This is a page for working on Arbitration decisions. The Arbitrators, parties to the case, and other editors may draft proposals and post them to this page for review and comments. Proposals may include proposed general principles, findings of fact, remedies, and enforcement provisions—the same format as is used in Arbitration Committee decisions. The bottom of the page may be used for overall analysis of the /Evidence and for general discussion of the case.

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Motions and requests by the parties

Suggestion for checkuser

1) Per the evidence presented by Sjakkale, a checkuser to see if the SPA's match any established editor would be in order. In addition, there are other allegations of puppetry as contained in the parties' opening statements. It would probably be good to have all the suspicions evaluated so the results can be taken into account if a problem is found, or otherwise some suspicions can be dissipated.

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Proposed by the case clerk based on the statements and evidence to date. Newyorkbrad 12:13, 9 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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Wikipedia is not a battleground

1) Wikipedia is a reference work. Use of the site for political or ideological struggle accompanied by harassment of opponents is extremely disruptive.

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Somewhat crude, as the struggle here doesn't appear to have a coherent ideology behind it. Kirill 04:00, 11 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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Dispute tags

2) It is inappropriate to add frivolous dispute tags to an article.

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Could be more detailed. Kirill 04:00, 11 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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Advocacy

3) Wikipedia is a project to build a neutral encyclopedia. Use of it as a platform for advocacy of any sort is prohibited. Editors that consistently engage in advocacy rather than contributing to the encyclopedia may be banned from participating in the project.

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Probably more useful; wording could use some work. Kirill 04:00, 11 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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I like the idea, which refines the first proposal. This could apply to a lot of disputes. And although the final sentence is strong it probably needs to be said. Maybe I'll try to wrap my head around this too. Durova^Charge! 04:30, 11 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia is an encyclopedia

4) There may be higher goals in life than creating a nonprofit encyclopedia, but that is what Wikipedia is. People who consistently put other priorities ahead of that basic function may face sanctions up to and including sitebans.

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Why is "nonprofit" emphasized here rather than "neutral"? Very few people tend to have issues with the former, and very many—notably, those engaged in advocacy—with the latter. Kirill 05:03, 11 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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Proposed. An attempt to cover advocacy in more general terms. Durova^Charge! 04:54, 11 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Good point; adjust as you see fit. The aim is a respectful nod for people's own priorities while expressing that Wikipedia has a reasonable expectation that they accommodate encyclopedic standards here. Durova^Charge! 05:09, 11 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Purpose of Wikipedia

5) Wikipedia is a project to create a neutral encyclopedia. Use of the site for other purposes—including, but not limited to, advocacy, propaganda, furtherance of outside conflicts, and political or ideological struggle—is prohibited. Users that consistently engage in such activities may face sanctions up to and including total bans from the project.

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More verbose, pulling a few different threads together. Kirill 05:08, 11 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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6) Wikipedia users are expected to behave reasonably and calmly in their interactions with other users, to keep their cool when editing, and to avoid acting in a manner that brings the project into disrepute. Unseemly conduct—including, but not limited to, personal attacks, incivility, assumptions of bad faith, trolling, harassment, and gaming the system—is prohibited. Users should not respond to such behavior in kind; concerns regarding the actions of other users should be brought up in the appropriate forums. Users whose behavior is consistently inappropriate may face sanctions up to and including total bans from the project.

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Nice and general. Kirill 21:55, 14 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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User Tezza1 is disruptive

1) Tezza1 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) (and related sockpuppet accounts) is a disruptive editor on the Railpage Australia article and related pages. See evidence at [1].

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Proposed. --Rocksanddirt 20:32, 13 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Suspected sock puppetry, role accounts Thin Arthur/Dbromage/Null Device in the Railpage Article

2) My complaint (Tezza1) which resulted in this arbitration requires investigation and a ruling. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Suspected_sock_puppets/Dbromage. The investigators have left it to you - the arbitrators to make a ruling on that case in this forum.

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User - The Null Device

3) The_Null_Device Is a single purpose account who has edited heavily the Railpage article [2], has not been truthful about their identity [3] to Administrator Durova being linked with user and suspected sock puppeteer Suspected_sock_puppets/Dbromage. This single purpose account has taken action on numerous occasions against editor Tezza1 [4] [5] without disclosing their suspected COI .

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User - Thin Arthur

4) Thin_Arthur (the one who brought these arbitration proceedings) has not been truthful [6] [7] after the fact or has been misleading in his explanations in Suspected_sock_puppets/Dbromage. This editor did not disclose that he/she had a direct relationship with and when editing Railpage article content. [8], being connected with the article subject founder [9] David Bromage [10].
The editor account "Thin Arthur" is either a sock puppet, role account or has acted in close consultation with User:Dbromage

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User - Dbromage

5) User:Dbromage has edited the Railpage article without disclosing his COI [11] and used the following single user sock puppet accounts User:The_Null_Device and/or has acted in close consultation with editor/sock/role account User:Thin_Arthur. See Suspected_sock_puppets/Dbromage for evidence.

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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.

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