to one year in length; bans from editing any page or set of pages within the area of conflict; bans on any editing related to the topic or its closely related topics; restrictions on reverts or other specified behaviors; or any other measures which the imposing administrator believes are reasonably necessary to ensure the smooth functioning of the project.</s> | ||
| Prior to any sanctions being imposed, the editor in question shall be given a warning with a link to this decision; and, where appropriate, should be counseled on specific steps that he or she can take to improve his or her editing in accordance with relevant policies and guidelines. | <s>Prior to any sanctions being imposed, the editor in question shall be given a warning with a link to this decision; and, where appropriate, should be counseled on specific steps that he or she can take to improve his or her editing in accordance with relevant policies and guidelines.</s> | ||
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| <s>In determining whether to impose sanctions on a given user and which sanctions to impose, administrators should use their judgment and balance the need to ] and ], and the desire to allow responsible contributors maximum freedom to edit, with the need to reduce edit-warring and misuse of Misplaced Pages as a battleground, so as to create an acceptable collaborative editing environment even on our most contentious articles. Editors wishing to edit in these areas are advised to edit carefully, to adopt Misplaced Pages's communal approaches (including appropriate conduct, ], ], ] and ]) in their editing, and to amend behaviors that are deemed to be of concern by administrators. An editor unable or unwilling to do so may wish to restrict their editing to other topics, in order to avoid sanctions.</s> | |||
| :''Passed 11 to 0 01:38, 19 January 2008 (UTC)'' | :''Passed 11 to 0 01:38, 19 January 2008 (UTC)'' | ||
| ::''Superseded by an ] passed 14 to 0, 14:32, 27 October 2011 (UTC)'' | |||
| ===Appeal of discretionary sanctions=== | === Appeal of discretionary sanctions === | ||
| 2) ] imposed under the provisions of this decision may be appealed to the imposing administrator, the appropriate administrators' noticeboard (currently ]), or the Committee. Administrators are cautioned not to reverse such sanctions without familiarizing themselves with the full facts of the matter and engaging in extensive discussion and consensus-building at the administrators' noticeboard or another suitable on-wiki venue. The Committee will consider appropriate remedies including suspension or revocation of adminship in the event of violations. | 2) <s>] imposed under the provisions of this decision may be appealed to the imposing administrator, the appropriate administrators' noticeboard (currently ]), or the Committee. Administrators are cautioned not to reverse such sanctions without familiarizing themselves with the full facts of the matter and engaging in extensive discussion and consensus-building at the administrators' noticeboard or another suitable on-wiki venue. The Committee will consider appropriate remedies including suspension or revocation of adminship in the event of violations.</s> | ||
| :''Passed 11 to 0 01:38, 19 January 2008 (UTC)'' | :''Passed 11 to 0 01:38, 19 January 2008 (UTC)'' | ||
| ::''Superseded by an ] passed 14 to 0, 14:32, 27 October 2011 (UTC)'' | |||
| {{cob}} | |||
| ===Working group=== | |||
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| 3) The Committee shall convene a working group, composed of experienced Wikipedians in good standing, and task it with developing a comprehensive set of recommendations for resolving the pervasive problem of intractable disputes centered around national, ethnic, and cultural areas of conflict. The membership, structure, and procedures of the group shall be subject to the approval of the Committee. The working group shall be free to develop recommendations of any form, including those requiring Committee action and those requiring community adoption of new or changed policies, at its discretion. The group shall be appointed within two weeks from the closure of this case, and shall present its recommendations to the Committee no later than six months from the date of its inception. | 3) The Committee shall convene a working group, composed of experienced Wikipedians in good standing, and task it with developing a comprehensive set of recommendations for resolving the pervasive problem of intractable disputes centered around national, ethnic, and cultural areas of conflict. The membership, structure, and procedures of the group shall be subject to the approval of the Committee. The working group shall be free to develop recommendations of any form, including those requiring Committee action and those requiring community adoption of new or changed policies, at its discretion. The group shall be appointed within two weeks from the closure of this case, and shall present its recommendations to the Committee no later than six months from the date of its inception. | ||
| :''Passed 10 to 0 01:38, 19 January 2008 (UTC)'' | :''Passed 10 to 0 01:38, 19 January 2008 (UTC)'' | ||
| {{ctop|title=These remedies have been vacated. For the current set of remedies applicable in this topic area, please see the ''']'''.}} | |||
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| 4) 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 Misplaced Pages policies such as ] of all editors including those on the other side of the real-world dispute, writing with a ], remaining ] and ], utilizing ] for contentious or disputed assertions, and resorting to ] where necessary. Misplaced Pages cannot solve the dispute between the Israeli and Palestinian people or any other real-world ethnic conflict. What Misplaced Pages 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 parties to the conflict. The contributions of all good-faith editors on these articles who contribute with this goal in mind are appreciated. | 4) <s>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 Misplaced Pages policies such as ] of all editors including those on the other side of the real-world dispute, writing with a ], remaining ] and ], utilizing ] for contentious or disputed assertions, and resorting to ] where necessary. Misplaced Pages cannot solve the dispute between the Israeli and Palestinian people or any other real-world ethnic conflict. What Misplaced Pages 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 parties to the conflict. The contributions of all good-faith editors on these articles who contribute with this goal in mind are appreciated.</s> | ||
| :''Passed 11 to 0 01:38, 19 January 2008 (UTC)'' | :''Passed 11 to 0 01:38, 19 January 2008 (UTC)'' | ||
| ::''Superseded by ] at 06:01, 20 December 2019 (UTC)'' | |||
| ===Editors counseled=== | === Editors counseled === | ||
| 5) Editors who find it difficult to edit a particular article or topic from a neutral point of view and adhere to other Misplaced Pages policies are counseled that they may sometimes need or wish to step away temporarily from that article or subject area. Sometimes, editors in this position may wish 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 himself 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. |
5) <s>Editors who find it difficult to edit a particular article or topic from a neutral point of view and adhere to other Misplaced Pages policies are counseled that they may sometimes need or wish to step away temporarily from that article or subject area. Sometimes, editors in this position may wish 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 himself 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.</s> | ||
| :''Passed 10 to 0 01:38, 19 January 2008 (UTC)'' | :''Passed 10 to 0 01:38, 19 January 2008 (UTC)'' | ||
| ::''Superseded by ] at 06:01, 20 December 2019 (UTC)'' | |||
| === Standard discretionary sanctions === | |||
| ==Enforcement== | |||
| {{hatnote|1=Because numerous remedies from multiple cases apply to the same area of conflict, a compilation of currently-applicable remedies is maintained at ].}} | |||
| {{anchor|Discretionary sanctions motion (2011)}} | |||
| 6) <s>All Arab-Israeli conflict-related <s>articles</s> <u>pages</u>, broadly interpreted, are placed under ]. Any uninvolved administrator may levy restrictions as an ] action on users editing in this topic area, after an initial warning.</s> | |||
| :''Passed 14 to 0 by <span class="plainlinks">]</span>, 14:32, 27 October 2011 (UTC)'' | |||
| Amended to change "articles" to "pages" | |||
| ===Logging of sanctions=== | |||
| :''Passed 7 to 1 by <span class="plainlinks">]</span>, 05:32, 23 October 2014 (UTC)'' | |||
| ::''Superseded by ] at 06:01, 20 December 2019 (UTC)'' | |||
| {{cob}} | |||
| == Enforcement == | |||
| === Logging of sanctions === | |||
| 1) All sanctions imposed under the provisions of this decision are to be logged at ]. | 1) All sanctions imposed under the provisions of this decision are to be logged at ]. | ||
| :''Passed 11 to 0 01:38, 19 January 2008 (UTC)'' | :''Passed 11 to 0 01:38, 19 January 2008 (UTC)'' | ||
| ===Uninvolved administrators=== | === Uninvolved administrators === | ||
| 2) For the purpose of imposing sanctions under the provisions of this case, an administrator will be considered "uninvolved" if he or she has not previously participated in any content disputes on articles in the area of conflict. Enforcing the provisions of this decision will not be considered to be participation in a dispute. Any doubt regarding whether an administrator qualifies under this definition is to be treated as any other ]. | 2) For the purpose of imposing sanctions under the provisions of this case, an administrator will be considered "uninvolved" if he or she has not previously participated in any content disputes on articles in the area of conflict. Enforcing the provisions of this decision will not be considered to be participation in a dispute. Any doubt regarding whether an administrator qualifies under this definition is to be treated as any other ]. | ||
| :''Passed 8 to 2 01:38, 19 January 2008 (UTC)'' | :''Passed 8 to 2 01:38, 19 January 2008 (UTC)'' | ||
| == Amendments == | |||
| === General 1RR restriction === | |||
| {{ctop|title=These provisions have been vacated. For the current set of remedies applicable in this topic area, please see the ''']'''.}} | |||
| {{hatnote|1=Because numerous remedies from multiple cases apply to the same area of conflict, a compilation of currently-applicable remedies is maintained at ].}} | |||
| <s>*All articles related to the ''Arab-Israeli conflict'', defined as: any article that could be reasonably construed as being related to the Arab-Israeli conflict falls under ]. When in doubt, assume it is related.</s> | |||
| <s>**Clear vandalism, or edits by anonymous IP editors, may be reverted without penalty.</s> | |||
| <s>**<u>Clear vandalism of whatever origin may be reverted without restriction. Reverts of edits made by anonymous IP editors that are not vandalism are exempt from 1RR but are subject to ].</u> <small>(''Passed 9 to 1 by <span class="plainlinks">]</span> on 18:44, March 10 2012 (UTC)'')</small></s> | |||
| <s>**Editors who violate this 1RR restriction may be blocked without warning by any uninvolved administrator, even on a first offense.</s> | |||
| :''Amended on 18:44, March 10 2012 (UTC)'' | |||
| ::''Rescinded and replaced on 07:28, 6 January 2016 (UTC)'' | |||
| '''Amendment, March 20 2012''' | |||
| *<s>The text in ] section "Further remedies" is modified from "Clear vandalism, or edits by anonymous IP editors, may be reverted without penalty" to "Clear vandalism of whatever origin may be reverted without restriction. Reverts of edits made by anonymous IP editors that are not vandalism are exempt from 1RR but are subject to ]." As identical text is used in an active sanction related to ] case, the same substitution of wording shall be made there.</s> | |||
| :''Passed 9 to 1 by <span class="plainlinks">]</span> on 18:44, March 10 2012 (UTC)'' | |||
| ::''Rescinded and replaced on 07:28, 6 January 2016 (UTC)'' | |||
| '''Amendment, January 6 2016''' | |||
| * <s>Editors are limited to one revert per page per day on any page that could be reasonably construed as being related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Reverts made to enforce the ] are exempt from this limit. Also, the ]. Editors who violate this restriction may be blocked without warning by any uninvolved administrator, even on a first offense.</s> | |||
| :''Amended by ] on 07:28, 6 January 2016 (UTC)'' | |||
| ::''Superseded by ] at 22:28, 26 December 2016 (UTC)'' | |||
| '''Amendment, December 26 2016''' | |||
| {{anchor|Motion: ARBPIA (December 2016)}} | |||
| * <s>Editors are limited to one revert per page per day on any page that could be reasonably construed as being related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. <ins>In addition, editors are required to obtain consensus through discussion before restoring a reverted edit.</ins> Reverts made to enforce the ] are exempt from the revert limit. Also, the ]. Editors who violate this restriction may be blocked without warning by any uninvolved administrator, even on a first offense.</s> | |||
| :''Amended 7 to 0 by ] at 22:28, 26 December 2016 (UTC)'' | |||
| ::''Superseded by ] at 23:55, 18 May 2017 (UTC)'' | |||
| :::''Amended by ] at 18:09, 4 January 2018 (UTC)'' | |||
| '''Motion: Palestine-Israel articles (January 2018)''' | |||
| {{anchor|Motion: Palestine-Israel articles (January 2018)}} | |||
| <s>The ] of the {{RFARlinks|Palestine-Israel articles}} is amended to read:</s> | |||
| :<s>Each editor is limited to one revert per page per 24 hours on any page that could be reasonably construed as being related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. If an edit is reverted by another editor, its original author may not restore it within 24 hours<u> of the first revert made to their edit</u>. Reverts made to enforce the ] are exempt from the provisions of this motion. Also, the ]. Editors who violate this restriction may be blocked by any uninvolved administrator, even on a first offense.</s> | |||
| :''Passed 8 to 0 by ] at 18:09, 4 January 2018 (UTC)'' | |||
| ::''Superseded by ] at 06:51, 21 November 2018 (UTC)'' | |||
| '''Motion: Palestine-Israel articles (November 2018)''' | |||
| {{anchor|Motion: Palestine-Israel articles (November 2018)}} | |||
| <s>The ] of the {{RFARlinks|Palestine-Israel articles}} is amended to read:</s> | |||
| :<s>Each editor is limited to one revert per page per 24 hours on any page that could be reasonably construed as being related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Reverts made to enforce the ] are exempt from the provisions of this motion. Also, the ]. Editors who violate this restriction may be blocked by any uninvolved administrator, even on a first offense.</s> | |||
| Further, the {{RFARlinks|Palestine-Israel articles}} is amended to include the following remedies: | |||
| ;Editors cautioned | |||
| :Editors are cautioned against ], even if their actions are not in violation of the general 1RR prohibition active in the Arab-Israeli conflict topic area. Instead of reverting, editors are encouraged to discuss their proposed changes on the article's talk page, especially when the edit in question has already been challenged or is likely to be challenged. | |||
| ;Administrators encouraged | |||
| :Administrators enforcing arbitration remedies in this topic area are encouraged to make use of appropriate discretionary sanctions to prevent or end prolonged or low-speed edit wars, even when the general 1RR prohibition has not been violated by any involved editor. | |||
| :''Passed 8 to 1 by ] at 06:51, 21 November 2018 (UTC)'' | |||
| ::''Superseded by ] at 02:37, 14 March 2019 (UTC)'' | |||
| ''' Motion: Palestine-Israel articles (March 2019) ''' | |||
| {{anchor|Motion: Palestine-Israel articles (March 2019)}} | |||
| {{ivmbox|<s>The ] of the {{RFARlinks|Palestine-Israel articles}} is amended to read:</s> | |||
| :<s>Each editor is limited to one revert per page per 24 hours on any page that could be reasonably construed as being related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Reverts made to enforce the ] are exempt from the provisions of this motion. Also, the ]. Editors who violate this restriction may be blocked by any uninvolved administrator, even on a first offense.</s> <ins>This remedy may only be enforced on pages with the {{tl|ARBPIA 1RR editnotice}} edit notice. The community is encouraged to place the {{tl|ARBPIA 1RR editnotice}} on any page that could be reasonably construed as being related to the Arab-Israeli conflict.</ins>}} | |||
| :''Passed 7 to 0 by ] at 02:37, 14 March 2019 (UTC)'' | |||
| ::''Superseded by ] and ] at 19:28, 27 December 2019 (UTC)'' | |||
| <s>Each editor is limited to one revert per page per 24 hours on any page that could be reasonably construed as being related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Reverts made to enforce the ] are exempt from the provisions of this motion. Also, the ]. Editors who violate this restriction may be blocked by any uninvolved administrator, even on a first offense. This remedy may only be enforced on pages with the {{tl|ARBPIA 1RR editnotice}} edit notice.</s> | |||
| <s>The community is encouraged to place the {{tl|ARBPIA 1RR editnotice}} on any page that could be reasonably construed as being related to the Arab-Israeli conflict.</s> | |||
| ==Further remedies== | |||
| :''Passed 7 to 0 by ] at 02:37, 14 March 2019 (UTC)'' | |||
| Per community discussion and decision | |||
| ::''Superseded by ] and ] at 19:28, 27 December 2019 (UTC)'' | |||
| ===General 1RR restriction=== | |||
| *All articles related to the ''Arab-Israeli conflict'', defined as: any article that could be reasonably construed as being related to the Arab-Israeli conflict falls under ]. When in doubt, assume it is related. | |||
| **Clear vandalism, or edits by anonymous IP editors, may be reverted without penalty. | |||
| **Editors who violate this 1RR restriction may be blocked without warning by any uninvolved administrator, even on a first offense. | |||
| The template {{tl|Arab-Israeli Arbitration Enforcement}} may be employed on the talk page of Arab-Israeli conflict related articles. |
The template {{tl|Arab-Israeli Arbitration Enforcement}} may be employed on the talk page of Arab-Israeli conflict related articles. | ||
| :Per community discussion and decision at '']'' | |||
| {{Arab-Israeli Arbitration Enforcement}} | |||
| {{cob}} | |||
| === Syrian civil war articles (July 2013) === | |||
| ==Log of notifications== | |||
| In March 2013, an administrator the editors of ] and several associated pages that the topic area fell under the scope of {{tl|Arab-Israeli Arbitration Enforcement}}, which provides for a blanket ] restriction as well as ]. A request for clarification or amendment has now been filed raising the issue of whether the topic-area of the Syrian Civil War falls within the scope of the Arab-Israeli topic-area for purposes of arbitration enforcement. | |||
| List here editors who have been placed on notice of the remedies in place in this case (including the diff of the notification). For convenience, the template {{tls|Palestine-Israel enforcement}} may be used, or an individual message containing the same information. | |||
| The Arbitration Committee concludes that the topic of the Syrian Civil War does not fit within the category of Arab-Israeli disputes, although certain specific issues relating to that war would fall within that topic. | |||
| *{{user|70.109.223.188}} notified of the case. ] 22:52, 7 February 2008 (UTC) | |||
| *{{user|75.72.88.121}} notified of the case. ] (]) 21:28, 9 February 2008 (UTC) | |||
| **For purposes of Arbitration enforcement, {{user|Adnanmuf}} and {{User|75.72.88.121}} should be treated as a single user. ] 21:01, 24 February 2008 (UTC) | |||
| *{{user|Radical-Dreamer}} notified of the case and cautioned for racially motivated edits and copyright violations. -- ] (]) 20:39, 26 February 2008 (UTC) | |||
| *{{user|Kahmed}} notified of case and warned re: edit-warring on ]. () ''']''' <sup>]</sup> 23:27, 3 March 2008 (UTC) | |||
| *{{user|ForeverFreeSpeech}} warned about abusive edit summaries and edit-warring on ] (). ''']''' <sup>]</sup> 23:33, 3 March 2008 (UTC) | |||
| *{{user|Zeq}} notified of the case. ] also still applies. ] 15:21, 4 March 2008 (UTC) | |||
| *{{user|Danielleb32}} notified of this case in relation to repeated additions of original research and unreliable sources, and advised of related policies. -- ] (]) 22:43, 6 March 2008 (UTC) | |||
| *{{user|Canadian Monkey}} notified of the case . ] (]) 08:30, 15 March 2008 (UTC) | |||
| *{{user|Nishidani}} notified of the case. ] (]) 20:49, 5 April 2008 (UTC) | |||
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| *{{user|Michael Safyan}} notified of the case. ] (]) 12:08, 13 April 2008 (UTC) | |||
| *Mass notification on ] thread. See: ]. ] (]) 02:32, 1 May 2008 (UTC) | |||
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| * {{user|ChrisO}} formally notified, based on disruptive behavior at ]. --]]] 01:25, 15 June 2008 (UTC) | |||
| * {{user|Ashley kennedy3}} notified of the case. ] (]) 14:58, 17 June 2008 (UTC) | |||
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| * {{user|Lapsed Pacifist}} formally notified. --]]] 01:03, 2 July 2008 (UTC) | |||
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| * {{user|John Hyams}} ] (]) 17:46, 24 January 2009 (UTC) | |||
| * {{user|Cerejota}} formally notified. ] (]) 19:54, 28 January 2009 (UTC) | |||
| * {{user|Brewcrewer}} formally notified. ] (]) 16:19, 8 February 2009 (UTC) | |||
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| * {{user|Ilana81}} Notified of spamming external opinion piece links . <b>]</b> 11:37, 1 March 2009 (UTC) | |||
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| * {{user|Drsmoo}} Notified. ] (]) 13:29, 6 April 2009 (UTC) | |||
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| * {{user|Shuki}} notified. () ] (]) 16:33, 7 October 2009 (UTC) | |||
| * {{User|Stellarkid}} placed for edit warring. ] 01:46, 7 November 2009 (UTC) | |||
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| *Editors notified in relation to the ] article, which is placed under ]: | |||
| **{{user|ChrisO}} | |||
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| *{{user|Reenem}} - Notified . --] <small>(])</small> 03:52, 1 June 2010 (UTC) | |||
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| *{{user|Ezzex}} notified: --] (]) 00:50, 4 November 2010 (UTC) | |||
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| *{{user|Ronda2001}} notified at 20:25, 3 December 2010 (UTC). . ] | ] 20:25, 3 December 2010 (UTC) | |||
| *{{user|82.213.38.2}} notified of possible sanction at 16:19, 6 December 2010 (UTC). ]]] 16:19, 6 December 2010 (UTC) | |||
| *{{user|RT101798}} notified ] (]) 16:19, 8 December 2010 (UTC) | |||
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| However, the administrator action extending discretionary sanctions and the 1RR limitation to ] was taken in good faith. Several editors have commented that the restrictions have been helpful to the editing environment and that they should remain in effect. No one has requested that the Arbitration Committee open a full case to consider the issue. | |||
| ===2011=== | |||
| *{{user|Koakhtzvigad}} notified. --] (]) 14:14, 7 January 2011 (UTC) | |||
| *{{user|GHcool}} notified . ] (]) 15:09, 10 January 2011 (UTC) | |||
| *{{user|Noisetier}} notified . ] (]) 17:45, 16 January 2011 (UTC) | |||
| *{{IPuser|190.105.51.116}} . ] | ] 00:00, 18 January 2011 (UTC) | |||
| *{{IPuser|69.86.233.94}} . ] | ] 00:00, 18 January 2011 (UTC) | |||
| *{{user|Anna O'Leary}} . ] | ] 03:11, 18 January 2011 (UTC) | |||
| *{{user|TFighterPilot}} . ] | ] 22:53, 19 January 2011 (UTC) | |||
| * {{User|AnonMoos}} placed . ]<small> <nowiki>]<nowiki>]</nowiki></small> 12:07, 27 January 2011 (UTC) | |||
| *{{user|PopularMax}} notified . ] (]) 18:24, 27 January 2011 (UTC) | |||
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| *{{user|Crotalus horridus}} . ] | ] 19:40, 29 January 2011 (UTC) | |||
| *{{user|Becritical}} . ] | ] 19:43, 29 January 2011 (UTC) | |||
| *{{user|2ko}} warned of discretionary sanctions: ] <small><sup>]</sup></small> 05:58, 9 February 2011 (UTC) | |||
| *{{user|Eliko}} warned of discretionary sanctions: . ] (]) 11:21, 9 February 2011 (UTC) | |||
| *{{User|Avaya1}} formally . ] 03:35, 11 February 2011 (UTC) | |||
| *{{User|Israelish}} . --] (]) 01:22, 15 February 2011 (UTC) | |||
| *{{user|Shrike}} . ] | ] 15:27, 15 February 2011 (UTC) | |||
| *{{IPuser|213.6.29.226}} (latest in a series of close IPs going back many months. ] (]) 17:51, 19 February 2011 (UTC) | |||
| *{{user|The Sham}} . ] | ] 00:06, 27 February 2011 (UTC) | |||
| *{{user|Validuz}} ] (]) 01:00, 27 February 2011 (UTC) | |||
| *{{user|HOOTmag}} . ] (]) 22:31, 6 March 2011 (UTC) | |||
| *{{user|Lisa}} . ] | ] 06:00, 25 March 2011 (UTC) | |||
| *{{user|Rym torch}} . ] | ] 19:11, 26 March 2011 (UTC) | |||
| *{{user|Talknic}} . --] (]) 02:27, 3 April 2011 (UTC) | |||
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| *{{user|Dlabtot}} . -- ] (]) 05:12, 12 April 2011 (UTC) | |||
| * {{user|Tgandz}} . - ] <small>(])</small> 07:24, 16 April 2011 (UTC) | |||
| * {{user|Owain the 1st}} - ] (]) 06:29, 22 April 2011 (UTC) | |||
| Accordingly, the existing sanctions and restrictions applied to ] and related articles will continue in effect for a period not to exceed 30 days. During that period, a discussion should be opened on the Administrators' Noticeboard (WP:AN) to determine whether there is consensus to continue the restrictions in effect as community-based restrictions, either as they currently exist or in a modified form. If a consensus is not reached during the community discussion, any editor may file a request for arbitration. In the interim, any notifications and sanctions are to be logged at ]. | |||
| ==Log of blocks and bans== | |||
| :''Passed 10 to 1 by {{oldid2|565162644|Motion 3: Syrian civil war|amendment}} on 08:49, 21 July 2013 (UTC)'' | |||
| Log any block, ban or extension under any remedy in this decision here. Minimum information includes name of administrator, date and time, what was done and the basis for doing it. | |||
| ===2008=== | |||
| *] placed on a one-revert-only rule due to recent edit-warring. ] <sup> ]</sup> 21:47, 22 January 2008 (UTC) | |||
| **Following a request, this sanction is removed, because it no longer seems necessary. ] (]) 19:38, 19 September 2010 (UTC) | |||
| *{{user|Nagle}} placed on 1RR per week limit, expires in 30 days . ] 02:01, 23 January 2008 (UTC) | |||
| *{{user|Armon}} placed on 1RR per week limit, expires in 30 days . ] 02:01, 23 January 2008 (UTC) | |||
| *{{user|Yahel Guhan}} placed on 1RR per week limit, expires in 30 days . ] 02:01, 23 January 2008 (UTC) | |||
| *{{user|Jgui}} placed on 1RR per week limit, expires in 30 days . ] 02:01, 23 January 2008 (UTC) | |||
| *{{user|Paul kuiper NL}} placed on 1RR per week limit for thirty days due to recurring edit-warring at ] . -- ''']''' 04:48, 29 January 2008 (UTC) | |||
| *] placed on 1RR/week limit to expire in 30 days. <b><i><font color="#FF00FF">~Kylu (]|]) </font></i></b> 01:03, 2 February 2008 (UTC) | |||
| **] restriction lifted . -- ''']''' 22:46, 4 February 2008 (UTC) | |||
| *{{user|Eleland}} blocked 48 hours. See and his talk page. <span style="font-family: verdana;"> — ] • ] • </span> 16:22, 14 February 2008 (UTC) | |||
| *{{user|Radical-Dreamer}} placed on various editing restrictions: see for details. ] <sup> ]</sup> 09:55, 19 February 2008 (UTC) | |||
| *{{user|Adnanmuf}} blocked for 48 hours . ] 21:06, 24 February 2008 (UTC) | |||
| : Block extended to one year, by ], for "disruptive editing on ] and related topics"; see ] (]) 15:49, 4 March 2008 (UTC) | |||
| *{{user|ForeverFreeSpeech}} blocked for 24 hours by ] for repeated personal attacks, inappropriate edit summaries, etc. following multiple warnings (e.g. , , ). ''']''' <sup>]</sup> 18:58, 4 March 2008 (UTC) | |||
| *{{user|Kahmed}} and {{IPuser|71.17.164.88}} blocked for 24 hours apiece for being used in conjunction to edit-war and violate 3RR, despite warnings, on ]. ''']''' <sup>]</sup> 07:24, 5 March 2008 (UTC) | |||
| *{{user|Jaakobou}} is banned from Palestine-Israel articles for a week for disruptive talk page conduct. ] (]) 14:17, 18 March 2008 (UTC) | |||
| *{{user|Gni}} is restricted from editing the article ] due to problematic editing behavior in the context of an apparent conflict of interest (). The restriction applies to the article only; he may post freely on the associated talk page. ''']''' <sup>]</sup> 16:54, 27 March 2008 (UTC) | |||
| *{{user|Zeq}} has been blocked for one week, and banned from all articles relating to the Arab-Israeli conflict for a period of one year, for serious breaches of ] and for attempting to coordinate organised disruption of the project. Full details at ]. ] (]) 08:38, 22 April 2008 (UTC) | |||
| **Too light. I've extended the block of Zeq to one year and am extending the topic-ban from all articles relating to the Arab-Israeli conflict to indefinite. ] (]) (]) 18:00, 22 April 2008 (UTC) | |||
| ***Still too light. :-) I've extended this to a full ban for absolutely flagrant and egregious violations of policy that have come to light from the full e-mail archive. -- ] (]) 10:55, 27 April 2008 (UTC) | |||
| *{{user|Gni}} blocked indefinitely, see for details. ] (]) (]) 08:42, 23 April 2008 (UTC) | |||
| **{{user|Jamesegarner}} blocked indefinitely as a meatpuppet of {{user|Gni}}. ] (]) (]) 18:55, 24 April 2008 (UTC) | |||
| *{{user|Dajudem}} banned for a year from all articles relating to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Background and details at ]. ] (]) (]) 08:53, 23 April 2008 (UTC) | |||
| *{{user|Judadem}} blocked for a week by {{admin|Future Perfect at Sunrise}} and banned for two months from all Israel/Palestine-related articles per general disruptive editing. ] (]) (]) 10:03, 27 April 2008 (UTC) | |||
| *{{user|Screen stalker}} blocked for a month by {{admin|ChrisO}} and banned for six months from all articles relating to the Arab-Israeli conflict. See for more details. ] (]) (]) 10:17, 27 April 2008 (UTC) | |||
| *{{user|Jaakobou}} blocked for one week by {{admin|FayssalF}} - -- ] - <small>]</small> 14:28, 1 May 2008 (UTC) | |||
| *{{user|PalestineRemembered}} blocked for one week by {{admin|FayssalF}} -- ] - <small>]</small> 14:28, 1 May 2008 (UTC) | |||
| * {{user|Tundrabuggy}} banned from editing ] or ] for a period of three months. (See for more info.) --] (]) 19:07, 10 June 2008 (UTC) | |||
| ** After three-way discussion between ], ], and ], talkpage ban lifted. --]]] 16:31, 17 June 2008 (UTC) | |||
| ** Editing ban also lifted, on ] ]. Tundrabuggy now has full rights to edit the article. --]]] 20:46, 30 June 2008 (UTC) | |||
| * {{user|ChrisO}} banned from participating at ] for one week, and banned from editing the article for 30 days. See for more details. --]]] 02:26, 15 June 2008 (UTC) | |||
| * {{user|Julia1987}} banned from editing the lead section of ] for one month. --]]] 15:28, 15 June 2008 (UTC) | |||
| * {{user|Wikifan12345}} banned from editing the ] article and talkpage for one week. He is still allowed to participate at mediation. --]]] 22:55, 1 July 2008 (UTC) | |||
| * {{user|G-Dett}} blocked for 24 hours due to incivility, per "]" section. <tt class="plainlinks">]]</tt> 06:06, 5 July 2008 (UTC) | |||
| * {{user|Ashley kennedy3}} blocked for 24 hours for disruptive editing. ] (]) 20:39, 7 July 2008 (UTC) | |||
| * {{user|Gilabrand}} blocked for 12 hours for disruptive editing. ] (]) 02:02, 11 July 2008 (UTC) | |||
| * {{user|Ashley kennedy3}} blocked for 48 hours for disruptive editing. ] (]) 02:02, 11 July 2008 (UTC) | |||
| * {{user|Gilabrand}} blocked for 24 hours for a personal attack. ] (]) 18:36, 24 July 2008 (UTC) | |||
| * {{user|ChrisO}} banned from editing the ] article for one month. He may still participate at talk and mediation, and work on a draft article in his userspace. --]]] 19:49, 28 July 2008 (UTC) | |||
| * {{user|G-Dett}} blocked for 24 hours (again) due to incivility, per "]" section. <tt class="plainlinks">]]</tt> 18:59, 4 August 2008 (UTC) | |||
| * {{user|Nickhh}} banned from editing ] for 60 days (not including the associated talk page). — ] <sup>]</sup> 18:38, 30 August 2008 (UTC) | |||
| * {{user|68.37.255.64}} and {{user|Blindjustice}} blocked for 2 weeks for disruption and sockpuppetry, edit warring on ]. Blindjustice being placed on topic ban for Israeli-Palestine articles for 60 days from the cessation of his block.]] ] 01:49, 25 September 2008 (UTC) | |||
| * {{user|Einsteindonut}} blocked for one year for ], per . ] <sup>]</sup> 10:43, 10 October 2008 (UTC) | |||
| * {{user|Puttyschool}} blocked for one year for ], per . ] <sup>]</sup> 10:43, 10 October 2008 (UTC) | |||
| * <s>{{user|Nickhh}} blocked 31 hours for ]. </s> wrong forum - has been unblocked and warned. ] (]) 18:02, 15 October 2008 (UTC) | |||
| * {{user|Eleland}} by Toddst1 for incivility for 1 week, then raised to indef, then decreased to 3 months and later to 1 week per rough consensus on ANI. ] (]) 13:15, 16 October 2008 (UTC) | |||
| * {{User|Ceedjee}} blocked for 1 week by ] (]). Blocked for posting personal information, specifically full name and email address, of {{user|RolandR}}. See and user's talk page. ] (]) 19:07, 29 November 2008 (UTC) | |||
| * {{user|Ashley kennedy3}} is ] from the ] article and talkpage for 30 days. --]]] 18:27, 20 December 2008 (UTC) | |||
| ** Ban extended to also include the ] article and talkpage, until January 19, 2009. --]]] 22:04, 21 December 2008 (UTC) | |||
| *** Extended to general topic ban from Israeli-Palestine articles for 60 days. <font face="Tempus Sans ITC" color="#2B0066">] <sup>]</sup></font> 11:00, 28 December 2008 (UTC) | |||
| === |
===Motion (November 2018)=== | ||
| ====Editors cautioned==== | |||
| *{{user|Tundrabuggy}} banned from ] until March 1, 2009, because of edit warring. ] (]) 19:45, 28 January 2009 (UTC) | |||
| Editors are cautioned against ], even if their actions are not in violation of the general 1RR prohibition active in the Arab-Israeli conflict topic area. Instead of reverting, editors are encouraged to discuss their proposed changes on the article's talk page, especially when the edit in question has already been challenged or is likely to be challenged. | |||
| * {{user|MeteorMaker}} banned from making Samaria-related reverts, or removing citations to reliable sources, for 90 days. --]]] 17:06, 14 February 2009 (UTC) | |||
| :''Passed 8 to 1 by ] at 06:51, 21 November 2018 (UTC)'' | |||
| ** The above ban was lifted without prejudice at , pending arbitration of the underlying dispute. ] <sup>]</sup> 11:12, 1 March 2009 (UTC) | |||
| * {{user|Ashley kennedy3}} blocked one year for disruptive editing, per at ]. ] <sup>]</sup> 13:41, 1 April 2009 (UTC) | |||
| :* In an edit conflict with the above: {{user|Ashley kennedy3}} topic-banned from all Arab-Israeli conflict articles for one month, per the same ANI thread, independent of the block. <small><span style="border:1px solid black;padding:1px;">]</span></small> 13:43, 1 April 2009 (UTC) | |||
| * {{user|Nishidani}} blocked one week for . ] <sup>]</sup> 13:55, 1 April 2009 (UTC) | |||
| :* This block was shortened upon ] review. Check the discussion . ] <sup>]</sup> 22:32, 1 April 2009 (UTC) | |||
| *{{user|Malcolm Schosha}} blocked for 24 h for violating ] as described at . <small><span style="border:1px solid black;padding:1px;">]</span></small> 09:38, 2 April 2009 (UTC) | |||
| *{{user|Historicist}} banned indefinitely from editing any Misplaced Pages page related to Israeli-Palestinian issues, broadly construed (). ''']''' <sup>]</sup> 16:57, 19 August 2009 (UTC) | |||
| **Modified to 1RR on any article relating to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, broadly defined, with a prohibition against any more alternative accounts (see ). ''']''' <sup>]</sup> 05:36, 7 September 2009 (UTC) | |||
| ***Topic Ban reapplied after violation of 1RR . ] (]) 22:56, 16 September 2009 (UTC) | |||
| ****{{user|Historicist}} blocked 72 hours for violation of topic ban. ] (]) 16:57, 22 September 2009 (UTC) | |||
| *{{user|Wikifan12345}} banned from editing any article or article talk page related to Israel, the Palestinean territories, or nearby Arab countries, broadly construed, for the remainder of the 2009 calendar year. ] (]) 22:14, 20 August 2009 (UTC) | |||
| *{{user|Rm125}} on civility parole and 1 revert per week restriction. . Previous warning not logged; can be found here: . ]]<sup>]</sup> 20:28, 21 September 2009 (UTC) | |||
| * {{User|Cptnono}} prohibited for 6 months from commenting on a contributor in the course of content discussions (ie., in the article talk space). Sanction passed further to ] thread. ] 00:47, 29 October 2009 (UTC) | |||
| * <s>{{User|Nableezy}} topic banned for 4 months from all pages within subject areas relating to this arbitration case. Sanction passed further to ] thread. ] 21:02, 29 October 2009 (UTC)</s> Adjusted upon to: | |||
| :* Nableezy banned for 2 months from all pages within subject areas relating to this arbitration case, ''except'' article talk pages, from which he is banned for 1 month. ] 19:33, 3 November 2009 (UTC) | |||
| :* Nableezy topic-banned from all I-P-related edits and pages for two months per . <small><span style="border:1px solid black;padding:1px;">]</span></small> 19:30, 1 January 2010 (UTC) | |||
| ::*Blocked for 24 h for violation of the topic ban through edits to ]. <small><span style="border:1px solid black;padding:1px;">]</span></small> 06:30, 4 January 2010 (UTC) | |||
| ::*Topic ban lifted following appeal and discussion at ] (). <small><span style="border:1px solid black;padding:1px;">]</span></small> 18:06, 6 January 2010 (UTC) | |||
| ====Administrators encouraged==== | |||
| ===2010=== | |||
| Administrators enforcing arbitration remedies in this topic area are encouraged to make use of appropriate discretionary sanctions to prevent or end prolonged or low-speed edit wars, even when the general 1RR prohibition has not been violated by any involved editor. | |||
| * {{User|Stellarkid}} topic banned for 2 months from all pages within subject areas relating to this arbitration case. Sanction passed further to ] thread. ] 23:29, 12 November 2009 (UTC) | |||
| :''Passed 8 to 1 by ] at 06:51, 21 November 2018 (UTC)'' | |||
| * {{User|Barcelona.women}} placed on an indefinite ] on ] and an indefinite ] on all other Israel-Palestine articles. Sanction applied pursuant to ] thread. <font color="navy">''']</font>''' ''(<font color="green">]</font>)'' 21:55, 17 November 2009 (UTC) | |||
| * {{User|Drork}} is is restricted to 1RR/day for six months on all Israel-Palestine articles. Sanction applied pursuant to . This sanction may be appealed at ]. ] (]) 18:44, 28 February 2010 (UTC) | |||
| * {{user|Gilabrand}} <s>blocked 48hrs</s> warned for disruptive ] editing at ] . ] ] 07:53, 5 March 2010 (UTC) | |||
| ** Note: Block was intended but accidentally wasn't actually carried out. ] ] 19:18, 5 March 2010 (UTC) | |||
| *** For the same conduct, Gilabrand is instead topic-banned from the topic of the ] for the duration of three months as noted at . <small><span style="border:1px solid black;padding:1px;">]</span></small> 22:15, 5 March 2010 (UTC) | |||
| **** Blocked 48 hrs on 8 March for breach of topic ban on ]. ] ] 07:52, 9 March 2010 (UTC) | |||
| ****Blocked 7 days today for breach of topic ban at ] and ]; see . ] (]) 11:10, 11 March 2010 (UTC) | |||
| ****Blocked for 2 weeks for yet another ban violation and three months topic ban reset to begin anew today, see . <small><span style="border:1px solid black;padding:1px;">]</span></small> 14:49, 26 March 2010 (UTC) | |||
| ****Blocked 1 month, and topic ban extended to 6 months, to start to run after the block expires or is lifted, for another ban violation, per . ] (]) 15:54, 13 April 2010 (UTC) | |||
| ***** at ANI archived without consensus to lift the ban. <small><span style="border:1px solid black;padding:1px;">]</span></small> 07:31, 17 April 2010 (UTC) | |||
| ****Blocked 3 months and topic ban reset, to begin anew upon the expiration or lifting of the block, for yet another topic ban violation, per . ] (]) 19:30, 15 June 2010 (UTC) | |||
| *****On appeal, block lifted as of 12:42, 12 July 2010 (UTC) conditioned upon (1) a 30-day voluntary topic restriction from all content and discussion related to ] and/or ], broadly construed, followed by (2) a 30-day topic ban from all content and discussions related to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, broadly construed. 6-month topic ban will be lifted if terms of unblock is completely complied with. See . ] (]) 12:42, 12 July 2010 (UTC) | |||
| *{{user|Nableezy}} blocked 48h and made subject to a 1R/page restriction in the area of conflict for 3 months for edit-warring per . <small><span style="border:1px solid black;padding:1px;">]</span></small> 14:38, 26 March 2010 (UTC) | |||
| ===Condensing of remedies (December 2019)=== | |||
| *{{user|Mbz1}} topic-banned for three months as per . <small><span style="border:1px solid black;padding:1px;">]</span></small> 06:13, 3 April 2010 (UTC) | |||
| {{hatnote|1=This remedy was adopted by the Arbitration Committee in the ] arbitration case.}} | |||
| :*Blocked thrice for violating ban, see . <small><span style="border:1px solid black;padding:1px;">]</span></small> 22:17, 6 June 2010 (UTC) | |||
| 1) For the sake of easy referencing, the following existing remedies are vacated (with the intention of replacing them elsewhere in this decision): | |||
| :''ARBPIA:'' | |||
| *{{user|RolandR}} is restricted from using ] or substantially similar images (i.e., crossed-out flags of countries involved in the Israeli-Arab conflict) in his user space. See . <small><span style="border:1px solid black;padding:1px;">]</span></small> 10:38, 7 April 2010 (UTC) | |||
| :* ] | |||
| :* ] | |||
| :* ] (for "All Arab-Israeli conflict-related pages") | |||
| :* ] | |||
| :''ARBPIA2:'' | |||
| *{{user|Shuki}} is limited to one revert per page per day for three months as described in . <small><span style="border:1px solid black;padding:1px;">]</span></small> 16:36, 10 April 2010 (UTC) | |||
| :* ] | |||
| :* ] | |||
| :* ] | |||
| :''ARBPIA3:'' | |||
| *{{user|Amoruso}} is indefinitely topic-banned from the area of conflict per . <small><span style="border:1px solid black;padding:1px;">]</span></small> 19:39, 11 April 2010 (UTC) | |||
| :*] (of users not "extended confirmed") | |||
| :* by consensus at ]. <small><span style="border:1px solid black;padding:1px;">]</span></small> 19:35, 16 April 2010 (UTC) | |||
| :*] | |||
| Existing enforcement decisions relying upon these remedies are not vacated and will be appealable as if this remedy had not carried. | |||
| *{{user|Drork}} topic banned indefinitely from the area of conflict, per . ] (]) 00:20, 13 April 2010 (UTC) | |||
| :*Twice blocked briefly by myself and Tim Song for ban violations, see , then blocked for six months in reaction to his evasion of his block and his topic ban as {{user|Gderot}}, see ]. <small><span style="border:1px solid black;padding:1px;">]</span></small> 11:13, 16 April 2010 (UTC) | |||
| *{{user|Nableezy}} banned from editing articles related to the Arab-Israeli conflict for two months, as described in . <small><span style="border:1px solid black;padding:1px;">]</span></small> 19:17, 16 April 2010 (UTC) | |||
| *{{user|Supreme Deliciousness}} topic banned for 30 days across all namespaces for edits involving the names, origins, or visual depiction of places and things within the Levant region, or until Supreme Deliciousness fulfills certain other conditions. --] (]) 00:38, 1 May 2010 (UTC) | |||
| *{{user|Breein1007}} blocked 24 hrs for disruption. ] (]) 21:24, 26 May 2010 (UTC) | |||
| *{{user|Jiujitsuguy}} blocked 24 hours for 1RR violation and personal attack. ] | ] 16:00, 27 May 2010 (UTC) | |||
| *{{user|NickCT}} blocked 48 hours for personal attacks. ] (]) 22:25, 27 May 2010 (UTC) | |||
| *{{user|98.233.73.108}} hard blocked 24 hrs for edit warring on ] - transparently one of our regulars who logged out to try and avoid 1RR limit ] (]) 03:23, 28 May 2010 (UTC) | |||
| **...and {{user|208.54.7.175}} who did the same thing edit warring it back the other way, also 24 hrs hard block. ] (]) 03:31, 28 May 2010 (UTC) | |||
| *{{user|Lev Reitblat}}, {{user|ChrisO}} and {{user|Wikifan12345}} banned from editing ] and associated talk page for 14 days following ]. ] | ] 17:18, 30 May 2010 (UTC) | |||
| *] placed on ]; required warning given via ]. '''<font color="navy">]</font>''' ''(<font color="green">]</font>)'' 01:24, 1 June 2010 (UTC) | |||
| **{{user|Kslotte}} blocked 12 hours for violating 1RR. -- ''']''' 15:17, 1 June 2010 (UTC) | |||
| **{{user|UplinkAnsh}} blocked 24 hours for violating 1RR. -- ''']''' 19:04, 2 June 2010 (UTC) | |||
| **{{user|Zuchinni one}} blocked 12 hours for violating 1RR. -- ''']''' 20:06, 2 June 2010 (UTC) | |||
| ***Unblocked less than an hour later. -- ''']''' 20:49, 2 June 2010 (UTC) | |||
| **{{user|Ccson}} blocked 12 hours for violating 1RR. -- ''']''' 06:01, 3 June 2010 (UTC) | |||
| **{{user|Plot Spoiler}} blocked 12 hours for violating 1RR. -- ''']''' 06:05, 3 June 2010 (UTC) | |||
| **{{user|Kslotte}} blocked 36 hours for violating 1RR. -- ''']''' 15:10, 3 June 2010 (UTC) | |||
| **{{user|IANVS}} blocked 24 hours for violating 1RR. -- ''']''' 20:27, 3 June 2010 (UTC) | |||
| **{{user|Maashatra11}} blocked 24 hours for violating 1RR. -- ''']''' 23:01, 4 June 2010 (UTC) | |||
| **{{user|Cs32en}} blocked 24 hours for violating 1RR. -- ''']''' 07:15, 6 June 2010 (UTC) | |||
| **{{user|IANVS}} blocked 5 days for violating 1RR. -- ''']''' 07:15, 6 June 2010 (UTC) | |||
| **{{user|Avaya1}} blocked 12 hours by NuclearWarfare for violating 1RR. -- ''']''' 07:18, 6 June 2010 (UTC) | |||
| **{{user|386-DX}} blocked 24 hours for violating 1RR. -- ''']''' 21:23, 10 June 2010 (UTC) | |||
| **{{user|ValenShephard}} blocked 48 hours for 1RR violation. -- ''']''' 07:38, 12 August 2010 (UTC) | |||
| *{{user|Breein1007}} blocked 48 hours for edit-warring on ] (independent of 1RR restriction above). -- ''']''' 02:34, 1 June 2010 (UTC) | |||
| *{{user|Achird}} prohibited from using images that advocate against any party involved in the ] on their user page. <small><span style="border:1px solid black;padding:1px;">]</span></small> 22:01, 6 June 2010 (UTC) | |||
| :*Blocked 24 h for the restriction. <small><span style="border:1px solid black;padding:1px;">]</span></small> 22:17, 6 June 2010 (UTC) | |||
| *{{user|Physchim62}} topic-banned from the area of conflict for one month, per . <small><span style="border:1px solid black;padding:1px;">]</span></small> 10:14, 20 June 2010 (UTC) | |||
| *{{user|Shuki}} and {{user|Nableezy}} topic-banned until end of August from articles about towns, cities, settlements, and other places or locations in Israel and neighbouring countries. ] (]) 08:23, 27 July 2010 (UTC) | |||
| **Both users further banned from reporting each other for alleged violations of the topic ban, or taking any action to bring the attention of another user to any such alleged violation. ] (]) 08:12, 16 August 2010 (UTC) | |||
| *{{user|Cryptonio}} is topic banned from the area of conflict indefinitely, see ; Cryptonio may appeal to the Committee or the community at any time, but no appeal to me will be entertained until three months have elapsed. ] (]) 08:16, 1 August 2010 (UTC) | |||
| **Blocked 31h for topic ban violation. ] (]) 04:17, 2 August 2010 (UTC) | |||
| *] placed on 1RR/24h for 2 weeks, per ; required warning given via ]. ] (]) 08:16, 1 August 2010 (UTC) | |||
| **{{user|AgadaUrbanit}} blocked twice, 24h and 1 week respectively, for 1RR violation. ] (]) 00:26, 7 August 2010 (UTC) | |||
| **{{user|AnotherRealOne}} blocked 48h for 1RR violation. ] (]) 00:26, 7 August 2010 (UTC) | |||
| **1RR extended to run indefinitely, per . ] (]) 08:16, 15 August 2010 (UTC) | |||
| * ] <s>set to Level 2 Pending Changes protection following edit warring</s>. All editors on article have been warned ] applies to this article. --] (]) 06:35, 11 August 2010 (UTC). Pending Changes removed as had no effect on the edit warring. --] (]) 16:28, 16 August 2010 (UTC) | |||
| **Article also placed on 1RR <s>for one week as some of the involved editors have reviewer status.</s> 1RR now indefinite. --] (]) 05:06, 19 August 2010 (UTC) | |||
| **Article set to protected for one month due to edit warring. --] (]) 05:06, 19 August 2010 (UTC) | |||
| **{{user|Jiujitsuguy}} is article-banned from ] for 48 hours. --] (]) 05:28, 16 August 2010 (UTC) | |||
| **{{user|JRHammond}} is article-banned from ] for 48 hours. --] (]) 16:28, 16 August 2010 (UTC) | |||
| **{{user|JRHammond}} for willful violation of his article ban has been blocked for 7 days and is article-banned from ] for two weeks. --] (]) 02:21, 17 August 2010 (UTC) | |||
| **{{user|JRHammond}} is article-banned from ] indefinitely for continued disruption, abuse of <nowiki>{{editprotected}}</nowiki> template and repeated tedentious editing. --] (]) 04:41, 3 September 2010 (UTC) | |||
| * Per : | |||
| **{{user|AgadaUrbanit}} is topic-banned from ], and all related articles, discussions, and other content, for three months. | |||
| **{{user|Nableezy}} is topic-banned from ], and all related articles, discussions, and other content, for six weeks. ] (]) 08:16, 15 August 2010 (UTC) | |||
| *<s>{{user|Jiujitsuguy}} blocked indefinitely, for off-wiki meatpuppetry and personal attacks regarding this area. See . -- ''']''' 01:42, 21 August 2010 (UTC)</s> | |||
| **<s>Technically, since the ArbCom ruling only allows blocks up to a year, only the block up to the first year falls under the purview of ArbCom sanctions (i.e. the remainder of the block can be overturned per normal rules). -- ''']''' 09:44, 21 August 2010 (UTC)</s> | |||
| **{{user|Jiujitsuguy}} unblocked, based on reason stated in block log. Also removed from the scope of ARBPIA per . -- ''']''' 01:14, 24 August 2010 (UTC) | |||
| * ] put on 1RR/24 for two weeks for edit warring, notification on talk and via ]. --] (]) 05:16, 21 August 2010 (UTC) | |||
| **{{user|79.181.9.231}} blocked 24 hours for violation of 1RR/24. --] (]) 00:07, 25 August 2010 (UTC) | |||
| **{{user|79.179.37.18}} blocked 24 hours for violation of 1RR/24. --] (]) 20:00, 13 September 2010 (UTC) | |||
| **Article protected 7 days due to edit warring. --] (]) 14:02, 25 August 2010 (UTC) | |||
| **Article semi-protected indefinitely as it appears IP accounts are being used to ] for banned users. --] (]) 20:50, 13 September 2010 (UTC) | |||
| **{{user|Nableezy}} blocked 24 hours for reverting without discussion contrary to 1RR probation on article. --] (]) 02:55, 9 October 2010 (UTC) | |||
| *<s>{{user|Eric1985}} blocked indefinitely, for off-wiki meatpuppetry regarding this area, with the intent to do the same in other areas of Misplaced Pages as well. See (even though the thread was started to deal with different users. Technically, since the ArbCom ruling only allows blocks up to a year, only the block up to the first year falls under the purview of ArbCom sanctions (i.e. the remainder of the block can be overturned per normal rules). -- ''']''' 11:41, 21 August 2010 (UTC)</s> | |||
| **Action removed from here, as it technically falls without the bounds stipulated by the ArbCom ruling, and per by myself confirming its removal. -- ''']''' 01:14, 24 August 2010 (UTC) | |||
| *{{user|Bakunin1969}} Blocked for 31 hours for edit warring on ]. Page also semi-protected for three days due to IP vandalism, following a . ]] 14:18, 3 September 2010 (UTC) | |||
| *Due to an ongoing dispute, {{user|Nableezy}} and {{user|Shuki}} restricted to 1RR until December 31 for all articles which relate to Israeli settlements in the West Bank and Golan Heights. ] (]) 22:16, 15 September 2010 (UTC) | |||
| *LibiBamizrach blocked 48 hours for disruptive editing. ] (]) 14:25, 29 September 2010 (UTC) | |||
| * {{user|Historicist}} (and sockpuppets) blocked indefinitely for recurrent sockpuppetry, topic-ban evasion, and violation of previous discretionary sanctions. ''']''' <sup>]</sup> 00:04, 9 October 2010 (UTC) | |||
| * {{user|Unicorn76}} 1RR per day on all articles in topic area .--] (]) 05:51, 12 October 2010 (UTC) | |||
| * {{user|Nableezy}} blocked one day for violation of 1RR restriction .--] (]) 22:09, 18 October 2010 (UTC) | |||
| * {{user|Prunesqualer}} blocked 1 day for violation of 1RR restriction at {{la|Gaza War}}. Concurrently article-banned from Gaza War for 14 days. ] (]) 02:38, 21 October 2010 (UTC) | |||
| *Due to an ongoing dispute {{user|Chesdovi}} is restricted to 1RR per day for the entire set of Arab-Israeli conflict-related articles, broadly interpreted, until the end of January 2011. ] (]) 17:21, 21 October 2010 (UTC) | |||
| *Due to an ongoing dispute {{user|Nableezy}} is restricted to 1RR per day for the entire set of Arab-Israeli conflict-related articles, broadly interpreted, until the end of December 2010. ] (]) 17:21, 21 October 2010 (UTC) | |||
| * {{user|Chesdovi}} blocked for one month for disruptive and tendentious editing of large numbers of articles. ] (]) 18:25, 21 October 2010 (UTC) | |||
| :*Unblocked by Looie496 on 30 October 2010. ] (]) 17:27, 1 November 2010 (UTC) | |||
| * {{user|Factomancer}} blocked for 1 month due to making personal attacks. ] (]) 15:00, 27 October 2010 (UTC) | |||
| * {{user|Prunesqualer}} blocked 21 days for violating article ban, and placed on an indefinite topic ban over the entire area of conflict. ] 19:49, 28 October 2010 (UTC) | |||
| *Due to an ongoing dispute {{user|Shuki}} is restricted to 1RR per day for the entire set of Arab-Israeli conflict-related articles, broadly interpreted, until the end of December 2010. ] (]) 18:39, 1 November 2010 (UTC) | |||
| :''Passed 6 to 0 in the ] case at 05:06, 20 December 2019 (UTC)'' | |||
| *Per , {{user|Gilabrand}} is limited to one revert per rolling 24-hour period per article on all articles within the area of conflict, as defined in ], until 00:00, 1 February 2011 (UTC). Furthermore, they are required to discuss any reverts they do make on the talk page, in English, within 30 minutes of the revert, excepting reverts of obvious (as in, obvious to someone who has no knowledge of the subject) vandalism, as defined in ]. ] (]) 21:01, 3 November 2010 (UTC) | |||
| ::''Amended by ] at 19:12, 27 December 2019 (UTC)'' | |||
| **{{user|Gilabrand}} blocked 1 week for violation of above restriction, per . ] | ] 01:50, 4 December 2010 (UTC) | |||
| **{{user|Gilabrand}} blocked three months for violation of above restriction. See and . This is Gilabrand's seventh block in ten months. Above restriction set to expire on 00:00, 1 May 2011 (UTC), or two months after the block is lifted, whichever is first. -- ''']''' 04:28, 18 December 2010 (UTC) | |||
| *{{user|Cptnono}} blocked 3 hours for incivility. ] (]) 18:00, 24 November 2010 (UTC) | |||
| *{{user|Ronda2001}} blocked 48 hours for 1RR violation and use of IP sock to avoid same, per . ] | ] 04:14, 25 November 2010 (UTC) | |||
| *{{user|Dnkrumah}} blocked 24 hours for 1RR vio at {{la|Gaza War}}. ] (]) 11:31, 29 November 2010 (UTC) | |||
| *Per : | |||
| **{{user|Shuki}} is banned from all articles, discussions, and other content within the ] for six months. | |||
| **{{user|Jaakobou}}, {{user|Gilabrand}} <s>and {{user|Cptnono}}</s> are prohibited from commenting on or interacting with {{user|Nableezy}} anywhere on Misplaced Pages, as defined in ]. | |||
| **{{user|Nableezy}} is prohibited from commenting on or interacting with {{user|Jaakobou}}, <s>{{user|Gilabrand}}</s> <s>and {{user|Cptnono}}</s> anywhere on Misplaced Pages, as defined in ]. | |||
| **No party to an interaction ban imposed above may react to an alleged violation of the interaction ban by the other party except by the procedure specified in the AE thread. ] (]) 21:57, 29 November 2010 (UTC) | |||
| ***Interaction ban between {{user|Nableezy}} and {{user|Cptnono}} lifted on . ] (]) 22:38, 8 December 2010 (UTC) | |||
| ***Nableezy's ban on commenting on or interacting with Gilabrand is lifted, for reasons stated . ] (]) 08:22, 20 December 2010 (UTC) | |||
| *<s>{{user|PatGallacher}} blocked for 24 hours for 1RR vio at {{la|1948 Palestinian exodus}}</s> <small><span class="autosigned">—Preceding ] comment added by ] (] • ]) </span></small><!-- Template:Unsigned --> | |||
| *:Unblocked; the user was reverting an IP edit, which is an exception to the 1RR rule. ] (]) 00:02, 3 December 2010 (UTC) | |||
| *{{user|Hmbr}} blocked for 8 hours for 1RR vio at {{la|1948 Palestinian exodus}}. ] (]) 16:16, 2 December 2010 (UTC) | |||
| *{{user|Wikifan12345}} banned from all articles, discussions, and other content within the ] for eight months, per . ] (]) 16:04, 2 December 2010 (UTC) | |||
| *{{user|Shuki}} blocked for 6 months, for abusive sockpuppetry, confirmed by checkuser, per ]. Their topic ban imposed above is reset, to start to run when the block expires or is lifted. ] (]) 23:08, 2 December 2010 (UTC) | |||
| * Per : | |||
| **{{user|Nableezy}} is banned from all articles, discussions, and other content within the ], for four months. | |||
| **{{user|Jiujitsuguy}} is banned from all articles, discussions, and other content within the ], for three months. ] (]) 08:57, 4 December 2010 (UTC) | |||
| ***Topic ban of {{user|Jiujitsuguy}} lifted per . ] (]) 23:04, 2 February 2011 (UTC) | |||
| *{{user|RT101798}} blocked for a period of 24 hours for edit warring at ]. ] (]) 17:34, 7 December 2010 (UTC) | |||
| *:{{user|RT101798}} a.k.a. {{user|Ntbiabt}} (cf. ]) blocked indefinitely for sockpuppetry and general trolling. ] (]) 19:16, 8 December 2010 (UTC) | |||
| *{{user|Ronda2001}} blocked for three weeks for a second violation of I/P 1RR restriction per AE thread. ] | ] 18:52, 8 December 2010 (UTC) | |||
| *{{user|Chesdovi}} blocked for five days for 1RR violation on ]. -- ''']''' 00:20, 10 December 2010 (UTC) | |||
| *{{user|Jalapenos do exist}} placed on 1rr restriction on any edit concerning Israel or Israelis, Palestine or Palestinians, or the Arab-Israeli conflict broadly construed. Details found , .--] (]) 22:33, 19 December 2010 (UTC) | |||
| *{{IPuser|74.198.164.139}}/{{IPuser|74.198.9.161}} - blocked 24 hours for violation at {{la|Rujm el-Hiri}}. ] (]) 03:50, 26 December 2010 (UTC) | |||
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==Enforcement log== | ||
| {{anchor|Log of blocks and bans}} | |||
| *{{User|Koakhtzvigad}} - blocked 24 hours for 1RR violation at ] and ] ] (]) 14:19, 7 January 2011 (UTC) | |||
| {{anchor|Log of notifications}} | |||
| *Semi-protected ] for 1 year due to frequent disruption and POV-pushing by new/anonymous accounts. ~] <small>(])</small> 17:30, 7 January 2011 (UTC) | |||
| '''Any block, restriction, ban, or sanction performed under the authorisation of a remedy for this case must be logged at ], not here.''' | |||
| *{{user|GHcool}} blocked 24 hours for 1RR violation at ], per at WP:AN3. ] (]) 14:54, 10 January 2011 (UTC) | |||
| *{{user|Chesdovi}} blocked 2 weeks for 1RR violation at ] per . -- ''']''' (]) 19:20, 14 January 2011 (UTC) | |||
| *{{user|Noisetier}} blocked 48 hours for 1RR violation at ] per report at AN3, announced . ] (]) 17:48, 16 January 2011 (UTC) | |||
| *{{user|TFighterPilot}} blocked 24 hours for 1RR violation on ]. ] | ] 22:54, 19 January 2011 (UTC) | |||
| **Blocked 1 week for a second violation, per a complaint at ]. ] | ] 16:53, 22 January 2011 (UTC) | |||
| *{{user|Lihaas}} mandated to discuss all reverts to {{la|Hezbollah}} indefinitely with a review in one month as of . ] | ] 00:43, 21 January 2011 (UTC) | |||
| *{{user|GHcool}} blocked 55 hours for second 1RR violation at ]. ] 18:44, 23 January 2011 (UTC) | |||
| **<s> for two months from expiry of above block per at AE.</s> ] | ] 05:16, 24 January 2011 (UTC) | |||
| ***Topic ban lifted after one month per request. ] | ] 15:13, 26 February 2011 (UTC) | |||
| *{{user|Supreme Deliciousness}} blocked 24 hours for 1RR violation at ]. ] 18:45, 23 January 2011 (UTC) | |||
| **<s> for two months from expiry of above block per the same AE thread as GHcool above.</s> ] | ] 05:16, 24 January 2011 (UTC) | |||
| ***Topic ban lifted after one month per request. ] | ] 15:13, 26 February 2011 (UTC) | |||
| *{{user|NPz1}} blocked 1 week for 1RR violation on ]. ] | ] 21:38, 30 January 2011 (UTC) | |||
| *{{user|Koakhtzvigad}} topic-banned from the Israeli-Arab conflict for two weeks, per . <small><span style="border:1px solid black;padding:1px;">]</span></small> 22:16, 7 February 2011 (UTC) | |||
| *{{user|NPz1}} blocked 2 weeks for 1RR violations on ] and two other articles. --] (]) 13:29, 10 February 2011 (UTC) | |||
| *{{User|Avaya1}} blocked 36 hours for 1RR violation on ]. ] 03:33, 11 February 2011 (UTC) | |||
| *{{User|AndresHerutJaim}} blocked 24 hours for 1RR violation at ] after warning (logged above). ] (]) 22:46, 18 February 2011 (UTC) | |||
| * <s>{{User|Shrike}} banned for 3 months from editing any P/I article, per ] thread.</s> ]<small> <nowiki>]<nowiki>]</nowiki></small> 00:30, 20 February 2011 (UTC) | |||
| * <s>{{User|Passionless}} banned for 3 months from editing any P/I article, per ] thread.</s> ]<small> <nowiki>]<nowiki>]</nowiki></small> 00:30, 20 February 2011 (UTC) | |||
| ** The two sanctions above, with , are replaced with the following: | |||
| ***{{user|Shrike}}: | |||
| ****is banned from all articles, discussions, and other content related to the Arab-Israeli conflict, broadly construed across all namespaces, until 00:01, 1 September 2011 (UTC), and thereafter banned indefinitely from all articles, discussions and other content related to ], broadly construed across all namespaces; | |||
| ****is limited to one account (the account "Shrike"), and may not edit using any other account, or while logged out; | |||
| ****is indefinitely limited to one revert per page per 168 hours on all articles and other content related to the Arab-Israeli conflict, broadly construed across all namespaces. | |||
| ***{{user|Passionless}}: | |||
| ****<strike>is banned from all articles, discussions and other content related to ], broadly construed across all namespaces, until 00:01, 1 June 2011 (UTC);</strike> | |||
| ****<strike>is limited to one revert per page per 168 hours on all articles and other content related to the Arab-Israeli conflict, broadly construed across all namespaces, until 00:01, 1 September 2011 (UTC).</strike> Superseded by topic ban, see below. - ] <small>(])</small> 05:29, 7 April 2011 (UTC) | |||
| ** See . The one-week blocks on {{user|Shrike}} and {{user|Passionless}} imposed by AGK remains in effect. ] (]) 00:20, 21 February 2011 (UTC) | |||
| *{{user|The Sham}} Blocked 24 hours for 1RR violation on ]. ] | ] 00:04, 27 February 2011 (UTC) | |||
| *{{User|Validuz}} - blocked 24 hours for 1RR violation at ]--] (]) 01:03, 27 February 2011 (UTC) | |||
| *{{User|Passionless}} <s>blocked 72 hours for violating 1 revert per week on Jerusalem. Topic banned over the entire I-P area until 00001 UTC 2 July 2011 (4 months from block expiry) and</s> (abrogated. ] 06:15, 28 February 2011 (UTC)) extended the revert parole (one revert per week) until the end of 2011. ] 05:32, 28 February 2011 (UTC) | |||
| *{{user|Jiujitsuguy}} is topic-banned from the area of conflict for six months, per . <small><span style="border:1px solid black;padding:1px;">]</span></small> 13:04, 4 March 2011 (UTC) | |||
| *{{user|Emmanuelm}} is topic-banned from the area of conflict for two months, per . The ban includes talk pages. ] (]) 16:14, 5 March 2011 (UTC) | |||
| * {{user|Drsmoo}} for 72 hours for move warring. - ] <small>(])</small> 18:46, 13 March 2011 (UTC) | |||
| *{{user|Jalapenos do exist}} is not to misrepresent sources, per . <small><span style="border:1px solid black;padding:1px;">]</span></small> 16:37, 16 March 2011 (UTC) | |||
| *{{user|The Sham}} is from ] for a period of one year per . ] | ] 23:16, 19 March 2011 (UTC) | |||
| ** 1 week for violation of the above and ban reset. ] | ] 19:06, 26 March 2011 (UTC) | |||
| * {{user|Mbz1}} () | |||
| ** is topic banned until 2012-04-07; | |||
| ** is indefinitely interaction banned with respect to Passionless. - ] <small>(])</small> 05:29, 7 April 2011 (UTC) | |||
| * {{user|Passionless}} () | |||
| ** is topic banned until 2012-04-07; | |||
| ** is indefinitely interaction banned with respect to Mbz1. - ] <small>(])</small> 05:29, 7 April 2011 (UTC) | |||
| *{{user|RolandR}} - blocked by me for 48 hours for violation of 1RR at ] . Unblocked within 18 hours by {{adminlinks|NuclearWarfare}} with my consent for showing clear understanding of reasons for block. ] (]) 22:29, 8 April 2011 (UTC) | |||
| *{{user|AFolkSingersBeard}} - blocked 72 hours for violation of 1RR at ] (third block in 10 days). ] (]) 22:29, 8 April 2011 (UTC) | |||
| * {{user|Tgandz}} - 24 hours for ] and ]. - ] <small>(])</small> 21:00, 17 April 2011 (UTC) | |||
| * {{user|Jaakobou}} is warned not to make clearly meritless requests for enforcement, especially requests that make obvious misrepresentations of fact. See . <small><span style="border:1px solid black;padding:1px;">]</span></small> 06:09, 20 April 2011 (UTC) | |||
Latest revision as of 22:58, 22 November 2023
"WP:ARBPIA" redirects here. Not to be confused with WP:ARBIPA. For the updated index of arbitration remedies relating to the Arab-Israeli conflict, see Misplaced Pages:Arbitration/Index/Palestine-Israel articles.Shortcut
Case Opened on 21:35, 10 January 2008 (UTC)
Case Closed on 01:38, 19 January 2008 (UTC)
Case Amended by motion on 14:32, 27 October 2011 (UTC)
Case Amended by motion on 18:44, 10 March 2012 (UTC)
Case Amended by motion on 08:49, 21 July 2013 (UTC)
Case Amended by motion on 05:32, 23 October 2014 (UTC)
Case amended by motion on 07:28, 6 January 2016 (UTC)
Case amended by motion on 22:28, 26 December 2016 (UTC)
Case amended by motion on 23:43, 18 May 2017 (UTC)
Case amended by motion on 18:10, 4 January 2018 (UTC)
Case amended by motion on 06:51, 21 November 2018 (UTC)
Case amended by motion on 02:37, 14 March 2019 (UTC)
Case amended by WP:ARBPIA4 on 06:01, 20 December 2019 (UTC)
Watchlist all case pages: 1, 2, 3, 4Please do not edit this page directly unless you wish to become a participant in this case. Only add a statement here after the case has begun if you are named as a party; otherwise, your statement may be placed on the talk page, and will be read in full. Evidence, no matter who can provide it, is very welcome at /Evidence. Evidence is more useful than comments.
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Involved parties
- Ryan Postlethwaite (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) (initiating party)
- Jaakobou (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
- PalestineRemembered (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
- Tiamut (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
- Eleland (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
- Pedro Gonnet (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
- ThuranX (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
- Suladna (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
- CJCurrie (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
- RolandR (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
- Chesdovi (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
- Armon (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
- G-Dett (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
- Itzse (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
- Tewfik (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
Statement by Ryan Postlethwaite
The battles that are going on at Palestine/Israel articles are now getting out of hand and the community is no longer able to handle them. The history of Saeb Erekat is an ideal example of the problems we’re faced with here. Despite there being discussion on talk pages, the parties insist on edit warring with Jaakobou continually changing the article to his version – despite it being arguably a BLP violation (Jaakobou has basically been trying to label Erekat a liar). Other articles paint a similar picture (Definitions of Palestine and Palestinian, Palestinian Fedayeen, Second Intifada, Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Allegations of Israeili apartheid, Islam: What the West Needs to Know, Media coverage of the Arab-Israeli conflict, Palestine Peace Not Apartheid, Arab citizens of Israel, Pallywood (Note:This is not an exhaustive list)). What it boils down to is severe ownership issues from certain members of the dispute, and an unwillingness for parties to make compromises and stick with consensus. I realise there are no user RfC’s in this dispute, the problem is, who to create an RfC for? We’ve had many previous threads on AN/I about this, a previous arbitration case which was closed without action and now all parties seem resigned to getting their point across through edit warring and other disruption. A quick look at the block logs of a number of the participants show that they have no respect for some of our editing policies and guidelines. Any further efforts at attempting to stop the dispute other than arbitration are simply going to add gasoline to the fire and will act solely as a stepping stone to arbitration at a later date. I hope the arbitrators will accept this case to look at remedies including editing restrictions and/or article/topic probations. Ryan Postlethwaite 17:22, 8 January 2008 (UTC)
Statement by PalestineRemembered
- Nobody need be intimidated by this case, because it's not really so complex. In my humble opinon, all the problems come down to just
twothree factors:
- One or two semi-literate editors, who cannot process the information in front of them properly.
- Occasional cases of straight-forward cheating, deliberate insertion of falsehoods – or removing good material on frivolous grounds, to the severe aggravation of scholarly editors.
- "Disciplinary cases" that have been poisoned by malice aimed at witnesses, and evidence been interfered with. A severe chill has been induced by an expectation of victimising.
- These problems will not be difficult to identify and score/judge. Unless we need barristers to demand answers for straightforward questions like this:
- Question to Jaakobou – have you ever operated any sock-puppet accounts, and, if so, have you operated them abusively? PR 19:51, 8 January 2008 (UTC)
Statement by Eleland
I urge ArbCom to accept this request. While it stems primarily from good-faith content disputes, the manner in which these disputes have been conducted has been seriously disruptive across literally dozens of Misplaced Pages articles. Admins recognize the problem and the problem users, but generally don't go beyond brief 3RR blocks because the subject matter is so touchy, and they don't want to be seen as favouring one side. Actually, that's the problem here; we're clearly thinking in terms of sides. Normal dispute resolution has succeeded occasionally (the lists of Civilian casualties in the Second Intifada, finally removed from their politicized context as an Israeli-only List of massacres committed during the al-Aqsa Intifada, being a case in point) but more commonly failed miserably (Saeb Erekat, the never-resolved Battle of Jenin slugfest, etc, etc.) The buck has to stop somewhere, and ArbCom is it. <eleland/talkedits> 19:42, 8 January 2008 (UTC)
- Oh, in addition, there may be some parties who ought to be named additionally. Offhand:
- Armon (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
- G-Dett (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
- Itzse (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
- Tewfik (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
- And surely others. <eleland/talkedits> 20:08, 8 January 2008 (UTC)
Statement by ThuranX
Not really sure why I'm considered an involved party. I watch AN/I and I like reading through some of the cases and chiming in when I think that wider community input is useful, or the opinion of a third party editor can help. I've got all of three article space edits to any of the relevant articles (two to The Palestinian Fedayeen, one to the definitions of Palestinian). I'm not particularly into edit warring about these articles, but I have acted in these few instances when I think I can help. One was corrected (the Def. of Palest-ine/ian), and the other two probably got lost in the edit warring there fast. For me, wider involvement in Misplaced Pages, via AN/I, has just been a way of expanding my awareness here, by getting me into new subject areas. Although it's possible some here think I've got a 'side' going because i happen to be Jewish, not the case. I've been reading the cases and reviewing them, and anyone who looks at my contribs to AN/I will see I kibbitz in lots of cases, sometimes to some particular help, other times, it goes silently ignored. Either way, fine by me. I've got no particular interest in this entire situation beyond being frustrated watching the project resources being squandered on the cyclical fighting, and in noting who I think has been responsible for violations of policy and creating problems. Do I have opinions about the topic? yes. I keep them out of the cited facts, because frankly, I suspect most of the editors of these articles write more from personal assumptions and POV, and I'd rather see cited facts I disagree with than not. Cited facts make me rethink my own attitudes.) Do I have opinions about who is at fault here? Yes, and they're already stated in the relevant AN/I threads about Jaakobou and Eleland. In summary, no clue why I'm here, not an edit warrior on here, just an uninvolved third party. ThuranX (talk) 21:32, 8 January 2008 (UTC)
Statement by G-Dett
I'm glad this has been brought forward; many thanks to Ryan for doing so. Two other editors who might be included here are 6SJ7 and of course Jayjg.
I have two suggestions and will keep them both brief. One is that User:HG be included somehow. He is a very unusual editor in that he's widely trusted by both sides. I'm sure he has real-life views but they are no more detectable in his Misplaced Pages presence than is his body odor. He seems to be drawn to resolving intractable debates, as if they were 10,000 piece jigsaw puzzles and he some kind of savant.
Ideally we could have a mini-cabal but frankly I don't know who else would be on it (Durova?). Part of HG's success has been that he never tells anyone they're talking balderdash, even when they are; he's more of a facilitator of mildly Socratic dialogue. There are many other intelligent and non-aligned editors, who however through very occasional and understandable flashes of intellectual impatience have been branded partisan.
My second suggestion is that we have some sort of moderated ME-related forum where inter-article balance issues could be discussed as they arise, and loose working principles formulated. There are certain policy-interpretation memes that come up regularly in editing disputes, and even when they're semi-resolved there's no take-away. I know "other stuff" isn't supposed to exist on Misplaced Pages, but it certainly does exist on ME pages, and the fact that we're not supposed to talk about it has just forced it underground into "strategy," often of a passive-aggressive sort.--G-Dett (talk) 22:09, 8 January 2008 (UTC)
Statement by CJCurrie
Arbcomm intervention on this file is long overdue. The controversies on pages having to do with Israel/Palestine can no longer be described as simply "content disputes"; many of these pages have become completely dysfunctional, due in large part to the reasons identified by Ryan and others.
Further comments:
- The list of involved participants seems to have been chosen in an arbitrary fashion. User:Jayjg strikes me the most noteworthy omission, though I'm certain that others have been left out as well.
- I would recommend that this ArbComm case be restructured so as to encompass pages that do not specifically address the Israel/Palestine conflict, but rather address related matters and involve many of the same participants. New antisemitism strikes me as a particularly relevant example, in light of ongoing discussions on its talk page.
- I do not accept Ryan's assertion that "all parties seem resigned to getting their point across through edit warring and other disruption". While it's undeniably true that both "sides" in this dispute are guilty of edit-warring, there are some participants who have tried to persuade "the other side" with rational arguments … the difficulty is that this approach seldom leads to discernable results.
- While it may prove necessary to admonish or sanction certain editors for their behaviour on these pages, this will not solve the underlying problem. It could even be counter-productive, if editors who are not sanctioned (or like-minded editors who are not named in this particular RfA) continue the larger pattern of tendentious editing once arbitration is finished. Misplaced Pages's articles on Israel/Palestine have been an embarrassment for some time, in no small part because meaningful debate on substantive editing issues has become almost impossible. We need is method of ensuring that future disputes can be resolved in an open and civil manner -- anything short of this will just be window dressing on one of the project's most serious problems. (The suggestion of appointing an ombudsman has its advantages, though I wonder if this task could prove too large for any one editor to take.)
CJCurrie (talk) 00:38, 9 January 2008 (UTC), with 02:53, 9 January 2008 (UTC)
- Please allow me to reiterate my view that this RfA should be expanded to address relevant articles that do not specifically address the Israel/Palestine conflict, and should address the larger problem of a poisoned atmosphere on all of these pages.
- If this RfA only addresses issues of behaviour on a small number of pages, I'm quite concerned that it could (i) selectively punish some participants while allowing equally culpable parties in the larger dispute to escape sanction, (ii) further poison the atmosphere on these pages by creating the appearance of selective prosecution, and (iii) do nothing to resolve the larger and more pressing problem of factionalism on these pages.
- By the way, I think 6SJ7 has raised an interesting point regarding the time frame. I'm a bit concerned that this RfA could have the unintended consequence of allowing tendentious editors who've kept a low profile in recent months, but were prominently involved in past POV disputes, to re-emerge if and when restrictions are placed on their "opponents". I don't believe this (plausible, if remote) turn of events would create either the appearance or reality of fairness.
- To improve the quality of these pages, this RfA must take a proactive role in establishing terms of behaviour for articles on Middle East issues. We don't need to examine every dispute, but we most certainly do need to ensure the situation on these pages improves. User:Sm8900's "general comment" was well-intentioned, but I fear it his/her remedy would take this process in entirely the wrong direction, and focus on minutiae rather than the bigger picture. CJCurrie (talk) 23:33, 9 January 2008 (UTC)
Statement by Pedro Gonnet
I am listed as a party to the edit-war on Israeli-Palestinian conflict. My last edit to the page (here) or to the talk page (here) predate the page-protection by 12 and 14 days respectively, which makes me an unlikely candidate for that war (I am, however, involved in Gilad Shalit, where a nice solution was found, and on Occupation of the Gaza Strip by Egypt, which went stale). The discussions on that Talk:Israeli-Palestinian conflict (the wildest one is regarding the use of the term "occupied" when referring to the Israeli-occupied territories) are symptomatic of the way certain editors work: insert POV/unsourced/tendentious material or delete sourced material, start a revert war, call for an RfC, flame anybody who participates in it, drop out of the discussion and when a compromise is reached between other editors, block and/or ignore it.
As I have mentioned on the WP:AN/I thread, this is not about a content dispute, but about the willingness to start literally hundreds of content disputes based on bogus material, simply to deadlock or seriously degrade most -- if not all -- articles related to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The main protagonists are not interested in verifiability, NPOV, avoiding undue weight and such, but in inserting their own, generally anti-Palestinian WP:POV at any cost. For these editors , there is never a compromise, never a mutually agreed solution and as such, never an end to an edit-war.
As you may have guessed, my main problem is with User:Jaakobou, with whom I have locked horns on several occasions. I have yet to see him end an edit-war, accept a compromise or back down from any of his positions or edits. This is not about tough discussions -- I have had many with User:GHcool and User:Sm8900 and in most cases reached a solution and/or compromise, of which I am somewhat proud -- but about fruitless discussions being used as a mere pretext to drag an issue on an wear out all participants. This kind of behaviour is extremely disruptive, time-consuming and just plain annoying -- and does not contribute to the encyclopaedia.
Please, accept this RfA so that we can all get back to normal editing. pedro gonnet – talk – 9 January 2008 08:02
Statement by RolandR
I welcome the fact that ArbCom is to look at this area, and I hope that they will come up with some helpful guidelines. In particular, I support the suggestion by CarolMooreDC above for a style guide or naming convention. As Pedro Gonnet notes, there is constant dispute over the use of the term "occupied" to describe the territories which came under Israeli rule in 1967. There are also disputes over the term "guerilla"/"terrorist", over the placing of an "Antisemitism" category tag on many articles, and other similar issues. This could all usefully be addressed.
However, I question my own inclusion, and indeed that of most editors named above (including some with whom I have clashed in the past), on this list. The problem is not, in most cases, the individual editors, but the context of the Israel-Palestine conflict and the absence of clear guidelines here. Some of us may have been guilty of occasional tendentious editing, and there is one editor above whom I have recently accused of incivility; but these are issues which can be -- and indeed are being -- dealt with by regular procedures. They do not amount to disruptive editing, and do not in themselves require the involvement of ArbCom.
If there is to be a named list of editors to be looked at by ArbCom, then there are several more who should be included. For a start:
- Amoruso (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
- Andyvphil (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
- Screen stalker (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
- Zeq (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
- Hertz1888 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
- 6SJ7 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
and I'm sure there are many more. If Isarig was not currently under a one-year topic ban, he also would be included. In short, it is invidious to pick out just the editors named above, since there are countless others acting in a very similar manner.
Having said that, I do think that there should be a specific inquiry into the behaviour of Jaakobou, identified by several editors above and elsewhere as a particularly problematic and uncooperative editor. My history with him includes an ANI regarding his use of racist language and another following his posting of libellous comments about me on a talk page. On that occasion, Jaakobou so thoroughly angered other editors (not previously involved in this area) that he was extremely lucky to avoid a lengthy community block. RolandR (talk) 11:09, 9 January 2008 (UTC)
Statement by Jaakobou
My own conduct hasn't been ideal, I realize and I took upon myself to change my editing habits since my recent block (arguing on a number of articles and 3RR breach on one of them) and have obtained mentorship to address that and help diffuse problematic cases.
I ask the committee to defer arbitration at this time in favor of some communal observation resolutions/declaration of intent.
I also believe there is a serious need for formal mediation on Second Intifada and Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
I believe full blown arbitration should always be a last resort and that my suggestions will help everyone involved to improve their policy understanding and conduct and will also open the door for new editors who'd be kicked out in the current state of affairs. Jaakobou 11:42, 9 January 2008 (UTC)
- If the Committee does decide to accept this case, then I request that the following names be added to the list – Nishidani, Stingray86, NSH001, Sanguinalis, Gatoclass, Timeshifter, Ian Pitchford, Nickhh, ChrisO, Abu_Ali, Paul kuiper NL, Timb0h, RomaC, Editor54321, JaapBoBo, Burgas00, Bless sins, Liftarn, and 70.109.223.188, who are certainly involved in these conflicts as much as anyone else, and some moreso than the listed or suggested parties.
- My apologies if I forgot someone. Jaakobou 18:24, 9 January 2008 (UTC)
Sorted for comfort
- Special mentions:
- Eleland, PalestineRemembered, G-Dett, Bless sins, CJCurrie, Liftarn.
- Nishidani (talk · contribs),
- Stingray86 (talk · contribs),
- NSH001 (talk · contribs),
- Sanguinalis (talk · contribs),
- Gatoclass (talk · contribs),
- Timeshifter (talk · contribs),
- Ian Pitchford (talk · contribs),
- Nickhh (talk · contribs),
- ChrisO (talk · contribs),
- Abu_ali (talk · contribs),
- Paul kuiper NL (talk · contribs),
- Timb0h (talk · contribs),
- RomaC (talk · contribs),
- Editor54321 (talk · contribs),
- JaapBoBo (talk · contribs),
- Burgas00 (talk · contribs),
- Bless sins (talk · contribs),
- Liftarn (talk · contribs),
- 70.109.223.188 (talk · contribs)
- 146.115.58.152 (talk · contribs) / 67.98.206.2 (talk · contribs) (same user)
-- Jaakobou 23:32, 11 January 2008 (UTC) , added another on 02:55, 13 January 2008 (UTC)
Statement by Tiamut
First off, I would like to thank Ryan Postlewaithe for being bringing this case to the attention of Arbcomm. The problems besetting Palestine-Israel articles are chronic, long-term problems that have not received the attention required to resolve them.
I second Number 57's suggestion that Beit Or (talk · contribs) be added to the list and the suggestion of other editors above that Jayjg (talk · contribs) also be included. The former has a habit of pile-on reverting and even wikistalked me to five different articles one day, just to revert my additions. (See related discussion here, here, and here). The latter, while having taken a brief sabbatical between August and November, was (and still is) deeply involved in editing Palestine-Israel articles, and as an admin, set the example to many of us on how to approach editing at such articles (for better or worse – arbcomm can decide that). Though his involvement is recent, I would also add Eternalsleeper (talk · contribs) here as well, since he jumped into the dispute at Second Intifada to drive-by revert twice, before even engaging in any discussion.
Having learned a lot over the last year and half about Misplaced Pages policies, I like to think that the quality of my editing contributions and my ability to work with others with vastly differing viewpoints has greatly improved. This is of course not true across the board. There are some editors who engage in tendentious and disruptive editing with whom I have not been able to construct a satisfactory, collaborative editing relationship. I often get the sense that the goal of these editors is simply to disrupt a page where sourced edits representing a viewpoint they don't like are being added, until the page is protected and no further additions can be made.
Regarding my own block log, I have been blocked four times for 3RR. The first block was placed SlimVirgin (talk · contribs) for editing at Arab citizens of Israel, where in the midst of multi-participant edit war over how (or for some whether) to include a piece of sourced information regarding the status of Palestinians in Israel as an "indigenous people", involving many of the editors listed here, Isarig reported me for 3RR and I was blocked. Many fellow editors took issue with the block, which they believed was unfair, given my involvement in discussion in the talk page and the attempt in my edits to find alternate phraseology acceptable to everyone. The subsequent two blocks were placed after reports filed (again) by Isarig (who in all three cases was edit-warring with me at the time, but was not himself sanctioned). These two were lifted before they expired after Isarig's own history of edit-warring was brought to the attention of admins by other editors. It was around this time that I began to see how detrimental edit warring was to the project. I am certainly not making excuses for my behaviour, only outlining an evolution. The last block was placed by Tariqabjotu (talk · contribs) after I filed a report against Egyegy (talk · contribs). While I had not violated 3RR and had not lowered myself to responding to Egygey uncivil and personal attacks on me, I admit that I was edit warring, and Tariqabjotu blocked me for a lengthy period. The block was overturned by Mangojuice (talk · contribs) long before it expired after I recognized that fact. (Note that Tariqabjotu refused to lift the block when I requested that he do so by email). That was my last block (in September 2007) and I have had no blocks since.
I do try to avoid edit-warring. It is however, deeply challenging. Particularly when you spend days working to add reliable sourced and relevant scholarly material to an article, only to have someone come by and mass blank your additions, and then have someone else come and drive-by revert them away again after they are restored by you or others. I think Arbcomm needs to know that this is not about a content dispute. It's about a style of editing that centers on disruption to do away with facts that cannot argued away. It's about some editors letting WP:IDONTLIKEIT be the key determinant to whether an addition remains in an article, rather than adibing by core Wiki policies like WP:NPOV and WP:CONSENSUS. I don't think I am one of those editors. Though I do have a strong POV on the issues which no doubt influences what information I add to these articles, I do try to be self-conscious about it and I don't delete relevant reliably sourced information representing opposing viewpoints, even when I think it's a total load of crap.
I think the arbcomm should focus on identifying specific behaviours that are unhelpful here (e.g. drive-by reverting to delete sourced material without sufficient engagement in talk) and the editors who use them. Without a specific work agenda here, this arbcomm is likely to end up unfocused and end without resolving anything (as did the previous one on Allegations of Israeli apartheid). Tiamut 12:21, 9 January 2008 (UTC)
- PS. Regarding Tariqabjotu's statement that Tewfik (talk · contribs) (among others) shouldn't be lsited in this case, I have to disagree (about tewfik specificially). Tewfik regularly engages in the kind of behaviour I have described above. His mass blanking of material Second Intifada after one version enjoyed stability for two weeks, prompted a series of edit wars that led to the page being protected. In my opinion and that of other editors at the page, he did not sufficiently explain these edits. Tiamut 12:39, 9 January 2008 (UTC)
User:Isarig is no longer with us
This is to inform all involved parties here that Isarig (talk · contribs) have exercised their right to vanish and are no longer active as a Misplaced Pages contributor. It should be noted that both their mentors (User:Avraham and myself) have agreed to that according to WP:RTV. The user have been explained not to come back editing again as per WP:RTV, a thing they agreed to. The 'right to vanish' request has been accepted by OTRS members and a notice has been sent to the ArbCom mailing list. As a consequence, all edits by User:Isarig have been deleted from their main account and transfered to an account place holder known to the ArbCom, OTRS members and their mentors. This same notice has been cross posted to WP:AN. -- FayssalF - 15:44, 15 January 2008 (UTC)
Preliminary decisions
Arbitrators' opinion on hearing this matter (4/0/0/0)
- Accept, primarily to consider the overall situation in this topic area. Kirill 17:29, 8 January 2008 (UTC)
- Accept per Kirill. -- FayssalF - 17:39, 8 January 2008 (UTC)
- Accept to look out the best way to handle heated conflicts related to this topic and examine involved parties disruptive conduct. FloNight (talk) 16:06, 9 January 2008 (UTC)
- Accept. There's no doubt this case must be accepted but the scope needs to be kept fairly tightly defined and this case has already started to sprawl. The decision is not going to have any effect on the balance of views present in articles about the Israel/Palestine conflict. The committee will only be looking at user conduct issues. The wide number of users involved is likely either to make this case among the most protracted ever seen, or to a deliberate decision to pass enforcement to uninvolved admins. The latter is the more likely. Can I make a plea for brevity in the evidence? Generally the pithier a submission, the more impact it makes. Sam Blacketer (talk) 20:53, 9 January 2008 (UTC)
Temporary injunction (none)
Final decision
Principles
Purpose of Misplaced Pages
1) Misplaced Pages is a project to create a neutral encyclopedia. Use of the site for other purposes, such as advocacy or propaganda, furtherance of outside conflicts, publishing or promoting original research, and political or ideological struggle, is prohibited.
- Passed 11 to 0 01:38, 19 January 2008 (UTC)
Decorum
2) Misplaced Pages users are expected to behave reasonably, calmly, and courteously in their interactions with other users; to approach even difficult situations in a dignified fashion and with a constructive and collaborative outlook; and to avoid acting in a manner that brings the project into disrepute. Unseemly conduct, such as personal attacks, incivility, assumptions of bad faith, trolling, harassment, disruptive point-making, and gaming the system, is prohibited.
- Passed 11 to 0 01:38, 19 January 2008 (UTC)
Editorial process
3) Misplaced Pages works by building consensus. This is done through the use of polite discussion—involving the wider community, if necessary—and dispute resolution, rather than through disruptive editing. Editors are each responsible for noticing when a debate is escalating into an edit war, and for helping the debate move to better approaches by discussing their differences rationally. Edit-warring, whether by reversion or otherwise, is prohibited; this is so even when the disputed content is clearly problematic, with only a few exceptions. Revert rules should not be construed as an entitlement or inalienable right to revert, nor do they endorse reverts as an editing technique.
- Passed 11 to 0 01:38, 19 January 2008 (UTC)
Dispute resolution
4) Users should not respond to inappropriate behavior in kind, or engage in sustained editorial conflict or unbridled criticism across different forums. Editors who have genuine grievances against others are expected to avail themselves of the dispute resolution mechanism.
- Passed 11 to 0 01:38, 19 January 2008 (UTC)
Findings of fact
Area of conflict
1) The disputes presented in this case, while focusing specifically on issues related to Palestinian-Israeli conflict, are part of a broader set of conflicts prevalent over the entire range of articles concerning the Arab-Israeli conflict (see, in particular, the prior Arbitration cases regarding Allegations of apartheid, PalestineRemembered, Deir Yassin massacre, Israel-Lebanon, Israeli apartheid, Zeq, and Yuber). Many of these conflicts are grounded in matters external to the project; deep-seated and long-standing real world conflicts between the peoples of Palestine and Israel have been transferred to Misplaced Pages. The area of conflict in this case shall be considered to be the entire set of Arab-Israeli conflict-related articles, broadly interpreted.
- Passed 11 to 0 01:38, 19 January 2008 (UTC)
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.
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Discretionary sanctions1.1)
Appeal of discretionary sanctions2)
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Working group
3) The Committee shall convene a working group, composed of experienced Wikipedians in good standing, and task it with developing a comprehensive set of recommendations for resolving the pervasive problem of intractable disputes centered around national, ethnic, and cultural areas of conflict. The membership, structure, and procedures of the group shall be subject to the approval of the Committee. The working group shall be free to develop recommendations of any form, including those requiring Committee action and those requiring community adoption of new or changed policies, at its discretion. The group shall be appointed within two weeks from the closure of this case, and shall present its recommendations to the Committee no later than six months from the date of its inception.
- Passed 10 to 0 01:38, 19 January 2008 (UTC)
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Editors reminded4)
Editors counseled5)
Standard discretionary sanctionsBecause numerous remedies from multiple cases apply to the same area of conflict, a compilation of currently-applicable remedies is maintained at Misplaced Pages:Arbitration/Index/Palestine-Israel articles.
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Amended to change "articles" to "pages"
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Enforcement
Logging of sanctions
1) All sanctions imposed under the provisions of this decision are to be logged at Misplaced Pages:Requests for arbitration/Palestine-Israel articles#Log of blocks and bans.
- Passed 11 to 0 01:38, 19 January 2008 (UTC)
Uninvolved administrators
2) For the purpose of imposing sanctions under the provisions of this case, an administrator will be considered "uninvolved" if he or she has not previously participated in any content disputes on articles in the area of conflict. Enforcing the provisions of this decision will not be considered to be participation in a dispute. Any doubt regarding whether an administrator qualifies under this definition is to be treated as any other appeal of discretionary sanctions.
- Passed 8 to 2 01:38, 19 January 2008 (UTC)
Amendments
General 1RR restriction
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Because numerous remedies from multiple cases apply to the same area of conflict, a compilation of currently-applicable remedies is maintained at Misplaced Pages:Arbitration/Index/Palestine-Israel articles.
Amendment, December 26 2016
Motion: Palestine-Israel articles (January 2018)
Motion: Palestine-Israel articles (November 2018)
Further, the Palestine-Israel articles arbitration case (t) (ev / t) (w / t) (pd / t) is amended to include the following remedies:
Motion: Palestine-Israel articles (March 2019)
The template {{Arab-Israeli Arbitration Enforcement}} may be employed on the talk page of Arab-Israeli conflict related articles.
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Syrian civil war articles (July 2013)
In March 2013, an administrator notified the editors of Syrian civil war and several associated pages that the topic area fell under the scope of {{Arab-Israeli Arbitration Enforcement}}, which provides for a blanket one revert per editor per article per day restriction as well as discretionary sanctions. A request for clarification or amendment has now been filed raising the issue of whether the topic-area of the Syrian Civil War falls within the scope of the Arab-Israeli topic-area for purposes of arbitration enforcement.
The Arbitration Committee concludes that the topic of the Syrian Civil War does not fit within the category of Arab-Israeli disputes, although certain specific issues relating to that war would fall within that topic.
However, the administrator action extending discretionary sanctions and the 1RR limitation to Syrian Civil War was taken in good faith. Several editors have commented that the restrictions have been helpful to the editing environment and that they should remain in effect. No one has requested that the Arbitration Committee open a full case to consider the issue.
Accordingly, the existing sanctions and restrictions applied to Syrian Civil War and related articles will continue in effect for a period not to exceed 30 days. During that period, a discussion should be opened on the Administrators' Noticeboard (WP:AN) to determine whether there is consensus to continue the restrictions in effect as community-based restrictions, either as they currently exist or in a modified form. If a consensus is not reached during the community discussion, any editor may file a request for arbitration. In the interim, any notifications and sanctions are to be logged at Talk:Syrian civil war/Log.
- Passed 10 to 1 by amendment on 08:49, 21 July 2013 (UTC)
Motion (November 2018)
Editors cautioned
Editors are cautioned against edit warring, even if their actions are not in violation of the general 1RR prohibition active in the Arab-Israeli conflict topic area. Instead of reverting, editors are encouraged to discuss their proposed changes on the article's talk page, especially when the edit in question has already been challenged or is likely to be challenged.
- Passed 8 to 1 by motion at 06:51, 21 November 2018 (UTC)
Administrators encouraged
Administrators enforcing arbitration remedies in this topic area are encouraged to make use of appropriate discretionary sanctions to prevent or end prolonged or low-speed edit wars, even when the general 1RR prohibition has not been violated by any involved editor.
- Passed 8 to 1 by motion at 06:51, 21 November 2018 (UTC)
Condensing of remedies (December 2019)
This remedy was adopted by the Arbitration Committee in the Palestine-Israel articles 4 arbitration case.1) For the sake of easy referencing, the following existing remedies are vacated (with the intention of replacing them elsewhere in this decision):
- ARBPIA:
- Editors reminded
- Editors counseled
- Standard discretionary sanctions (for "All Arab-Israeli conflict-related pages")
- General 1RR restriction
- ARBPIA3:
- General Prohibition (of users not "extended confirmed")
- Sanctions available
Existing enforcement decisions relying upon these remedies are not vacated and will be appealable as if this remedy had not carried.
- Passed 6 to 0 in the Palestine-Israel articles 4 case at 05:06, 20 December 2019 (UTC)
- Amended by motion at 19:12, 27 December 2019 (UTC)
Enforcement log
Any block, restriction, ban, or sanction performed under the authorisation of a remedy for this case must be logged at Misplaced Pages:Arbitration enforcement log, not here.