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Arbitration motion regarding Dbachmann

The Arbitration Committee has resolved by motion that:

For egregious misuse of an admin tool, for losing the trust or confidence of the community, and for failing to address the concerns of the community within a reasonable time period, while being aware of those concerns, contrary to the expectations of admin conduct and accountability, Dbachmann (talk · contribs) is desysopped. Dbachmann may regain the administrative tools at any time via a successful request for adminship.

For the Arbitration Committee,
~ ToBeFree (talk) 18:40, 5 April 2023 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 50 § Arbitration motion regarding Dbachmann

Change to the Checkuser team

Following a request to the Committee, the CheckUser permissions of Courcelles (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) have been restored. For the Arbitration Committee, Barkeep49 (talk) 18:13, 15 May 2023 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 50 § Change to the Checkuser team

Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/World War II and the history of Jews in Poland closed

An arbitration case, Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/World War II and the history of Jews in Poland, has now closed and the final decision is viewable at the link above. The following remedies have been enacted:

• The Arbitration Committee formally requests that the Wikimedia Foundation develop and promulgate a white paper on the best practices for researchers and authors when writing about Wikipedians. The Committee requests that the white paper convey to researchers the principles of our movement and give specific recommendation for researchers on how to study and write about Wikipedians and their personal information in a way that respects our principles. Upon completion, we request that the white paper be distributed through the Foundation's research networks including email newsletters, social media accounts, and web publications such as the Diff blog.
  This request will be sent by the Arbitration Committee to Maggie Dennis, Vice President of Community Resilience & Sustainability with the understanding that the task may be delegated as appropriate.
• Remedy 5 of Antisemitism in Poland is superseded by the following restriction:
  All articles and edits in the topic area of Polish history during World War II (1933-1945) and the history of Jews in Poland are subject to a "reliable source consensus-required" contentious topic restriction. When a source that is not an article in a peer-reviewed scholarly journal, an academically focused book by a reputable publisher, and/or an article published by a reputable institution is removed from an article, no editor may reinstate the source without first obtaining consensus on the talk page of the article in question or consensus about the reliability of the source in a discussion at the Reliable Sources Noticeboard. Administrators may enforce this restriction with page protections, topic bans, or blocks; enforcement decisions should consider not merely the severity of the violation but the general disciplinary record of the editor in violation.
• François Robere is topic banned from the areas of World War II in Poland and the History of Jews in Poland, broadly construed. This ban may be appealed twelve months after the enactment of this remedy, and every twelve months thereafter.
• My very best wishes
  • is topic banned from the areas of World War II in Poland and the History of Jews in Poland, broadly construed. This ban may be appealed twelve months after the enactment of this remedy, and every twelve months thereafter.
  • Based on their disruptive attempts to defend Piotrus and Volunteer Marek, My very best wishes is subject to a 1-way interaction ban with Piotrus and a 1-way interaction ban with Volunteer Marek, subject to the usual exceptions. This ban may be appealed twelve months after the enactment of this remedy, and every twelve months thereafter.
• Volunteer Marek
  • is topic banned from the areas of World War II in Poland and the History of Jews in Poland, broadly construed. This ban may be appealed twelve months after the enactment of this remedy, and every twelve months thereafter.
  • is limited to 1 revert per page and may not revert a second time with-out a consensus for the revert, except for edits in his userspace or obvious vandalism. This restriction may be appealed twelve months after the enactment of this remedy, and every twelve months thereafter.
• François Robere and Volunteer Marek are prohibited from interacting with, or commenting on, posts and comments made by each other, subject to the normal exceptions. This restriction may be appealed twelve months after the enactment of this remedy, and every twelve months thereafter.
• The Arbitration Committee assumes and makes indefinite the temporary interaction ban between Levivich and Volunteer Marek. This restriction may be appealed twelve months after the enactment of this remedy, and every twelve months thereafter.
• Piotrus is reminded that while off-wiki communication is allowed in most circumstances, he has previously used off-wiki communication disruptively. He is reminded to be cautious about how and when to use off-wiki contact in the future, and to avoid future conflict, he should prioritize on-wiki communication.
• The Arbitration Committee affirms its January 2022 motion allowing editors to file for Arbitration enforcement at ARCA or Arbitration enforcement noticeboards. In recognition of the overlap of editor interest and activity between this topic area and Eastern Europe, the committee extends this provision to that topic area. It does so by adding the following text in Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Eastern Europe:
  As an alternative to Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Enforcement, editors may make enforcement requests directly to the Arbitration Committee at Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Clarification and Amendment.
• The Arbitration Committee separately rescinds the part of the January 2022 motion allowing transfer of a case from Arbitration Enforcement to ARCA, in recognition of the now-standard provision in Wikipedia:Contentious topics § Referrals from Arbitration Enforcement noticeboard to the full Committee. It does so by striking the following text in its entirety in item number 7:
  In addition to the usual processes, a consensus of administrators at AE may refer complex or intractable issues to the Arbitration Committee for resolution at ARCA, at which point the committee may resolve the request by motion or open a case to examine the issue.
  [archive / log]
• When considering sanctions against editors in the Eastern Europe topic area, uninvolved administrators should consider past sanctions and the findings of fact and remedies issued in this case.

Should any user subject to a restriction in this case violate that restriction, that user may be blocked for up to 1 year. Administrators placing blocks should take into account an editor's overall conduct and Arbitration history and seriously consider increasing the duration of blocks. Any block 3 months or longer should be reported for automatic review either (1) at ARCA or (2) to an arbitrator or clerk who will open a review at ARCA. The committee will consider presented evidence and statements before deciding by motion what, if any, actions are necessary, up to and including a site ban.

For the Arbitration Committee,
~ ToBeFree (talk) 18:56, 20 May 2023 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 50 § Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/World War II and the history of Jews in Poland closed

Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Scottywong closed

The arbitration case Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Scottywong has now closed, and the final decision is viewable at the link above. The following remedies have been enacted:

• For failure to meet the conduct standards expected of an administrator, Scottywong's administrative user rights are removed. Scottywong may regain them at any time via a successful request for adminship.
• Scottywong (talk · contribs) and ಮಲ್ನಾಡಾಚ್ ಕೊಂಕ್ಣೊ (talk · contribs) are indefinitely prohibited from interacting with, or commenting on, each other anywhere on Wikipedia (subject to the ordinary exceptions).

For the Arbitration Committee, –MJL ‐Talk‐^☖ 17:47, 10 July 2023 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 50 § Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Scottywong closed

Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/AlisonW closed

The arbitration case Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/AlisonW has been closed, and the final decision is viewable at the case page. The following remedy has been enacted:

• For failure to meet the conduct standards expected of an administrator, AlisonW's administrative user rights are removed. She may regain them at any time via a successful request for adminship.

For the Arbitration Committee, Dreamy Jazz ^{talk to me | my contributions} 17:45, 16 July 2023 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 50 § Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/AlisonW closed

Arbitration motion regarding Paradise Chronicle

The Arbitration Committee has resolved by motion that:

Paradise Chronicle (talk · contribs) is indefinitely site-banned.

For the Arbitration Committee, KevinL (aka L235 · t · c) 17:03, 1 August 2023 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 50 § Arbitration motion regarding Paradise Chronicle

ToBeFree promoted to full clerk

The Arbitration Committee is pleased to announce that ToBeFree (talk · contribs) has been appointed a full clerk, effective immediately, concluding his successful traineeship.

The arbitration clerk team is often in need of new members, and any editor who would like to join the clerk team is welcome to apply by e-mail to clerks-llists.wikimedia.org.

For the Arbitration Committee, KevinL (aka L235 · t · c) 22:58, 2 August 2023 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 50 § ToBeFree promoted to full clerk

Change to the Functionary team

Following a request to the Committee, the CheckUser and Oversight permissions of bradv (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) have been restored.

For the Arbitration Committee, Primefac (talk) 19:49, 17 August 2023 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 50 § Change to the Functionary team

Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/SmallCat dispute closed

The SmallCat dispute arbitration case has been closed, and the final decision is viewable at the case page. The following remedies have been enacted:

• BrownHairedGirl (talk · contribs) is indefinitely banned from Wikipedia. This ban may be appealed twelve months after the enactment of this remedy, and every twelve months thereafter.
• Laurel Lodged (talk · contribs) is indefinitely banned from Wikipedia. This ban may be appealed twelve months after the enactment of this remedy, and every twelve months thereafter.
• Laurel Lodged is indefinitely topic banned from maintaining categories. In addition to discussing categories and their maintenance, this includes – but is not limited to – directly adding or removing categories from pages, and moving or renaming categories.
• Nederlandse Leeuw (talk · contribs) is warned about their behavior during conduct discussions.
• Editors participating in XfD, especially those forums with a small number of regular participants, are reminded to be careful about forming a local consensus which may or may not reflect the broader community consensus. Regular closers at an XfD forum may also want to note when broader community discussion, or changes to policies and guidelines, would be helpful.

For the Arbitration Committee, KevinL (aka L235 · t · c) 02:12, 26 August 2023 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 50 § Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/SmallCat dispute closed

Change to the Checkuser team

Following a request to the Committee, the CheckUser permission of ferret (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) has been restored.

For the Arbitration Committee, Barkeep49 (talk) 12:51, 1 September 2023 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 50 § Change to the Checkuser team

2023 CheckUser and Oversight appointments: announcement

The Arbitration Committee is seeking to appoint additional editors to the Checkuser and Oversight teams. The arbitrators overseeing this will be Cabayi and Wugapodes. The usernames of all applicants will be shared with the Functionaries team, and they will assist in the vetting process. This year's timeline is as follows:

• 4 September to 16 September: Candidates may self-nominate by contacting the Arbitration Committee at arbcom-en-cwikimedia.org.
• 17 September to 21 September: The Arbitration Committee and Functionaries will vet the candidates.
• 21 September to 24 September: The committee will notify candidates going forward for community consultation and create the candidate subpages containing the submitted nomination statements.
• 25 September to 4 October: Nomination statements will be published and the candidates are invited to answer questions publicly. The community is invited and encouraged to participate.
• By 15 October: Appointments will be announced.

For the Arbitration Committee, Cabayi (talk) 23:46, 3 September 2023 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 50 § 2023 CheckUser and Oversight appointments: announcement

Change to the Functionary team

Following a request to the Committee, the CheckUser and Oversight permissions of RickinBaltimore (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) have been restored.

For the Arbitration Committee, Primefac (talk) 08:21, 7 September 2023 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 50 § Change to the Functionary team

Arbitration motion regarding WikiProject Tropical Cyclones

The Arbitration Committee has resolved by motion that:

Remedy 9 of the WikiProject Tropical Cyclones case ("MarioProtIV topic ban") is rescinded.

For the Arbitration Committee,
~ ToBeFree (talk) 12:32, 8 September 2023 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 50 § Arbitration motion regarding WikiProject Tropical Cyclones

Worm That Turned stepping down

Please take this note as my formal resignation from the Arbitration Committee. I've been less available in 2023 than I'd like, and since we're near election season, I felt this was a good time for me to step down. Being an arbitrator is not the most appreciated role on the encyclopedia (something I've written about in the past), so I'd just like to express my personal gratitude to the remaining committee, who do so much work behind the scenes, dealing with things so the rest of the community doesn't have to. Worm^TT(talk) 14:29, 11 September 2023 (UTC)

Noting for the formality of it, I'm giving up CU OS for now too, please. Worm^TT(talk) 14:43, 11 September 2023 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 50 § Worm That Turned stepping down

Arbitration motion regarding Mark Ironie and CorbieVreccan

The Arbitration Committee has resolved by motion that:

Mark Ironie (talk · contribs) and CorbieVreccan (talk · contribs) will be considered a single user for Wikipedia's purposes. When editing the same articles, participating in the same community discussion, or supporting each other in any sort of dispute, these editors must disclose their connection and observe relevant policies such as edit warring as if they were a single account.

For the Arbitration Committee, firefly ( t · c ) 14:27, 17 September 2023 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 50 § Arbitration motion regarding Mark Ironie and CorbieVreccan

Resignation of SilkTork

I am resigning from the Arbitration Committee at the end of this year - December 31, 2023. Due to age and health I have struggled with the requirements of clarity of thought, energy levels, and remaining emotionally detached that is required of an Arb, and don't feel I have given of my best during this term. The thought of another year is wearying. I have been impressed with the professionalism, knowledge, skills and work ethic of the current Committee, one of the best and most supportive I have worked with. The Arbitration Committee, thanks to the work of not just the current but also previous Committees, is moving forward into an efficient organisation, and - despite my resignation - I would recommend it for those younger admins who have not yet served as a place to learn and discover more about Wikipedia, to test and improve skills, and as a place to really satisfy those desires of wanting to help out. ArbCom really benefits from having a mix of newer and younger admins working alongside seasoned and experienced Arbs. Indeed, the Committee benefits from having a wide and active range of views and opinions and experiences - it's as good to have those who are mainly familiar with writing articles, or organising categories as it is to have those who are very familiar with the daily posts on AN. Step forward and step up.

Meanwhile, thanks to the Committee and to the Clerks for all that they do. SilkTork (talk) 11:41, 19 September 2023 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 50 § Resignation of SilkTork

2023 CheckUser and Oversight appointments: Community consultation phase open

The community consultation portion of the functionary appointment process is now open. Editors may ask up to two (2) questions of each candidate (similar to RFA rules). However, since this is a consultation and not a !vote, please refrain from phrasing comments in a support/oppose/neutral fashion.

The vetting process was much quicker than anticipated resulting in the schedule for the rest of the process moving forward.

The Arbitration Committee invites editors to comment and ask questions until 23:59 UTC on September 23, 2023.

For the Arbitration Committee, Cabayi (talk) 14:37, 19 September 2023 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 50 § 2023 CheckUser and Oversight appointments: Community consultation phase open

2023 CheckUser and Oversight appointments: candidate appointed

The Arbitration Committee is pleased to welcome the following editor to the functionary team:

• DatGuy (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) is appointed as a CheckUser.

The committee thanks all members of the community who participated and helped bring this process to a successful conclusion.

For the Arbitration Committee, Cabayi (talk) 20:18, 26 September 2023 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 50 § 2023 CheckUser and Oversight appointments: candidate appointed

Wellington Bay unblocked

Following a successful appeal to the Arbitration Committee, Wellington Bay (talk · contribs) is unblocked subject to a one-account restriction. This restriction may be appealed after 6 months have elapsed. For the Arbitration Committee, Izno (talk) 17:42, 5 October 2023 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 50 § Wellington Bay unblocked

Bkbray unblocked

Following a successful appeal to the Arbitration Committee, Bkbray (talk · contribs) is unblocked subject to a one-account restriction. This restriction may be appealed after 6 months have elapsed. For the Arbitration Committee, Izno (talk) 18:05, 7 October 2023 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 50 § Bkbray unblocked

Arbitration motion regarding the Prem Rawat case

The Arbitration Committee has resolved by motion that:

The Prem Rawat case is amended by striking the remedy designating Prem Rawat as a contentious topic (Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Prem Rawat § Contentious topic designation). Any actions previously taken in accordance with the contentious topic designation remain in force and are governed by the contentious topics procedure.

For the Arbitration Committee,
~ ToBeFree (talk) 19:45, 10 October 2023 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 50 § Arbitration motion regarding the Prem Rawat case

Proposed motions on rescinding old topic-wide remedies

The Arbitration Committee is currently considering a series of motions to rescind remedies (including contentious topic designations) that may no longer be necessary to prevent disruption. Community feedback is welcome at the motions page in the "community discussion" sections. KevinL (aka L235 · t · c) 02:03, 14 October 2023 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 50 § Proposed motions on rescinding old topic-wide remedies

Kolya Butternut unblocked

Following a successful appeal to the Arbitration Committee, Kolya Butternut (talk · contribs) is unblocked subject to the following restriction indefinitely, which may be appealed after 12 months have elapsed:

Kolya Butternut may discuss no other editor's undisclosed personal details anywhere. This includes both onwiki as well as any other online location or other Wikimedia-associated offline location.

For the Arbitration Committee, Izno (talk) 17:42, 18 October 2023 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 50 § Kolya Butternut unblocked

Arbitration motion regarding Unused Contentious Topics

The Arbitration Committee has resolved by a series of motions that:

Motions that passed

Remedy 1 of Editor conduct in e-cigs articles ("Contentious topic designation") is rescinded. Any actions previously taken in accordance with the contentious topic authorization remain in force and are governed by the procedures. The final remedy of Liancourt Rocks ("Contentious topic designation") is rescinded. Any actions previously taken in accordance with the contentious topic authorization remain in force and are governed by the procedures. Remedy 1 of Longevity ("Contentious topic designation") is rescinded. Any actions previously taken in accordance with the contentious topic authorization remain in force and are governed by the procedures. Remedy 2 of Medicine ("Contentious topic designation") is rescinded. Any actions previously taken in accordance with the contentious topic authorization remain in force and are governed by the procedures. Remedy 2 of September 11 conspiracy theories ("Contentious topic designation") is rescinded due to the topic area being covered by the post-1992 American Politics contentious topic. All actions taken under the rescinded authorization remain in force and are governed by the procedures. Remedy 1 of Shakespeare authorship question ("Contentious topic designation") is rescinded. Any actions previously taken in accordance with the contentious topic authorization remain in force and are governed by the procedures. The following remedies from Macedonia 2 are rescinded: Remedy 3.1 (All related articles under 1RR whenever the dispute over naming is concerned) Remedy 6 (Stalemate resolution) Remedy 30 (Administrative supervision) Editors are reminded that Eastern Europe and the Balkans, broadly construed, continues to be a contentious topic. Remedy 6 of the The Troubles case ("One-revert rule") is amended to read as follows: A one revert restriction (1RR), subject to the usual exceptions, is applied to all pages relating to The Troubles, Irish nationalism, and British nationalism in relation to Ireland, broadly construed.

For the Arbitration Committee, –MJL ‐Talk‐^☖ 04:09, 19 October 2023 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 50 § Arbitration motion regarding Unused Contentious Topics

Temporary checkuser privileges for election scrutineers

The Arbitration Committee has resolved by motion over email that:

On recommendation of the Electoral Commission, temporary English Wikipedia checkuser privileges are granted to stewards Superpes15, Martin Urbanec, and Mykola7 solely for the purpose of their acting as scrutineers in the 2023 Arbitration Committee election.

For the Arbitration Committee, — Wug·a·po·des 18:18, 28 October 2023 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 50 § Temporary checkuser privileges for election scrutineers

Proposed motion to modify the extended confirmed restriction provisions

The Arbitration Committee is considering a motion to modify the provisions of the extended confirmed restriction. Comments are welcome at the relevant request for clarification.

In accordance with the procedural requirements for modifications of the Arbitration Committee procedures, a duplicate copy of the motion is available at the Committee's public motions page.

For the Arbitration Committee, KevinL (aka L235 · t · c) 01:29, 3 November 2023 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 50 § Proposed motion to modify the extended confirmed restriction provisions

Arbitration motion regarding the extended confirmed restriction

The Arbitration Committee has resolved by motion that:

The Extended Confirmed Restriction is amended as follows:

The Committee may apply the "extended confirmed restriction" to specified topic areas. When such a restriction is in effect in a topic area, only extended-confirmed editors may make edits related to the topic area, subject to the following provisions:

1. The restriction applies to all edits and pages related to the topic area, broadly construed, with the following exceptions:
   1. Non-extended-confirmed editors may use the "Talk:" namespace only to post constructive comments and make edit requests related to articles within the topic area, provided they are not disruptive. Should disruption occur on "Talk:" pages, administrators may take enforcement actions described in "B" or "C" below. However, non-extended-confirmed editors may not make edits to internal project discussions related to the topic area, even within the "Talk:" namespace. Internal project discussions include, but are not limited to, AfDs, WikiProjects, RfCs, RMs, and noticeboard discussions.
   2. Non-extended-confirmed editors may not create new articles, but administrators may exercise discretion when deciding how to enforce this remedy on article creations. Deletion of new articles created by non-extended-confirmed editors is permitted but not required.
2. If a page (other than a "Talk:" page) mostly or entirely relates to the topic area, broadly construed, this restriction is preferably enforced through extended confirmed protection, though this is not required.
3. On any page where the restriction is not enforced through extended confirmed protection, this restriction may be enforced by other methods, including page protection, reverts, blocks, the use of pending changes, and appropriate edit filters.
4. Reverts made solely to enforce this restriction are not considered edit warring.

For the Arbitration Committee, KevinL (aka L235 · t · c) 18:51, 11 November 2023 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 50 § Arbitration motion regarding the extended confirmed restriction

Call for Checkusers and Oversighters

The Arbitration Committee announces that it will currently be accepting applications for CheckUser and/or Oversight permissions at any point in the year. This reflects a change from past practice, which provided that only "extraordinary" candidates would be considered outside of an annual appointment process. The steps for interested candidates will remain the following:

• Candidates may self-nominate by contacting the Arbitration Committee at arbcom-en-cwikimedia.org.
• Candidates will be be asked to fill out a questionnaire.
• The Arbitration Committee and Functionaries will vet the candidates.
• The Committee will notify candidates going forward for community consultation and create the candidate subpages containing the submitted nomination statements. Depending on the situation, this may happen immediately or may happen at a set time (e.g., first of the month) to allow grouping of candidates.
• Nomination statements will be published and the candidates will be invited to answer questions publicly. The community will be invited and encouraged to participate over a 10 day period.
• Appointment, if any, will be announced.

The 2024 Arbitration Committee will decide whether it will continue to conduct an annual call for functionary candidates, or if instead this process will be the primary process for functionary appointments going forward.

For the Arbitration Committee, Barkeep49 (talk) 14:56, 12 November 2023 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 50 § Call for Checkusers and Oversighters

Appeal from Ethan2345678

The committee has received an appeal from Ethan2345678 (talk · contribs) and would like to hear feedback from the community before coming to a final decision. You can post comments either in the linked discussion below or send them to arbcom-enwikimedia.org. For the Arbitration Committee, Barkeep49 (talk) 15:36, 16 November 2023 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 50 § Appeal from Ethan2345678

Opabinia regalis resignation

In light of the voting phase of the arbcom election starting soon, I've decided to make official what has been de facto true for a while now and resign from the committee. Obviously I have been overtaken by real-life commitments and haven't had the time to contribute as I'd hoped this year, and I don't see that changing in the short time left in my term. Apologies and appreciation to those who picked up more work than they signed up for in my absence. I will also be giving up CU/OS, since I don't have time to do those jobs either. For everyone running in this year's election, good luck, and best wishes to the 2024 committee! Opabinia regalis (talk) 07:42, 25 November 2023 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 50 § Opabinia regalis resignation

Alalch E.'s topic ban rescinded

The Arbitration Committee has resolved by motion that:

Alalch E. (talk · contribs)'s December 2022 topic ban (imposed under the username Twsabin (talk · contribs)) from post-1992 American politics, broadly construed, is rescinded.

For the Arbitration Committee, — Wug·a·po·des 09:46, 25 November 2023 (UTC)

Discuss this at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard § Alalch E.'s topic ban rescinded

Suspension of Beeblebrox

Superseded version

The Arbitration Committee has determined that Beeblebrox (talk · contribs) has repeatedly failed to [p]reserve in appropriate confidence the contents of private correspondence sent to the Committee and the Committee's internal discussions and deliberations by making disclosures on off-wiki forums. These failures followed a previous formal warning issued to Beeblebrox in September 2021 by the Arbitration Committee concerning his conduct in off-wiki forums. Therefore, in accordance with Wikipedia:Arbitration/Policy § Conduct of arbitrators, Beeblebrox is suspended from Arbitration Committee membership for a period of six months from this date. During this period, Beeblebrox's CheckUser and Oversight permissions and his access to applicable mailing lists (including the functionaries' mailing list) are revoked. Following this period, Beeblebrox may request reinstatement of his permissions or mailing list access by applying to the Arbitration Committee. Beeblebrox may also regain access via election to the committee.

The Arbitration Committee has determined that Beeblebrox (talk · contribs) has repeatedly failed to [p]reserve in appropriate confidence the contents of private correspondence sent to the Committee and the Committee's internal discussions and deliberations by making disclosures on off-wiki forums. In September 2021, within the scope of internal Committee discussions, Beeblebrox was advised that his off-wiki conduct was suboptimal. Therefore, in accordance with Wikipedia:Arbitration/Policy § Conduct of arbitrators, Beeblebrox is suspended from Arbitration Committee membership for a period of six months from this date. During this period, Beeblebrox's CheckUser and Oversight permissions and his access to applicable mailing lists (including the functionaries' mailing list) are revoked. Following this period, Beeblebrox may request reinstatement of his permissions or mailing list access by applying to the Arbitration Committee. Beeblebrox may also regain access via election to the committee.

Support: Barkeep49, Cabayi, CaptainEek, Enterprisey, GeneralNotability, Guerillero, Izno, L235, Primefac, SilkTork, Wugapodes

Oppose:

Abstain: Moneytrees

For the Arbitration Committee, Barkeep49 (talk) 04:49, 27 November 2023 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 51 § Suspension of Beeblebrox

Amended by motion 17 July 2024, and a redacted version of the September 2021 email was released the same day. For the Arbitration Committee, HouseBlaster (talk · he/they) 23:48, 22 July 2024 (UTC)

Functionary candidates: December 2023 community consultation open

The Arbitration Committee has received applications for functionary permissions from several editors, consistent with its previous announcement that applications for CheckUser and/or Oversight permissions will be accepted at any point in the year. The following editors have applied for the CheckUser permission and have subsequently been reviewed and vetted by the functionary team, and the community is invited to comment on the associated consultation pages:

• Spicy (talk · contribs) (consultation)
• Vanamonde93 (talk · contribs) (consultation)

The community consultations will remain open through 11 December 2023.

For the Arbitration Committee, KevinL (aka L235 · t · c) 04:15, 2 December 2023 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 50 § Functionary candidates: December 2023 community consultation open

Arbitration motion regarding Ireland article names - required location of move discussions rescinded

The Arbitration Committee has resolved by motion that:

The two Ireland page name move discussion restrictions enacted in June 2009 are rescinded.

For the Arbitration Committee, firefly ( t · c ) 17:59, 2 December 2023 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 51 § Arbitration motion regarding Ireland article names - required location of move discussions rescinded

MelroseReporter unblocked

Following a successful appeal to the Arbitration Committee, MelroseReporter (talk · contribs) is unblocked (as time served) subject to a one-account restriction. This restriction may be appealed after 6 months have elapsed. For the Arbitration Committee, Izno (talk) 03:50, 9 December 2023 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 51 § MelroseReporter unblocked

Checkuser candidates appointed (December 2023)

The Arbitration Committee is pleased to welcome the following editors to the functionary team:

• Spicy (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) is appointed as a CheckUser.
• Vanamonde93 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) is appointed as a CheckUser.

The committee thanks all members of the community who participated in the community consultations and helped bring this process to a successful conclusion.

For the Arbitration Committee, KevinL (aka L235 · t · c) 13:53, 15 December 2023 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 51 § Checkuser candidates appointed (December 2023)

Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Industrial agriculture closed

An arbitration case, Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Industrial agriculture, has now closed and the final decision is viewable at the link above. The following remedies have been enacted:

• Leyo and KoA are prohibited from interacting with, or commenting on, each other anywhere on Wikipedia (subject to the ordinary exceptions). This restriction may be appealed twelve months after the enactment of this remedy, and every twelve months thereafter.
• Leyo is admonished for battleground behavior, personal attacks, and use of administrator tools while INVOLVED. Leyo is INVOLVED in the topic area of genetically modified organisms, industrial agriculture, commercially produced agricultural chemicals, the effects of all three, and organizations or companies involved, broadly construed. Future instances of this kind of conduct may result in sanction, including removal of adminship, without warning, especially if it is INVOLVED tool use.
• KoA is warned for edit warring and is reminded to engage in good faith when resolving their disputes.

For the Arbitration Committee,
~ ToBeFree (talk) 16:00, 17 December 2023 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 51 § Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Industrial agriculture closed

2024 Arbitration Committee

The Arbitration Committee welcomes the following new and returning arbitrators following their election by the community. The two-year terms of these arbitrators formally begin on 1 January 2024:

• Aoidh (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
• Cabayi (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
• Firefly (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
• HJ Mitchell (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
• Maxim (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
• Sdrqaz (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
• ToBeFree (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
• Z1720 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

Upon meeting the Wikimedia Foundation's criteria for access to non-public personal data and signing the Foundation's non-public information confidentiality agreement, all incoming arbitrators will be subscribed to all Committee-managed email lists, assigned the CheckUser and Oversight permissions for use in office, and given access to the CheckUser and Oversight queues on the VRTS system.

We also thank our outgoing colleagues whose terms end on 31 December 2023:

• Enterprisey (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
• Izno (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
• SilkTork (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
• Wugapodes (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

Outgoing arbitrators are eligible to retain the CheckUser and Oversight permissions, to remain active on cases accepted before their term ended, and to remain subscribed to the functionaries' and arbitration clerks' mailing lists following their term on the committee. To that effect:

• Stewards are requested to remove the permission(s) noted from the following outgoing arbitrators, who have not elected to retain them, after 31 December 2023:

  CheckUser: Enterprisey, Izno, SilkTork

  Oversight: Enterprisey, Izno, SilkTork

• Outgoing arbitrators are eligible to remain active on cases opened before their term ended if they wish. Whether or not outgoing arbitrators will remain active on any ongoing case(s) will be noted on the proposed decision talk page of affected case(s).
• All outgoing arbitrators will remain subscribed to the functionaries' mailing list, with the exception of Enterprisey, who has elected to be unsubscribed.
• All outgoing arbitrators will be unsubscribed from the clerks-l mailing list, with the exception of Izno, who has elected to remain subscribed.

For the Arbitration Committee, KevinL (aka L235 · t · c) 04:24, 30 December 2023 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 51 § 2024 Arbitration Committee

Proposed motion to create Reliable source consensus-required restriction procedures and add the restriction to the Lithuania topic area

The Arbitration Committee is considering a motion to amend the procedures and to extend reliable source requirements to Lithuania as a topic area. Comments are welcome at the relevant request for clarification.

For the Arbitration Committee, Barkeep49 (talk) 18:33, 31 December 2023 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 51 § Proposed motion to create Reliable source consensus-required restriction procedures and add the restriction to the Lithuania topic area

Arbitration motion regarding reliable source consensus-required restrictions

The Arbitration Committee has resolved by motion that:

Clerks are instructed to add a new section, entitled "Reliable source consensus-required restriction" to the Enforcement section of the Arbitration Procedures with the following text:

The Committee may apply the "Reliable source consensus-required restriction" to specified topic areas. For topic areas with this restriction, when a source that is not an article in a peer-reviewed scholarly journal, an academically focused book by a reputable publisher, and/or an article published by a reputable institution is removed from an article, no editor may reinstate the source without first obtaining consensus on the talk page of the article in question or consensus about the reliability of the source in a discussion at the Reliable Sources Noticeboard. Administrators may enforce this restriction with page protections, topic bans, or blocks; enforcement decisions should consider not merely the severity of the violation but the general disciplinary record of the editor in violation.

Remedy 5 of Antisemitism in Poland is superseded by the following restriction:

All articles and edits in the topic area of Polish history during World War II (1933-1945) and the history of Jews in Poland are subject to a "reliable source consensus-required restriction".

Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Eastern Europe is amended to include the following restriction:

All articles and edits in the topic area of Lithuania history during World War II (1933-1945) and the history of Jews in Lithuania are subject to a "reliable source consensus-required restriction."

Clerks are instructed to link to the Arbitration Procedures in the two restrictions above and are empowered to make other changes necessary to implement this new enforcement procedure.

For the Arbitration Committee,
–MJL ‐Talk‐^☖ 21:43, 4 January 2024 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 51 § Arbitration motion regarding reliable source consensus-required restrictions

Proposed motions on email canvassing

The Arbitration Committee is considering a series of proposed motions related to allegations of inappropriate email canvassing within the Israel-Palestine topic area in violation of Wikipedia policy. Community statements and evidence submissions are welcome at the above link, or by email to arbcom-enwikimedia.org if information cannot be posted publicly. For the Arbitration Committee, KevinL (aka L235 · t · c) 21:56, 4 January 2024 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 51 § Proposed motions on email canvassing

Arbitration motion regarding GiantSnowman

The Arbitration Committee has resolved by motion that:

Remedy 1.2 of the GiantSnowman case ("GiantSnowman admonished and placed under review") is amended to read as follows:

1.2) GiantSnowman is admonished for overuse of the rollback and blocking functions, and reminded to "lead by example" and "strive to model appropriate standards of courtesy"; to "respond promptly and civilly to queries about their Wikipedia-related conduct and administrative actions and to justify them when needed"; to not use admin tools in "cases in which they have been involved" including "conflicts with an editor" and "disputes on topics"; to "treat newcomers with kindness and patience"; and to apply these principles in all interactions with all editors.

With the exception of obvious vandalism or obvious violations of the policy on biographies of living persons:

• GiantSnowman is prohibited from reverting another editor's contribution without providing an explanation in the edit summary. Default edit summaries provided by MediaWiki or user scripts are not sufficient for the purpose of this restriction. For the avoidance of doubt, use of MediaWiki rollback with an edit summary via a user script such as this one, or via massRollback.js, is permitted.
• GiantSnowman is prohibited from blocking an editor who has not been recently warned for the conduct in question. For the purposes of this restriction, "recently" is assumed to be within 7 days.

Violations may be reported by any editor to the Arbitration Enforcement noticeboard. GiantSnowman may appeal these restrictions directly to the Arbitration Committee at any time.

For the Arbitration Committee, firefly ( t · c ) 19:05, 7 January 2024 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 51 § Arbitration motion regarding GiantSnowman

Arbitration motion regarding PIA Canvassing

The Arbitration Committee has resolved by motion that:

Since at least October 2023, there has been an ongoing effort by one or more banned editors to canvass discussions within the Israel-Palestine topic area and asking for proxy edits to promote a pro-Israel point of view. Based on the evidence received by the Committee, the following discussions have been targeted:

• Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Genocide against Palestinians
• Talk:Allegations of war crimes against Israel#Requested move 11 October 2023
• Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Nakba denial
• Talk:Israel#Request for Comment on apartheid charges
• Talk:United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine#Unexplained removal
• Talk:Ahed Tamimi#Instagram account suspended following call to butcher civilians
• Talk:From the river to the sea#Lead dominant View
• Talk:From the river to the sea#For Clarity on Removal of Kelley Source
• Talk:Gaza Strip#"Oppressive one-party state"
• Template talk:Genocide navbox#Correction of date range and citation in need of correction
• Talk:Human shields in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict#Merge proposal
• Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Glorification of martyrdom in Palestinian society
• Talk:Israel#RFC on human rights language in lead
• Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Beit Rima massacre
• Talk:2023 Israel–Hamas war#RfC on sexual violence in lead section

The Arbitration Committee would like to thank the editors who reported canvassing. If editors have any additional canvassing evidence, please bring it to the Committee's attention. The Arbitration Committee asks the Wikimedia Foundation for assistance creating technical measures to prevent the ongoing abuse.

Based on information from the checkuser tool and on information received, the Committee determines that Dovidroth (talk · contribs) most likely participated in discussions due to canvassing and made proxy edits for a banned editor. As a result, they are indefinitely banned from Wikipedia. This ban may be appealed immediately after the enactment of this remedy, and every twelve months thereafter.

Based on information from the checkuser tool and on information received, the Committee determines that Dovidroth (talk · contribs) most likely made proxy edits for a banned editor. As a result, they are indefinitely topic banned from making edits related to the Arab-Israeli conflict, broadly construed. This ban may be appealed immediately after the enactment of this remedy, and every twelve months thereafter.

Based on information from the checkuser tool and on information received, the Committee determines that EytanMelech (talk · contribs) most likely made proxy edits for a banned editor. As a result, he is indefinitely banned from Wikipedia. This ban may be appealed immediately after the enactment of this remedy, and every twelve months thereafter.

Based on information from the checkuser tool and on information received, the Committee determines that EytanMelech (talk · contribs) most likely made proxy edits for a banned editor. As a result, they are indefinitely topic banned from making edits related to the Arab-Israeli conflict, broadly construed. This ban may be appealed immediately after the enactment of this remedy, and every twelve months thereafter.

Based on information from the checkuser tool and on information received, the Committee determines that Homerethegreat (talk · contribs) most likely participated in discussions due to canvassing and made proxy edits for a banned editor. As a result, they are indefinitely topic banned from making edits related to the Arab-Israeli conflict, broadly construed. This ban may be appealed immediately after the enactment of this remedy, and every twelve months thereafter.

For the Arbitration Committee, Aoidh (talk) 15:48, 20 January 2024 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 51 § Arbitration motion regarding PIA Canvassing

Motion on use of remind, warn, and admonish

A motion to formalize the Arbitration Committee's usage of remind, warn, and admonish in the procedures is now being considered at Arbitration/Requests/Motions. Community feedback is invited and welcomed. Barkeep49 (talk) 16:43, 25 January 2024 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 51 § Motion on use of remind, warn, and admonish

Feedback requested for AE's "Information for administrators" section

Feedback is requested for a draft to replace the "Information for administrators processing requests" section at WP:AE. The draft text and feedback section can be found at Wikipedia talk:Arbitration/Requests/Enforcement#Consultation: Admin information draft. Thank you to everyone who participates. Z1720 (talk) 20:54, 29 January 2024 (UTC)

Discuss this at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard § Feedback requested for AE's "Information for administrators" section

Arbitration motion regarding the severity of remedies

The Arbitration Committee has resolved by motion that:

Add the following to the Arbitration Procedures as a subsection of "Arbitration Proceedings"

When used in arbitration motions or remedies, the words below should be considered to have the following order of severity:

1. Remind (weakest)
2. Warn
3. Admonish (strongest)

For the Arbitration Committee, KevinL (aka L235 · t · c) 06:50, 30 January 2024 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 51 § Arbitration motion regarding the severity of remedies

Change to the CheckUser team, January 2024

Following a request to the Committee, Wugapodes' CheckUser access has been removed. The Arbitration Committee sincerely thanks Wugapodes for their service as a CheckUser and their continuing service as an Oversighter.

On behalf of the Committee, Sdrqaz (talk) 20:35, 30 January 2024 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 51 § Change to the CheckUser team, January 2024

Motions on amending the scope of appeals considered by the Arbitration Committee

Two motions are proposed to amend the scope of appeals considered by the Arbitration Committee at Arbitration/Requests/Motions. Community feedback is invited and welcomed. Maxim (talk) 16:45, 5 February 2024 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 51 § Motions on amending the scope of appeals considered by the Arbitration Committee

Arbitration motion regarding Mzajac

The Arbitration Committee has resolved by motion that:

Given Mzajac (talk · contribs)'s absence from editing, the Mzajac case will be suspended for a period of three months and Mzajac will be temporarily desysopped.

Should Mzajac return to active editing on the English Wikipedia during this time and request that this case be resumed, the Arbitration Committee shall unsuspend the case by motion and it will proceed through the normal arbitration process. Such a request may be made by email to arbcom-enwikimedia.org or at the clerks' noticeboard. Mzajac will remain temporarily desysopped for the duration of the case.

If such a request is not made within three months of this motion or if Mzajac resigns his administrative tools, this case shall be automatically closed, and Mzajac shall remain desysopped. If tools are resigned or removed, in the circumstances described above, Mzajac may regain the administrative tools at any time only via a successful request for adminship.

For the Arbitration Committee, KevinL (aka L235 · t · c) 20:31, 6 February 2024 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 51 § Arbitration motion regarding Mzajac

Arbitration motion regarding the scope of appeals considered by the Arbitration Committee

The Arbitration Committee has resolved by motion that:

The Arbitration Committee resolves to amend the scope of block appeals it handles, thus updating the guidance from previous motion in 2015, as follows:

The Arbitration Committee hears appeals from editors who are (a) blocked for reasons that are unsuitable for public discussion, or (b) blocked or banned by Arbitration and Arbitration Enforcement decisions. Examples of reasons that are unsuitable for public discussion include blocks (i) marked as an Oversight block, or (ii) based on CheckUser evidence, and where there exists disagreement between checkusers as to the interpretation of the technical evidence. It is expected that blocks marked as a CheckUser block are by default appealed on-wiki; however, the Arbitration Committee may hear appeals of such blocks if there are compelling reasons to hear an appeal in private.

For the Arbitration Committee, Maxim (talk) 13:43, 14 February 2024 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 51 § Arbitration motion regarding the scope of appeals considered by the Arbitration Committee

Mschwartz1 granted extended confirmed for the purpose of participating in arbitration

Mschwartz1 (talk · contribs) is granted the extended-confirmed user group for the exclusive purpose of participating in a case request about Israel-Palestine.

For the Arbitration Committee, firefly ( t · c ) 15:11, 20 March 2024 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 51 § Mschwartz1 granted extended confirmed for the purpose of participating in arbitration

Resignation

I resign my seat on ArbCom with immediate effect. To all those who voted for me - I'm sorry I wasn't the arbitrator either of us hoped I'd be. GeneralNotability (talk) 11:37, 2 April 2024 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 51 § Resignation

Revocation of Mschwartz1's extended-confirmed permission

The Arbitration Committee makes the following update to its 20 March announcement:

Mschwartz1 (talk · contribs)'s extended-confirmed permission is revoked as they did not meet the Arbitration Committee's expectations when the request for the permission was granted. The Committee apologises for the time spent by the wider Community on this affair.

Guerillero is recused from consideration of this matter.

On behalf of the Committee, Sdrqaz (talk) 01:01, 3 April 2024 (UTC)

Discuss this at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard § Revocation of Mschwartz1's extended-confirmed permission

Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Conflict of interest management closed

The Arbitration case "Conflict of interest management" has now closed and the final decision is viewable at the link above. The following remedies have been enacted:

• The Arbitration Committee requests that a new VRT queue be established to accept reports of undisclosed conflict-of-interest or paid editing, where reporting such editing on-wiki is in conflict with WP:OUTING. The queue membership is to be decided by the Arbitration Committee and is open to any functionary and to any administrator by request to the Committee and who passes a functionary-like appointment process (including signing the ANPDP). Following the creation of the queue, the existing checkuser-only paid-en-wp queue will be archived, and access will be restricted to checkusers indefinitely. Functionaries and administrators working this queue may, at their discretion, refer a ticket to the Arbitration Committee for review; an example of a situation where a ticket should be referred to the committee is when there is a credible report involving an administrator.
• For posting non-public information about another editor—after a previous post by Fram in the same thread was removed and oversighted—Fram is admonished against posting previously undisclosed information about other editors on Wikipedia ("outing") which is a violation of the harassment policy. Concerns about policy violations based on private evidence must be sent to the appropriate off-wiki venue. Any further violations of this policy may result in an Arbitration Committee block or ban.
• For his failure to meet the conduct standards expected of an administrator, specifically as pertains to conflict of interest editing and conflict of interest disclosure, Nihonjoe's administrator and bureaucrat user rights are removed. Nihonjoe may regain these user rights via a successful request for adminship and a successful request for bureaucratship, respectively.

For the Arbitration Committee, firefly ( t · c ) 17:07, 13 April 2024 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 51 § Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Conflict of interest management closed

Changes to the functionaries team, April 2024

Following requests to the Arbitration Committee, the CheckUser access of Joe Roe is restored and the Oversight access of GeneralNotability is removed. The Committee sincerely thanks GeneralNotability for his service as a member of the Arbitration Committee and Oversight team.

On behalf of the Committee, Sdrqaz (talk) 23:16, 17 April 2024 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 51 § Changes to the functionaries team, April 2024

Arbitration motion regarding Armenia-Azerbaijan 3

The Arbitration Committee has resolved by motion that:

Remedy 3.1 of the case Armenia-Azerbaijan 3 ("Topic ban (Olympian)") is lifted subject to a probationary period lasting eighteen months from the date this motion is enacted. During this period, any uninvolved administrator may re-impose the topic ban as an arbitration enforcement action, subject to appeal only to the Arbitration Committee. If the probationary period elapses without incident, the topic ban is to be considered permanently lifted.

For the Arbitration Committee, Dreamy Jazz ^{talk to me | my contributions} 09:14, 18 April 2024 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 51 § Arbitration motion regarding Armenia-Azerbaijan 3

Arbitration motion regarding Skepticism and coordinated editing

The Arbitration Committee has resolved by motion that:

For violations of their topic ban and for continued editing which violate the conflict of interest guidelines, Rp2006 is blocked for 1 month. This block may be appealed only to the Arbitration Committee.

For the Arbitration Committee, Dreamy Jazz ^{talk to me | my contributions} 14:20, 20 April 2024 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 51 § Arbitration motion regarding Skepticism and coordinated editing

Arbitration motion regarding Sri Lanka

The Arbitration Committee has resolved by motion, in resolution of a case request, that:

This case request is resolved by motion as follows:

Sri Lanka, broadly construed, is designated as a contentious topic.

For the Arbitration Committee, firefly ( t · c ) 14:38, 20 April 2024 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 51 § Arbitration motion regarding Sri Lanka

Dovidroth unbanned

Following a successful appeal of his site ban to the Arbitration Committee, Dovidroth (talk · contribs) is unbanned. The topic ban, which was passed at the same time as the site ban, remains in force.

Support: Barkeep49, Guerillero, HJ Mitchell, Maxim, Primefac, Sdrqaz, ToBeFree

Oppose: Firefly, Moneytrees

For the Arbitration Committee, Maxim (talk) 15:19, 26 April 2024 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 51 § Dovidroth unbanned

Changes to the functionaries team, May 2024

Following a request to the Arbitration Committee, the Oversight access of Dreamy Jazz is removed. The Committee sincerely thanks Dreamy Jazz for their service as a member of the Oversight team.

On behalf of the Committee, Primefac (talk) 14:27, 1 May 2024 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 51 § Changes to the functionaries team, May 2024

Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Mzajac closed

An arbitration case regarding User:Mzajac has now closed. The Arbitration Committee resolved by motion in February to suspend the case, which could be unsuspended if Mzajac requested it within three months. Because Mzajac has not requested that the case be unsuspended, the case has been automatically closed. The motion which has now closed the case is Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Mzajac#Motion to suspend.

For the Arbitration Committee, Aoidh (talk) 21:00, 7 May 2024 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 51 § Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Mzajac closed

Conflict of interest VRT queue and call for volunteers

Pursuant to remedy 1 of the Conflict of interest management case, the Arbitration Committee is pleased to announce that the VRT queue for reporting conflict-of-interest or paid editing (WP:COIVRT) is fully operational, while the former queue remains accessible to members of the CheckUser team. Reports should be sent to paid-en-wpwikipedia.org when doing so on-wiki would conflict with the harassment policy. The VRT administrators' work on the queue's creation is appreciated.

The Arbitration Committee encourages members of the CheckUser and Oversight teams to patrol the queue. Administrators interested in applying for VRT queue access and users interested in applying for CheckUser and Oversight are invited to email arbcom-en-cwikimedia.org.

Finally, the clerks team is in need of new members. Users who wish to become a clerk are asked to email clerks-llists.wikimedia.org.

On behalf of the Committee, Sdrqaz (talk) 11:24, 24 May 2024 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 51 § Conflict of interest VRT queue and call for volunteers

Venezuelan politics case closed

The arbitration case Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Venezuelan politics has now closed and the final decision is viewable at the case page. The following remedies have been enacted:

• WMrapids (talk · contribs) is indefinitely banned from Wikipedia. This ban may be appealed twelve months after the enactment of this remedy, and every twelve months thereafter.
• WMrapids (talk · contribs) is topic banned from Venezuelan politics, broadly construed. This restriction may be appealed twelve months after the enactment of this remedy, and every twelve months thereafter.
• NoonIcarus (talk · contribs) and WMrapids (talk · contribs) are prohibited from interacting with or commenting on each other anywhere on Wikipedia, subject to the ordinary exceptions. This restriction may be appealed twelve months after the enactment of this remedy, and every twelve months thereafter.

For the Arbitration Committee, Dreamy Jazz ^{talk to me | my contributions} 12:06, 25 May 2024 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 51 § Venezuelan politics case closed

HouseBlaster appointed trainee clerk

The arbitration clerks are pleased to welcome HouseBlaster (talk · contribs) to the clerk team as a trainee!

The arbitration clerk team is in need of new members, and any editor who would like to join the clerk team is welcome to apply by email to clerks-llists.wikimedia.org.

For the Arbitration Committee, Dreamy Jazz ^{talk to me | my contributions} 19:40, 30 May 2024 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 51 § HouseBlaster appointed trainee clerk

Arbitration motion regarding Conduct in deletion-related editing

The Arbitration Committee has resolved by motion that:

TenPoundHammer (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) is indefinitely topic banned from removing all content in an article and replacing it with a redirect (commonly known as a blank-and-redirect, or BLAR). This topic ban will be suspended for a period of 12 months. This topic ban may be unsuspended and imposed onto TenPoundHammer if disruption by BLARing restarts, as determined by any of: (1) a consensus of administrators on WP:AE, (2) at least two arbitrators indicating "support" to unsuspend at WP:ARCA, with no opposition from other arbitrators indicated up to 48 hours after the second support, or (3) a majority of active arbitrators at WP:ARCA if there is opposition as indicated in condition 2. After 12 months, if it has not been imposed, the topic ban will be automatically lifted.

For the Arbitration Committee, HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 19:53, 4 June 2024 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 51 § Arbitration motion regarding Conduct in deletion-related editing

Arbitration motion regarding block of Rp2006

The Arbitration Committee has resolved by motion that:

The Arbitration Committee assumes the block of Rp2006 (talk · contribs).

For the Arbitration Committee, Aoidh (talk) 21:44, 21 June 2024 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 51 § Arbitration motion regarding block of Rp2006

SilverLocust appointed trainee clerk

The arbitration clerks are pleased to welcome SilverLocust (talk · contribs) to the clerk team as a trainee!

The arbitration clerk team is often in need of new members, and any editor who would like to join the clerk team is welcome to apply by email to clerks-llists.wikimedia.org.

For the Arbitration Committee, Dreamy Jazz ^{talk to me | my contributions} 18:13, 28 June 2024 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 51 § SilverLocust appointed trainee clerk

Conflict of interest VRT consultations, July 2024

The Arbitration Committee has received applications for conflict of interest VRT queue access and has reviewed them in consultation with the functionaries team. The Community is invited to evaluate the candidacies and comment here until the end of 17 July 2024 (UTC).

On behalf of the Committee, Sdrqaz (talk) 00:01, 8 July 2024 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 51 § Conflict of interest VRT consultations, July 2024

Arbitration motion regarding Durova

The Arbitration Committee has resolved by motion that:

Principle 2 of Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Durova, Private correspondence, is changed from
2) In the absence of permission from the author (including of any included prior correspondence) or their lapse into public domain, the contents of private correspondence, including e-mails, should not be posted on-wiki. See Wikipedia:Copyrights.
to
2) In the absence of permission from the author (including of any included prior correspondence), the contents of private correspondence, including e-mails, should not be posted on-wiki.

For the Arbitration Committee, SilverLocust 💬 23:23, 12 July 2024 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 51 § Arbitration motion regarding Durova

Resignation of Barkeep49 from ArbCom

I resign as Arbitrator effective immediately. I will be retaining Oversight and giving up Checkuser. It's clear I am no longer at my best as an arbitrator and so rather than waiting for U4C to achieve quorum before resigning - as I still believe we should have no rule against serving on both but that it would be foolish in the extreme for a person to do both - I have made the decision to step down from ArbCom now. I look forward to focusing all my energies on the U4C and the ways outside of ArbCom I am able to help Wikipedia. Thank you to the community for electing me, I hope those who supported me felt like I honored their trust and thanks to my current and former colleagues from whom I learned so much. It has truly been an honor to serve. Best, Barkeep49 (talk) 02:18, 16 July 2024 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 51 § Resignation of Barkeep49 from ArbCom

Arbitration motion regarding Suspension of Beeblebrox

The Arbitration Committee has resolved by motion that:

The November announcement of the suspension of Beeblebrox is amended to remove the sentence These failures followed a previous formal warning issued to Beeblebrox in September 2021 by the Arbitration Committee concerning his conduct in off-wiki forums. and insert in its place the sentence In September 2021, within the scope of internal Committee discussions, Beeblebrox was advised that his off-wiki conduct was suboptimal.

For the Arbitration Committee, Aoidh (talk) 21:03, 17 July 2024 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 51 § Arbitration motion regarding Suspension of Beeblebrox

Release of the 2021 letter to Just Step Sideways

The Arbitration Committee attaches the following addendum to its previous announcement regarding the suspension of Beeblebrox, also known as Just Step Sideways:

Redacted contents of the 2021 letter

Dear Beeblebrox, I'm writing to you on behalf of the rest of the committee, after (Redacted). Your plain speaking is appreciated, however there have been a couple of occasions that comments made in public risk compromising the faith the community puts in arbitrators to conduct arbitration fairly. Two important traits the community expects us to be are to be (a) discreet and (b) scrupulous/fair. Mocking another editor (albeit one currently indefinitely blocked on en-wiki) on a Wikipedia criticism site is not compatible with fairness, and candid comments about differences in opinion concerning (Redacted) and (Redacted) are not compatible with discretion. Outside the public comments, your recent message to the functionaries list regarding (Redacted) has caused significant consternation amongst editors there. Whilst you may not have realised (Redacted), the tone used in regard to another contributor who is participating in good faith was also not compatible with scrupulous behaviour. Can you please be really really careful in situations where a public comment (a) may reveal or hint at private committee discussion, or (b) come across as denigrating, mocking or flippantly dismissing another person's concerns, or other ad hominem comments, in all fora, but particularly if made on Wikipediocracy. For the Arbitration Committee,

Support: Aoidh, Barkeep49, Guerillero, L235, Moneytrees, Sdrqaz, ToBeFree

Oppose: CaptainEek, Maxim, Primefac, Z1720

Abstain: HJ Mitchell

On behalf of the Committee, Sdrqaz (talk) 22:42, 17 July 2024 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 51 § Release of the 2021 letter to Just Step Sideways

Proposed motion on historical elections

The Arbitration Committee is considering a proposed motion related to opening a case to examine behavior within the historical election topic area. Community statements are welcome at the above link. For the Arbitration Committee, --Guerillero ^{Parlez Moi} 20:33, 19 July 2024 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 51 § Proposed motion on historical elections

Conflict of interest VRT appointments, July 2024

The Arbitration Committee is pleased to appoint the following administrators to the conflict of interest volunteer response team following private and public consultation:

• Bilby (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA)
• Extraordinary Writ (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA)

The VRT administrators are asked to grant access to the aforementioned users pending signatures to the required confidentiality agreements.

On behalf of the Committee, Sdrqaz (talk) 22:31, 21 July 2024 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 51 § Conflict of interest VRT appointments, July 2024

Refresh of arbitration policy and procedures

The Arbitration Committee has been working on a refresh of the arbitration policy and procedures. We invite interested editors to participate in the community consultation, which will be open until at least 16 August. Maxim (talk) 20:53, 6 August 2024 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 51 § Refresh of arbitration policy and procedures

Arbitration motions regarding My very best wishes

The Arbitration Committee has resolved by motion that:

Remedies 5.1 and 5.2 of World War II and the history of Jews in Poland (the topic and interaction bans on My very best wishes, respectively) are repealed.

And it has resolved by another motion that:

My very best wishes' topic ban from World War II in Eastern Europe and the history of Jews in Eastern Europe, imposed under the Eastern Europe contentious topic procedures, is repealed.

For the Arbitration Committee, SilverLocust 💬 06:33, 8 August 2024 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 51 § Arbitration motions regarding My very best wishes

Changes to the functionaries team, August 2024

Pursuant to the procedure on CheckUser and Oversight inactivity, the CheckUser permissions of Courcelles and GeneralNotability are removed. In addition, the Oversight permissions of Wugapodes are removed at their request.

The Arbitration Committee sincerely thanks them for their service.

On behalf of the Committee, Sdrqaz (talk) 21:44, 18 August 2024 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 51 § Changes to the functionaries team, August 2024

Arbitration motion regarding German war effort

The Arbitration Committee has resolved by motion that:

Remedy 3C of the German war effort case ("Cinderella157 German history topic ban") is suspended for a period of six months. During the period of suspension, this topic ban may be reinstated by any uninvolved administrator, as an arbitration enforcement action, should Cinderella157 (talk · contribs) fail to adhere to any normal editorial process or expectations in the topic area. Appeal of such a reinstatement would follow the normal arbitration enforcement appeals process. After six months from the date this motion is enacted, if the topic ban has not been reinstated or any reinstatements have been successfully appealed, the topic ban will automatically lapse.

For the Arbitration Committee, SilverLocust 💬 00:30, 31 August 2024 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 51 § Arbitration motion regarding German war effort

EytanMelech unbanned

The Arbitration Committee unbans EytanMelech following a successful appeal of his site ban. His topic ban from the Arab–Israeli conflict remains in force.

Support: Aoidh, Guerillero, HJ Mitchell, Primefac, Sdrqaz, ToBeFree

Oppose:

On behalf of the Committee, Sdrqaz (talk) 16:16, 1 September 2024 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 51 § EytanMelech unbanned

Change to the Functionary team

Following a request to the Committee, the CheckUser permissions of Barkeep49 (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) have been restored.

For the Arbitration Committee, Primefac (talk) 11:44, 5 September 2024 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 51 § Change to the Functionary team

Change to the Checkuser team

At his request by email to the committee, the CheckUser permissions of Doug Weller are removed. The Arbitration Committee sincerely thanks Doug Weller for his long service as a CheckUser, and his continuing service as an Oversighter. For the Arbitration Committee, Primefac (talk) 09:21, 11 September 2024 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 51 § Change to the Checkuser team

Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Historical elections closed

The arbitration case Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Historical elections has now closed, and the final decision is viewable at the link above. The following remedies have been enacted:

• The results of any national or sub-national election are a Contentious Topic. Starting in 2026 and checked yearly afterwards, this designation expires on 1 January if no sanctions have been logged in the preceding 2 years.
• The regular posters on X who associate with Election Twitter are reminded that there is no ownership of articles on the English Wikipedia. They are encouraged to seek consensus on the article talk page, use dispute resolution when they encounter disagreements and refrain from off-site coordination.
• The Arbitration Committee block of Talleyrand6 (talk · contribs) is converted to an indefinite ban from Wikipedia. This ban may be appealed twelve months after the enactment of this remedy, and every twelve months thereafter.
• Anonymousioss (talk · contribs) is topic banned from national and sub-national elections. This restriction may be appealed twelve months after the enactment of this remedy, and every twelve months thereafter.
• Anonymousioss is indefinitely banned from Wikipedia. This ban may be appealed twelve months after the enactment of this remedy, and every twelve months thereafter.
• CroatiaElects (talk · contribs) is topic banned from national and sub-national elections. This restriction may be appealed twelve months after the enactment of this remedy, and every twelve months thereafter.
• CroatiaElects is indefinitely banned from Wikipedia. This ban may be appealed twelve months after the enactment of this remedy, and every twelve months thereafter.
• DemocraticLuntz (talk · contribs) is topic banned from national and sub-national elections. This restriction may be appealed twelve months after the enactment of this remedy, and every twelve months thereafter.
• Mcleanm302 (talk · contribs) is topic banned from national and sub-national elections. This restriction may be appealed twelve months after the enactment of this remedy, and every twelve months thereafter.
• Mcleanm302 is indefinitely banned from Wikipedia. This ban may be appealed twelve months after the enactment of this remedy, and every twelve months thereafter.

For the Arbitration Committee, HouseBlaster (talk • he/they) 18:58, 13 September 2024 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 51 § Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Historical elections closed

Changes to the CheckUser team, September 2024

Following a request to the Arbitration Committee, the CheckUser permissions of Izno are restored. In addition, the Committee belatedly acknowledges the resignation of Spicy from the CheckUser team and thanks them for their service.

On behalf of the Arbitration Committee, Sdrqaz (talk) 23:04, 26 September 2024 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 51 § Changes to the CheckUser team, September 2024

Call for applications: clerks, COI queue, checkuser, and oversight

As a reminder, the committee welcomes applications for these positions at any time but is keen to hold an appointments round in the next few weeks. Editors interested in becoming arbitration clerks, or administrators interested in the conflict of interest VRT queue, checkuser, or oversight are encouraged to email arbcom-en-cwikimedia.org before the end of Sunday 13 October. Thank you, HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 10:06, 3 October 2024 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 52 § Call for applications: clerks, COI queue, checkuser, and oversight

Resignation of Maxim

Over the course of this year, my personal circumstances have changed profoundly and in ways I could not have anticipated at the time of the elections last year. I now painfully lack the time and energy to be a useful arbitrator and I do not expect that to change anytime soon; accordingly, I resign with immediate effect. I apologize that I was unable to complete my term. Maxim (talk) 13:37, 6 October 2024 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 51 § Resignation of Maxim