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- Background
User:Will Beback was a long time editor who made more than 100,000 editors to Misplaced Pages between 2006 and 2012 often dealing with controversial topics. His top edits can be seen here During his time editing he was involved in bring two article to FA status and was awarded many barnstars by the community at large.
He was indefinately banned by arbcom in 2012 based on "outing" which occurred off Misplaced Pages on private email relating to COI regarding a new religious movement (I as an administrator was party to these emails and was involved in the case in question). Some of the slight evidence provided openly by arbcom to justify his desysop and ban is his comment on Jimmy Wales talk page of "Tell that to the ArbCom."
A year has passed and Will Beback has requested that arbcom allow him to return to editing. They have refused supposedly without justification.
- Concerns
- The above evidence makes it appear as if arbcom was blocking Will Beback as retribution for his comments regarding them. Misplaced Pages has policies against using admin tools in cases in which you are involved and in this case it appears we have arbcom exercising their authority against an editor in which the organization is involved.
Porposal
1) We propose that Will Beback be allowed back to editing again
- User who endorse