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Case opened (by motion) on 00:07, 18 September 2009 (UTC)

Case closed on 17:28, 22 December 2009 (UTC)

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Involved parties

Important note: As with all Arbitration cases, this list of parties is a preliminary one, and does not reflect in any way the composition of the final decision. Parties can be added and removed to this list, both during the case and at the point of the final decision.
To propose adding someone other than yourself as a party to this case, please contact the Arbitration Committee by email (details). To add yourself as a party to the case, please contact the Clerk of the case, KnightLago (talk · contribs). To propose removing either yourself or another person as a party to the case, please contact the Arbitration Committee by email (details).

Preliminary decisions

Motion to open a case

The Arbitration Committee is aware from multiple sources of the situation and allegations discussed in this thread on the incidents noticeboard. Although no formal request for arbitration has yet been filed, several editors have called for this situation to be reviewed by the Arbitration Committee, and it is clear that no form of dispute resolution short of arbitration is likely to resolve the dispute.

I move that, on the committee's own motion, an arbitration case be opened in this matter.

Evidence should be presented within one week after opening of the case. For purposes of initial presentation of evidence, the case may include all issues reasonably arising from this situation. At a later date, the Arbitration Committee may further clarify the scope of the case and what issues are comprised within it.

Editors are expected to observe appropriate decorum on the case pages and in any other discussion of this incident.

Editors are instructed to refrain from disclosing on-wiki the name or other identifying information concerning any editor who does not edit under or disclose on-wiki his or her real-world identity. Any evidence that would have the potential effect of making such a disclosure shall not be posted on-wiki, but shall be e-mailed to the Arbitration Committee. The committee will take appropriate steps to ensure that no editor is sanctioned based on private evidence without an appropriate opportunity to respond to such evidence, while also seeking to ensure that editors' identifying information is not unnecessarily disclosed.

All editors, whether or not they are potential parties to the case, are strongly urged to exercise consideration and discretion in dealing both on- and off-wiki with all aspects of this highly sensitive situation. Any behavior that would unnecessarily inflame or widen the dispute should be avoided.

This motion is adopted in the interests of expediting consideration of this matter. Neither this motion nor any other action taken today by the Arbitration Committee reflects any predetermination of the merits of the case.

The 24-hour waiting period before opening a case is waived.

The Clerk will give notice of this motion, when adopted, to all editors mentioned in the thread cited above and post notice on the appropriate noticeboards.

Motion offered by Newyorkbrad (talk) 22:03, 17 September 2009 (UTC)

Motion passed 7 to 0 at 00:07, 18 September 2009 (UTC); detailed voting statements and signatures are available at the talk page.

Temporary injunctions

Distribution of private materials

3.1) Enacted on 17:29, 22 December 2009 (UTC), 5 to 0 with 1 abstention Private materials and personally identifying information related to this case and the editors involved should not be circulated or otherwise passed along without the permission of the authors. This includes, but is not limited to, public posting of links to such information and any attempts at outing. Engaging in such activity will be treated as disruption and harming editor privacy. In cases where participants may need to discuss evidence within the pages of the case, a reference of the format of may be acceptable and sufficient. Any evidence containing identifying information or other sensitive information should be directed to the Arbitration Committee by email.

Speculative and inflammatory comments

4) Enacted on 17:29, 22 December 2009 (UTC), 9 to 0 Inflammatory comments and speculative musings about user identities, as well as related postings, cause drama and disruption. Editors are reminded that undue speculation, highly charged assertions, attempts at outing (partial or otherwise), and other similar conduct is unacceptable and will be treated as disruption.

Final decision

Principles

Consensus

1) Misplaced Pages relies on consensus as its fundamental editorial process. Consensus develops from agreement of the parties involved. To ensure transparency, consensus cannot be formed except on Misplaced Pages discussion pages. "Off-wiki" discussions, such as those taking place on other websites, on web forums or on IRC, are not taken into account when determining consensus.

Passed 9 to 0 at 17:29, 22 December 2009 (UTC)

Participation

2) The determination of proper consensus is vulnerable to unrepresentative participation from the community. Because of the generally limited number of editors likely to participate in any given discussion, an influx of biased or partisan editors is likely to generate an improper illusion of a consensus where none (or a different one) would exist in a wider population.

Passed 9 to 0 at 17:29, 22 December 2009 (UTC)

Consensus in internal processes

3) Processes internal to the functioning of the Misplaced Pages project also rely on consensus. Given the more decisive nature of the discussions, and the greater likelihood of harm, it is important that discussion leading to a decision be as representative as possible. In particular, discussion on the deletion boards, arbitration enforcement, and noticeboards are especially vulnerable to biased or partisan participation.

Passed 9 to 0 at 17:29, 22 December 2009 (UTC)

Canvassing

4) While it is acceptable to notify other editors of ongoing discussions, messages that are written to influence the outcome rather than to improve the quality of a discussion may be considered disruptive. In particular, messages to fora mostly populated by a biased or partisan audience — especially when not public — are considered canvassing and disrupt the consensus building process by making participation lopsided.

Passed 9 to 0 at 17:29, 22 December 2009 (UTC)

Not a battleground

5) Misplaced Pages is not a battleground. It is not a place to hold grudges, import personal conflicts, or nurture hatred or fear. Making personal battles out of Misplaced Pages discussions goes directly against our policies and goals. In particular, making list of "opponents" or coordinating actions in order to drive off or punish perceived "adversaries" goes counter to the necessary collegiate atmosphere required to write an encyclopedia.

Passed 9 to 0 at 17:29, 22 December 2009 (UTC)

Gaming the system

6) Using Misplaced Pages policies and guidelines in bad faith to thwart the aims of Misplaced Pages and the process of communal editorship deliberately is gaming, and a disruptive abuse of process. Activities such as coordinating around policy such as the revert rules, or any other attempt to subvert the spirit of any policy or process in order to further a dispute is disruptive.

Passed 9 to 0 at 17:29, 22 December 2009 (UTC)

Meatpuppetry

7) Requesting that another editor perform an action that, if one would have done it oneself, would have been clearly against policy is meatpuppetry and is a form of gaming the system. While it is possible that more than one editor would have independently chosen to act the same way, attempts to coordinate such behavior is improper on its own as it seeks to subvert the normal consensus building processes.

Passed 9 to 0 at 17:29, 22 December 2009 (UTC)

Presumption of coordination

8) When a group of editors consistently and repeatedly participate in the same discussions to support the same point of view — especially when many or most of the members of that group had little or no prior participation in the underlying dispute — it is reasonable to presume that they could be coordinating their actions. Evaluation of consensus in particularly divisive or controversial cases need to carefully weigh the possibility and avoid ascribing too much weight to the number of participants in a discussion — especially when policy enforcement or sanctions are considered.

Passed 9 to 0 at 17:29, 22 December 2009 (UTC)

Off-wiki communication

9) While discussion of Misplaced Pages and editing in channels outside of Misplaced Pages itself (such as IRC, mailing lists, or web forums) is unavoidable and generally appropriate, using external channels for coordination of activities that, on-wiki, would be inappropriate is also improper. That such conversations can be, or are, done in secret makes it more difficult to detect but does not reduce the impropriety of holding them.

Passed 9 to 0 at 17:29, 22 December 2009 (UTC)

Consideration of private communications as evidence (I)

10.1) The Arbitration Committee is sensitive to the serious concerns created when communications originally meant to be kept private are brought to its attention. Such concerns exist for ethical and privacy reasons, and also for practical ones, such as how to ensure that an alleged communication is authentic, complete, and presented in its full context.

Passed 9 to 0 at 17:29, 22 December 2009 (UTC)

Consideration of private communications as evidence (II)

10.2) As more persons become parties to a communication, for example, a limited-distribution mailing list, the line between a purely private communication and a semi-public one may become less clear. At the same time, the number of members of a mailing list may make it difficult to determine, at a later time, whether a disclosure of information on the list has been made by a member of the list for an appropriate reason, by a member of the list for an inappropriate reason, or by a third party who has obtained access to the list via unauthorized means.

Passed 7 to 0 with 2 abstentions at 17:29, 22 December 2009 (UTC)

Consideration of private communications as evidence (III)

10.3) The Arbitration Committee generally does not encourage forwarding of private communications to it without, at a minimum, the consent of either the sender or the recipient, and in ordinary circumstances, may choose to disregard such evidence. However, the committee may consider such a communication where there is reason to believe that it relates to a situation seriously endangering the well-being of the project or the community, such as harassment of editors, attempting to drive editors from the project, coordinated manipulation of article content, or misuse of adminship or other advanced permissions.

Passed 9 to 0 at 17:29, 22 December 2009 (UTC)

Consideration of private communications as evidence (IV)

10.4) Where private communications may need to be considered as evidence in an arbitration matter, appropriate steps must be taken by every person connected with the case to ensure that dissemination of the communications and especially of material whose publication could cause harm, such as personal identifying information, is as limited as possible.

Passed 9 to 0 at 17:29, 22 December 2009 (UTC)

Consideration of private communications as evidence (V)

10.5) The dilemmas created by presentation of the contents of an off-wiki mailing list to the Arbitration Committee are complex ones that cannot be resolved for all cases through a generic policy pronouncement. There may be circumstances where refusing to consider such evidence could be highly unfair to a party wronged by conduct on the list. We can neither announce that our doors are open to the routine forwarding of intercepted communications, nor declare that we will blind ourselves to evidence even if a threat to the well-being of the wiki or the community is disclosed. In sum, situations like these must be addressed by the committee on a case-by-case basis. We can only hope that in light of the principles set forth in this decision, and the widespread recognition that off-wiki activities such as those addressed in this decision are damaging to the project and its community, future instances in which this dilemma must be faced by ourselves and our successors will be nonexistent or rare.

Passed 9 to 0 at 17:29, 22 December 2009 (UTC)

Off-wiki conduct

11) A user's conduct outside of Misplaced Pages, including participation in websites or mailing lists in which Misplaced Pages or its contributors are discussed, is generally not subject to Misplaced Pages policies or sanctions, except in extraordinary circumstances such as those involving grave acts of overt and persistent harassment or threats or other serious misconduct. The factors to be evaluated in deciding whether off-wiki conduct may be sanctioned on-wiki include whether the off-wiki conduct was intended to, and did, have a direct and foreseeable damaging effect on the encyclopedia or on members of the community.

Passed 8 to 0 with 1 abstention at 17:29, 22 December 2009 (UTC)

Opening of arbitration cases

12) In virtually all cases, the Arbitration Committee opens a full-fledged arbitration case only where a request for a case is presented on Misplaced Pages:Arbitration/Requests and arbitrators vote to open the case after considering comments from interested editors. In extraordinary situations, the Arbitration Committee may vote, by majority vote of the total number of active arbitrators, to open a case on its own motion without awaiting a formal request. This step will be taken only in serious situations where a dispute has come to the committee's attention through other means, it is apparent that no other means of dispute resolution will be sufficient to resolve it, it appears inevitable that a request for arbitration would be presented in the normal course, and the value of obtaining input from a request for arbitration is outweighed by factors such as avoiding delay or unnecessary hostility at the request stage. Instances in which the Arbitration Committee will open a case without a formal on-wiki request will be rare.

Passed 8 to 0 at 17:29, 22 December 2009 (UTC)

Findings of fact

Because of the unusual nature of the evidence in this case, much of the references are in the form , corresponding to specific emails in the so-called "Wikipediametrics" mailing list archives.

Mailing list sent to Committee

1) On or around September 21, 2009, the Arbitration Committee received emails from three distinct editors forwarding a link to what was reported to be an archival copy of a mailing list on which disruption of the encyclopedia was discussed by its members. That link was sent to at least eight editors via the Misplaced Pages "mail this user" function.

Passed 9 to 0 at 17:29, 22 December 2009 (UTC)

Authenticity of archive

2) Given the gravity of the allegations, the mailing list archive was examined in depth by members of the Committee. It appears authentic, and covers the period from Jan 2, 2009 to Sept 15, 2009. There are no technical inconsistencies, nor any indication that any part of it has been tampered with. While there is no reliable method to determine that it is complete, no significant gaps are evident over the covered period.

Passed 8 to 0 with 1 abstention at 17:29, 22 December 2009 (UTC)

No evidence of computer trespass

3) The mailing list has been emailed via a user account whose password was freely shared between members of the list. The committee finds that the hypothesis that one of the members of the list willingly mailed their own copies of the emails via that shared account to be the most credible, and has received no evidence that any computer trespass ("hacking") has taken place.

Passed 8 to 0 with 1 abstention at 17:29, 22 December 2009 (UTC)

List membership

4) The members of the mailing list are Misplaced Pages editors, all of whom are directly or indirectly involved in the Eastern European topic area. The following Misplaced Pages users have posted to that list: Alexia Death, Biophys, Biruitorul, Digwuren, Dc76, jacurek, Martintg, Miacek, Molobo, Hillock65, Ostap R, Vecrumba, Piotrus, Tymek, Radeksz, poeticbent, and Sander Säde. No other editor has posted to the mailing list during the period covered by the archive.

Passed 6 to 0 with 3 abstentions at 17:29, 22 December 2009 (UTC)

Improper coordination

6) Much of the traffic on the list that is material to the case was members coordinating in order to protect each other and their point of view in articles against a perceived "Russian cabal". This included coordinating around the three revert rule, commenting in process along "party lines", supporting each other in disputes even when otherwise uninvolved in them. Tactics organized on the list include baiting, harassment and vexatious complaints against specific users in order to have them sanctioned or driven away from participating.

Certain members of the mailing list have further displayed a battleground mentality, encouraging each other to fight editors perceived as being "opponents" and generally assuming bad faith from editors editing from a Russian or against the prevalent Western European point of view.

Passed 8 to 0 with 1 abstention at 17:29, 22 December 2009 (UTC)

Canvassing

6A) Various members of the mailing list participated in an extensive campaign of canvassing coordinated on the list, concerning deletion debates, requested moves and merge proposals, among other discussions.

Passed 8 to 0 with 1 abstention at 17:29, 22 December 2009 (UTC)

Piotrus

List secrecy

8) Piotrus (talk · contribs) was aware that usage of the list was inappropriate, and made efforts to keep its nature and existence secret from Misplaced Pages editors.

Passed 5 to 0 with 4 abstentions at 17:29, 22 December 2009 (UTC)

Use of administrative tools in disputes

9) Piotrus (talk · contribs) has used his administrative tools in disputes he and other members of the list were involved in in order to affect disputes and in furtherance of their point of view.

Passed 8 to 0 with 1 abstention at 17:29, 22 December 2009 (UTC)

Disruption

10.1) Piotrus (talk · contribs) has participated in a variety of disruptive activities coordinated on the mailing list, including 'tag team' edit-warring (unknown date quoted in : , , , ; ; : , , ; : , , , , ; : , , ), abuse of dispute resolution processes (; : ; ff: , report; ; ) proxying for a blocked user (: ; : ) and encouraging and advising list members to circumvent Misplaced Pages policies (; ; ).

Passed 8 to 0 with 1 abstention at 17:29, 22 December 2009 (UTC)

Resignation

10A) On November 6, 2009, while this case was pending, Piotrus advised the Arbitration Committee that he was resigning as an administrator.

Passed 9 to 0 at 17:29, 22 December 2009 (UTC)

Canvassing

10B) Piotrus participated in the mailing list's campaign of canvassing:

Passed 8 to 0 with 1 abstention at 17:29, 22 December 2009 (UTC)

Digwuren

Mailing list infrastructure

11) The mailing list uses infrastructure hosted by Digwuren (talk · contribs), and has most likely been set up by him.

Passed 6 to 0 with 2 abstentions and 1 recused at 17:29, 22 December 2009 (UTC)

Disruption

12.1) Digwuren (talk · contribs) has participated in a variety of disruptive activities coordinated on the mailing list, including 'tag team' edit-warring (: , ), abuse of dispute resolution processes (; ff, ), treating Misplaced Pages as a battleground ( & ) and encouraging and advising list members to circumvent Misplaced Pages policies (; ; ; ; ).

Passed 7 to 0 with 1 abstention and 1 recused at 17:29, 22 December 2009 (UTC)

Canvassing

12A) Digwuren participated in the mailing list's campaign of canvassing:

Passed 6 to 0 with 1 abstention and 1 recused at 17:29, 22 December 2009 (UTC)

Tymek

Account sharing

13) Tymek (talk · contribs) has willingly shared the password to his Misplaced Pages user account, offering its use to other members of the list in contravention of both the user accounts policy and the alternate account policy.

Passed 9 to 0 at 17:29, 22 December 2009 (UTC)

Canvassing

13A) Tymek participated in the mailing list's campaign of canvassing:

Passed 7 to 0 with 1 abstention at 17:29, 22 December 2009 (UTC)

Disruption

13B) Tymek has participated in a variety of disruptive activities coordinated on the mailing list, including abuse of dispute resolution processes ( ff: , report; ; & ), proxying for a blocked user (: ) and treating Misplaced Pages as a battleground (: ).

Passed 7 to 0 with 1 abstention at 17:29, 22 December 2009 (UTC)

Martintg

Disruption

14.1) Martintg (talk · contribs) has participated in a variety of disruptive activities coordinated on the mailing list, including 'tag team' edit-warring (: , ; : , , , , , , ; : , ), abuse of dispute resolution processes (; ; ) and treating Misplaced Pages as a battleground (; ).

Passed 7 to 0 with 1 abstention and 1 recused at 17:29, 22 December 2009 (UTC)

Canvassing

14A) Martintg participated in the mailing list's campaign of canvassing:

Passed 6 to 0 with 1 abstention and 1 recused at 17:29, 22 December 2009 (UTC)

Jacurek

Disruption

15.1) Jacurek (talk · contribs) has participated in a variety of disruptive activities coordinated on the mailing list, including 'tag team' edit-warring ( & : , , ; : ), abuse of dispute resolution processes (: ), proxying for a blocked user (: ) and encouraging and advising list members to circumvent Misplaced Pages policies ().

Passed 8 to 0 with 1 abstention at 17:29, 22 December 2009 (UTC)

Canvassing

15A) Jacurek participated in the mailing list's campaign of canvassing:

Passed 7 to 0 with 1 abstention at 17:29, 22 December 2009 (UTC)

Radeksz

Disruption

16.1) Radeksz (talk · contribs) has participated in a variety of disruptive activities coordinated on the mailing list, including 'tag team' edit-warring (: , , , ; : , , ; : , , ), abuse of dispute resolution processes ( ff: , report), proxying for a blocked user (: ) and treating Misplaced Pages as a battleground ().

Passed 6 to 0 with 1 abstention at 17:29, 22 December 2009 (UTC)

Canvassing

16A) Radeksz participated in the mailing list's campaign of canvassing:

Passed 6 to 0 with 1 abstention at 17:29, 22 December 2009 (UTC)

Biruitorul

Canvassing

18) Biruitorul (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) participated in the mailing list's campaign of canvassing:

Passed 7 to 0 with 1 abstention at 17:29, 22 December 2009 (UTC)

Dc76

Canvassing

19) Dc76 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) participated in the mailing list's campaign of canvassing:

Passed 7 to 0 with 1 abstention at 17:29, 22 December 2009 (UTC)

Miacek

Canvassing

20) Miacek (talk · contribs) participated in the mailing list's campaign of canvassing:

Passed 7 to 0 with 1 abstention at 17:29, 22 December 2009 (UTC)

Account sharing

20A) Miacek offered to share access to several unidentified alternate accounts that he controlled to other members of the list in contravention of both the user accounts policy and the alternate account policy.

Passed 4 to 2 with 3 abstentions at 17:29, 22 December 2009 (UTC)

Vecrumba

Canvassing

21) Vecrumba participated in the mailing list's campaign of canvassing:

Passed 7 to 0 with 1 abstention at 17:29, 22 December 2009 (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.

Piotrus's adminship

1.1) Piotrus (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA), having resigned as administrator while this arbitration case was pending, may seek to regain adminship only by a new request for adminship or by request to the Arbitration Committee.

Passed 9 to 0 at 17:29, 22 December 2009 (UTC)

Piotrus banned

2) Piotrus (talk · contribs) is banned for three months. Any other remedy is to be consecutive to the ban and take effect at its expiration.

Passed 5 to 1 with 2 abstentions at 17:29, 22 December 2009 (UTC)

Piotrus topic banned

3) Piotrus (talk · contribs) is topic banned from articles about Eastern Europe, their associated talk pages, and any process discussion about same, widely construed, for one year. This ban is consecutive to any editing ban.

Passed 6 to 1 with 1 abstention at 17:29, 22 December 2009 (UTC)

Digwuren restricted

4.1) Digwuren (talk · contribs) is directed to edit Misplaced Pages from only a single user account, and is banned from editing Misplaced Pages until he advises the Arbitration Committee of the name of the account that he will use.

Passed 7 to 0 with 1 recused at 17:29, 22 December 2009 (UTC)

Digwuren banned

4.2) Digwuren (talk · contribs) is banned for one year. Any other remedy is to be consecutive to the ban and take effect at its expiration.

Passed 4 to 2 with 2 abstentions and 1 recused at 17:29, 22 December 2009 (UTC)

Digwuren topic banned

5) Digwuren (talk · contribs) is topic banned from articles about Eastern Europe, their associated talk pages, and any process discussion about same, widely construed, for one year. This ban is consecutive to any editing ban.

Passed 8 to 0 with 1 recused at 17:29, 22 December 2009 (UTC)

Martintg topic banned

7) Martintg (talk · contribs) is topic banned from articles about Eastern Europe, their associated talk pages, and any process discussion about same, widely construed, for one year. This ban is consecutive to any editing ban.

Passed 6 to 0 with 2 abstentions and 1 recused at 17:29, 22 December 2009 (UTC)

Tymek admonished

8) Tymek (talk · contribs) is strongly admonished for having shared his account password. He is directed to keep his account for his own exclusive use, and not to allow any other person to use it under any circumstance.

Passed 9 to 0 at 17:29, 22 December 2009 (UTC)

Tymek topic banned

8.2) Tymek (talk · contribs) is topic banned from articles about Eastern Europe, their associated talk pages, and any process discussion about same, widely construed, for one year. This topic ban is consecutive with any editing ban.

Passed 4 to 3 with 2 abstentions at 17:29, 22 December 2009 (UTC)

Jacurek topic banned

9.1) Jacurek (talk · contribs) is topic banned from articles about Eastern Europe, their associated talk pages, and any process discussion about same, widely construed, for six months. This topic ban is consecutive with any editing ban.

Passed 7 to 0 with 2 abstentions at 17:29, 22 December 2009 (UTC)

Radeksz topic banned

10) Radeksz (talk · contribs) is topic banned from articles about Eastern Europe, their associated talk pages, and any process discussion about same, widely construed, for one year. This topic ban is consecutive with any editing ban.

Passed 6 to 1 with 2 abstentions at 17:29, 22 December 2009 (UTC)

Editors restricted

11A) The editors sanctioned by name in this decision are prohibited from commenting on or unnecessarily interacting with Russavia (talk · contribs) on any page of Misplaced Pages, except for purposes of legitimate and necessary dispute resolution.

Passed 8 to 0 with 1 abstention at 17:29, 22 December 2009 (UTC)

Participants admonished

12) All the participants to the mailing list are strongly admonished against coordinating on-wiki behavior off-wiki and directed to keep discussion of editing and dispute resolution strictly on wiki and in public.

Passed 3 to 1 with 4 abstentions at 17:29, 22 December 2009 (UTC)

Editors reminded

13) All editors are reminded that the editorial process and dispute resolution must take place on Misplaced Pages itself, using the article talk pages and project space for this purpose. No discussion held off-wiki can lead to a valid consensus, the basis of our editorial process. Off-wiki coordination is likely to lead to echo chambers where there is a false appearance of neutrality and consensus.

Passed 9 to 0 at 17:29, 22 December 2009 (UTC)

Dc76 topic banned

17.1) Dc76 (talk · contribs) is topic banned from articles about Eastern Europe, their associated talk pages, and any process discussion about same, widely construed, for one year. This topic ban is consecutive with any editing ban.

Passed 4 to 1 with 2 abstentions at 17:29, 22 December 2009 (UTC)

Vecrumba topic banned

18.1) Vecrumba (talk · contribs) is topic banned from articles about Eastern Europe, their associated talk pages, and any process discussion about same, widely construed, for one year. This topic ban is consecutive with any editing ban.

Passed 5 to 2 with 1 abstention at 17:29, 22 December 2009 (UTC)

Biruitorul topic banned

19) Biruitorul (talk · contribs) is topic banned from articles about Eastern Europe, their associated talk pages, and any process discussion about same, widely construed, for one year. This topic ban is consecutive with any editing ban.

Passed 5 to 1 with 2 abstentions at 17:29, 22 December 2009 (UTC)

Miacek topic banned

20) Miacek (talk · contribs) is topic banned from articles about Eastern Europe, their associated talk pages, and any process discussion about same, widely construed, for one year. This topic ban is consecutive with any editing ban.

Passed 4 to 2 with 2 abstentions at 17:29, 22 December 2009 (UTC)

Enforcement

Enforcement by block

1) Should any editor subject to an editing restriction under this decision violate that restriction, he or she may be blocked for an appropriate period of time by any uninvolved administrator. Alternatively, where appropriate, discretionary sanctions may be imposed under the terms of Misplaced Pages:Requests for arbitration/Digwuren and Misplaced Pages:Requests for arbitration/Eastern European disputes.

Passed 8 to 0 at 17:29, 22 December 2009 (UTC)

Log of blocks, bans, and restrictions

Log any block, restriction, 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.

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