User:Elonka/ArbCom log

This page is a scratchpad where I am maintaining notes about pages where I have been, or am currently, acting as an administrator in arbitration enforcement. The lower part of this page (Pseudoscience log) is a temporary collection of diffs relating to editors in the Pseudoscience topic area. See also Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Pseudoscience#Discretionary sanctions. Once the dispute is resolved, the diffs will be deleted.

Articles where I have used discretionary sanctions

Using the "list of editors" technique:

• User:Elonka/Hungarian-Slovakian experiment (May – July 2008)
• Talk:Muhammad al-Durrah/Archive 9#Conditions_for_editing (June – September 2008)
• Talk:Quackwatch/Archive 16#Conditions_for_editing (September – October 2008)
• Talk:Chiropractic/Admin log (September 2008 to present)
• Talk:List of pseudosciences and pseudoscientific concepts#List_of_editors (December 2008 to present)

Other articles where such a list was not needed, or is not being used:

• Talk:Atropa belladonna/Archive 3 (July 2008)
• Talk:Psychic (October 2008)
• Wikipedia talk:FRINGE (December 2008)
• Talk:Banias (December 2008)
• Talk:Ma'ale Akrabim massacre (December 2008)
• Talk:Israeli settlement (December 2008 to present)

Notifications issued

This is the list of editors to whom I issued formal notifications about potential ArbCom sanctions. Note that not all editors warned were ever actually sanctioned, as most chose to voluntarily moderate their own behavior.

Eastern Europe topic area

• Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Digwuren (May – June 2008)
  • Tulkolahten (talk · contribs)
  • Tankred (talk · contribs)
  • 87.97.111.140 (talk · contribs)
  • Nmate (talk · contribs)
  • Rembaoud (talk · contribs)
  • CoolKoon (talk · contribs)
  • Svetovid (talk · contribs)
  • MarkBA (talk · contribs)
  • Borsoka (talk · contribs)

Palestine/Israel topic area

• Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Palestine-Israel articles (June to August 2008)
  • June 15, 2008, ChrisO (talk · contribs)[1]
  • July 2, 2008, Lapsed Pacifist (talk · contribs)[2]
  • July 21, 2008, Liftarn (talk · contribs)[3]
  • August 25, 2008, Nickhh (talk · contribs)[4]

Pseudoscience topic area

• Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Martinphi-ScienceApologist#Log of blocks and bans and Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Pseudoscience (September 2008 to present)
  • September 22, 2008
    • QuackGuru notified[5]
    • Ludwigs2 notified[6]
  • October 6, 2008
    • Malcolm Schosha (talk · contribs) notified[7]
  • January 16, 2009
    • Orangemarlin (talk · contribs) notified[8]

Discretionary sanctions

Eastern Europe

• See User:Elonka/Hungarian-Slovakian experiment/Admin notes (April – July 2008)

Summary of my efforts: Before my arrival in mid-April 2008, there was edit-warring on dozens of articles, and dozens of admin board threads, most of which were ignored because the complaints were too complex. Within a few months, and efforts by myself and administrators Shell Kinney (talk · contribs) and EdJohnston (talk · contribs), the topic area had been stabilized, multiple sockpuppets were blocked, a special naming guideline had been discussed, the admin noticeboard threads had trickled off, and all editors were either working together constructively, or had moved on to other projects.

Homeopathy

Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Homeopathy

• July 6, 2008: Ronz (talk · contribs) banned from all Homeopathy articles and related talkpages for one week.[9]
• July 7, 2008: ScienceApologist (talk · contribs) banned from Atropa Belladonna article and talkpage for one week.[10]

Summary of my efforts: By simply implementing two brief bans, the rest of the editors on the Atropa Belladonna and Quackwatch articles were able to reach consensus, and the articles were drastically improved.

Atropa belladonna article before I arrived,[11] Article 10 days later:[12] Better quality article, tags gone, and edit wars diminished

Quackwatch article before I arrived[13] Article after restrictions:[14]

Palestine/Israel articles

• 0RR (no reverts except for vandalism) restriction on Muhammad al-Durrah article from June 10 – September 30, 2008.

Summary of my efforts: Before my arrival, chronic edit-warring, multiple ANI threads, rapidly scrolling talkpage, extensive incivility. After my participation: Stable article, no more ANI threads, editors apparently content with compromise and have moved on to other projects

• June 15, 2008
  • ChrisO banned from participating at Talk:Muhammad al-Durrah for one week, and banned from editing the article for 30 days[15]
  • Julia1987 (talk · contribs) banned from editing the lead section of Muhammad al-Durrah for one month.[16]
• July 1, 2008: Wikifan12345 (talk · contribs) banned from editing the Muhammad al-Durrah article and talkpage for one week.[17]
• July 28, 2008: ChrisO (talk · contribs) banned from editing the Muhammad al-Durrah article for one month.[18]
• December 20, 2008: Ashley kennedy3 (talk · contribs) banned from the Banias article and talkpage for 30 days.[19] On December 21, ban extended to the Ma'ale Akrabim massacre article and talkpage.[20]
• December 2008: Ban on Samaria-related reverts in the lead of the Israeli settlement article. See Talk:Israeli settlement#Potential ArbCom sanctions

Pseudoscience topic area

Summary of my efforts: Minor. I did start a thread at WP:AN to request clarification on whether or not Chiropractic could be administered under the Pseudoscience case (the answer was yes). And I started the Talk:Chiropractic/Admin log page, where I engaged in discussion with other admins on the best way to proceed. All the actual sanctions though were placed by other administrators such as Shell Kinney (talk · contribs), who did the lion's share of the work on stabilizing the article, such as by managing the page at Talk:Chiropractic/Mediation.

• July 11, 2008, ScienceApologist blocked for 12 hours[21]
• November 4, 2008:
  • ScienceApologist (talk · contribs) banned from editing the WP:FRINGE guideline for 30 days.[22]
  • Martinphi (talk · contribs) banned from editing the WP:FRINGE guideline for 30 days.[23]
• December 1, 2008, ScienceApologist blocked for 48 hours for violating his page ban.[24]

Pseudoscience log

This section is a temporary collation of diffs related to the pseudoscience topic area, but is not intended to be a permanent part of this page.

See also: Talk:Chiropractic/Admin log

• June 23:
  • Levine2112 (talk · contribs) cautioned by Vassyana to disengage from ScienceApologist.[25]
• July 29:
  • Levine2112 cautioned by Wizardman about edit-warring at Atropa belladonna.[26]
• September 14:
  • Jim62sch (talk · contribs) cautioned by Tim Vickers.[27] (additional comment by Cool Hand Luke[28])
• September 21:
  • Levine2112 placed under 0RR restriction by admin Vsmith.[29]
  • Levine2112 formally cautioned about arb restrictions, by admin PhilKnight.[30]
• September 23:
  • Levine2112 advised by Elonka.[31]
• October 5:
  • Orangemarlin (talk · contribs) cautioned by Elonka to engage at the talkpage when making controversial edits.[32]
• October 6:
  • Orangemarlin (talk · contribs) cautioned by Elonka about personal attacks.[33]
• October 12:
  • Jim62sch (talk · contribs) cautioned by Sandstein for personal attacks.[34]
• October 14:
  • Orangemarlin (talk · contribs) concern from Elonka.[35]
  • Jim62sch (talk · contribs) concern from Elonka.[36]
• October 18:
  • Orangemarlin advised by admin Vsmith about checking Twinkle settings.[37]
• October 23:
  • Orangemarlin (talk · contribs) cautioned by Elonka about personal attacks.[38]
• October 24:
  • Levine2112 given a barnstar by admin Shell Kinney.[39]
• November 5
  • Levine2112 received 3RR warning from admin Tim Vickers.[40]
• November 9:
  • Levine2112 advised by Shell Kinney.[41]
• January 6:
  • Backin72 (talk · contribs) nudged by Elonka,[42][43]
  • Dematt (talk · contribs)[44]
  • Levine2112 (talk · contribs)[45]
• January 8:
  • SEMI-RETIRED

This user is no longer very active on Wikipedia.

cautioned by Elonka.[46]

• January 14:
  • Orangemarlin (talk · contribs) nudged by Elonka.[47]
• January 15:
  • Query to Orangemarlin from Elonka[48]
  • Request to Levine2112 by Elonka[49]
  • Caution to Orangemarlin from Elonka[50]
• January 16:
  • Orangemarlin notified of potential ArbCom sanctions by Elonka[51]
  • Landed little marsdon (talk · contribs) query from Elonka[52]
• January 17:
  • Jim62sch (talk · contribs) cautioned by Elonka [53]
  • QuackGuru (talk · contribs) cautioned by Elonka [54]
  • Landed little marsdon (talk · contribs) advised to work by Elonka on other articles than just one.[55]
  • KillerChihuahua (talk · contribs) notified by Elonka to not reverse admin enforcement actions.[56]
• January 18:
  • QuackGuru advised by Elonka [57]
  • Verbal (talk · contribs) query from Elonka [58]
• January 21:
  • QuackGuru blocked for two weeks by admin Ioeth (talk · contribs). (ANI thread), (AE thread)