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Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Internodeuser/Proposed decision

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all proposed

Arbitrators should vote for or against each point or abstain.

  • Only items that receive a majority "support" vote will be passed.
  • Items that receive a majority "oppose" vote will be formally rejected.
  • Items that do not receive a majority "support" or "oppose" vote will be open to possible amendment by any Arbitrator if he so chooses. After the amendment process is complete, the item will be voted on one last time.

Conditional votes for or against and abstentions should be explained by the Arbitrator before or after his/her time-stamped signature. For example, an Arbitrator can state that she/he would only favor a particular remedy based on whether or not another remedy/remedies were passed.

On this case, one Arbitrator is recused and three are inactive, so five votes are a majority.

For all items

Proposed wording to be modified by Arbitrators and then voted on. Non-arbitrators may comment on the talk page.

Motions and requests by the parties

Place those on the discussion page.

Proposed temporary injunctions

Four net "support" votes needed to pass (each "oppose" vote subtracts a "support")
24 hours from the first vote is normally the fastest an injunction will be imposed.

Proposed principles

Personal attacks

1) Personal attacks are expressly prohibited because they make Wikipedia a hostile environment for editors, and thereby damage Wikipedia both as an encyclopedia (by losing valued contributors) and as a wiki community (by discouraging reasoned discussion and encouraging a bunker mentality). The community and the Arbitration Committee will sanction users who show a pattern of making personal attacks.

Support:
  1. Neutralitytalk 07:07, May 31, 2005 (UTC)
  2. Fred Bauder 18:39, Jun 1, 2005 (UTC)
  3. ➥the Epopt 17:41, 2 Jun 2005 (UTC)
  4. Grunt 🇪🇺 20:47, 2005 Jun 2 (UTC)
  5. Well said. --mav 03:12, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)
  6. →Raul654 07:12, Jun 10, 2005 (UTC)
  7. sannse (talk) 18:36, 17 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Oppose:
Abstain:

2) Threats of legal action, whether overt or implied, are prohibited on Wikipedia. Users who make legal threats will be sanctioned.

Support:
  1. Neutralitytalk 07:07, May 31, 2005 (UTC)
  2. Fred Bauder 18:39, Jun 1, 2005 (UTC)
  3. ➥the Epopt 17:41, 2 Jun 2005 (UTC)
  4. Grunt 🇪🇺 20:47, 2005 Jun 2 (UTC)
  5. --mav 03:12, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)
  6. →Raul654 07:12, Jun 10, 2005 (UTC)
  7. sannse (talk) 18:36, 17 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Oppose:
Abstain:

Disruption to illustrate a point

4) Disruption to illustrate a point will not be tolerated on Wikipedia.

Support:
  1. Neutralitytalk 07:07, May 31, 2005 (UTC)
  2. Fred Bauder 18:39, Jun 1, 2005 (UTC)
  3. ➥the Epopt 17:41, 2 Jun 2005 (UTC)
  4. Grunt 🇪🇺 20:47, 2005 Jun 2 (UTC)
  5. --mav 03:12, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)
  6. →Raul654 07:12, Jun 10, 2005 (UTC)
  7. sannse (talk) 18:36, 17 Jun 2005 (UTC) (A minor aspect to this case)
Oppose:
Abstain:

Userspace

5) Generally, Wikipedia has few restrictions on userspace content. However, userpages are not exempt from policy, especially as it regards to disruption or personal attacks. See Wikipedia:Userpage.

Support:
  1. Neutralitytalk 07:07, May 31, 2005 (UTC)
  2. Fred Bauder 18:39, Jun 1, 2005 (UTC)
  3. ➥the Epopt 17:41, 2 Jun 2005 (UTC)
  4. Grunt 🇪🇺 20:47, 2005 Jun 2 (UTC)
  5. --mav 03:12, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)
  6. →Raul654 07:12, Jun 10, 2005 (UTC)
  7. sannse (talk) 18:36, 17 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Oppose:
Abstain:

Vandalism

6) Vandalism of Wikipedia will not be tolerated. Administrators may, at their discretion, block IP addresses that vandalize Wikipedia for up to one month at a time (Wikipedia:Blocking policy).

Support:
  1. Neutralitytalk 07:07, May 31, 2005 (UTC)
  2. Fred Bauder 18:39, Jun 1, 2005 (UTC)
  3. ➥the Epopt 17:41, 2 Jun 2005 (UTC)
  4. Grunt 🇪🇺 20:47, 2005 Jun 2 (UTC)
  5. --mav 03:12, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)
  6. →Raul654 07:12, Jun 10, 2005 (UTC)
Oppose:
Abstain:
  1. sannse (talk) 18:36, 17 Jun 2005 (UTC) true of course, but not relevant to this case

Proposed findings of fact

Personal attacks

1) Internodeuser has engaged in many unprovoked personal attacks on multiple users, including Longhair, JarlaxleArtemis, Gamaliel, Tony Sidaway, Clarkk, The Anome, AYArktos, Thebainer, Ambi, MacGyverMagic, and Postdlf. He has referred to or implied that others are "dickweeds," "dumb," "stupid," "stupid," "control freaks," "liars," "vandals," "silly," "idiots," "pricks," and "malicious," among other terms of abuse. Some of these attacks have been made anonymously from IPs

Support:
  1. Neutralitytalk 22:35, May 31, 2005 (UTC)
  2. Fred Bauder 18:39, Jun 1, 2005 (UTC)
  3. ➥the Epopt 17:55, 2 Jun 2005 (UTC)
  4. Grunt 🇪🇺 20:47, 2005 Jun 2 (UTC)
  5. →Raul654 07:12, Jun 10, 2005 (UTC)
  6. mav 02:32, 17 Jun 2005 (UTC)
  7. sannse (talk) 18:36, 17 Jun 2005 (UTC) (added some of these...)
Oppose:
Abstain:

2) Internodeuser has engaged in multiple overt and implied threats of legal action against users and the Wikimedia Foundation, claiming at one time that he would get another user in "one hell of a lot of legal trouble."

Support:
  1. Neutralitytalk 22:35, May 31, 2005 (UTC)
  2. Fred Bauder 18:39, Jun 1, 2005 (UTC)
  3. ➥the Epopt 17:55, 2 Jun 2005 (UTC)
  4. Grunt 🇪🇺 20:47, 2005 Jun 2 (UTC)
  5. →Raul654 07:12, Jun 10, 2005 (UTC)
  6. mav 02:32, 17 Jun 2005 (UTC)
  7. sannse (talk) 18:36, 17 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Oppose:
Abstain:

Disruption to illustrate a point

3) Internodeuser has engaged in disruption to illustrate a point on Wikipedia:Votes for deletion, specifically on Wikipedia:Votes for deletion/Port Arthur massacre theories and Wikipedia:Votes for deletion/Martin Bryant.

Support:
  1. Neutralitytalk 22:35, May 31, 2005 (UTC)
  2. Fred Bauder 18:39, Jun 1, 2005 (UTC)
  3. ➥the Epopt 17:55, 2 Jun 2005 (UTC)
  4. Grunt 🇪🇺 20:47, 2005 Jun 2 (UTC)
  5. →Raul654 07:12, Jun 10, 2005 (UTC)
  6. mav 02:32, 17 Jun 2005 (UTC)
  7. sannse (talk) 18:36, 17 Jun 2005 (UTC) a minor aspect
Oppose:
Abstain:

Userspace

4) Internodeuser has placed inappropriate personal attacks on his userpage.

Support:
  1. Neutralitytalk 22:35, May 31, 2005 (UTC)
  2. Fred Bauder 18:39, Jun 1, 2005 (UTC)
  3. ➥the Epopt 17:55, 2 Jun 2005 (UTC)
  4. Grunt 🇪🇺 20:47, 2005 Jun 2 (UTC)
  5. →Raul654 07:12, Jun 10, 2005 (UTC)
  6. mav 02:32, 17 Jun 2005 (UTC)
  7. sannse (talk) 18:36, 17 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Oppose:
Abstain:

Vandalism

5) Internodeuser has edited anonymously from IPs in order to vandalize.

Support:
  1. Neutralitytalk 22:35, May 31, 2005 (UTC)
  2. Fred Bauder 18:39, Jun 1, 2005 (UTC)
  3. ➥the Epopt 17:55, 2 Jun 2005 (UTC)
  4. Grunt 🇪🇺 20:47, 2005 Jun 2 (UTC)
  5. →Raul654 07:12, Jun 10, 2005 (UTC)
  6. mav 02:32, 17 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Oppose:
  1. sannse (talk) 18:36, 17 Jun 2005 (UTC) other than deleting his own talk page (as an anon), which is usually not considered vandalism in itself, I've not seen evidence of this. I've added the "anon editing" bit to 1 above instead.
Abstain:

Proposed remedies

Note: All remedies that refer to a period of time, for example to a ban of X months or a revert parole of Y months, are to run concurrently unless otherwise stated.

1) Internodeuser is banned until one year after his most recent legal threat. Further legal threats will reset the ban, and the ban will remain in place during and after any formal action taken. (based on a similar WikiUser remedy)

Support:
  1. ➥the Epopt 18:13, 2 Jun 2005 (UTC)
  2. Grunt 🇪🇺 20:47, 2005 Jun 2 (UTC)
  3. Neutralitytalk 02:24, Jun 3, 2005 (UTC)
  4. Fred Bauder 19:47, Jun 11, 2005 (UTC)
  5. →Raul654 01:25, Jun 17, 2005 (UTC)
  6. mav 02:33, 17 Jun 2005 (UTC)
  7. sannse (talk) 18:36, 17 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Oppose:
Abstain:

Template

1) {text of proposed remedy}

Support:
Oppose:
Abstain:

Proposed enforcement

Template

1) {text of proposed enforcement}

Support:
Oppose:
Abstain:

Discussion by Arbitrators

General

Motion to close

Four net "support" votes needed to close case (each "oppose" vote subtracts a "support")
24 hours from the first motion is normally the fastest a case will close.

  1. Every appears to have passed. →Raul654 01:26, Jun 17, 2005 (UTC)
  2. Agree. --mav 02:34, 17 Jun 2005 (UTC)


  1. oppose for a short while - please reconsider FoF 5 (or show me the diffs) -- sannse (talk) 18:36, 17 Jun 2005 (UTC)
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