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    Arbitration enforcement action appeal by Jo0doe

    Appeal declined
    The following discussion has been closed. Please do not modify it.
    Procedural notes: The rules governing arbitration enforcement appeals are found in this 2010 ArbCom motion. According to that motion, a "clear, substantial, and active consensus of uninvolved editors" is required to overturn an arbitration enforcement action.

    To help determine any such consensus, involved editors may make brief statements in separate sections but should not edit the section for discussion among uninvolved editors. Editors are normally considered involved if they are in a current dispute with the sanctioning or sanctioned editor, or have taken part in disputes (if any) related to the contested enforcement action. Administrators having taken administrative actions are not normally considered involved for this reason alone (see WP:UNINVOLVED).

    Appealing user
    Jo0doe (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
    Sanction being appealed
    Arbitration enforcement: WP:DIGWUREN: 1 year block and concurrent indef. block
    Administrator imposing the sanction
    Looie496 (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA)
    Notification of that administrator
    T. Canens (talk) 22:10, 8 November 2010 (UTC)

    Statement by Jo0doe

    I’ve not involved into editing of the “all pages relating to Holodomor, broadly construed since 2008”- thus I can not physically violate the WP:DIGWUREN discretionary sanctions imposed over my account in 2008 . I also strictly followed suggested policy - "to edit carefully, to adopt Misplaced Pages's communal approaches (including appropriate conduct, dispute resolution, neutral point of view, no original research and verifiability - - - –

    • Non-English source text – intended for graduated in history scholars cannot be judged by the determination based on Google translation . Exact citations given here – please clarify does text cited contradict with - given at WP:AE as falsified/mistranslated example. I hope admin which review my request also can easily read typed in 1941 -1942 texts (which provide similar facts as in text in question]–to fairly judge my request.
    • If there no admin which able read Ukrainian and got a suggested by book scholar degree – I can recommend to check available English scholar works on topic – - pages 292, 349-55

    page 59 page 8 which suggest similar to facts added which mentioned at WP:AE as an example of the as falsified/mistranslated text.

    • I kindly ask to clarify the sanction applied – if I actually falsify/misrepresent the facts (i.e. OUN Ukrainian militia actually does not took part in round-ups of Jews for mass executions and not participate in it, not escorted Jews to their forced labor sites ... etc,) (as added to WP and suggested by sources mentioned above) – I agreed with sanction applied – If the sources support the texts added – please withdraw the sanctions applied.
    • If there were any other instances of the “falsified/mistranslated examples” which can be also arisen and need to be clarified with sources– I can provide on request a copies of books pages (if there no online book available) and also primary sources (like or ThanksJo0doe (talk) 13:34, 5 November 2010 (UTC)

    Further statement

      • Initially There was a consensus about “misrepresenting sources” “that others describe as falsifying the sources”

    Now it was a consensus about “lacking the necessary English language communication skills”

    – So the reason of 1 year block extended indefinite under WP:DIGWURREN remains unexplained - and I kindly ask to clarify – does the request was filled /and block applied because of “lacking the necessary English language” or because diffs were judged “misrepresenting sources” and “that others describe as falsifying the sources” (i.e. English scholar texts mentioned above and the text

    In late June and July 1941 OUN militias and “Sich” organizations went on a rampage

    in Galicia, Northern Bukovina, and Volhynia, killing Jews primarily, but also some Poles and communists. Sometimes these militias did not do the killing themselves,

    but rounded up the victims for Germans and Romanians to execute by firing squad.

    is falsifying ? In other words - the someone from the participants depicted at p.307 were engaged in“misrepresenting sources” “that others describe as falsifying the sources”. Clarification for the block reason would nice.Jo0doe (talk) 13:07, 10 November 2010 (UTC) Moved from user talk. T. Canens (talk) 14:25, 10 November 2010 (UTC)

    Statement by Looie496

    For reference, the original AE action is at Misplaced Pages:Arbitration/Requests/Enforcement/Archive71#Jo0doe. This appeal does not seem to me to address the issues that led to the block, which are a combination of poor English skills and tendentious editing based on interpretations of Ukrainian sources that other Ukrainian speakers say are incorrect. Looie496 (talk) 01:27, 9 November 2010 (UTC)

    Statement by --Paweł5586 (talk) 13:50, 9 November 2010 (UTC)

    I dont find any controversial and wrong interpretated edits made by Jo0doe. I find many this facts in books which I can provide. --Paweł5586 (talk) 13:50, 9 November 2010 (UTC)

    Statement by (involved editor 2)

    Discussion among uninvolved editors about the appeal by Jo0doe

    That he was permanently banned from the .Ru Wiki (his native language) and is in the same trouble here, I don't think a language barrier alone can explain the disruptions that have occurred that lead to his current block.--Львівське (talk) 16:59, 10 November 2010 (UTC)

    Result of the appeal by Jo0doe

    This section is to be edited only by uninvolved administrators. Comments by others will be moved to the sections above.

    This appeal is self defeating. The user has been blocked for a number of reasons, which include lacking the necessary English language communication skills to edit in this topic area, and this appeal is astonishingly unclear. For example, the first sentence is hard to fathom, yes I understand that he was banned from articles relating to Holodomor, but is he seriously suggesting he was unaware of the existence of WP:DIGWUREN#Discretionary sanctions? The second sentence is supported by 4 diffs, none of which inspire confidence, especially if intended to showcase his best work. The third sentence includes 'intended for graduated in history scholars cannot be judged', before arguing that those of us who don't understand Ukrainian shouldn't attempt to ascertain whether he was misusing sources by using google translate or similar. Anyway, decline appeal on the grounds of lacking the necessary English language communication skills. PhilKnight (talk) 21:55, 9 November 2010 (UTC)

    • I'm one of the admins who supported the original action here at AE, which is being appealed now. It would be helpful if Jo0doe could provide new information or a very clear explanation of why we misjudged the first time. Since the present appeal is quite baffling, it illustrates the difficulty that others have had in understanding him. I can't support undoing the original action if that's all we have to work with here. EdJohnston (talk) 23:21, 9 November 2010 (UTC)
    • This user appears to be trying to speak English by proxy using Google or some other machine translator. If you are unable to communicate in English you shouldn't be editing the English language Misplaced Pages. The fact that they cannot see how badly garbled their English is speaks volumes. Beeblebrox (talk) 23:49, 9 November 2010 (UTC)

    I have been investigating this case for the past two days, including preparing English language translations of the original source material. The case is extremely complex and the investigation so far has taken over on full working day. Unfortunately I was not able to present my statement before this case was closed. I ask that this case not be archived yet. I will later ask that the case be reopened and present a statement. -- Petri Krohn (talk) 00:46, 12 November 2010 (UTC)

    If you have something substantial to add then a new appeal could be submitted, but if your statement consists largely of a slightly different perspective then I would not support re-opening this matter. Appeals are generally considered "final" for at least three months. AGK 17:03, 13 November 2010 (UTC)
    Hi Petri, I closed this thread, and I don't have a problem with reopening to include your comments. However, if you look at the discussion so far, the problems include a poor standard of English language communication skills, which a detailed analysis of his use of sources won't affect. PhilKnight (talk) 17:22, 13 November 2010 (UTC)

    Brews ohare

    Binding restriction voluntarily accepted by Brews: "I have no problem accepting a voluntary restriction of one revert per week, per article, on any article in the natural sciences..." EdJohnston (talk) 02:28, 12 November 2010 (UTC)
    The following discussion has been closed. Please do not modify it.


    Request concerning Brews ohare

    User requesting enforcement
    Headbomb {talk / contribs / physics / books} 01:47, 10 November 2010 (UTC)
    User against whom enforcement is requested
    Brews ohare (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
    Sanction or remedy that this user violated
    Misplaced Pages:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Speed of light#Motions (Motion 6) "Brews ohare (talk · contribs) is topic banned from all physics-related pages, topics and discussions, broadly construed, for twelve months."
    Diffs of edits that violate this sanction or remedy, and an explanation how these edits violate it
    1. Discussion of Euclidean vs Einsteinian (i.e. relativistic) nature of space (flat or curved). Which is of course intimately related to the character of the speed of light and free space, etc... which has been the locus of the Brewhaha since time immemorial.
    Diffs of notifications or of prior warnings against the conduct objected to (if required)

    How about the last zillion AE against Brews?

    2

    +zillions of ANI threads, talk page messages, etc, etc, etc., ad nauseam.

    Enforcement action requested (block, topic ban or other sanction)
    Blocked for the rest of his topic ban, since he cannot abide by it for even a week.
    Additional comments by editor filing complaint
    Hopefully this time he'll more than a slap on the fingers as he too often-received. WP:AGF is not a suicide pact, and Brews ran out of AGF-juice a long time ago. Headbomb {talk / contribs / physics / books} 01:47, 10 November 2010 (UTC)
    • User:EdJohnston, expressed doubts on my talk page on whether there was a violation of the ban, and asked me to withdraw the request. So I'll be a bit more explicit.

      The violation is both a crystal crystal and a blatant. Discussion of the nature of space, and whether it is Euclidean or Einsteinian is not only physics-related, it's directly-related the area where Brews has been most disruptive (speed of light, electromagnetism, relativity topics, and anything related to it). Maybe this isn't immediately clear if you aren't a physicist, but this is equivalent of someone being banned from a topic such as geology editing the article on tectonics. Brews has been testing his ban, violating it left and right, and has wasted countless hours of productive editor's time over the last 16 months or so now. He has been warned plenty of times. Hell, he's been banned not even two weeks ago for this stuff, and he still keeps at it.

      So no, I will not withdraw the request. Headbomb {talk / contribs / physics / books} 04:22, 10 November 2010 (UTC)

    Notification of the user against whom enforcement is requested

    Discussion concerning Brews ohare

    Statement by Brews ohare

    I regret any appearance of violating the ban against physics-related topics. It was my intention simply to transfer a geometry-related discussion rejected at Pythagorean theorem because it pertained to Euclidean geometry in general, not specifically to Pythagoras' theorem, and so properly should be brought up in Euclidean geometry instead.

    The offending text I transferred to Euclidean geometry reads:

    "Euclid's proofs depend upon assumptions perhaps not obvious in Euclid's fundamental axioms, in particular that certain movements of figures do not change their geometrical properties such as the lengths of sides and interior angles, the so-called Euclidean motions, which include translations and rotations of figures."

    References
    1. Richard J. Trudeau (2008). "Euclid's axioms". The Non-Euclidean Revolution. Birkhäuser. pp. 39 'ff. ISBN 0817647821.
    2. See, for example: Luciano da Fontoura Costa, Roberto Marcondes Cesar (2001). Shape analysis and classification: theory and practice. CRC Press. p. 314. ISBN 0849334934. and Helmut Pottmann, Johannes Wallner (2010). Computational Line Geometry. Springer. p. 60. ISBN 3642040179. The group of motions underlie the metric notions of geometry. See Félix Klein (2004). Elementary Mathematics from an Advanced Standpoint: Geometry (Reprint of 1939 Macmillan Company ed.). Courier Dover. p. 167. ISBN 0486434818.

    These remarks concerning the logical underpinnings of Euclid's geometry are, of course, all geometrical in nature as are all the sources cited. The term "space" in this geometrical context refers to matters such as Euclidean space, non-Euclidean space, vector space, Hilbert space and so forth and while having application to physics, is not itself physics or physics related.

    I believe Headbomb was misled into seeing the above insertion of mine as a physics-related violation because a few sentences later in Euclidean geometry a sentence occurs alerting the reader to a later discussion (text not added by myself, but pre-existing);

    "As discussed in more detail below, Einstein's theory of relativity significantly modifies this view."

    I have no part in raising this point advertising a later discussion about relativity, nor in contributing to it, nor to the later discussion it refers to, in any way.

    I hope that my addition to the math article Euclidean geometry will be seen for what it is, a mathematical contribution to a math article, and not a violation of my sanctions. Brews ohare (talk) 04:51, 10 November 2010 (UTC)

    Response to Dougweller: It is not correct to say my inserted text refers to Penrose. The sources cited in my text are only those listed above. The Penrose source was cited by the original author to support his immediately preceding remarks that Euclid's axioms implied some characteristics of Euclidean space that are not too obvious from his axioms, but can be taken by implication. These are again mathematical implications of the axioms, not physics. Brews ohare (talk) 16:32, 10 November 2010 (UTC)

    Response to Headbomb: To claim that discussion of Euclid's axioms from circa 300 BC is tantamount to a physics discussion of the "speed of light, electromagnetism, relativity topics, and anything related to it" is quite a stretch, and I think it is "immediately clear if you aren't a physicist" that geometry of 300 BC is discussed in my inserted text quoted above without reference to physics of the late 19th and early 20th century. Brews ohare (talk) 17:22, 10 November 2010 (UTC)

    Response to The Wordsmith: I believe you are on the right track. I have proposed previously what I think is the right approach. That is, to remove all sanctions presently imposed upon me and impose instead this requirement:

    On a Talk page at any time that patience with me becomes short, the editors actively engaged in the thread can take a vote, and if that vote so indicates, express their formal desire that I desist. If I do not follow that request, a block will be imposed upon me by some uninvolved admin restricting my access to that Talk page.

    This restriction would apply to a discussion thread on any Talk page on any topic. Brews ohare (talk) 17:35, 10 November 2010 (UTC) You will notice that this proposal is more severe than the one you suggest. I don't think reverts of main page edits are ordinarily a problem with me; I don't violate the 3RR and usually don't revert much at all. The problem is exhausting the patience of editors on Talk pages. Brews ohare (talk) 17:54, 10 November 2010 (UTC)

    I am aware that Headbomb, Blackburne, DickLyon and some others have virtually zero patience on any topic that I am involved in, and so my comments where they are involved will be very, very severely restricted by this proposal. Brews ohare (talk) 18:06, 10 November 2010 (UTC)

    Reply to EdJohnston: Whatever the ban encompasses, there are boundaries. The boundary between mathematics and physics may appear to you to be blurry, but there is just no doubt that it was not crossed in this instance. Moving the boundary will not prevent Headbomb from raising objections that its new position has been crossed, no matter where the boundary is drawn. Brews ohare (talk) 18:40, 10 November 2010 (UTC)

    Reply to Beeblebrox: My actions objected to by Headbomb do not warrant drastic action, and IMO his case is entirely unwarranted. The issues raised by Blackburne are separate from Headbomb's case here, and occurred on a different page altogether. If Headbomb's action is to be switched in focus to Blackburne's allegations, I have proposed a remedy and also proposed a voluntary restriction, either of which would solve that problem. You haven't looked at these remedies. There is no need here to crack a walnut with a pile driver. Brews ohare (talk) 20:12, 10 November 2010 (UTC)

    Voluntary restriction: Assuming that would end this matter, I have no problem accepting a voluntary restriction of one revert per week, per article, on any article in the natural sciences, this agreement to terminate at the expiration of the presently existing sanction against me. I'd accept a block of my access for one week for the affected page for each occurrence of an infraction. Brews ohare (talk) 18:11, 11 November 2010 (UTC)

    I have not put the wonderful "broadly construed" phrase in here because it is that vague term that enables Headbomb and others to bring actions on doubtful grounds, like this one. Brews ohare (talk) 19:51, 10 November 2010 (UTC)

    Alternative voluntary restriction: Assuming that would end this matter, I have no problem accepting an alternative voluntary restriction as follows, this agreement to terminate at the expiration of the presently existing sanction against me:

    On any Talk page on any topic, if it arises that patience with me becomes short, the editors actively engaged in the thread can take a vote, and if that vote so indicates, express their formal desire that I desist. If I do not follow that request, a block of one week will be imposed upon me by some uninvolved admin restricting my access to that Talk page.

    I believe this is the more effective action. Brews ohare (talk) 20:28, 10 November 2010 (UTC)

    I request the clerk to remove DickLyon's remarks from my statement section and place it with DickLyon's own peculiar views. Brews ohare (talk) 15:36, 11 November 2010 (UTC)
    I have done this myself. Brews ohare (talk) 15:41, 11 November 2010 (UTC)

    Proposed acceptance: I have still an hour or so before leaving town. I accept EdJohnston's adoption of my Voluntary restriction, with the proviso that it be clarified what blocking action will be imposed. I'd accept a block of my access for one week for the affected page for each occurrence of an infraction. Brews ohare (talk) 18:09, 11 November 2010 (UTC)

    Comments by others about the request concerning Brews ohare

    Dr. Brews continues to be unable to come to terms with how wikipedia works. On non-physics topics like Pythagorean theorem, he repeats his usual style of bloating an article with every "ramification" he can think of, and wastes enormous amounts of time of other editors who attempt to moderate his impact. As I've already said, the problem is not physics. He needs a serious break from wikipedia, and should only be allowed to come back if he shows some sign of hearing the input that he keeps getting. So far, he rejects it all, wastes more time trying to change the rules, appealing all decisions, blogging on Jimmy Wales's talk page, and saying WP is doomed if they don't do it his way. He even takes his physics lobbying off-wiki to direct email; it's tedious. On the other hand, as he states above, he may not have actually violated the terms of his topic ban at this time. Dicklyon (talk) 04:16, 10 November 2010 (UTC)

    I find myself in agreement with this statement. Brews may not have violated the ban in this instance, but it seems to me that he is not capable of correcting the underlying problem that led to the ban in the first place regardless of what area he edits in. Unfortunately the extreme verbosity and wiki-lawyering that often accompanies his posts tends to frustrate other users to the point where they get exhausted from talking to him and simply walk away. I'm sure Brews will recall that I have lobbied in the past to have both him and David Tombe banned altogether. I can only imagine how much time and effort would have been saved if I had been successful in persuading the community at that time, now two years or so in the past. However, I am forced to agree that if the line was crossed in this particular instance it seems to have been done without malice or a deliberate intent to circumvent the ban. The wider issues involved are not relevant to that point, but perhaps it is time to re-open that discussion elsewhere... Beeblebrox (talk) 05:35, 10 November 2010 (UTC)
    I agree in general with the two statements above, but disagree that the edit currently under discussion does not violate the topic ban. It could easily have been kept as a edit totally about geometry, but Brewohare brought it into the realm of physics when he moved into the realm of "a physical description of space", which is physics, and not geometry. Beyond My Ken (talk) 08:12, 10 November 2010 (UTC)
    It is definitely very closely related to physics. - BorisG (talk) 14:50, 10 November 2010 (UTC)
    Geometry is a part of Mathematics (including Euclidean motions), not Physics, plain and simple. A part of this geometry article includes one phrase about special relativity, which is obviously a part of Physics. However, Brews did not. modify this phrase if I correctly read the diff. There was no violation of topic ban on his part I believe. Is it somehow related to Physics? Yes, it is, since the math is used in Physics. In the same manner, one could argue that many subjects in Chemistry and Biology are related to Physics. If it falls under the definition of the ban, someone should explain to Brews that he can not edit anything about Mathematics. Biophys (talk) 15:33, 10 November 2010 (UTC)

    Last time, it was clear that Brews violated his physics topic ban and I said so here at AE, but this time I'm of the opinion that he did not. One has to consider the proper context in which the edits are made. This time the edit in question fits in his editing of geometry articles as can be distilled from his editing history. Of course, while the letter of the topic ban clearly allows for such edits, that can sometimes be too narrow a way to look at this. One has consider whether Brews was "dancing around the topic ban", and that requires looking at the edit in question in the context of his general editing pattern. If you do that, you see that the edits he made were relevant to the math topic in question; he was not "hiding at a math topic" to violate his physics topic ban (like fighting an old battle about the speed of light on a math talk page or anything like that). Count Iblis (talk) 15:57, 10 November 2010 (UTC) :I believe he has clearly broken his topic ban. His edit discusses space and references The Road to Reality: A Complete Guide to the Laws of the Universe, written by physicist (albeit mathematical physicist) Roger Penrose, a winner of the Wolf Prize for Physics (jointly with Stephen Hawking). Dougweller (talk) 16:05, 10 November 2010 (UTC)

    Generally speaking, everything in natural sciences is somehow related to Physics. Does it mean he can not edit anything from natural sciences in general? If so, that should be clarified. Biophys (talk) 16:11, 10 November 2010 (UTC)

    I am not sure this is a violation of his physics ban, but what it is again (i.e. since our last visit here) is a continuation of the behaviour that got him banned from physics. He first reverted another editor's change he disagreed with, in itself a harmless revert in the spirit of BRD. I disagreed with this and reverted it, explained myself on the talk page, and was supported in my reasoning by User:EmilJ, so a consensus against Brews ohare's reversion.

    But he refused to accept this. He again reinserted the contested material, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again. He varied the wording and placement, attempting to source it but from sources nothing to do with Pythagoras's theorem, but each time it was the same material which there was clear consensus to remove.

    At the same time on the talk page, unhappy with the clear consensus against his changes he continued to argue the point. He introduced no new arguments or relevant sources, attracted one more editor who tried to persuade him to stop, then deciding there wasn't enough drama on the talk page opened an RfC, bringing yet more editors who pushed him to stop his by now disruptive and POV-pushing behaviour. At last he stopped, though only to take his arguments to another article, except in completely the wrong place and out of context as it's already covered in the axioms section, as if he never even read the article before adding to it. How much he has violated his physics ban is unclear, but that he has continued editing in the way that got him banned from physics is without doubt.--JohnBlackburnedeeds 16:57, 10 November 2010 (UTC)

    @The_Wordsmith: but few of his edits are reverts. At Pythagorean theorem he has more often reworded, moved content around and located irrelevant sources for material to work around consensus. A revert restriction would not effect this (he would just do it more often), and would have no impact on his behaviour on talk pages and other non-article pages.--JohnBlackburnedeeds 17:48, 10 November 2010 (UTC)
    It would, because you can revert him. Also, you can archive talk page discussions that Brews has steered too far off topic or which go round in circles. Brews can still revert you, but only once. There is then no way he can dominate any discussions that other editors don't want to engage on. Those discussions can be closed swiftly and editors can move on without Brews being able to restart them. Count Iblis (talk) 18:00, 10 November 2010 (UTC)


    Placing Euclid into Physics is a big stretch. Next all forms of measurement will be included, thus keeping Brews from any articles about measuring anything? Nope - this is not Physics, and is not a ban violation as far as I can tell. Collect (talk) 17:18, 10 November 2010 (UTC)

    A topic ban for all of math would not be a good idea, let me explain why. Putting aside my POV on Brews and accepting the criticisms of Brews' editing style by JohnBlackburne, Dicklyon and Beeblebrox, one has to note that the issue is a behavioral problem, not per se related to any particular topic. The less topics are available for Brews to edit, the more likely it is that these problems will arise. Note e.g. that some time ago, Brews had to decline a request to edit some page related to Hilbert spaces because that directly involved physics. Such requests by fellow editors to edit a page based on good previous experience is obviously least likely to give rise to problems. Count Iblis (talk) 17:37, 10 November 2010 (UTC)

    0RR on issues related to his own edits?

    I think this is would work better than the current proposal by The Wordsmith. This would actually indirectly implement what Brews is proposing now. To implement Brews proposal would require editors to actually vote on closing of discussions. If instead, we put Brews on 0RR on edits he makes himself, a discussion started by him can be archived by any other editor without Brews being able to revert it. However, if other editors would disagree with the archiving, they can talk about that themselves and decide to leave it closed or re-open it per consensus. So, this is then practically the same as what Brews is proposing, albeit it less formally.

    Then Brews is not under 0RR generally. He can edit and revert like anyone else, generally. But if he makes some edit in an article or on a talk page and his edits are reverted, modified, archived, etc. then he isn't allowed to revert such changes (which implies that he is effectively under 1RR on issues not initiated by himself). If he is reverted in "article space", he can discuss that on the talk page of the article. But if a discussion started by him is archived, he can't start a meta discussion about that. Count Iblis (talk) 19:08, 10 November 2010 (UTC)

    Comment by Dicklyon in reply to Brews

    On the contrary, I think we have shown extreme patience (I know several editors have praised me for my patience in dealing with Brews and several other problem editors over the last few years), but the patience has been squandered to where there's not much left for this problem that hasn't gotten better over time in spite of a huge investment of time by the community. If Brews were gone, we wouldn't be losing an editor -- we'd be gaining back several. Dicklyon (talk) 07:24, 11 November 2010 (UTC)

    Such sentiments expressed by some editors in the CC area got them topic banned. Casting aspersions is seen as a bad thing by ArbCom and I tend to agree with that, albeit it I think that topic banning experts in climate science as a remedy for that is a bit extreme. Count Iblis (talk) 15:33, 11 November 2010 (UTC)

    Result concerning Brews ohare

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    Am I the only one who thinks that someone topic banned from physics should not be editing a paragraph that contains the phrase "theory of relativity", whether or not it is technically within the scope of the ban? T. Canens (talk) 14:29, 10 November 2010 (UTC)

    • I too noticed the edit warring by Brews at Pythagorean theorem, as observed by John Blackburne in his comment just above. This leads me to propose a formal narrowing of the sanctions. It is confusing just where the boundary should be drawn between physics and mathematics, but we should not have infinite patience when new complaints involving Brews show up here. I don't think a block of Brews would be of much use unless it is for a long time, so I urge admins to consider a further restriction. The simplest would be to impose a ban from the topic of mathematics. EdJohnston (talk) 17:11, 10 November 2010 (UTC)
    • It is unclear if this is an actual violation, but the edit warring does need to stop. Therefore, I propose the following restriction:
      • Brews ohare (talk · contribs) is restricted to one revert per week on all articles related to natural sciences (broadly construed).
    Hopefully this should solve the problem. The Wordsmith 17:21, 10 November 2010 (UTC)
    • I agree with Wordsmith that a 1RR/week on all articles related to natural sciences (broadly construed) would be a reasonable way of addressing the problem, short of of a wider topic ban that would include mathematics. EdJohnston (talk) 18:57, 10 November 2010 (UTC)
    • Under what authority do you propose we institute this restriction? I can't quite find anything that quite fits allowing extra restrictions like this one. Courcelles 19:01, 10 November 2010 (UTC)
    • I agree with you that if the only relevant Arbcom decision is Speed of light, there is nothing that allows admins to impose an extra restriction. All we can do is issue blocks to Brews for violating his ban from the topic of physics. Maybe Brews will agree to a voluntary restriction in lieu of a block. As an alternative, Headbomb (who opened this AE) could apply directly to Arbcom for them to impose the restriction, assuming that Headbomb agrees with this plan. EdJohnston (talk) 19:15, 10 November 2010 (UTC)
    • The only thing that would work is the general probation under Remedy 3, and that expired three weeks ago. We need to either ask ArbCom for a renewal of the probation, for an 1RR restriction or topic ban straight, or do it by community consensus. Seeing as a motion to extend the probation was rejected by a small margin last time in favor of the topic ban, there may be a good chance that we can get some ArbCom action here. T. Canens (talk) 19:21, 10 November 2010 (UTC)
    For the record, I feel that the time for half-measures is over. It is clear to me that it does not matter how many areas of WP we topic ban Brews from or how many mild restrictions we place on his reverts, it is his whole approach to Misplaced Pages that is the problem. ArbCom's ruling moved this problem elsewhere but did not eliminate it. I don't see how anything less than a full site ban can resolve the issue satisfactorily. Beeblebrox (talk) 19:57, 10 November 2010 (UTC)
    Not surprisingly Brews has already responded to this. In a way he has made my point for me by pointing out that there are numerous objections to the way he edits practically everywhere he goes. I have looked at your proposed remedies. Your analogy is false. If the problems caused by you are a mere "walnut" it would no doubt be the world's record walnut and dwarf a watermelon. Lesser restrictions have failed us with this user time and again. The idea that we should have an election every time he opens his mouth is one of the most absurd notions I have ever seen, and the revert restriction would not stop the core problem, which is the addition of massive amounts of irrelevant material and incredibly verbose talk page posts that tire other users out with their long-winded rambling to the point where all but the most stalwart simply give up and find something else to do. However, a site ban is outside the scope of this discussion as it is not authorized ny the ArbCom decision. Beeblebrox (talk) 20:15, 10 November 2010 (UTC)
    • I recommend we close this request now by accepting Brews' offer above: "Assuming that would end this matter, I have no problem accepting a voluntary restriction of one revert per week, per article, on any article in the natural sciences, this agreement to terminate at the expiration of the presently existing sanction against me." It is understood that this restriction (if accepted by the closer of this AE) is binding on Brews, and may be enforced by blocks. The expiry will be the same as the physics ban, which will be August 22, 2011. Brews left a message on my talk that he is out of town for a while, so I think we need to reach our conclusion without waiting for his further comment. EdJohnston (talk) 16:56, 11 November 2010 (UTC)

    Ed Poor

    Blocked, 24h.
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    Request concerning Ed Poor

    User requesting enforcement
    -- Cirt (talk) 20:58, 10 November 2010 (UTC)
    User against whom enforcement is requested
    Ed Poor (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
    Sanction or remedy that this user violated
    Misplaced Pages:Requests_for_arbitration/Ed_Poor_2#Ed_Poor_placed_on_Probation
    Diffs of edits that violate this sanction or remedy, and an explanation how these edits violate it
    1. 20:23, 10 November 2010 = Post to talk page of article within Category:Unification Church, in violation of topic ban enacted by admin Kafziel
    Diffs of notifications or of prior warnings against the conduct objected to (if required)
    1. 20:31, 28 September 2009 = Warning by KillerChihuahua (talk · contribs), "Dangit, Ed, are you POV pushing again? Stop disrupting this place. You really ought to bar yourself from any Unification and/or Moon related articles; if not, eventually it may happen without your consent, humiliating as that may be. Seriously, Ed, you know better."
    2. 20:54, 28 September 2009 = Warning by KillerChihuahua (talk · contribs), "Ed, I'm trying to give you good advice. You've lost the 'crat bit; you've been de-adminned, you're banned from Intelligent design and all related articles for your previous disruptive POV pushing. If you want to ignore my advice, fine, but don't pretend you don't know what I'm talking about. I remind you of Misplaced Pages:Requests_for_arbitration/Ed_Poor_2#Ed_Poor_placed_on_Probation and remind you that being warned is not a personal attack, no matter how much you fume and sputter that it is."
    3. 20:56, 28 September 2009 = Warning by KillerChihuahua (talk · contribs), notice and reminder of text of the ArbCom probation: "Ed Poor is placed on Probation. He may be banned from any article or set of articles by an uninvolved administrator for disruptive editing, such as edit warring, original research, and POV forking. All bans are to be logged at Misplaced Pages:Requests for arbitration/Ed Poor 2#Log of blocks and bans."
    4. 21:33, 28 September 2009 = Warning by KillerChihuahua (talk · contribs), "Ed, I'm not going to play your games. You've been warned; watch your step on Moon and Unification related articles. I will not hesitate to block if you continue to disrupt."
    5. 19:37, 10 December 2009 = Notice of topic ban, by Kafziel (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA), "Per the discussion here, you have been banned from editing any article or talk page related to Category:Unification Church."
    6. 09:27, 13 December 2009 = Comment on the topic ban, by Tim Vickers (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA), "You are a paid member of an organisation edit warring on articles related to the organisation. The problem is both obvious and serious."
    7. 16:41, 15 December 2009 = Another comment by Tim Vickers (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA), "If you wish to appeal this ban, feel free, but your edit history on these articles reads very poorly in light of your strong COI."
    Enforcement action requested (block, topic ban or other sanction)
    Block, due to violation of topic ban. Block to be logged at Misplaced Pages:Requests_for_arbitration/Ed_Poor_2#Log_of_blocks_and_bans.
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    Agreed, and thank you. -- Cirt (talk) 21:17, 10 November 2010 (UTC)
    Concur with Courcelles, and now closing this thread as resolved. AGK 20:49, 11 November 2010 (UTC)

    Viriditas

    No action taken.
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    Request concerning Viriditas

    User requesting enforcement
    Sailsbystars (talk • contribs • email) 12:48, 11 November 2010 (UTC)
    User against whom enforcement is requested
    Viriditas (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
    Sanction or remedy that this user violated
    Misplaced Pages:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Climate change#Climate change: discretionary sanctions
    Diffs of edits that violate this sanction or remedy, and an explanation how these edits violate it

    Violation of 1RR on Climatic Research Unit email controversy, which now falls under the discretionary sanctions regime.

    Diffs of notifications or of prior warnings against the conduct objected to (if required)

    Not applicable

    Enforcement action requested (block, topic ban or other sanction)
    Warning
    Additional comments by editor filing complaint
    Violation of 1rr restriction on Climatic Research Unit email controversy while reverting what is likely a Scibaby sock (but not yet proven). Pretty marginal violation if at all, but I'll leave that for another set of eyes to decide. I have simultaneously filed an SPI request at WP:Sockpuppet investigations/Scibaby.
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    If it's Scibaby, aren't reverts of banned users exempt? Ravensfire (talk) 15:12, 11 November 2010 (UTC)

    Indeed. However, I think there is a question of whether one should be wholly exempt from 1RR when reverting an editor that has not yet been confirmed as a banned user (in fact, the purported sock puppet at the time of this writing is still not even duck blocked) and wanted some more experienced eyes to examine this. Pretty much any new editor to the CC articles is presumed to be a sock by default, whereas I am suggesting it might be helpful to confirm that fact before presuming one has the right to revert their edits. Sailsbystars (talk • contribs • email) 15:31, 11 November 2010 (UTC)
    We used to have a section at the CC probation board where editors could list their suspicions. All editors were then free to revert the suspected sock edits. I found that useful - it requires explicit documentation, without going through the hassle of filing a separate SPI for each suspected sock. --Stephan Schulz (talk) 15:36, 11 November 2010 (UTC)
    According to the long term abuse page on scibaby, xe can also be reported to WP:AIV (which usually has lightning fast responses). I'm not sure anyone does that though..... Sailsbystars (talk • contribs • email) 15:42, 11 November 2010 (UTC)

    I think Ravensfire is correct here. We also neeed to keep in mind that Scibaby is also watching this page and will exploit the fact that he can get people blocked. Now, we can avoid violating 1RR but that would require restarting the climate change task force page (which was paralized due to disputes in the CC area). One can simply revert once and then post a notification of the likely Scibaby edit on that task force page. Count Iblis (talk) 15:26, 11 November 2010 (UTC)

    One can, if one is aware of the 1RR violation. In this case, the edits in question are 22or so hours apart, so this may be a simple oversight (even if it is not, the general point stands). --Stephan Schulz (talk) 15:36, 11 November 2010 (UTC)
    Is it possible to get a couple of CU's to volunteer to handle this major sock distrupter? I think if a couple would volunteer to monitor or be pinged to know that there is a questionable editor possibly socking that it would make it take less time than it does filing a regular SPI case. Sometimes cases get backlogged for quite sometime and a lot of damage can occur during that delay to articles/editors (if blocking is encouraged to editors). I for one truely believe in reverting banned/blocked editors but some editors are insistent like this one is. I don't think anymore attentions to a sock should be given than is possibly necessary. There has to be some kind of a rational system set up to remove sock edits without harm to the editors doing the reverting. I've always thought that reverting a sock puppet is the best way to do it. With enough contact with a sock, you can get to know that editors writing and have a good feel for when it's the sock. As the case did show, socks were being identified with a lower count of mistakes which seems to show that the long term editors that are used to this sock have gotten pretty good at seeing a sock of theirs. Let's not go for damaging the editor(s) reverting disruptions over a socks which would be absolutely the wrong signal to send. As Count Iblis says you can be sure that this banned user is watching this and if it is found to have the editor reverting him/her is to be blocked than a lot of damage to either the article or a lot of editors can occur which is not for the good of the project. Thanks,--CrohnieGal 16:01, 11 November 2010 (UTC)
    There are two points emerging here. The first is that there is lack of clarity over "vandalism" when it comes to spotting Scibaby, and as such Viriditas is due a bit of leniency. The second one is that some editors feel that experience with Scibaby is a license to ignore process with impunity, so long as "you know" it's a sock. The first seems fair enough, but the second is not acceptable. There has to be a process of some kind whereby suspected Scibaby sockpuppets are examined properly. The last thing that any controversial area needs is introduction of a principle of ignoring all process. It opens up both opportunities for disruption, and grounds for legitimate complaints of bias in Misplaced Pages. In a topic like this there are enough people involved that a single editor should not need to contravene 1RR. Mention Scibaby in the first revert, and other editors will join in until the SPI can be completed. Let's not have the tail wasg the dog.VsevolodKrolikov (talk) 16:22, 11 November 2010 (UTC)
    • If a productive contributor is blocked under 1RR for reverting the latest in a prolific series of socks, that, my friend, is the tail wagging the dog. The 1RR, and all other discretionary sanctions, exist to make it easier for productive contributors to edit these articles. They aren't intended to handicap the small number of editors who still dare to handle Scibaby socks. Rules don't exist for their own sake; they exist to facilitate constructive contributions.

      I think you're being (pardonably) naive when you suggest that other editors will jump in to revert Scibaby and make 1RR violations unnecessary. That is actually what has happened in the past. And it was used against those editors, as evidence of "tag-teaming" and "drive-by reverting". At this point, I don't understand why anyone would risk reverting even an obvious Scibaby sock, because one way or another it will come back to hurt you. I certainly won't bother. Let's say I'm right 95% of the time, which would be a superhuman success rate for sockpuppet identification. At most, it will take 20 sockpuppets (a month or two of output for Scibaby) before I make a mistake, at which point I can be tarred, feathered, and marginalized, if not sanctioned outright, for my trigger-happiness.

      ArbCom has identified problems in the handling of Scibaby socks, but they've provided zero in the way of solutions to those problems, while making clear that people who are willing to deal with them can expect no support (and quite the opposite - they can expect to be thrown to the wolves with the help of unclear and misleading "checkuser estimates" of their false-positive rates). We have no checkuser help on this, as far as I can tell - at least none that even remotely keeps pace with the creation of socks. MastCell  16:37, 11 November 2010 (UTC)

    (ec)Arbcom was quite clear that too many false alarms have been raised about Scibaby in the first place. Reverting can wait on innocuous edits until some sort of evidence is provided, else we shall have innumerable claims of Scibaby sightings rivalling Elvis. Collect (talk) 16:38, 11 November 2010 (UTC)

    Arbcom made it abundantly clear that the only acceptable false alarm rate for Scibaby socks is zero. Since there's a possibility that even checkuser evidence can be incorrect, editors and admins who revert or block Scibaby socks either are foolish, or they simply don't care what will happen to themselves.Short Brigade Harvester Boris (talk) 16:47, 11 November 2010 (UTC)
    There's no way I will revert anything on a CC article or talk page now, after seeing the way good people were thrown to the wolves recently for trying to maintain those pages. If that means that the socks now have them, then that is a problem for someone else to solve. --Nigelj (talk) 21:22, 11 November 2010 (UTC)

    Result concerning Viriditas

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    Checkuser has (not surprisingly) confirmed that the sock was in fact a sock, so this request is moot. We must absolutely not allow Scibaby to succeed in getting legitimate users risk sanctions for opposing him. Fut.Perf. ☼ 16:54, 11 November 2010 (UTC)

    No violation. Reverting socks of banned users, confirmed or not, is exempt from 1RR and 3RR. Prolog (talk) 16:55, 11 November 2010 (UTC)

    • First, reverting socks of banned users are exempt from xRR rules. Second, I will not block someone for reverting an account when there are reasonable grounds to believe that the account is a sock of a banned user, whether or not it turns out to be a sock. The endorsement for checkuser by an SPI clerk is sufficient for this purpose. T. Canens (talk) 22:59, 11 November 2010 (UTC)

    I will comment as one of the arbitrators who participated in the Climate change decision. In my view, our expressed concern that there was too high a false-positive rate of Scibaby blocks should absolutely not be taken as a statement that there is not an ongoing problem in this area. Experienced checkusers and administrators without overt POVs in the climate change area are asked to continue monitoring this problem. Although arbitrators generally do not comment on enforcement requests, I specifically endorse the "no action" resolution of this one. Newyorkbrad (talk) 16:00, 12 November 2010 (UTC)

    Shuki

    Attention: This request may be declined without further action if insufficient or unclear information is provided in the "Request" section below.

    Request concerning Shuki

    User requesting enforcement
    Nableezy 20:38, 13 November 2010 (UTC)
    User against whom enforcement is requested
    Shuki (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
    Sanction or remedy that this user violated
    Misplaced Pages:ARBPIA#Discretionary sanctions
    Diffs of edits that violate this sanction or remedy, and an explanation how these edits violate it
    1. Accuses me of lying
    Diffs of notifications or of prior warnings against the conduct objected to (if required)
    1. Notified of case
    2. Warning by Sandstein (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) specifically saying that if Shuki again says another editor is "lying" he or she may be made subject to sanctions
    Enforcement action requested (block, topic ban or other sanction)
    Block or topic ban
    Additional comments by editor filing complaint
    This episode is a result of Shuki adding a Hebrew source for contentious material on Psagot. I have asked, repeatedly, that Shuki abide by WP:NONENG and provide quotes from the source and translations of those quotes for the material they feel supports the dubious material they have inserted. Thus far, Shuki has declined to do so under the guise that it would be a copyright violation to comply with the request. Shuki accuses me of lying when I say they have refused to answer the repeated requests for the quotes and translations. There arent many "attacks" that I feel compelled to report, but a deliberate attack on my integrity is one that I do. Shuki has repeatedly accused of me of lying following requests that he or she cease doing so. I requested that Shuki modify their language, the charge was repeated.
    Notification of the user against whom enforcement is requested
    Notified

    Discussion concerning Shuki

    Statement by Shuki

    It seems that Nableezy has a free pass at incivility and instigation and no problem with attacking me and my integrity by accusing me of refusing to comply with his requests. That recurring accusation of refusal is an unnecessary attack especially after what I have already said on the page here. I have not refused. I have stated on that talk page that I am in the process of contacting the author (not one of my friends if you might understand) and want to avoid copyvio for me and Misplaced Pages. Nableezy should AGF, stop the undesirable pressure, and refrain from being confrontational. I have told him that if he retracts his claim that I am refusing, than my reply would then be invalid. He seems want to avoid that. --Shuki (talk) 23:32, 13 November 2010 (UTC)

    That misses the point entirely. Do you accuse Nableezy of lying? A simple "Yes" or "No" will suffice. RolandR (talk) 23:42, 13 November 2010 (UTC)
    He is accusing Nableezy of misrepresenting him. Is this good conduct? No. Is Nableezy misrepresenting him good conduct? No as well. Jaakobou 23:51, 13 November 2010 (UTC)
    Roland, please include links to where I refuse to comply with Nableezy's demands. Is he telling the truth that I have refused? If someone is not telling the truth, what is the word? --Shuki (talk) 23:56, 13 November 2010 (UTC)
    Are you accusing Nableezy of lying? RolandR (talk) 01:38, 14 November 2010 (UTC)
    Shuki, the point is that you haven't provided the quotes, and thus haven't complied with a legitimate request. PhilKnight (talk) 00:25, 14 November 2010 (UTC)
    The point is that I am repeating myself over and over saying that I am contacting the author. Only in WP does everyone want an answer now, in the real world, it does not work that way, do you understand? I have called the publishing house and supposed to hear from them early this week. Is that a refusal? Have you reprimanded Nableezy for not using less provocative and to be AGF? or are his harsh demands condoned. --Shuki (talk) 00:33, 14 November 2010 (UTC)
    Just so we're talking about the same thing, you consider 'if you wish to use a Hebrew source you are required to provide original quotations and translations of the material you say supports what you put in an article. As you have refused to do so for almost 2 weeks now I will be removing the material sourced to this source unless you provide those quotations and translations.' is harsh and deserving of a reprimand? PhilKnight (talk) 00:42, 14 November 2010 (UTC)
    Yes, I felt provoked by a typical lack of AGF and acted with haste. I don't seem to understand what the difference is between someone telling a lie and calling them a liar, but perhaps this has something to do with where I grew up and the cultural differences that exist here. I guess that I should avoid labels and that some people might be offended. FWIW, in good faith, I'll self-refrain from editing the Psagot article and talk page for a week. --Shuki (talk) 23:15, 14 November 2010 (UTC)

    Comments by others about the request concerning Shuki

    • After being asked by the filing party to refactor his "stop lying" remark, Shuki proceeded to use the phrase again. I cannot help but wonder if he persisted in using that language in order to irritate Nableezy; and, if so, whether Shuki thinks that such approaches to interaction are at all helpful. AGK 20:59, 13 November 2010 (UTC)
    Statement by Mbz1

    I am not saying that what Shuki did was the right thing to do, but I believe such a small matter should not have been brought to AE. Sadly it happens a lot in I/P conflict related articles that editors are not exactly polite to each other. Here's a similar example from Nableezy's - his reaction on notification of AE opened against him:"You have demonstrated your lack of intellectual honesty". I am well aware of WP:NOTTHEM, and I brought the above example only to show that not every comment should be brought up to AE. I believe this AE should be closed with no action taken in order not to encourage such insignificant reports as this one is. Thanks.--Mbz1 (talk) 03:44, 14 November 2010 (UTC)

    Comment by Jaakobou

    • I tend to agree that if someone calls another editor a liar it in the midst of a content discussion it is a bad contribution to the community. On the other hand of the coin Nableezy has done just that on the Psagot page and seems to be only interested in Israeli localities in order to add the term 'illegal' or 'colony' to them. Nableezy has been banned 2+2 months (total of 4) in the past year for the same issue and he's still not letting it go. To be honest, his method of participation on such topics is just as provocative as his demands that others translate whole pages for him or his assertions that we have to supply secondary sources which say explicitly that his non-reliable sources are non-reliable even when their material is clearly fabricated upon a basic checkup. Jaakobou 23:39, 13 November 2010 (UTC)
      • Side comment: Nableezy's argument, to which Shuki responded says:
        • Shuki, if you wish to use a Hebrew source you are required to provide original quotations and translations of the material you say supports what you put in an article".
      • This is simply not true. There is no obligation to translate whole pages just to support material -- that would be ridiculous. The policy is that when quotes are used the original quote should be attached, and that English sources are preferred when they are available. I can see where someone would ask Nableezy to back off since he's threatening to delete the content. Jaakobou 23:29, 13 November 2010 (UTC)
    • Jaakabou, WP:NOTENG says 'When citing such a source without quoting it, the original and its translation should be provided if requested by other editors: this can be added to a footnote or the talk page', which is more or less what Nableezy said. PhilKnight (talk) 00:03, 14 November 2010 (UTC)
    • The policy has changed, apparently to allow copyvios, since my last review (older version here). Full page translations aside, Nableezy's repeated assertions that he can't trust my word (basically calling me a liar) and repeated demands that I supply secondary sources that reject a fabrication by a marginal advocacy group are provocative and unreasonable. Jaakobou 04:42, 14 November 2010 (UTC) +c 04:44, 14 November 2010 (UTC)

    Comment by BorisG

    • I'd say accusation of lying isn't nice but on the backdrop of serial incivility by Nableezy, any sanction of Shuki by more than a few hours would be strongly one-sided. One example of Nableezy's behaviour is above where he calls Shuki's material dubious. OTOH, as far as I understand, quoting something is never a copyright violation, so I don't think Shuki needs to contact the author etc. But that's not really the issue here. - BorisG (talk) 04:16, 14 November 2010 (UTC)
    The material is "dubious" and calling it that is not uncivil. We even have a template for such material ({{dubious}}). It is highly extraordinary that the Israeli Supreme Court would say that a specific settlement does not violate international law. nableezy - 11:23, 14 November 2010 (UTC)
    NOTE: This sure seems like an allegation that the well established and proficient wikipedia editor who added this content (i.e. Shuki) was making things up rather than citing the source correctly. Jaakobou 12:32, 14 November 2010 (UTC)

    Statement by George

    Independent of Nableezy's request, I also requested a translation of the same source, getting me involved in this discussion. I understand that Shuki is worried about violating copyright, but the correct thing to do here is to remove the content in question until a translation is provided for it, not wait for them to contact the author to get permission (which may never come, and which Nableezy probably interpreted as stonewalling).

    Regarding Shuki's statement, I think Shuki misinterpreted Nableezy's comment as being more personal than it was intended. Nableezy said that Shuki had refused to provide a translation. Shuki took this to mean that Nableezy was accusing him of not trying. However, the meaning of the word is more nuanced, and I don't think Nableezy meant that Shuki was not trying, I think that Nableezy was just assessing the situation - in this case, refusing simply meant that Shuki had failed to provide a translation, which is true. Granted, saying that Nableezy was lying is a uncivil, but I wonder if Shuki might be swayed to apologize and strike the comment instead. And either editor could remove the content cited to the source in question, until Shuki is able to provide a translation for it. ← George 10:32, 14 November 2010 (UTC)

    I'd support both editors apologizing for inflaming the situation. Jaakobou 12:33, 14 November 2010 (UTC)
    To be clear, I don't think Nableezy did anything to inflame the situation. Shuki misinterpreting what Nableezy wrote isn't really Nableezy's fault. ← George 18:26, 14 November 2010 (UTC)

    Result concerning Shuki

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    • The initial warning by Sandstein was in June of this year, which is not exactly recently, but language such as "stop lying" is never a helpful way to interact with one's fellow editors. I would invite Shuki to provide some kind of explanation for his actions. If his explanation proves unsatisfactory, I would move to sanction Shuki by placing him, under the provisions of WP:ARBPIA#Discretionary sanctions, on civility parole whereby any instance of incivility would be met with blocks of escalating length (starting at 24h). Playing "civility police" is never fun, but I am sure being called a "liar" for trying to improve the encyclopedia is equally as unenjoyable. AGK 20:55, 13 November 2010 (UTC)
    • Per my comment in the above section (which relates to a diff that I did not notice until after making my first comment in this section), I am yet more inclined towards sanctioning Shuki. AGK 21:00, 13 November 2010 (UTC)
    • Accusations of lying, which can be viewed as ABF or NPA violations, twice in a row, the second after being spoken to about the first? I hesitate to endorse sanctions without hearing from the editor involved as a general rule, but this is really distressing. I concur with AGK that the "civility police" role is often overused and counter productive; this does not however excuse such behavior, and that it was repeated leads me to lean strongly towards sanction, as well. KillerChihuahuaAdvice 21:57, 13 November 2010 (UTC)
    • I like George's suggestion on how to handle the content issue, above, but that does not address the incivility issue. I have no strong views on what sanction to use regarding that; AGK, how do you feel about Phil's suggestions? KillerChihuahuaAdvice 11:55, 14 November 2010 (UTC)

    Vecrumba

    Attention: This request may be declined without further action if insufficient or unclear information is provided in the "Request" section below.

    Request concerning Vecrumba

    User requesting enforcement
    Offliner (talk) 15:23, 14 November 2010 (UTC)
    User against whom enforcement is requested
    Vecrumba (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
    Sanction or remedy that this user violated
    *Misplaced Pages:EEML#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
    • Misplaced Pages:EEML#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.
    Diffs of edits that violate this sanction or remedy, and an explanation how these edits violate it
    1. Despite his indefinite ban on interacting with and commenting on Russavia, saved a comment by Russavia, probably in order to use it against Russavia later.
    2. Arrived in an EE-related process discussion to make accusations
    3. Followed User:Petri Krohn to WMC's talk page and attacked him. Vecrumba has already been reminded that ban covers his attacks on Petri Krohn:
    4. Participates in a POV dispute at Communist terrorism. ArbCom has clearly stated that the ban covers Communist terrorism
    5. Accused Petri Krohn of "ardent anti-Estonianism"
    6. Participates in a process discussion about a WP:EEML member and attacks Petri Krohn
    7. Attacks User:Ghirlandajo, and only retracts the comment after Ghirlandajo reminds Vecrumba of his topic ban
    8. In another personal attack, after the mandatory notification about this thread, Vecrumba insults me with "Get a life".
    Diffs of notifications or of prior warnings against the conduct objected to (if required)
    1. Warning by Future Perfect at Sunrise (talk · contribs)
    Enforcement action requested (block, topic ban or other sanction)
    Block and extension of topic ban. Perhaps also a sanction forcing Vecrumba to seek admin approval on this noticeboard before participating in any ArbCom or dispute resolution actions not directly related to him, similar to what was issued here.
    Addition: I ask that an interaction ban be placed on Vecrumba on interaction with me, especially noting that he should stop following my edit history. -- Petri Krohn (talk) 01:55, 15 November 2010 (UTC)
    Additional comments by editor filing complaint
    Vecrumba has already been blocked 3 times for his continuing violations of the topic ban (see block log). Offliner (talk) 15:23, 14 November 2010 (UTC)
    Notification of the user against whom enforcement is requested

    Discussion concerning Vecrumba

    Statement by Vecrumba

    I regret I'm not going to give credence to Offliner's personal attack here by responding to it point by point as this is not Ofliner's first attempt at block shopping (prior being at Sandstein's talk).

    Offliner quotes my talk page as an example of battleground mentality and responding that it's nothing of the kind is a violation of my ban? I made sure to limit my response only to what Offliner blatantly misrepresented having to do with my interaction with another editor, nothing else.

    With regard to Malaya, whose "communists" were largely re-aligned anti-Japanese now against the British, that has nothing to do with the area of the ban; indeed I commented to Paul Siebert that I will be glad to discuss the topic of "communist terrorism" more widely (which would include consideration of scholarship where it pertains to Soviet-related communism) when my ban expires. I don't think I could be more clear.

    Lastly, regarding "attacking" Petri Krohn, his membership in SAFKA (self-outed on Misplaced Pages) speaks for itself. And my so-called attack here simply states the facts. It was only my wish to move on from past conflict that I did not act to have Petri permanently blocked for stalking me and knowingly falsely accusing me of outing him—after which he quickly covered up his self-outing at the diffs I had cited as best as he could with edit summaries indicating "verifiability" (!) concerns.

    (Please also read the entire thread of my conversation with Petri which Offliner quotes out of context in his attempt to defame me.)

    Perhaps I should have filed to have Petri blocked as not doing so is (my perception) only fueling others to attack me: that Offliner's evidence takes my factual statement that Petri stalked and falsely accused me and turns it into an attack by myself on Petri speaks for itself.

    That I did not request enforcement against Petri rather demonstrates who is the editor more committed to moving on from past conflict. PЄTЄRS J VЄСRUМВА ►TALK 22:07, 14 November 2010 (UTC)

    I should mention my position regarding Petri (let sleeping dogs of false accusations lie) still stands as there's been no provocation on Petri's part since. I can't debate him upon my return from my topic ban if he's unavailable, now can I? PЄTЄRS J VЄСRUМВА ►TALK 22:25, 14 November 2010 (UTC)
    Well, since Petri has requested an interaction ban (didn't notice), I suppose I'll have to retract the above as Petri appears to be supporting Offliner's contentions here. Hmm... stalk me (accusing me of acting in bad faith while seeking avenues to put conflict in the past), falsely accuse me, and then ask for an interaction ban? Can you say "victim blaming"? And that certainly gives the lie to Petri's purported (my emphasis) "absolutely no interest" regarding my activities. I too regret the turn things have taken here, Petri did not have to escalate by making himself out to be a victim and asking for sanctions against me. PЄTЄRS J VЄСRUМВА ►TALK 22:37, 14 November 2010 (UTC)
    @Petri, I suggest you consider disengaging here. If you have issues with anyone, it is with Offliner for bringing up my statement of fact regarding your conduct as an attack upon your person. You will note I still have not filed any enforcement request in connection with your block-shopping based on blatantly false lies, but my kindness has limits if your response to this all is to join in escalating conflict. PЄTЄRS J VЄСRUМВА ►TALK 23:15, 14 November 2010 (UTC)
    P.S. Regarding Ghirla, I extricated myself leaving his provocative re-litigation of the past behind and suggested moving on at his talk page. I would parenthetically add that when Ghirla was (subsequently, I had the page on my watch list in case of a response) dismissive of a request on his own user page, I had responded without having thought of the ban (oops!)—and so contacted the editor with the information they required off-Wiki. So, exactly who has WP's best interests at heart? PЄTЄRS J VЄСRUМВА ►TALK 00:13, 15 November 2010 (UTC)

    @BorisG: I would point out that I'm only responding and of the editors choosing to accuse me here (Offliner and Petri Krohn) I'm the only one who has made any attempts to move on from the past and been attacked by both of them for it. (See Sandstein's and Shell Kinney's talk history.) Only on WP is seeking an olive branch ignored or attacked as being a sign of weakness. And you will also note I've asked this be nipped in the bud so as not to escalate or encourage more of these in the future. PЄTЄRS J VЄСRUМВА ►TALK 00:50, 15 November 2010 (UTC)

    @Petri: Really, you held out an olive branch? That would be when you accused me of bad faith in my thinking it might be good for all concerned that our personal evidence pages gathered to wage conflict at EEML be deleted? Where you characterize that as me preparing to go on the warpath? As for Kavkaz Center and the rest of your outrageous over-the-top rant having nothing to do with anything here (really, have I EVER called you a neo-Nazi? what a load of crap loading the discussion here associating me with trash-talk and hate speech), whatever issues your political affiliations cause you and your compatriots outside of WP are none of my concern. I've debated documented paid propaganda pushers based on sources even as they lied about their own sources and accused me of murdering Transnistrian children with my "black propaganda." I'm an equal opportunity debater—I don't attack editors because I don't agree with their POV. You do. Nor do I insist on pretending there is some mistaken case of identity when there is not. As I've stated, my only concern is what you or any editor creates as content, which should be a fair and accurate representation of reliable sources. You would do well to follow that example. PЄTЄRS J VЄСRUМВА ►TALK 04:25, 15 November 2010 (UTC)

    End it now

    I suggest closing this tawdry affair before it gets uglier. I have let provocations pass to this point, but my patience wanes. I had rather hoped that not appealing my topic ban and sitting it out for an entire year would lead to a reduction in conflict, giving all a chance to put the past behind us; clearly (being attacked here and being set upon for conversations elsewhere for how to put conflict in the past) it appears I am heading for grave disappointment: the personal attacks appear to be escalating the closer we get to the majority of the remaining EEML topic bans expiring. PЄTЄRS J VЄСRUМВА ►TALK 23:07, 14 November 2010 (UTC)

    So much for that. PЄTЄRS J VЄСRUМВА ►TALK 04:25, 15 November 2010 (UTC)

    Statement by Petri Krohn

    I have absolutely no interest in Vecrumba or his current activity on Misplaced Pages, However, given the precedent, I feel I have a responsibility to comment on process discussions where my name is mentioned.

    I seldom edit in the topic areas of known interest to Vecrumba or others involved in the EEML arbitration case. Yet some former EE mailing list members have a strange fascination with my personality. This is is evident from the pattern of behavior shown; following my edits and engaging in disputes or discussions where I am involved – or just simply editing articles I have edited or linked to. (I will not name others, as this discussion is only about Vecrumba.)

    I suspect this interest in me stems from my suspected real life activities – which, although possible important or interesting, are not notable. Because of the constant attempts at OUTING, this interest is becoming a form of HARASSment.

    (I reserve the possibility to present more evidence.)

    I ask that an interaction ban be placed on Vecrumba on interaction with me. This ban should cover following my edit history. On a personal level, I harbor no ill feelings against Vecrumba and am saddened that the problem behavior has forced me to make this request. -- Petri Krohn (talk) 22:28, 14 November 2010 (UTC)

    (The above comment was written before Vecrumba posted his initial statement, but only posted afterwards – after an edit conflict. -- Petri Krohn (talk) 01:34, 15 November 2010 (UTC))
    Response to Vecrumba

    It is interesting and indicative of the situation, that instead of responding to the accusations made by Offliner Vecrumba posts the above rant against me – and someone in real life he wants to associate with me. Note, that this happened before I ever took part in this discussion.

    Vecrumba has again repeated his allegation, that I have stalked him. In the last half year I have once checked Vecrumba's edit history and reacted based on it. This was after I made him a proposal to end all past hostility, outlining what I expected him to do (a specific type of apology) I fully expected him to react positively to the proposal or at least give it a thorough consideration after discussing the issue with others involved. Checking for his response or reaction, I saw that he had posted a rant similar to the one above on the talk pages of two administrator. I was shocked to find that one of the talk pages had in fact turned into EEML rant central, with repeated accusations and innuendo against me and my supposed real life politics.

    I do not need to comment on what on or off-wiki information may have led Vecrumba and Co to link me to SAFKA. Even if the connection was true, I have no obligation or desire to discuss or display my real life political opinions or affiliations on Misplaced Pages.

    To those uninformed about the politics, let me enlighten you: Vecrumba is basically repeating the old accusation, that I am a member of a neo-Nazi organization engaged in Holocaust denial – or something equally bad – and should therefore be banned or restricted from editing Misplaced Pages. This time Vecrumba is not asking that me editing rights be restricted, but the request was first made by Margintg in 2008 on the same grounds.

    You may also note the following: The internationally know propaganda organ (Kavkaz Center) of an Islamic terrorist organization (Caucasian Emirate) has repeatedly claimed that “SAFKA” is in fact a “murder squad” with a mission to murder human rights activist. This information has been widely redistributed on Al-Qaeda web sites. At the same time terrorist leader Doku Umarov is reported to have ordered that SAFKA members and their families be killed. I believe Vecrumba is fully aware of these aspects. Whether he knows or not, he should understand that linking my name to such organizations puts my life in danger. I have no desire to be linked to any of this. -- Petri Krohn (talk) 01:34, 15 November 2010 (UTC)

    Some evidence

    A look at Vecrumba's rather short recent edit history shows that a large part of his edits outside the Race topic are in response to my edits. I will leave out the cases already pointed out by Offliner

    Not all of Vecrumba's WP:STALKing behavior is confrontational. The pattern however shows that a major part of Vecrumba's Misplaced Pages activity is monitoring my edits. This has to stop! -- Petri Krohn (talk) 02:58, 15 November 2010 (UTC)

    Comments by others about the request concerning Vecrumba

    Alas - not much here. As for "saving comments" - that is precisely what is permitted WRT dispute resolution. The bit about "arriving" at a discussion was after a link relating to Vecrumba was introduced by Offliner - once Offliner introduced Vecrumba as a topic, it was clearly proper for Vecrumba to appear, as Vecrumba noted. Mountains from moleholls really do not belong here, IMHO. Collect (talk) 18:03, 14 November 2010 (UTC)

    Where exactly in my statement to the Biophys thread did I "introduce Vecrumba as a topic" as you say? The diff by Biophys is only tangentially relevant to Vecrumba, being a comment posted in a "BTW" sense. If one examines all the previous topic ban violations of Vecrumba, it becomes clear that Vecrumba often uses things like this as an excuse to get involved in where he should not. The diff is good example of the poster's battleground mentality, and the fact that it was posted on Vecrumba's talk page is irrelevant to the reason it was mentioned. Offliner (talk) 20:10, 14 November 2010 (UTC)
    One potential violation might be his discussion of a redirect page , but he talked about Malaya , which is obviously outside Eastern Europe. As about his comments on this noticeboard and elsewhere, he commented about users other than Russavia, which is not a violation of his bans.Biophys (talk) 19:20, 14 November 2010 (UTC)
    It appears to an uninvolved editor that all of these guys have battleground mentality. This request is part of this battle. This needs to stop. - BorisG (talk) 00:38, 15 November 2010 (UTC)

    Result concerning Vecrumba

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    Martintg

    Martintg (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · nuke contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) is currently under topic ban following the WP:EEML case. . Martintg 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.

    A recent arbitration enforcement request filled against Martintg was closed without any action conditionally to the promise by Martintg to "voluntarily agree to absent yourself from any unblock review proceedings (or in ANI discussions or on any admin talk pages) where the person involved has recently edited any article or subject matter on your banned list.".

    Today Martintg broke his own promise by intervening into a USSR-related topic ban review request by Biophys, another EEML member and violently attacking other users. Biophys recently participated in heated discussion in article Communist terrorism which is in the scope of Martintg topic ban list which literally contradicts the mentioned promise by Martintg.

    Ironically Martintg claims in this post that the arbitration enforcement request against him as "unsuccessful" apparently forgetting that he was pardoned only conditionally.

    Note also that Martintg has been blocked October 3 this year for a week for violation of his topic ban.

    That's why I suggest an increased block duration to make him clear that the topic ban violation and outright breaking his own promises is not tolerated. --Dojarca (talk) 09:40, 15 November 2010 (UTC)

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