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A few thoughts for the community at large:
* We resolved this case in a somewhat unusual way: we're acting as an "information clearinghouse" of sorts for non-public information and enacting way more FoFs than remedies. This is with the hope that, armed with relevant information, the community will be able to resolve any future problems as they come up. At times I have been frustrated with this approach, but given the specifics of the case I think this is the best we can do. Sometimes an ArbCom decision has the effect of supplanting community decision making in a topic area for a time. I absolutely ''don't'' want that happening here. The reason we made all the FoFs was to give the community the information we think it might need going forward; the community certainly should not hesitate to make decisions on the basis that ArbCom has made a decision.
* If I had one "positive" FoF to propose about GSoW, it would be that from what info is available to us, GSoW has invested a lot of effort into trying hard in good faith to comply with Wikipedia's norms and policies, even when it gets it wrong. This is uncommon among initiatives that work with newer editors.
* At points I have wondered if our decision here was too weak in some way, especially by failing to deter other organized groups with a single point-of-view that intentionally or unintentionally test the boundaries of what policy will accept. Ultimately I think we've struck the right balance given the specifics of the case but our decision shouldn't be viewed as a free pass for future offwiki groups to organize and bring POV people in. As illustrative examples, any Guerilla Democrats on Wikipedia or Guerilla Republicans on Wikipedia perhaps will not see the same relative leniency.
* The users who brought this case should be well thanked for their work in bringing this forward; our policies around private information make it difficult to truly follow-up plausible allegations of misconduct based on private information and everyone who took the time to work on this should be commended.
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I'm always open for further informal discussion whether on this page or (after the case is closed) on my talk page. Best, '''[[User:L235|KevinL]]''' (<small>aka</small> [[User:L235|L235]] '''·''' [[User talk:L235#top|t]] '''·''' [[Special:Contribs/L235|c]]) 09:44, 2 March 2022 (UTC)
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