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User:Timothy Usher/User:Proabivouac

It has recently come to the Arbitration Committee's attention that User:Timothy Usher, who was placed under probation in the His excellency case, ceased using that account at about that time and resurfaced as User:Proabivouac without informing the committee about this new identity. He has subsequently edited without being held to the conditions of his probation, and has engaged in behavior that may have been subject to sanction under those conditions. Because of this, the term of his probation is reset and begins again from this point. For the committee, Matthew Brown (Morven) (T:C) 07:56, 10 September 2007 (UTC)

User:Fedayee

This contributor was a party to both Armenia-Azerbaijan and Armenia-Azerbaijan 2 ArbCom cases. According to second ArbCom remedy , User:Fedayee is subject to supervised editing and must "maintain a reasonable degree of civility" with other users. In last few days, he has assumed bad faith and personally attacked at several instances:

• Attacking the ethnicity of User:Ehud Lesar : **Why request a checkuser... sounds right now that his Ehud account still sticks, an alleged Jew who merely reverts to your and Grandmaster’s versions and is concentrated in Armenian-Azeri related articles and who only returns to Jewish contributions when other editors wonder about him
• Attacking me :
  • "you are editing in a very abrasive way"
• Assuming bad faith against me :
  • Atabek has not changed a bit, after two arbitration cases and the arbitrators ignoring our plight to take dispositions to stop Atabek’s disruptions
• Wikilawyering :
  • you should've not been in the current Arbcom remedy this is far too light in your situation because you could and still disrupt without having to be uncivil
• Accusing me of irrelevant, unproven and unrelated things in Misplaced Pages :
  • Also from recent allegations from Persian members, it seems that Atabek has created havoc in a Persian website extending conflicts on Misplaced Pages.
• Assuming bad faith again :
  • Given I have experienced your history of misrepresentation of sources and misquoting...
• Assuming bad faith :
  • Chaser, on the 200,000 figure, Atabek made this edit as a provocation; he could have known that he will be accused of source manipulation and distortion

I would like to ask for User:Fedayee yet again to assume good faith and be civil. Thanks. Atabek 03:20, 10 September 2007 (UTC)

I never attacked Ehud Lesar's alleged ethnicity, I merely questioned it for points raised above. I never attacked you personally, I described your edits. The rest is not assumption of bad faith but a description of what I see and experience after trying to assume good faith edit after edit after edit by you. Thank you. - Fedayee 22:37, 10 September 2007 (UTC)

The violation is that Ehud Lesar's ethnicity has nothing to do with editing in Misplaced Pages. Under which policy do you think you're justified to question established user's ethnic identity and/or call it alleged? Atabek 22:45, 10 September 2007 (UTC)

The same way you or others question newly arrived people who hold an opposing view from yours into being Armenians or Armenian sockpuppets. Ehud Lesar is dubious considering Adil Baguirov's past attempts at passing as a Jew (some account called Weiszman or something similar) who edited the same way Mr. Ehud Lesar did. - Fedayee 03:57, 11 September 2007 (UTC)

Checkuser showed that Ehud is not Adil and not a sock. Calling someone's ethnic identity "alleged" is not appropriate here. Grandmaster 04:22, 11 September 2007 (UTC)

His not questioning his ethnicity, his questioning his authenticity. The same way you questioned every new users authenticity and labeled them a sockpuppet of Artaxiad who disagreed with you. VartanM 06:09, 11 September 2007 (UTC)

Mind WP:AGF. Whenever in doubt, I always filed a checkuser or asked the admins to check the suspicious accounts, but I never made any improper comments about other users like Fedayee does. Grandmaster 06:20, 11 September 2007 (UTC)

User:VartanM

- User:VartanM, after revert removing body of sourced material , addresses me:

• I am getting tired of your abrasive answers...

I don't see a basis for such wording, especially given the fact that User:VartanM was warned earlier to assume good faith and to be more corteous . Atabek 04:45, 8 September 2007 (UTC)

Atabek, keeps pushing his POV. He moved the article without discussion and getting a consensus He is misquoting scholars. He is yet to compromise and work constructively. He never assumes good faith. VartanM 04:59, 8 September 2007 (UTC)

I don't see a reason for such bad faith words by User:VartanM, when I did provide extensive rationale for my edit and the move . Sources I cited are a prominent scholar Minorsky from University of London and Oxford scholar CJD Dowsett, both references are being removed by VartanM, and my answers are being called "abrasive", even here now. Thanks. Atabek 05:14, 8 September 2007 (UTC)

Atabek has been harassing me since his 4 day block. He filed 2 baseless reports about me while he was blocked and now another one. Its tobvious his holding a grudge against me and is trying to get even. I request the arbitrators to check his contributions after the block and check his contributions in more details.

Armenian Legion He choose to edit and add that 200,000 Armenians served in Germany under the Nazis the same day his block expired. WP:AGF WP:POINT WP:Retaliation

I will file another arbitration request if this attacks and continuous provocations don't stop. VartanM 05:44, 8 September 2007 (UTC)

I've removed all partisan content from both your userpages. If you can't deal with the sight of it, then neither of you will have anything partisan on his userpage. As to the incivility, I've warned VartanM about the above comment. As to everything else, you're welcome to post diffs of specific things. I'm not going to go searching for evidence. The move reversion was explained in the edit summary and then immediately on the talk page. The lack of consensus isn't really relevant unless there was consensus against moving or active discussion on the talk page. As to the title itself, let's discuss that on the article's talk page, please.--Chaser - T 07:11, 8 September 2007 (UTC) I don't find the Armenian Legion diff above to be a policy violation; there's active disagreement on the talk page about that point, and Atabek did include the crucial "claimed" qualifier.--Chaser - T 07:15, 8 September 2007 (UTC)

I think it is a mistake to have a warning for this "Atabek does answer in a very abrasive way". Atabek’s edit on his userpage was not to provoke Vartan, it was to provoke Fadix after knowing about the new sock which was the same day he made those edits, possibly expecting a reaction from the sock. He did the same thing soon after I had proposed that Fadix’s first sock creation might have actually been to answer Flavius, it was only then that Atabek started his multiple article disruption campaign by editing various mainspaces, removing the mention of the Armenian genocide (including from Fadix created articles) while the arbitration was still proceeding. Atabek’s battleground mentality and his repeated and consistent provocations have not ceased one bit. I am waiting for administrators reply on the possible course of event and if there is material to re-open a new arbitration case. Chaser, to a certain limit, Atabek could claim that he does not believe the genocide happened, we can't restrict people to put their opinions in userpages, the differences with Atabek’s modification in his userpage was that it was added specifically to provoke us, he did not merely say he does not believe the genocide happened, he compared the death of over a million, the successful destruction of the entire Armenian community in Western Armenia in its entirety, with a tragedy having happened in avillage.

Chaser, on the 200,000 figure, Atabek made this edit as a provocation; he could have known that he will be accused of source manipulation and distortion. Atabek’s first attributed the 200,000 figure to Y. Auron, and if you read Atabek, you will see that he was actually rejecting that the source was saying that represents Dro figures. . He was rather claiming that they were the true numbers claimed by Auron. Vartan did his homework and read the pages in question, and it ended up that both Atabek and him were wrong, the figures were neither Auron's neither Dro, they were from Minna Rozen . They were not cited for accuracy, it comes from a letter she wrote on the Armenian Genocide to her Mayor, most likely she miswrote it by adding one more 0, since it was a letter not an academic paper which was reviewed for correction from mistyping and fact checking. Auron who reproduced the letter say in the next page that he will be covering this Armenian legion, which he does and provides the official German archival figures of 18,000 and Walker figures of 20,000 (which probably Rozen misquoted by adding one more 0).

Atabek knew that Auron was not talking about Dro figures, he denied they were his himself, he knew that by re-adding something which he himself knew was not true, he would provoke Vartan. The same goes with Smbat, Atabek was caught misquoting Dowsett’s work by replacing the in text use of Smbat for Sunbat, he even admitted previously that he was doing it be claiming that he did nothing wrong and that he was merely using the Arabic version. But now, he again by knowing he is misusing sources, used Dowsett in the discussion to support Sunbat while Dowsett uses his Armenian name Smbat.

Also, if Atabek keeps reporting members’ each and every contributions, it is obvious that with time he will be able to have every members restricted. No member can remain civil when harassed and provoked this way. - Fedayee 18:29, 8 September 2007 (UTC)

I have not harassed nor provoked User:VartanM either with my edit or with my comment . Assume good faith, this policy and ArbCom remedy requires strict adherence. Thanks. Atabek 21:32, 8 September 2007 (UTC)

Chaser, this is a second time User:VartanM attacks me and is being warned, while the ArbCom remedy clearly asks for only one warning. I would like to ask again for the case to be reviewed by arbitrator, who participated in formulating the remedies. It's unclear how remedy applies one way to me, and another way to User:VartanM and User:Fedayee above, the latter was also a party to both ArbCom cases. Atabek 21:22, 8 September 2007 (UTC)

Vartan did not attack you; he presented the situation as it is and in a civil fashion. You don't need to repeat AGF I know very well what it means. My opinion is that you should've not been in the current Arbcom remedy this is far too light in your situation because you could and still disrupt without having to be uncivil.

It is the third time you are reporting Vartan for things which are not clear cut incivility and this in a short length of time abusing the process, you returned to the Armenian Legion article making an edit knowing that your edit was not accurate. You could not have ignored that Vartan would accuse you of distorting because he knew you knew that your edit was inaccurate including your comment about Dowsett on the name Smbat. You are taking this whole reporting thing as a strategy game, it was never meant to be this. By scrutinizing members contributions that far and reporting them on each occasion, it is expected that you could successfully restrict any members under the arbitration remedy.

I just hope Thatcher comments on your contribution and his allegation that you were less disruptive than some other contributors was not made in similar form in private to other arbitrators. Because I am at odds on why administrators and arbitrators are reluctant to check your conduct.

Also from recent allegations from Persian members, it seems that Atabek has created havoc in a Persian website extending conflicts on Misplaced Pages. But I prefer not to discuss about something which I ignore. - Fedayee 23:46, 8 September 2007 (UTC)

Fedayee, there is no proof to claim me as someone posting at Persian website. So again, be civil and assume good faith, and VartanM has been warned for incivility, for a second time now. Thanks. Atabek 00:42, 9 September 2007 (UTC)

Then the incivility warning is open for debate, you are editing in a very abrasive way. Provoking members to have them blocked. Chaser removed your provocations from your userpage, and when I made my comment on the freedom of users to hold their opinion in their userpage, you did not waste any time to reinstate a provocative and abrasive template. This: This user recognizes and condemns the Armenian and Turkish massacres during World War I but opposes their political misinterpretation as "Armenian Genocide". is not a holding of an opinion unlike what it appears to be, it is a statement of fact disguised as a sympathy recognition for others to wonder why Armenian users are still offended for such a nice gesture of recognition.

Atabek has not changed a bit, after two arbitration cases and the arbitrators ignoring our plight to take dispositions to stop Atabek’s disruptions, Atabek is still continuing by provoking members and taking Misplaced Pages as a chess board or another strategy game. We have requested him to stop soapboxing about the Armenian genocide on every given occasion… he did it regardless while the first arbitration was proceeding, he also did it while the second arbitration was proceeding, trying to provoke a banned member to invade his ban even further. He knows how this issue is sensitive for the Armenians and he used it to provoke members into a fight and it doesn't appear that he has any interest into stopping it.

I already announced that I intended to request another arbitration case while the other was closing if nothing was done to stop Atabek’s multiple and simultaneous disruptions, but waited. I see no other option now, which is what I will be doing. - Fedayee 01:31, 9 September 2007 (UTC)

Fedayee, you have been asked to assume good faith, your continuation along these lines will force me to report on AE. Regarding some of your comments, accusing and attacking me for information I put on my own user page, it strictly adheres to WP:USER, so if you see a violation of it, please, discuss that on my talk page instead of WP:SOAP on Arbitration enforcement page and/or threatening with another ArbCom. Also, remember that ignoring massacres of scores of Turks during World War I occurred at the hands of Armenian Dashnak bands and invading Russian troops is the same provocative insult as denial of Armenian massacres (which I actually did and do say I recognize and condemn!). According to your logic, your edits at Talk:Khojaly Massacre and Talk:March Days trying to question the number of Azerbaijani victims, undermine the fact of massacres committed against Azeris, etc. when I clearly provided references from the New York Times (1920), Michael Smith and Dr. Firuz Kazemzadeh of Yale, would also be considered engagement in battles along national lines and provocative editing. After all, I don't do the same on Armenia-related pages. So, yet again, assume good faith, and before attacking me again, please, adhere to Misplaced Pages policies. Thanks. Atabek 02:59, 10 September 2007 (UTC)

User:Zephram Stark

Banned user Misplaced Pages:Requests for arbitration/Zephram Stark, now editing under new username: User:Ned_Pierce. By own admission, here. ≈ jossi ≈ (talk) 14:08, 7 September 2007 (UTC)

User:Ned Pierce blocked indefinitely. Waggers 14:26, 7 September 2007 (UTC)

I note that the diff is garbled when I use it, even though when I recreate it from the history page I get the same URL jossi posted. When I use it, the old id is a version of Tom Swift from 2005; the new id is on Misplaced Pages talk:10 things you did not know about Misplaced Pages. This diff shows the admission, and at least for me is not garbled. Since Zephram is indefinitely blocked now, no longer under the ArbComm sanction, I'm not sure this was the right venue but the outcome is correct. GRBerry 15:20, 7 September 2007 (UTC)

User:Bmedley Sutler, User:Fairness And Accuracy For All

Related to the FreeRepublic arbitration, Bmedley Sutler (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log) finally admits that not only has he been continuing to edit in proxy for Fairness And Accuracy For All (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log), he has been allowing FAAFA to log into his account and edit. Bmed has already been blocked indef, but his block log implies that he may be unblocked under certain conditions. I would like to see him reblocked, with a more appropriate message. I would also ask that FAAFA's block be reset to expire one year from today, and his user page template date updated to reflect that. (His template says March, but he has already had one reset, so this date is incorrect anyway.) While WP:AGF is an important core policy, I hope that this situation illustrates how AGF can be taken a little too far, allowing abusive editors to game the system through WP:AAGF. (There is also an admission that this was all about sinking my RfA, which makes complete sense, since Bmedley signed up at Misplaced Pages after there was already some open discussion about me going for an RfA. So if the committee is inclined to recommend that a steward immediately sysop me as a remedy, I won't argue against it, though I do not expect that to be a likely outcome.) - Crockspot 20:24, 6 September 2007 (UTC)

The committee doesn't read this page, enforcement action can be taken by any admin. So as far as your RFA is concerned, you'll have to contact the committee directly. The rest is done. Thatcher131 21:06, 6 September 2007 (UTC)

Thank you! - Crockspot 21:31, 6 September 2007 (UTC)

User:Halibutt

The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section.

Following the Arbitration case Misplaced Pages:Requests for arbitration/Piotrus involved parties were cautioned to follow good editing practice, however user:Halibutt demonstrated neglect to Arbitrators suggestion and applicable policies with article Stanislovas Narutavičius (currently renamed). Halibutt neglected fact that Arbitrators named that contributions should be made by seeking consensus, however this was not done as particular contributor started one sided renaming article , also neglecting the Arbitration case Courtesy accused other contributor of vandalism and generally neglected WP:Point in several accessions , neglecting WP:AGF.

But that is most shameful that neglecting WP:NPA Halibutt started to attack certain nationality of editors, calling them as ultras and trolls, morons and a bunch of idiots. His "metaphors" in this "disucssion" are insulting, to say the least. Sadly but this is the same behavior of this contributor, which was discussed in the past and in the Arb case.

I ask immediate assistance from uninvolved parties, which could inform particular contributor Halibutt that his neglect to the policies and disruption is not acceptable.--Lokyz 07:53, 6 September 2007 (UTC)

There are no remedies in Misplaced Pages:Requests for arbitration/Piotrus that can be enforced by ordinary admins. You will have to request help from ArbCom itself, via e-mail or by posting to the Requests for clarification section of WP:RFAR. Thatcher131 14:10, 6 September 2007 (UTC)

Ok, thank you, I will.--Lokyz 18:48, 6 September 2007 (UTC)

Grandmaster 2

The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section. A summary of the conclusions reached follows.

Yes, Hajji Piruz was accidentally left off that list, which I compiled to try and make enforcement easier. Yes, Grandmaster probably should have mentioned it to me instead of fixing it himself, not because it was wrong, but because of the pre-existing conflicts. Is this a big deal? No. Thatcher131 14:05, 6 September 2007 (UTC)

Not helping in the improvement of the situation, Grandmaster takes it upon himself to add me to a list created by the administrators . Whether I belong on that list or not is not the problem, and I have no problem being on that list, but I think that Grandmaster should not have taken it upon himself to do something and administrator should have as he was a party to the arbcom himself. THis does not help in the improvement of things.Hajji Piruz 04:03, 6 September 2007 (UTC)

I see no problem there. Admin made a technical mistake by not including you in the list of people covered by the latest arbcom remedy. I fixed that, since you are also covered by that remedy and moreover, you are the only one mentioned personally: If you believe that you should not be in that list, feel free to remove yourself, and the admins will review the situation. My edit was just a good faith attempt to fix a mistake, since the list is very important for the admins when reviewing the actions of people covered by that remedy. --Grandmaster 04:25, 6 September 2007 (UTC)

I never said that I should not be on the list or if it was wrong that I should be on the list, re-read my above comment. You took it upon yourself to do something that an administrator should have done. Who else do you think the administrators "forgot"? Do you see how small that list is compared to the list of involved parties? Please assume good faith. You were a party to the arbcom and so you are in no position to decide for the administrators what should be done. If anything, you should have gone to the administrators themselves.

How is this actions supposed to be perceived? Did you honestly believe it would help the situation? Actions like this will help no one really, the purpose of the arbcom was for everyone to change for the better and fix all the problems, not to simply continue everything under more restrictions. After the second arbcom just ended, I dont see how such a bad faith action during such a sensitive time could be justified. I'm trying to change, and I can only hope that others are also making the same effort.Hajji Piruz 04:37, 6 September 2007 (UTC)

If you yourself admit that you should be in the list, then what is the problem? If you know that anyone else should be there, add him to the list too. I found it strange that the admin omitted the user who is personally mentioned in the remedy #1. Of course, it was an honest mistake and I fixed it in good faith. It is a technical issue, not a real problem at all. Grandmaster 05:04, 6 September 2007 (UTC)

Thats not the problem here, the problem is that it seems as if both arbcoms dont seem to mean anything to the users involved. When I say I have no problem being on the list I mean that I know that I am making the changes to better the community and have am not worried about anyone watching my contributions. How are we ever going to resolve these issues? Its simply amazing that you would defend such an undependable action. You are not an administrator, and you are a party to the arbcom, yet you took administrators duties into your own hands and made a bad faith assumption about another user.Hajji Piruz 05:42, 6 September 2007 (UTC)

What is the bad faith assumption here? I made no assumptions at all, let alone bad faith assumptions. The remedy #1 says: Hajji Piruz and the other users placed on revert limitation in Misplaced Pages:Requests for arbitration/Armenia-Azerbaijan#Remedies are subject to supervised editing. You being covered by that remedy is not my personal assumption, this is what that remedy actually says. The admin compiling the list of editors covered by this remedy made a small technical mistake, mentioning “other users”, but forgetting to mention Hajji Piruz. I only fixed that mistake in good faith. And I’m allowed to edit that page same as any other user. It says on top: Once the case is closed, editors may add to the #Log of blocks and bans as needed, but closed cases should not be edited otherwise. So I fixed an omission in the list of blocks, and everyone is allowed to edit it. Grandmaster 09:33, 6 September 2007 (UTC)

You assume an admin made a mistake, so why did you not go to the admins? Simple question that deserves a simple explanation.Hajji Piruz 13:47, 6 September 2007 (UTC)

User:Sarah777

Could a member of the ArbCom committee please take a look at this discussion on the British Isles talk page. The issue relates to the term British Isles, which Sarah objects to. Sarah777 had previously made a POV fork using a "better name." Another user has done so again. Sarah is encouraging the user to continue doing so and is stirring it up in what is a known trouble area with talk of "political pov", "being persecuted by the Povians", "THEY are watching me!", accusing others of being "determined to impose a political POV term on these islands " etc. etc. This is a very long-standing issue, Sarah is well-aware of it and this kind of behaviour is part of the track record of Sarah's editing and contributions to talk pages. See: ArbCom decision. --sony-youth 14:11, 5 September 2007 (UTC)

I have posted this reply to Sony on his page, but feel I should add it here. I believe, sincerely that Sony is engaged in a spiteful personal vendetta against me.

Hi Sony. Your attempts at provocation and your continued campaign against me are regrettable. The relevent section of the Arbcom ruling in relation to me is:

"Sarah777 may be banned from editing any page which she disrupts by engaging in aggressive biased editing or by making anti-British remarks."

I made no "anti-British" remarks on the article talk-page nor did I make any edits bar reverting the deletion, which I then stopped to avoid 3RR. Furthermore your allegation of POV-fork is your OPINION; it was not a ruling of any sort, if you recall the article was deleted without any discussion; as, indeed was the "Atlantic Isles" article. As for "encouraging" the user who created "Atlantic Isles"; once the article was (arbitrarily) deleted I was WARNING him of my experience and particularly to be careful on his own Talk Page in the light Wiki policy (which I advised him to check) and, not least the way you used selective out of context quotes from my page (and elsewhere) to build your campaign.

You appear to spend all your Wiki-energy "contributions" obsessing over a small number of political articles; your editing record is, basically, rubbish. And you obviously have far more time to devote to persuing your vendetta than those of us actually contributing to the project in a productive manner.

I am aware that the tactics of some on the "pro-British" side is to systematically goad and provoke in order to try and get your target to say something that will get them banned. I put you on notice now that your CONTINUED referrals of me; RfC, the Arbcom and now this latest "report" can only be regarded as harassment. Please stop. And DO NOT leave ANY further messages of any sort on my talk page. Thank you. (Sarah777 21:00, 5 September 2007 (UTC))

Response Sarah needs to be civil and not disruptive; that doesn't mean she has to agree with you. It looks like Sarah777 has a serious axe to grind regarding the naming issue of that article, but her behavior on the talk page does not seem to me to cross any boundaries requiring enforcement. Thatcher131 00:16, 6 September 2007 (UTC)

Could we have guidelines as regards to "aggressive biased editing or by making anti-British remarks", because if it's simply that she can't call British editors "Nazi imperialist scum" etc. or Irish editors that take her distaste "uncle Tom holocaust deniers" etc. then the enforcement will be quite ineffective as she is very able to game the system and bat her eyes innocently. --sony-youth 06:57, 6 September 2007 (UTC)

Frankly, I have made my point regarding the BI name; I would have thought that taken in context my remarks were pretty light-hearted and someone would really have to work at being offended enough to report me to Arbcom - yet again. Maybe Sony should be my mentor then he could take total control of what I say, do, how I say it, how I interact with other editors and so forth. If some facetious (if heartfelt) remarks I made about POV pushers now becomes an "anti-British remark" then....I don't know. My most serious axe to grind is with Sony. I would suggest that if he took a break from political articles himself, and took a break from his constant hounding of myself, and spent his time doing some real editing then this would be a happier place without the need for Sony thought-control.

As this is Arbcom, I must in my defence point out again that the number of edits I have made to Irish political articles and the BI article is tiny, both compared to my total and to the number Sony has made to these articles. (Sarah777 07:20, 6 September 2007 (UTC))

Important point - I have never referred to ANY editor, of any nationality, as a "Nazi scum"; I have made comments (in the past) about a political position and about a State. This is a clear example of "synthesis" is it were in an article. I may have made the other remark long before the RcF and Arbcom but patently such a remark can't have been addressed to any British editor. And it would have to be put in context of the avalanche of personal abuse I was taking at the time. Can Sony, post RcF and Arbcom keep dredging up his carefully selected "insults" over and over again? Till....when? Till he finally succeeds in getting me banned? (Sarah777 07:34, 6 September 2007 (UTC))

There is no particular bright-line standard, it's a matter of judgement, and other admins may have different views. It is also relevant that Sarah was making points in discussion but not edit warring over the article itself. Thatcher131 14:08, 6 September 2007 (UTC)

The point in question here is whether or not Sarah777 has engaged in "aggressive biased editing or by making anti-British remarks" in this discussion - my view as a British admin involved in the discussion is that she came close, but did not cross the line. It could be argued that Sarah engaged in edit warring (one revert short of breaking WP:3RR here) which could be described as "aggressive biased editing" - but my view at the time was use a bit of discretion and let it go this once. Nevertheless, I think Sarah should take this as an absolute final warning. Waggers 08:04, 7 September 2007 (UTC)

Sorry? "An absolute final warning" of WHAT and by WHO? There is NO anti-British comment on the talk page; not even close. (Sarah777 19:08, 7 September 2007 (UTC))

<reduce indent> Sarah777 is definitely pushing her luck. Hughsheehy 16:34, 8 September 2007 (UTC)

Indeed, and her veiled comments re. British and Nazis wasn't appreciated. I pointed that out at the time. However, I personally feel that it doesn't require remedy at this time (and it would appear that Thatcher131 concurs). However, I am concerned that Sony-youth just doesn't seem to want to be happy until Sarah is well and truly banned from Misplaced Pages, hence his rapid re-appearance here. That in itself, concerns me. I didn't like what Sarah said at the time and I called her on it pretty quick; however, it's interesting to note Sony-youth immediately ran back to ArbCom to tell tales - Alison ☺ 03:33, 9 September 2007 (UTC)

No "rapid re-appearance". I was genuinly worried that, if unchecked, it would spin off out-of-control. That didn't happen and other's don't see it as a violation. Hugh's comment about "pushing her luck" is more in line with what I was thinking than anything about not being happy "until Sarah is well and truly banned". --sony-youth 09:27, 10 September 2007 (UTC)

User:Dacy69

Dacy again reverted Movses Kaghankatvatsi without appopriate justification, he justified it by claiming it is OR without sayin it is. He always get away with such reverts by writting a line of justification which could be used for almost any reverts. He is not reaching consensus, and in violation of the terms of parole.Hetoum I 04:24, 5 September 2007 (UTC)

No violation as there was only one revert and there is discussion about the issue on the talk page. However, I am rapidly losing my patience with every other edit war being about whether some person is an ethnic this or an ethnic that. Protected for 3 days. Work out a compromise or else. Thatcher131 14:48, 5 September 2007 (UTC)

Its not the first time Dacy69 gamed 1RR by reverting and leaving 1 sentence long comment . I will kindly ask Dacy69 to explain the reason for his reverts in details, because one sentence long explanations are as good as none. VartanM 19:17, 5 September 2007 (UTC)

VartanM, , some of your comments don't exceed one sentence either. Dacy69 provided sufficient explanation, and the complexity is not usually measured by number of lines or sentences. Assume good faith. Atabek 21:02, 5 September 2007 (UTC)

Atabek, please note that in my two sentence justification I actually say why it was OR, while Dacy merely said it was OR without saying how. Also note that I don't have to justify my reverts but I always do, out of respect to all other users who have to justify them. You can call it "self imposed revert parole" ;) VartanM 00:41, 6 September 2007 (UTC)

Users Atabek, Dacy69, Parishan, and Grandmaster are clearly gaming the system by trading reverts. It appears as though Dacy69 is a meat puppet, reverting for them whenever they need a revert based on the following evidence:

Dacy69 came back after a 7 to 8 day absence and made 6 reverts out of a total of 15 edits. The other 9 edits were on the talk pages based on the arbcom parole requirement that users make comments for their reverts. His contributions:

Iran newspaper cockroach cartoon controversy

Dacy69 reverts to Atabek:

Movses Kaghankatvatsi

Dacy69 reverts to Grandmaster:

Khurshidbanu Natavan

Dacy69 reverts to Parishan:

This is clearly not a very nice gesture of good will regarding improvement in the relations of the users of our wiki community and if anything is simply abusing the restrictions of the arbocm, which were meant to stop such things, not to allow them to happen on a slower pace.

Technically, there is no violation, but our editings, according to the new arbcom, are being monitored by the admins and, with that said, the admins should know about such editing. Thanks.Hajji Piruz 03:58, 6 September 2007 (UTC)

Hajji Piruz, there is a group of users (including socks) that reverted to your versions. Here are few examples:

• - revert to you by sock User:Hu1lee,
• - revert to you by sock User:Hu1lee
• - revert to you by User:Dfitzgerald
• - revert to you by User:Alborz Fallah
• - inviting user to removal of information citing non-existent Misplaced Pages policy.

I believe when people are involved in editing the same article, reverting may happen to version of others, it does not necessarily mean that the users coordinate, they just happen to work on the same topic. Especially, in light of your claim: "Technically, there is no violation" and given the extent of the reverts to you listed above, please, assume good faith. Also, in light of your comment: "according to the new arbcom, are being monitored by the admins and, with that said, the admins should know about such editing", I hope they do take a look at the references brought above as well. THanks. Atabek 05:26, 6 September 2007 (UTC)

Atabek, can you then explain to me why Dacy reverted on a this article when he made 0 edits on it before? I can provide more difs if necessary. --VartanM 06:03, 6 September 2007 (UTC)

I think this question should be addressed to Dacy69 on his talk page. I don't know why you ask me for that. Assume good faith. Atabek 06:08, 6 September 2007 (UTC)

I addressed it to you because you're defending Dacy by saying that you believe that people are involved in editing the same article, reverting my happen to version of others. Dacy never edited that article, neither he edited this one, this onethis one, this one or this one, but it didn't stop him from reverting and leaving a sentence long justifications. As a regular editor of all but one of those articles I consider his behavior as disruptive and unacceptable. The 1RR was put into place to stop revert warring, but when a user reverts without giving proper justification another will revert him, creating revert war. I don't see why I would address this on Dacy's talkpage, were discussing his exact same behavior here. You don't have to address it if you don't want to, I'll be happy to hear Dacy's response --VartanM 06:40, 6 September 2007 (UTC)

As I said, you can address your question about Dacy69 to Dacy69. Also few notes here:

• - your revert to User:TigranTheGreat's version.
• - revert by User:Andranikpasha to your version.

• - revert to you by anon IP.
• - your revert to User:Andranikpasha . This is just for furhter information. Assume good faith. Atabek 07:00, 6 September 2007 (UTC)

The point is not whether reverts happen, the point is that Dacy reverts articles, eaves a line of justification that can justify anything, and leaves. If I revert an article I explain and engage myself in the talkpage. VartanM 07:19, 6 September 2007 (UTC)

Are you attempting to justify Dacy69's actions by saying "because Azizbekov did it he can do it?" It seems as if the entire point of the arbcoms have been missed here. Both you and Grandmaster should make a greater effort here, this is not a one sided issue. You two are just as obligated to make an effort to better the community as I and others are. Lets make the effort.

Again, I think you have failed to see the point of the arbcom. You continue to make bad faith assumptions, now accusing two legitimate and established users as being meat puppets.

Interestingly, the diff you used for Alborz Fallah is from August 17th. Once again, you immediatly jump to assuming bad faith. I did not invite VartanM to remove anything, I agree with him that Adil Baguirovs (AdilBaguirov is a banned Misplaced Pages user) website should not be used anywhere on Misplaced Pages.

What if I had a website and it was being used on Misplaced Pages? VartanM had a website and it was being used on Misplaced Pages? Your position is not defendable.Hajji Piruz 05:43, 6 September 2007 (UTC)

Thank you for suggestion, Hajji Piruz, except I am not sure why your friendly suggestion, if executed in good faith, appears at WP:AE instead of user talk pages. And before accusing another group of established users of meatpuppetry, please, review the list I brought above and assume good faith. I see no further need in continuation of this thread at WP:AE. Thanks. Atabek 05:55, 6 September 2007 (UTC)

Atabek there are no groups is Misplaced Pages. VartanM 07:29, 6 September 2007 (UTC)

Yet more assumptions of bad faith. Hopefully the administrators will review both Dacy69's actions as well as Atabeks actions.Hajji Piruz 05:56, 6 September 2007 (UTC)

List of your bad faith assumptions right above:

• "Users Atabek, Dacy69, Parishan, and Grandmaster are clearly gaming the system by trading reverts"
• "This is clearly not a very nice gesture of good will regarding improvement in the relations of the users..."
• "I think you have failed to see the point of the arbcom..."
• "Once again, you immediatly jump to assuming bad faith"
• "(AdilBaguirov is a banned Misplaced Pages user) website should not be used anywhere on Misplaced Pages..." - yet again, no policy to support this assumption.

Assume good faith, and continue discussion on talk pages as necessary. Good night. Atabek 06:05, 6 September 2007 (UTC)

You took all of those comments from right here...from my arbcom report, which is a completely different situation than on a talk page or simply making comments. And saying that Adil Baguirovs, a banned user, website should not be used in WIkipedia is not an assumption of bad faith, neither is saying that Grandmaster taking administrator actions into his own hands is not a nice gesture, or saying that you jump to conclusions of bad faith. You follow up your accusation that I assume bad faith with even more bad faith assumptions.Hajji Piruz 12:32, 6 September 2007 (UTC)

User:Hetoum I

According to the remedy #2 of the recent arbcom case Misplaced Pages:Requests for arbitration/Armenia-Azerbaijan 2, the admins can place any editor who edits articles which relate to Armenia-Azerbaijan and related ethnic conflicts in an aggressive point of view manner marked by incivility on revert parole and other limitations, established by the arbcom. Please see

Hetoum I (talk · contribs) was placed by the admin under the remedy #2, which includes revert parole, limiting him to 1 rv per week. This was logged here:

As soon as Hetoum I returned from his 24 hour block reported below, he violated his parole again, making 3 rvs in less than 1 week on Battle of Baku: This is another violation of parole by this user. --Grandmaster 05:23, 5 September 2007 (UTC)

Another violation on Khurshidbanu Natavan: . Grandmaster 05:40, 5 September 2007 (UTC)

And yet another violation on Karabakh khanate: (removed the category) Grandmaster 05:48, 5 September 2007 (UTC)

I removed an example of blatant nonsense, that is Orignal Research - there was no mention of the residence of natavan, despite claims by grandmaster information was sourced.Hetoum I 05:37, 5 September 2007 (UTC)

Also, Parishan violated parole, he reverted 3 times in less than a week Hetoum I 05:40, 5 September 2007 (UTC)

Parishan is not on parole. Grandmaster 05:48, 5 September 2007 (UTC)

This edit , the first one after the block expiration, seems to be in violation of WP:CIVIL as well. Atabek 06:01, 5 September 2007 (UTC)

• Response Two reverts within 24 hours on Battle of Baku (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views), both after the block expired. . Blocked for 36 hours. Thatcher131 14:20, 5 September 2007 (UTC)

User: Grandmaster

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No evidence that Parishan is a "meat puppet" for Grandmaster. No evidence that Parishan is behaving in a way that would cause him to be noticed in to the Arbitration case. Thatcher131

grandmaster is on parole violation on the same article, he is not talking or trying to reach consensus, and is using user:Parishan to meatpuppett. he is clearly i violation.Hetoum I 05:37, 5 September 2007 (UTC)

Diffs of violation, please. --Grandmaster 05:50, 5 September 2007 (UTC)

Parishan reverted, and you commented on the talk page :) it's quite clear.Hetoum I 06:05, 5 September 2007 (UTC)

Church of Kish blind revert, no talking on the page .... so say what's wrong instead of blindly revertingHetoum I 06:05, 5 September 2007 (UTC)

You were advised by an admin to stop edit warring and making edits to the article without consensus with other editors. Yet your largerly rewrote the article without any discussion on talk. I just would like you to discuss your proposed edits with other involved editors according to WP:CON. Grandmaster 09:44, 5 September 2007 (UTC)

User:VartanM violated WP:AGF and WP:CIVIL

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Three administrators have now weighed in on this, including an arbitrator and an ArbCom clerk. I don't consider it frivolous, but neither do I consider it worthy of any more attention. Discussion over.--Chaser - T 01:45, 5 September 2007 (UTC)

• Note that as a (former) clerk, I have no special authority when it comes to enforcing Arbitration decisions, I am simply an admin who hangs out here. Also note that Fred asked VartanM to be much more courteous. The fact that we decline to take action on these particular comments should not be seen by VartanM or anyone else as a green light. Thatcher131 14:17, 5 September 2007 (UTC)

Armenia-Azerbaijan 2 ArbCom principle here, passed with 6-0 votes in favor, clearly says:

• "Users are expected to assume good faith in their dealings with other editors, especially those whom they had conflicts with in the past."

Despite this principle, User:VartanM, a participant to the above mentioned ArbCom case, again assumed bad faith by his comment :

• "AdilBaguirov and the team are banned from Misplaced Pages..."

Here User:VartanM goes further on assumption of bad faith, stating:

• " I don't know if Atabek considers himself part of that "team" but both of them shared similar views when both were active. If indeed Atabek considers himself part of Adil Baguirov's team its just another reason to remove it."

This is a violation of WP:AGF. Since, I believe User:Chaser's comment was referring to lack of incivility conclusion, I would like to request another independent review of this report, considering that violation, as initially indicated, was that of WP:AGF not just that of WP:CIVIL. Atabek 18:30, 4 September 2007 (UTC)

Also, according to WP:CIVIL, among the "Petty examples that contribute to an uncivil environment" lists also "Lies". Since User:VartanM cannot establish a fact that User:AdilBaguirov has a "team", and I am a member of that team, such statement cannot be interpreted other than a lie in assumption of bad faith. Hence his comment also violates WP:CIVIL and consequently the ArbCom remedy is applicable. Thanks. Atabek 18:43, 4 September 2007 (UTC)

As I've explained, a principle is unenforceable. But noting the problem with "team" thinking of this nature, I've left this note to VartanM. At Atabek's request, I'll leave this thread for an uninvolved editor to review.--Chaser - T 18:46, 4 September 2007 (UTC)

Chaser, the rationale for application of remedy, similar to the one applied here and has been provided. Also, remedies usually come in response to violations of principles, not just by themselves. I am not reporting "remedy", no one can report a remedy I believe, I am reporting a violation of ArbCom principle. Thanks. Atabek 18:51, 4 September 2007 (UTC)

Atabek, if you take a look at the Adil Baguirovs geocities site on the very bottom of the page its says:

Copyright (c) 1997-2004 by the Khojaly Massacre Commemoration Site. All Rights Reserved. Created by Adil Baguirov and the team, spin-off of Virtual Azerbaijan Republic (VAR)

When I was referring to the team I never meant to imply any teams here in the wikipedia. You simply misunderstood me and put yourself in that team. I apologize if I offended you. We better mind the WP:BAN and stop talking about AdilBaguirov. VartanM 20:13, 4 September 2007 (UTC)

You were assuming bad faith, a) claiming "Adil Baguirov and a team" are banned from Misplaced Pages, 2) assuming me as a member of that team, whether listed on website or here. You continue to assume bad faith by saying right above that "I put myself in that team", when I never made such statement - which is a violation of WP:AGF.

In addition regarding these , , , nowhere does WP:BAN indicate that links to scholarly, informative and cited websites are inappropriate just because their creator has been banned from Misplaced Pages. So your removal of those links and citing them as inappropriate or unacceptable is not based on any policy. Moreover, you're removing links from several websites, in coordinated fashion with User:Hajji Piruz - , whose claim also does not base on any particular Misplaced Pages policy. Besides, your removal of the links to Virtual Azerbaijan are inconsistent with your insertion of highly partisan website nkrusa.org references at Khojaly Massacre, by way of an edit war.

Finally, just now, you again violated WP:AGF, by saying - "Atabek himself admitted...", when I never said such things. Again, false statement->lie->violation of WP:CIVIL.

So, while I appreciate your apology for offense, I would like to highlight that I did not misunderstand, but was rather reporting facts of disruption, for which I finally expect an independent and impartial review, just like other editors involved in ArbCom get for violating the principles of ArbCom. Thanks. Atabek 20:41, 4 September 2007 (UTC)

I am sorry, is Atabek joking here? Clearly "Adil and team" was being quoted from Adil's website. How could "Adil and team are banned" ever REMOTELY be interpreted as bad faith? Adil is banned, it's a pure statement of fact, and clearly that's what Vartan was refering to. And why would Atabek think that Vartan assumed Atabek was in the "team"--Vartan clearly says "I DON'T KNOW IF ATABEK *THINKS* he is in the team, but IF he is..."--there is nothing that definitively states that Atabek is in the team. Whoever is going to review this--this is obviously a frivolous claim by Atabek to "make things even." And no, I am not assuming bad faith either here--Atabek complained on Thatcher's page that he was banned, but Vartan wasn't. This kind of frivolous accusation creates bad atmosphere among editors and shouldn't be allowed.--TigranTheGreat 01:24, 5 September 2007 (UTC)

User:VartanM

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I don't see anything particularly uncivil in the diffs presented either below or above my comment, so I'm closing this thread. If anyone is going to open further threads related to this conflict, I suggest you judiciously select the diffs you want administrators to consider and then let them consider it. Continuing the conflict by elongating a thread on this page is often a pointless exercise.--Chaser - T 16:49, 4 September 2007 (UTC)

In violation of ArbCom remedy , assumes bad faith by comment: "AdilBaguirov and the team are banned from Misplaced Pages...". He further expands on his assumption of bad faith by saying:

• " I don't know if Atabek considers himself part of that "team" but both of them shared similar views when both were active. If indeed Atabek considers himself part of Adil Baguirov's team its just another reason to remove it."

Please, take a note that he is also concurrently involved in an edit war at Khojaly Massacre. Thanks. Atabek 22:01, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

User:Hajji Piruz openly coordinates with User:VartanM, in removing sources and attacking another Misplaced Pages user , which also goes along ArbCom remedy violation. Atabek 22:19, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

Personal web sites are sometimes acceptable as external links, but not if they are highly partisan in nature and involving extremely controversial material. (For example, the personal web site of Burt Rutan may be an acceptable external link for an article on Spaceship One, but Yassir Arafat's personal web site would not be an acceptable external link for an article on the history of Israel.) I don't see anything particularly uncivil there. Thatcher131 23:13, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

I agree with Thatcher131 that there's nothing particularly uncivil here. I expect that editors will leave me talk page posts about alleged ban violations in this case (but let's not start an annoying tit-for-tat).--Chaser - T 07:17, 4 September 2007 (UTC)

Chaser, what Thatcher131 was referring to was the principle whether a website can or cannot be included as external link. The issue I report is the assumption of bad faith by User:VartanM, that User:AdilBaguirov has a team, and I am its member. That's a clear-cut violation of WP:AGF, and I expect a response on that subject. Whether AdilBaguirov's website should or should not be included, that is a separate content subject, which was addressed by Thatcher131 above. Thanks. Atabek 07:35, 4 September 2007 (UTC)

How about blatant bad faith assumption here: I beleive admins might be interested in considering comments like: Ironically, had she been an ancient Armenian queen, our Azeri friends here would have insisted that she was non-Armenian. (And I am not saying you guys are doing it in bad faith--I am sure you fully believe you are improving the quality of Misplaced Pages while disrupting Armenian articles. I am merely making an observation on a well established pattern of edits). Accusations of disrupting "Armenian articles" are far from this principle, declared by the latest arbcom: Grandmaster 07:58, 4 September 2007 (UTC)

I must also note a bad faith assumption right here on this page by User:VartanM: --Grandmaster 08:04, 4 September 2007 (UTC)

Also pushing some WP:OR here and further assumping bad faith and attempting to single me out here. Atabek 08:26, 4 September 2007 (UTC)

Chaser, the violation of WP:AGF reported has not been addressed. So the discussion should not be archived until another admin independently reviews the issue. Atabek 17:30, 4 September 2007 (UTC)

Occupations of Latvia

The article Occupations of Latvia has been placed on probation over a long pattern of various disruption. During the recent months, largely thanks to new, previously non-involved editors such as Termer, the article has been severely overhauled. Recently, it passed Misplaced Pages peer review with no major content problems found.

However, Irpen and Grafikm_fr have engaged in a campaign of developing artificial controversy over this article's compliability with Misplaced Pages standards. It's all the more insidious that both have refused -- not merely neglected -- to provide any specifics of the non-compliance issues proposed; see Talk:Occupations of Latvia#Suggestions for improvement for details. Despite refusal to actually cite compliance issues, both have reinstated the {{noncompliant}} tag (, ) after it was removed following the consensus developed on the article's talk page. Such behaviour is clearly disruptive, and there's currently a discussion on Talk:Vandalism going on over whether it can also be classified as vandalism.

According to the arbitration decision:

I'm requesting administrative intervention to enforce the arbitration decision in an appropriate manner. Digwuren 20:32, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

Indeed attention to this article is warranted. Objections to its condition remain not addressed despite their being described at talk multiple times and in detail. The editor above dares to revert war on the article on probation, repeatedly removing a well-epxlained tag. Feel free to join the discussion and enforce the ArbCom's decision. --Irpen 20:43, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

Irpen refuses to explicitly articulate what those objections are and continues to claim the old discussions regarding the old article are still applicable. However the article was extensively revised and subject to peer review since then. This approach of tagging while being evasive about the reasons is disruptive to building a good article Martintg 21:05, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

• Response It appears that the one of the main concerns originally identified by the Arbitrators, namely whether the Soviet presence in Latvia was an occupation, and whether—regardless of the answer to the first question—the article's current title and scope are appropriately chosen has not been addressed by the recent re-write. The question of whether to identify the Soviet presence in Latvia as an "occupation" or something else is a problem that is not confined to this article, see obviously Occupation of Baltic states among others. I am not pursuaded by the alleged peer review, to whom the only contributor seems to have been javascript that analyzes grammatical and style issues. Therefore I am not convinced that Grafikm_fr and Irpen are creating an artificial controversy. I suggest that the editors engage Irpen and Grafikm_fr in a discussion to determine whether, as a matter of editorial judgement, it is acceptable to refer to the Soviet presence as an occupation, and whether, as a matter of editorial judgement, the three phases of occupation should be described in 3, 2 or one article. I also suggest that comments be solicited in a neutrally-worded way from the RFC process, the admins' noticeboard, and even the Village Pumps, to obtain a significant outside comments on these issues and a more meaningful peer review than a grammar bot. I ask Grafikm_fr and Irpen to provide meaningful feedback and suggestions on how the article might be split and especially on how to refer to the 1945-1991 period. If after one week significant progress is not being made on these issues please make a new report to Misplaced Pages:Administrators' noticeboard/Arbitration enforcement. Thatcher131 23:39, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

To be mild, this reporting is a WP:KETTLE thing. A discussion was evolving on the talk page (slowly it's true, but given the subject, better take it slow) with some advances made.

OTOH, User:Digwuren exhibited an extremely disruptive behaviour on this page (and not only on this page, I might add) that is currently under examination by the ArbCom.

As you noted, I'm not attempting to create a controversy but merely to get answers to questions I've been asking for months. Obviously I got only PAs...

A lot of suggestions were provided, but all were turned down by only a handful of editors who're crippling the whole thing. -- Grafikm 12:28, 5 September 2007 (UTC)

The problem is there has been a previous pattern of tagging with insufficient clarification on this article, ending up with tag warring (being one of the main reasons it was taken to Arbitration in the first place). In this instance the same scenario was beginning to unfold, particularly that significant revision of the article had occurred. Hence notification was necessary in my view, which had the beneficial effect of prompting Irpen to add more clarifcation of his issue, and the welcomed input of Thatcher131. However, it is apparent your only input is to snipe here, rather than engage in any meaningful discussion on the article talk page. For the record, User:Digwuren had only reverted once (your placement of the tag without providing your own reasons on the talk page) and engaged in dialogue on the talk page, unlike you. So your claim of "extremely disruptive behaviour" is totally untrue. Martintg 00:50, 6 September 2007 (UTC)

I held a small attempt of dispute resolution and mudclearing on the talk page. During this I checked the issues raised by arbitration case and the article itself. I have to agree that there are more things to do, but the issues raised seem to be addressed.

1. Although some editors seem to disagree with the articles concept "Occupations of Latvia" and claim it should be split into separate articles, it is notable topic in one article, because it was continous event of Latvia being under occupation. Latvia was republic - Latvia was under occupation - Latvia became republic again.
2. The articles dealing with separate events are correctly winked with {{{main}}}.
3. Marting provided list of books which treat the Occupations of latvia continuously.
4. All issues of possible Original Research have been removed.
5. All issues of possible NPOV violation have been removed.

Thus, I see that the noncompliant tag is anything but appropriate for the article.

During the latest discussion Irpen and Grafikm showed non-constructive editing. I asked for providing the points where and how the article is non-compliant, but nobody gave anything constructive. Instead Irpen claimed that this is waste of editors time. I think it is waste of editors time when you have to reread the whole arbitration discussion of problems which have been fixed long time ago.

Thus, I have removed the template from article. The article is definitely compatible with wikipedia quality standards. Ofcourse, it is not a GA candidate yet, but I do think it is possible to get it there.

My wish is that everyone who oppose my decision would take part of discussion and present their concerns in civil and constructive fashion. Tagwarring or saying: "This article sucks, try again" is not constructive. Suva 08:54, 6 September 2007 (UTC)

"Non-constructive editing" accusations sound like a joke. For the umpteenth time same editors force me to repeat my objections, stated multiple times at the article's talk page. And in response, they resort to more accusations and same of the old claims. After the page gets filled with a few screens of same old, I am asked to repeat what my objections are. This is just ridiculous. The article's problem that stem for the apriory non-neutral combination of its title with its scope remain unaddressed. The selective tendentious presentation of the topic remains unaddressed.

Any experienced editor with a sufficient time on his hands and an ax to grind may write a perfectly sourced but extremely POVed and tendentious article simply because sourcing is only one of many requirements of academic integrity. This article is a perfect example of this approach. I wholeheartedly invite anyone to comment and not only on the editor's behavior, but on the content dispute itself. This whole ArbCom brought about no meaningful decision because it was essentially a content dispute and remains such no matter how some try to dress it into a policy debate. --Irpen 09:05, 6 September 2007 (UTC)

Articles scope is "Latvian history under the occupation". First by soviet, then shortly under German and then under Soviet again. As the Germans took Latvia from Soviets, not from Latvians, and Soviets retook it from Germans also not Latvians so, atleast for Latvia itself, it was continuous event of Latvia being occupied by foreign powers.

I fail to understand what your problems are. I guess you don't see the soviet occupation as occupation and think the article should be named to: "Free will joining with Soviet Union, Evil Occupation by Nazi Germany and free will rejoining with Soviet Union". Is that the case? Suva 10:00, 6 September 2007 (UTC)

I never said anything about free will. I said that the country's history over the period of time should be called ] while articles about the events of occupation are legit as well as the article that explains why the entire period of Soviet control qualifies as occupation. You want a period article? Call it as such. You want an event article? Fine by me. But do not paste separate events together arbitrarily under a tendentious title to make a WP:POINT. I accept both extended history and single event articles. I object to the tendentious approach in POVish selection of both the title and the scope. --Irpen 10:06, 6 September 2007 (UTC)