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Amendment request: Rich Farmbrough

Initiated by Rich Farmbrough, 05:29, 1 January 2013 (UTC).

Case affected

Rich Farmbrough arbitration case (t) (ev / t) (w / t) (pd / t)

Clauses to which an amendment is requested

1. Finding 8

Strike this finding completely.

List of users affected by or involved in this amendment

• Rich Farmbrough (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) (initiator)

Confirmation that the above users are aware of this request

Information about amendment request

Statement by your username

The finding reads

Error: No text given for quotation (or equals sign used in the actual argument to an unnamed parameter)

Let us analyse the block logs rreferred to in the finding:

There are a total of six unblocks by Rich Farmbrough on HPB's block log

1. 22:20, 30 April 2012

   Procedural unblock

2. 00:29, 2 April 2012

   Procedural unblock

3. 19:03, 14 March 2012

   Summary makes it clear that the problem is fixed and User:NuclearWarfare had said "Feel free to unblock without asking me whenever you get that bug fixed."

4. 23:39, 17 October 2011

   Unblock of temporary self block

5. 15:26, 16 September 2011

   Procedural unblock

Hence none of these fit the criteria

There are a total of seven unblocks by Rich Farmbrough on the SmackBot block log

Of a block by Fram (re-blocked by MSGJ)

1. 09:14, 3 February 2011 and
2. 15:56, 2 February 2011

   Fram was completely clear in this comment "I have no objection to you unblocking the bot solely to continue with the "build p605" edits"

3. 13:16, 29 August 2010

   Ucucha says "Feel free to unblock when you've fixed the problem"

4. 08:52, 4 May 2010

   CBM says "Unblocking your own bot in order to avoid fixing would be an abuse of your administrator abilities. However, I assume that in this case you have fixed the problem before unblocking the bot"

5. 10:33, 28 December 2009

   Arthur Rubin said "Sorry. Feel free to unblock"

6. 18:39, 9 December 2007

   Ryan Postlethwaite said "Feel free to unblock when it's corrected." and later said "sorry for making the block. Feel free to unblock when you're ready"

7. 13:17, 24 December 2006

   It is clearly stated in the unblock summary that the contentious task has been stopped.

So rather than their being "many" occasions, there are in fact zero occasions.

Rich Farmbrough, 05:29, 1 January 2013 (UTC).

Statement by {other user}

{Other editors are free to comment on this amendment as necessary. Comments here should be directed only at the above proposed amendment.}

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