Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard

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Unicornblood2018 unblocked following successful appeal

Following a successful appeal via email to the Arbitration Committee, Unicornblood2018 has been unblocked, with the condition that they are topic-banned from any pages or edits related to (1) China, or (2) new religious movements, broadly construed. This topic ban may be appealed after one year has elapsed. The account restriction has been logged at Wikipedia:Editing restrictions#Placed by the Arbitration Committee.

For the Arbitration Committee,
GorillaWarfare (talk) 01:16, 10 January 2020 (UTC)Reply

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 45#Unicornblood2018 unblocked following successful appeal

Ricky81682 unblocked

The Arbitration Committee has resolved by motion that:

Ricky81682 (talk · contribs) is unblocked subject to an indefinite account restriction: Ricky81682 is restricted to one account, and may not edit anonymously.

For the Arbitration Committee, Kevin (aka L235 · t · c) 04:24, 18 January 2020 (UTC)Reply

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 45#Ricky81682 unblocked

Dreamy Jazz appointed trainee clerk

The arbitration clerks are pleased to welcome Dreamy Jazz (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-l lists.wikimedia.org.

For the Arbitration Committee, Kevin (aka L235 · t · c) 04:32, 28 January 2020 (UTC)Reply

Discuss this at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard#Dreamy Jazz appointed trainee clerk

Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Portals Closed

An arbitration case regarding Portals has now closed and the final decision is viewable at the link above. The following remedies have been enacted:

  • BrownHairedGirl is prohibited from editing in the Portal: namespace or engaging in discussions about portals anywhere on Wikipedia. She may appeal this restriction in six months.
  • BrownHairedGirl is indefinitely restricted from interacting with or commenting about Northamerica1000 anywhere on Wikipedia, subject to the ordinary exceptions. This restriction may be appealed in six months.
  • For numerous violations of basic policies and generally failing to meet community expectations and responsibilities as outlined in Wikipedia:Administrators#Accountability and Wikipedia:Administrators#Administrator conduct, BrownHairedGirl is desysopped. She may regain the administrative tools at any time via a successful request for adminship.
  • The Arbitration Committee recommends that a well-publicized community discussion be held to establish a guideline for portals. The committee further recommends that this RfC be kept open for at least 30 days, be closed by a panel of 3 uninvolved administrators, and at a minimum address the following questions:
  • Topics: How broad or narrow should a topic area be for it to sustain a portal?
  • Page views: Should there be a minimum number of page views for a portal to be considered viable? How should those page views be measured?
  • WikiProjects: Should portals be required to be connected to an active WikiProject or other group of maintainers?
  • Updates: How often should a portal be updated?
  • Automation: Can automated tools be used in the creation or maintenance of portals?
  • Links to portals: How should portals be used? Should they be linked on all relevant Wikipedia articles, or should another method be used to ensure that portals are viewed and used?

For the Arbitration Committee, SQLQuery me! 21:55, 29 January 2020 (UTC)Reply

Discuss this at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard#Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Portals Closed

Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/RHaworth closed

An arbitration case regarding RHaworth has now closed and the final decision is viewable at the link above. The following remedies have been enacted:

  • For failure to meet the standards expected of an administrator, including repeated misuse of the deletion tool, RHaworth's administrative user rights are removed. RHaworth may regain administrative user rights at any time via a successful request for adminship.
  • Administrators are reminded that checkuser and oversight blocks must not be reversed or modified without prior consultation with the checkuser or oversighter who placed the block, the respective functionary team, or the Arbitration Committee.

For the Arbitration Committee, CodeLyokotalk 05:45, 1 February 2020 (UTC)Reply

Discuss this at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard#Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/RHaworth closed