User:Carcharoth/Contributions/Arbitration pages

Summary of my contributions to arbitration pages from June 2006 to the end of October 2008. November 2008 links may be added later. When following links from here, please remember that some of the opinions stated are anything up to 2 years old, and my opinion may have changed since. If you have any specific questions, please ask on my talk page or here.

Requests for arbitration

This section looks at my edits to Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration for declined or archived requests, with the aid of the listing at Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Rejected requests and Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Closed motions. The comments in opened cases where I made a statement at the request are linked from the detailed areas for those cases in a later section. The comments in the rejected or archived requests will be listed here. The links to my comments are to my initial comment in each request. To see if I added more comments later, please read the full rejected or archived request.

• declined request - my comment (Ral315, December 2006)
• declined request - my comment (Moriori, November 2007)
• declined request - my comment (Kmweber, November 2007)
• declined request - my comment (Defender 911, December 2007)
• declined request - my comment (Rollback consensus, January 2008)
• declined request - my comment (SPOV and civility in fringe articles, January 2008)
• declined request - my comment (Sorcerer's Stone vs. Philosopher's Stone, January 2008)
• extension request - my comment (Martinphi-ScienceApologist, January 2008)
• declined request - my comment (Jeffrey O. Gustafson 2, January 2008)
• declined request - my comment (JzG, February 2008)
• clarification request - my comment (MONGO, March 2008)
• clarification request - my comment (Mantanmoreland, March 2008)
• declined request - my comment (Allegations of state terrorism by the United States, May 2008)
• declined request - my comment (Pilotguy, June 2008)
• amendment request - my comment (Privatemusings, June 2008)
• appeal request - my comment (Palestine-Israel articles, June 2008)
• declined request - my comment (Bardcom, July 2008)
• declined request - my comment (Guido den Broeder, July 2008)
• declined request - my comment (Elonka, August 2008)
• declined request - my comment (Unapproved admin bots, September 2008)
• accepted request - my comment, see also here (Sarah Palin protection wheel war, September 2008)
• clarification request - my comment (amendment/editing of Wikipedia:Arbitration policy, September 2008)
• extension request - my comment (Episodes and characters 2, October 2008)

Requests for arbitration talk page

Threads from June 2006 to August 2008 at Wikipedia talk:Requests for arbitration:

• Comment on block and ban terminology (June 2006, general comment on block and ban terminology)
• Comment on rejection process (December 2006, probably related to the rejected Ral315 request)
• Commented in this thread (December 2006, related to a motion in the Giano case)
• Commented in this thread (December 2006, related to a motion in the Giano case)
• Started this thread (December 2006, related to a motion in the Giano case)
• Commented in this thread (January 2007, related to a motion in the Giano case)
• Commented in this thread (January 2007, passing comment in an AE-related thread)
• Commented in this thread (January 2007, comments on working practices - number of votes required for acceptance of a request)
• Commented in this thread (February 2007, more input on working practices - comments by uninvolved users)
• Started this thread (August 2007, off-topic comments on historic and historical images)
• Started this thread (December 2007, query on arbitration cases during ArbCom elections)
• Started this thread (December 2007, raised the issue of arbitrators opening cases - related to the Hoffman case)
• Commented in this thread (December 2007, commented on timing of initial proposed decision in Hoffman case)
• Commented in this thread (December 2007, about Zscout370 desysopping)
• Commented in this thread (December 2007, gave advice in response to a question)
• Commented in this thread (January 2008, comments about proposed decision talk page protection in IRC case)
• Asked this question (January 2008, archival question)
• Gave advice here (January 2008, general advice)
• Commented in this thread (February 2008, discussion about whether a separate arbitration committee mailing list for current arbitrators was needed)
• Suggested change in wording of instructions here (February 2008, advice on wording of arbitration case filing instructions)
• Commented in this thread (March 2008, comment related to the Hoffman case)
• Relocated and commented in this thread (March 2008, related to the Betacommand 2 case)
• Commented in this thread (March 2008, related to the Betacommand 2 case)
• Commented in this thread (March 2008, related to the Mantanmoreland case but comments are more on general wiki-philosophy of sanctions)
• Commented in this thread (March 2008, related to the Mantanmoreland case but comments are more on general wiki-philosophy on how to handle sockpuppets)
• Commented in this thread (March 2008, arbitration working practices - commented on RfARB subpages proposal)
• Raised question about possible clarification of past case (April 2008, badlydrawnjeff case - no response)
• Commented in this thread (April 2008, general discussion - comments on handling disputes in general)
• Commented in this thread (May 2008, gave advice on clearing backlog of motions and clarifications)
• Commented in this thread (May 2008, gave advice to Basboll after little response from committee)
• Offhand question (June 2008, about ArbCom history)
• Raised a question here (April 2008, arbitration working practices - noted possible overload due to separate page for clarifications and motions)
• Commented in this thread (July 2008, working practices - timing of opening of cases comment, eventually leading to discussion and changes later)
• Commented in this thread (May 2008, opinion on need for more focus during arbitration requests)
• Suggested change to the case acceptance method (July 2008, this suggested change led to actual changes and originated from the thread here)
• Commented in this thread (August 2008, commented on progress being made in the C68-FM-SV-JzG case)
• Two threads so far in November 2008 (still on Wikipedia talk:Requests for arbitration)

Specific arbitration cases

Links and details for specific arbitration cases that were opened. Rejected requests are detailed elsewhere.

2006

• Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Giano (September to October 2006)
  • 67 edits to proposed decision talk page, workshop page, two workshop subpages, and the workshop talk page
  • Giano arbitration case (t) (ev / t) (w / t) (pd / t)
    • Comment at RfArb
• Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Protecting children's privacy (October to December 2006)
  • 16 edits to evidence talk page and the workshop page
  • Protecting children's privacy arbitration case (t) (ev / t) (w / t) (pd / t)
    • Commentary only
• Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Husnock (December 2006 to February 2007)
  • 39 edits to case talk page, evidence page, evidence talk page, proposed decision page, proposed decision talk page, workshop page and workshop talk page
  • Husnock arbitration case (t) (ev / t) (w / t) (pd / t)
    • Evidence presented

2007

• Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Philwelch (February to March 2007)
  • 2 edits to case talk page
  • Philwelch arbitration case (t) (ev / t) (w / t) (pd / t)
    • Comment at RfArb
• Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Billy Ego-Sandstein (April 2007)
  • 2 edits to proposed decision talk page
  • Billy Ego-Sandstein arbitration case (t) (ev / t) (w / t) (pd / t)
    • Commentary only
• Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Abu badali (May to July 2007)
  • 1 edit to proposed decision talk page
  • Abu badali arbitration case (t) (ev / t) (w / t) (pd / t)
    • Commentary only
• Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Badlydrawnjeff (May to July 2007)
  • 95 edits to evidence talk page, proposed decision talk page, workshop page and workshop talk page
  • Badlydrawnjeff arbitration case (t) (ev / t) (w / t) (pd / t)
    • Proposed remedy
    • Workshop discussion point
• Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/CharlotteWebb (June to July 2007)
  • 2 edits to evidence talk page and workshop talk page
  • CharlotteWebb arbitration case (t) (ev / t) (w / t) (pd / t)
    • Comment at RfArb
• Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Attack sites (September to October 2007)
  • 3 edits to proposed decision talk page
  • Attack sites arbitration case (t) (ev / t) (w / t) (pd / t)
    • Commentary only
• Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Sadi Carnot (October to November 2007)
  • 29 edits to evidence talk page, the proposed decision talk page and the workshop page
  • Sadi Carnot arbitration case (t) (ev / t) (w / t) (pd / t)
    • Comment at RfArb
• Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Alkivar (October to November 2007)
  • 5 edits to evidence talk page
  • Alkivar arbitration case (t) (ev / t) (w / t) (pd / t)
    • Brief reponse at RfArb
• Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Durova (November to December 2007)
  • 21 edits to proposed decision talk page
  • Durova arbitration case (t) (ev / t) (w / t) (pd / t)
    • Commentary only
• Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/IRC (December 2007 to February 2008)
  • 410 edits to case talk page, evidence page, evidence talk page, proposed decision talk page, the tavern talk page, the workshop page and the workshop talk page
  • IRC arbitration case (t) (ev / t) (w / t) (pd / t)
    • Comment at RfArb
    • Follow-up point after case opened
    • Second follow-up point during case
    • Evidence presented
    • Proposed principle
    • Proposed principle
    • Proposed finding of fact
    • Proposed finding of fact
    • Proposed finding of fact
    • Proposed finding of fact
    • Proposed finding of fact
    • Proposed remedy
    • Proposed remedy
    • Third follow-up point after case closed
    • Filed the second request for clarification (March 2008)
• Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Matthew Hoffman (December 2007 to February 2008)
  • Note that the case pages have been courtesy blanked, so the links below are to versions in the page history, though even there, some links are still broken
  • 311 edits to case talk page, the evidence page, the evidence talk page, the proposed decision talk page, the workshop page and the workshop talk page
  • Matthew Hoffman (t) (e/ t) (w/ t) (d/ t)
    • Comment at RfArb
    • Requests for arbitration talk page thread (December 2007, raised the issue of arbitrators opening cases)
    • Requests for arbitration talk page thread (December 2007, commented on timing of initial proposed decision)
    • Evidence presented (note that subsequent edits to remove a name broke some of the evidence links)
    • Appeal for calm on the workshop and workshop talk pages
    • Proposed finding of fact
    • Proposed finding of fact
    • Proposed finding of fact
    • Proposed finding of fact
    • Proposed remedy
    • Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Vanished user (December 2007 and January 2008)
    • Commented at a request during the case (January 2008, request was for the case to be closed)
    • Requests for arbitration talk page thread (March 2008, Hoffman case used as an example in discussion)
    • Made a statement during the ArbCom elections for 2008 (November 2008, part-response to joint statement by the two main parties)

2008

• Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Jim62sch (January 2008)
  • 17 edits to case page, the evidence talk page and the proposed decision talk page
  • Jim62sch arbitration case (t) (ev / t) (w / t) (pd / t)
    • Logged warnings made to the parties in the case (April 2008)
• Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Episodes and characters 2 (January to March 2008)
  • 12 edits to evidence page, proposed decision talk page and workshop page
  • Episodes and characters 2 arbitration case (t) (ev / t) (w / t) (pd / t)
    • Comment at RfArb
    • Comment at second clarification thread
• Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Highways 2 (January to April 2008)
  • 3 edits to proposed decision talk page and workshop page
  • Highways 2 arbitration case (t) (ev / t) (w / t) (pd / t)
    • Commentary only
• Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Franco-Mongol alliance (February to March 2008)
  • 1 edit to evidence talk page
  • Franco-Mongol alliance arbitration case (t) (ev / t) (w / t) (pd / t)
    • Commentary only
• Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Betacommand 2 (March to April 2008)
  • 112 edits to case talk page, evidence page, evidence talk page, proposed decision talk page, workshop page and workshop talk page
  • Betacommand 2 arbitration case (t) (ev / t) (w / t) (pd / t)
    • Comment at RfArb
    • Further comments at RfArb archived here and here
    • Queried who should be parties to the case
    • Pointed out relevant talk page threads from WT:RFARB
    • Evidence presented (really a narrative history)
    • Log of blocks, bans, and restrictions (14:22, May 16, 2008 entry)
• Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Tango (April to May 2008)
  • 38 edits to evidence talk page, the proposed decision talk page, and the workshop page
  • Tango arbitration case (t) (ev / t) (w / t) (pd / t)
    • Commentary only
• Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Homeopathy (April to June 2008)
  • 2 edits to proposed decision talk page
  • Homeopathy arbitration case (t) (ev / t) (w / t) (pd / t)
    • Commentary only
• Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Footnoted quotes (May to June 2008)
  • 23 edits to proposed decision talk page
  • Footnoted quotes arbitration case (t) (ev / t) (w / t) (pd / t)
    • Commentary only
• Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/C68-FM-SV (May to September 2008)
  • 21 edits to proposed decision page, proposed decision talk page, workshop page and workshop talk page
  • C68-FM-SV arbitration case (t) (ev / t) (w / t) (pd / t)
    • Commentary only
• Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Orangemarlin (June to July 2008)
  • 2 edits to case talk page
  • Orangemarlin arbitration case (t) (ev / t) (w / t) (pd / t)
    • Commentary only
• Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/SlimVirgin-Lar (July to October 2008)
  • 3 edits to proposed decision talk page
  • SlimVirgin-Lar arbitration case (t) (ev / t) (w / t) (pd / t)
    • Commentary only
• Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Geogre-William M. Connolley (July to August 2008)
  • 101 edits to evidence page, evidence talk page, proposed decision talk page, workshop page and workshop talk page
  • Geogre-William M. Connolley arbitration case (t) (ev / t) (w / t) (pd / t)
    • Comment at RfArb
    • Evidence presented
    • Analysis of evidence
    • General discussion point

Named as a party

• Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Matthew Hoffman (courtesy blanked)
• Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Betacommand 2

Other arbitration pages

• Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee
  • Started this thread (January 2008, discussion about whether a separate arbitration committee mailing list for current arbitrators was needed)
  • Commented in this thread (June 2008, discussion about whether new arbitrators were needed)
• Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Arbitration enforcement
  • Commented in this thread (TTN, February 2008)
  • Commented in this thread (Vintagekits, March 2008)
  • Commented in this thread (Giano II, March 2008)
  • Commented in this thread (Betacommand, April 2008)
  • Commented in this thread (IRC, April 2008)
  • Commented in this thread (Jim62sch, April 2008)
  • Commented in this thread (Alansohn, June 2008)
  • Commented in this thread (Vintagekits, June 2008)
• Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Clerks
  • Made a suggestion (July 2008)
  • Started this thread (July 2008)
• Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee/Clerks/Noticeboard
  • Question asked (January 2008)
  • Passing comment in this thread (January 2008)
• Wikipedia talk:Arbitration guide
  • Comment on very low-traffic page (July 2008)
• Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Arbitration Committee
  • Posted a short view (June 2008)
  • Pointed out how a change did get made (July 2008)
• Wikipedia talk:Requests for comment/Arbitration Committee
  • General commentary
  • Archived thread from Arbitration requests for clarification (June 2008)

Narrative description

• First edited arbitration-related pages in June 2006 with this contribution at the request talk page.
• First comment at a request for arbitration was in September 2006, here
• 158 edits at RfArb, 132 at the request talk page, 1338 to specific cases
• There is also a history, not detailed above, of minor, clerk-like fixes to various arbitration pages.
• Some of the edit history surrounding the ArbCom elections in 2006 and 2007 is also relevant