This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Roger Davies (talk | contribs) at 13:43, 12 January 2015 (→Proposed decision target date: reply @Hipocrite). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.
Revision as of 13:43, 12 January 2015 by Roger Davies (talk | contribs) (→Proposed decision target date: reply @Hipocrite)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Before editing this page ensure you comment in the correct section. If an incident occurs that you feel the Arbitration Committee needs to know about as it will affect the proposed decision, please post a short, neutral summary above. |
Case clerk: TBD Drafting arbitrator: TBD
Misplaced Pages Arbitration |
---|
Open proceedings |
Active sanctions |
Arbitration Committee |
Audit
|
Track related changes |
Behaviour on this page: Arbitration case pages exist to assist the Arbitration Committee in arriving at a fair, well-informed decision. You are required to act with appropriate decorum during this case. While grievances must often be aired during a case, you are expected to air them without being rude or hostile, and to respond calmly to allegations against you. Accusations of misbehaviour posted in this case must be proven with clear evidence (and otherwise not made at all). Editors who conduct themselves inappropriately during a case may be sanctioned by an arbitrator or clerk, without further warning, by being banned from further participation in the case, or being blocked altogether. Personal attacks against other users, including arbitrators or clerks, will be met with sanctions. Behavior during a case may also be considered by the committee in arriving at a final decision.
Archives |
|
Comments before proposed decision is posted
Is there a good reason the workshop is still left open despite having a close notice on it?
Moved to Misplaced Pages talk:Arbitration/Requests/Case/GamerGate/WorkshopLoganmac
The introduction of new evidence is not something the Committee "needs to know about as it will affect the proposed decision". Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 04:19, 29 December 2014 (UTC) |
---|
The following discussion has been closed. Please do not modify it. |
For the record, as there had been evidence submitted regarding a "Logan_Mac" on Reddit, but the dumb outing policy says identifying that account with any editor going by a remarkably similar username is outing unless the Misplaced Pages editor identifies as the Reddit member, I figure we should note some facts. While @Loganmac: has avoided identifying as the Reddit user, he did identify as the operator of a Twitter account under a similar handle. In this thread Loganmac reported Ryulong for, among other things, this tweet saying of the tweet that "he told me on social media to 'learn to fucking read'", which obviously identifies Logan as the Twitter user. In a conversation on Twitter, the Logan account there linked to a comment by the Logan account on Reddit two minutes after it was made. In a later tweet the Logan account plainly identifies as a poster on KotakuInAction. Logan clearly identified as the Twitter user and the Twitter user clearly identified as the Reddit user. As such, I do not believe it is outing to state Loganmac here is Logan_Mac on Reddit. Do with that what you will.--The Devil's Advocate tlk. cntrb. 21:01, 28 December 2014 (UTC)
|
Delay?
The casenav says the proposed decision has been pushed back? I'm not sure this was announced anywhere for parties.—Ryūlóng (琉竜) 07:26, 29 December 2014 (UTC)
- And given the mass of accusations and counter accusations we have to sift through is very likely to be pushed back again. Roger Davies 07:32, 29 December 2014 (UTC)
- Roger Davies, I believe 7 Jan has passed in UTC. Could we get an update on discussion progress and/or a new date for the proposed decision? Thank you. starship.paint ~ ¡Olé! 01:12, 8 January 2015 (UTC)
- Please see below, Roger Davies 09:46, 8 January 2015 (UTC)
8chan
Thanks, noted. Continuation of this thread is not likely to be helpful in reaching a final decision. -- Euryalus (talk) 07:26, 3 January 2015 (UTC) |
---|
The following discussion has been closed. Please do not modify it. |
Not sure if this counts as "new evidence", but worth pointing out. 8chan's editing efforts are extending beyond Gamergate. This case is ridiculously long, but a key component seems to be the extra-wiki coordination that is amounting to disruption. EvergreenFir (talk) Please {{re}} 06:14, 30 December 2014 (UTC)
|
Two admin issues
New evidence and not helpful to arriving at a final decision. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 01:59, 31 December 2014 (UTC) |
---|
The following discussion has been closed. Please do not modify it. |
The first is a bit minor, though I think it is worth noting. HJ Mitchell imposed a topic ban against Kitsunedawn. Mitchell imposed a topic ban on any edits or comments "connected to GamerGate or any person involved in GamerGate anywhere on Misplaced Pages" as opposed to a basic topic ban from any edits related to GamerGate. To me that seems overly vague and unduly broad given that it could arguably apply to any edit connected to any person who has been noted as involved in GamerGate on either side. Furthermore HJ suggests that any violation of that topic ban would result in a "permanent block" of the editor. It is just another in one of several unduly aggressive actions against other editors. Note that Kitsunedawn has been editing Misplaced Pages every month since October 2013 so we are not talking an SPA or a "zombie" account. More noteworthy is an incident involving Gamaliel. After Baranof requested sanctions on me for undoing his redaction of a Breitbart link on the talk page, Gamaliel argues strongly as an uninvolved admin that my restoration would be disruptive stating it is somehow a violation of BLP to link to Breitbart even though it was not being suggested for BLP content or even necessarily for a statement of fact. Myself and another editor noted his clear involvement in contentious discussions regarding the very issue of using Breitbart as a source even in generally acceptable cases such as a source of opinion. Despite this, he closed the discussion with a statement that essentially implied linking to Breitbart in itself is a BLP violation and thus a cause for sanctions. His involvement regarding Breitbart is really beyond obvious and his actions effectively dictate the handling of a source that has been generally favorable to GamerGate.--The Devil's Advocate tlk. cntrb. 08:31, 30 December 2014 (UTC)
Speaking at least for myself, very little of this is going to help the arbitrators decide the case. Newyorkbrad (talk) 23:35, 30 December 2014 (UTC) |
Ground rules
The Committee is no longer accepting evidence for this case and it may not be introduced on this page as commentary. Material purporting to be informational, which in fact introduces new evidence, may be summarily removed by the clerks. Use of this page to disparage, to cast aspersions, or to engage in personal attacks is prohibited and editors who do so may be banned by the clerks from the case pages or blocked. Roger Davies 04:13, 31 December 2014 (UTC)
Clarification
So, just to check, I looked to see if these kinds of "please refrain" notices are common since I don't recall encountering one when I have commented on other arbitration cases and found this was actually the only recent case to have such a notice. I presume this is due to the similarly atypical approach to the ending of the evidence and workshop phases where the page is full-protected, something that generally doesn't happen in other cases. Given that this is currently the only arbitration case page open for discussion, I am curious what Arbs think qualifies under the above notice since the things I have presented are all directly relevant to the case and potentially things that could have an effect on it, but have been shut down, while the discussion about 8chan that has no clear relevance to this case is still up and running. The statements about "new evidence" are misleading as presumably any incident brought up here that could affect the proposed decision would involve some form of evidence.--The Devil's Advocate tlk. cntrb. 04:39, 31 December 2014 (UTC)
- At this point, the least said here the better. Roger Davies 11:15, 31 December 2014 (UTC)
- Have hatted the 8chan thread also. --Euryalus (talk) 07:35, 3 January 2015 (UTC)
Information: sanctions against named parties
The FYI has been provided, no need for a discussion about the merits of doing so. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 11:17, 3 January 2015 (UTC)The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
Acting as an uninvolved admin, I have been processing a backlog of requests at WP:GS/GG/E, and have issued general sanctions against several editors. I am noting my actions here because two of those editors are named parties to this case, and Arbcom may or may not wish to take these (in my opinion mild) sanctions into consideration:
- Loganmac is cautioned against making personally directed comments on article talk pages and counselled to use the enforcement mechanisms available should he believe another editor is behaving disruptively.
- Ryulong is "Prohibited from commenting on Misplaced Pages with regards to any accounts owned or alleged to be owned by Misplaced Pages editors on non-Wikimedia wesbsites or the activities of such accounts as concern the GamerGate controversy." He may request an exception for posting on arbitration pages from a clerk or arbitrator should he wish.
While I will be happy to answer any questions from arbs or clerks here, I won't be responding to comments by others unless arbs indicate a desire to hear from me. An arb or clerk can collapse this if desired. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 20:27, 2 January 2015 (UTC)
No need for this. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 11:17, 3 January 2015 (UTC) |
---|
The following discussion has been closed. Please do not modify it. |
|
- Update: As the result of a suggestion by Ncmvocalist, I have reduced the duration of Ryulong's restriction. It will now expire once he receives notification from a clerk that the case has been closed. The appeal remains open, and this action is not intended to make that discussion moot, but is merely a response to what I felt was a reasonable suggestion. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 14:57, 3 January 2015 (UTC)
- Further FYI: I have just indefinitely blocked Xander756, as he returned to editing today, whereupon he personally attacked the admin who previously blocked him and repeated the BLP violation for which he was originally blocked. I have also revoked his talk page access, as he used it to continue making personal attacks last time he was blocked. I have informed him that he is welcome to email me or to appeal to UTRS, and he has since emailed me. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 19:57, 7 January 2015 (UTC)
- The user e-mailed me that his appeal at AN only stated his original edit concerned Anita Sarkeesian's work history and that he did not specify any further in his appeal what the edit entailed. Can an arbitrator or clerk verify whether that is an accurate assessment of Xander's appeal?--The Devil's Advocate tlk. cntrb. 00:59, 8 January 2015 (UTC)
- The comment at AN that was RevDelled for violating the BLP policy contained an unsourced allegation related to Anita Sarkeesian's work history. Thryduulf (talk) 01:22, 8 January 2015 (UTC)
- I am of the understanding that the user is claiming that he had a source, and was attempting to discuss the source, but the source was revdeleted with his initial post. Further, because of the revdelete, it is difficult to ascertain exactly what said user actually said in both the initial incident and the revdeleted appeal. This, it would be difficult for said user to defend himself while being unable to link to said incident because of the revdeletion. I believe TDA was asking an arbitrator or clerk to look into it because I assume he believes they have other tools that allow them to view content that has been revdeleted, in the interest of confirming or refuting said user's allegations, which if true, appear to be serious. I personally do not know if anyone can view revdeleted information after said deletion. Ries42 (talk) 02:57, 8 January 2015 (UTC)
- The user e-mailed me that his appeal at AN only stated his original edit concerned Anita Sarkeesian's work history and that he did not specify any further in his appeal what the edit entailed. Can an arbitrator or clerk verify whether that is an accurate assessment of Xander's appeal?--The Devil's Advocate tlk. cntrb. 00:59, 8 January 2015 (UTC)
- So, I think this qualifies as something important concerning the above sanction by HJ Mitchell. After I asked for Xander to e-mail me a description of the remark he made in his appeal, User:5 albert square went and blocked me indefinitely citing BLP violations for requesting such information. Obviously, I am unblocked following discussion on my talk page. Additional note is that this admin has previously taken admin action ( ) in the topic area.--The Devil's Advocate tlk. cntrb. 05:17, 8 January 2015 (UTC)
Proposed decision target date
Hi all. To reflect the size/complexity of the case, I've just updated this to 21 January 2015. Roger Davies 09:43, 8 January 2015 (UTC)
- With the greatest respect, Roger, that's ridiculous. This case has already dragged on for far too long and the date of the PD has already been put back (twice?). It doesn't take the best part of four weeks (27 December–21 January) or even a fortnight to sift through the evidence and the workshop and reduce it all down to a proposed decision. My workshop proposals are entirely based on other people's evidence and it took me a couple of days to read every claim and scrutinise every diff (a decent chunk of it is duplicate, so hovering over links, especially with Popups enabled, could save you some time). The workshop is probably another happy day or two's reading if you read all the rebuttals and rebuttals to rebuttals and "he started it". Of course you'd put careful thought into an almost-final decision so that could take another few days. So allowing for real life I can see how it could take a week, maybe two at the outside, but four weeks seems far too long. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 16:34, 8 January 2015 (UTC)
- If someone were to devote their whole life to ArbCom, I may agree with your timelines. However, this is a large and complex case by any standard, and it is not the only thing any of the arbitrators have to deal with. While I am dismayed as well at the delay, I believe we should trust that the arbitrators are giving their full attention to this and their other duties and await their decision. Your comment is very inappropriate. Ries42 (talk) 17:24, 8 January 2015 (UTC)
- Even if you disagree here, it's hardly an inappropriate complaint to raise. The original request for an Arbcom Case was submitted on 10 November. Gamergate has now been at Arbcom for 59 days. Adding another 13 seems a bit over the top. Has any other Arbitration case ever gone on this long? Bosstopher (talk) 18:05, 8 January 2015 (UTC)
- Given the amount of crazy they have to sift through here, it's understandable. Gamaliel (talk) 18:26, 8 January 2015 (UTC)
- (edit conflict)From my own recollection most do, and most also have "extensions" on the proposed decision due date and extentions for the Arbs to wrangle about which PD statements they are going to support/oppose/be silent on. Hasteur (talk) 18:28, 8 January 2015 (UTC)
- That actually has nothing to do with it. There is a truckload of evidence and it takes a decent amount of time to sift through all of it. --In actu (Guerillero) | My Talk 19:56, 8 January 2015 (UTC)
- I was not speaking of this case, but a great many that I have rubbernecked and peanut gallery spectated on, but thanks for assuming ill intent... Hasteur (talk) 20:12, 8 January 2015 (UTC)
- That actually has nothing to do with it. There is a truckload of evidence and it takes a decent amount of time to sift through all of it. --In actu (Guerillero) | My Talk 19:56, 8 January 2015 (UTC)
- I'm quite fine with the delay, I can understand the length of this case and that the arbs are busy people and the holidays were a busy time as well. I'm sure many people would have appreciated more notice of a delay though, because I've seen quite a few comments from editors about withholding editing the topic area or bringing up new sanctions against editors named in the ArbCom case until after it has ended. Weedwacker (talk) 18:34, 8 January 2015 (UTC)
- Heck, even the Tree Shaping case took longer than 72 days. A long time for an Arbcom case would be more like six months.--Noren (talk) 01:02, 9 January 2015 (UTC)
- Even if you disagree here, it's hardly an inappropriate complaint to raise. The original request for an Arbcom Case was submitted on 10 November. Gamergate has now been at Arbcom for 59 days. Adding another 13 seems a bit over the top. Has any other Arbitration case ever gone on this long? Bosstopher (talk) 18:05, 8 January 2015 (UTC)
- If someone were to devote their whole life to ArbCom, I may agree with your timelines. However, this is a large and complex case by any standard, and it is not the only thing any of the arbitrators have to deal with. While I am dismayed as well at the delay, I believe we should trust that the arbitrators are giving their full attention to this and their other duties and await their decision. Your comment is very inappropriate. Ries42 (talk) 17:24, 8 January 2015 (UTC)
- Curious, are the incoming Arbs going to be involved or will the departing Arbs remain active for this case?--The Devil's Advocate tlk. cntrb. 19:06, 8 January 2015 (UTC)
- There's a current list at the top of this page of the Arbs active on this case. Four of the retiring Arbs while three of the new ones aren't active on it. Dougweller (talk) 19:10, 8 January 2015 (UTC)
- Postponing the decision date isn't usually a problem (it happens frequently), the bigger problem is usually the cases aren't closed by the updated proposed date and come a week or two later. I'd rather have a realistic decision date than one that is overoptimistic and ArbCom doesn't abide by. Hopefully, this date is one that will be kept. Liz 00:05, 9 January 2015 (UTC)
Believe me, we want to get it done. But free time is often in short supply during the holiday season, plus we've been in the middle of the transition for the new committee, and of course there is the fact that, in response to a apparent need for it, we doubled evidence limits. Over 20 people submitted evidence, there is a lot to go through, however I am hoping we can get this finished before the new date even arrives. I'm quite ready to go back to being a regular old admin. Beeblebrox (talk) 01:15, 9 January 2015 (UTC)
Every year, we can try to vote for candidates who promise to be open and honest about the deliberative procedure. Every year, we can be disappointed that they are unwilling or unable to deliberate in public. What's doing the same thing and expecting different results called? Hipocrite (talk) 15:38, 10 January 2015 (UTC)
- This has nothing whatsoever to do with openness and private deliberations. It has to do with the amount of time it is taking to go through - with care and due diligence - and collate and organise the public evidence from 41 different people and the private evidence of around 35 emails from another 16 people into possible findings against the 35 parties. This comes on top of the long Christmas holidays and the immense complexities of inducting new arbitrators into the complex logistical structure that the committee operates in. Bear in mind that despite our best efforts to offload responsibilities only about 15% on the committee's work is on-wiki. Roger Davies 16:44, 10 January 2015 (UTC)
- The committee constantly alleges that it's constant and massive delays are not due to back-room dealings and negotiations. I don't believe them. Why can't you "collate and organise the public evidence from 41 different people" in public, exactly? The long Christmas holidays were scheduled about 1700 years ago. If the 85% of the work you do that you don't tell anyone about and that appears to have little impact to the project is taking you away from the 15% of the work you do that has massive public effects, I have an idea for you - stop doing it. Hipocrite (talk) 13:05, 12 January 2015 (UTC)
- Hipocrite First, we have drafted publicly on several occasions, notable for the Climate change case. It's very time-consuming, generating hundreds of thousands of words of direct comment (check out the extensive archives on this page plus extensive discussion on individual arbitrators talk pages). So, doing the detail in private is much more time-efficient than drafting in public. Second, the 85% has a massive public effect, cumulatively much more than any particular case.
- We handle the ever-increasing amount of off-wiki harassment in private: this should really be a WMF responsibility but they have so far declined to take it over.
- The CU/OS stuff is our responsibility, because the community has failed to produce a workable appointment system and is unable to scrutinise CU/OS activity.
- Administrator misconduct is our responsibility because the community has failed to come up with a workable community recall process.
- Community ban appeals are our responsibility because the community has failed to respond to efforts to take it back under their control and because some ban appeals involve privacy issues.
- Hipocrite First, we have drafted publicly on several occasions, notable for the Climate change case. It's very time-consuming, generating hundreds of thousands of words of direct comment (check out the extensive archives on this page plus extensive discussion on individual arbitrators talk pages). So, doing the detail in private is much more time-efficient than drafting in public. Second, the 85% has a massive public effect, cumulatively much more than any particular case.
- The committee constantly alleges that it's constant and massive delays are not due to back-room dealings and negotiations. I don't believe them. Why can't you "collate and organise the public evidence from 41 different people" in public, exactly? The long Christmas holidays were scheduled about 1700 years ago. If the 85% of the work you do that you don't tell anyone about and that appears to have little impact to the project is taking you away from the 15% of the work you do that has massive public effects, I have an idea for you - stop doing it. Hipocrite (talk) 13:05, 12 January 2015 (UTC)
- I personally do not care in the slightest if it comes in 2 minutes or is delayed 2 weeks. Let's not give too much weight and real-life credence to what is just an argument on the internet. That isn't to say that this is unimportant; for those of us who are genuine Misplaced Pages editors here, we have an interest in this affair as it concerns a project many of us have poured many hours over many years into. But it's only important to us. This isn't a murder trial, there's no prison time or financial penalties looming. Our lives won't be shattered if some of us volunteers are told by a bunch of other volunteers that we can no longer toil away for free while Jimmy Wales decides what he'll do with $500k today. From the playoffs this weekend to the NCAA championship Monday, there's three days of football (manly American football, not the diving divas of "soccer") to enjoy. GO PATS! Tarc (talk) 16:44, 10 January 2015 (UTC)
Comments before the proposed decision should be made above. If an incident occurs that you feel the Arbitration Committee needs to know about as it will affect the proposed decision, please post a short, neutral summary above. | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Comments regarding specifics of the proposed decision
Proposed principlesProposed findings of factProposed remedies
General comments
Statement by {username}Editors may make relevant statements addressing general aspects of the proposed decision (which are not related to proposal). Statement by {username}Editors may make relevant statements addressing general aspects of the proposed decision (which are not related to proposal). |