Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard

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Arbitration Committee motion amending the Rich Farmbrough arbitration case

By motion of the Arbitration Committee;

The sanctions placed on Rich Farmbrough as part of the Rich Farmbrough arbitration case (t) (ev / t) (w / t) (pd / t) are rescinded. For clarity this includes remedy 2 which prohibited Rich Farmbrough from using automation and clause B in the June 2012 amendment.
If the bot approval group sees it fit, they may also revoke all previous bot requests without the authorization of the Committee.
It is noted that the original community sanctions are not affected by this motion as they were placed by the community.

For the Arbitration Committee, Kharkiv07 (T) 18:41, 9 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 33#Arbitration Committee motion amending the Rich Farmbrough arbitration case

Reminder announcement about blocks based on private information

The committee would like to remind administrators of the following provision of the blocking policy:

If a user needs to be blocked based on information that will not be made available to all administrators, that information should be sent to the Arbitration Committee or a Checkuser or oversighter for action. These editors are qualified to handle non-public evidence, and they operate under strict controls. The community has rejected the idea of individual administrators acting on evidence that cannot be peer-reviewed.

If a situation arises in which private evidence (e.g. emails) is relevant, please refer the participants to arbcom (arbcom-llists.wikimedia.org) or to the functionaries list (functionaries-enlists.wikimedia.org) for review.

For the Arbitration Committee, Opabinia regalis (talk) 21:50, 21 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 33#Reminder announcement about blocks based on private information

Arbitration Committee motion amending the GoodDay arbitration case

By motion of the Arbitration Committee:

The Committee resolves that remedy 1.1 (GoodDay topic-banned from diacritics) in the GoodDay arbitration case (t) (ev / t) (w / t) (pd / t) is suspended for the period of one year from the date of passage of this motion. During the period of suspension, any uninvolved administrator may, as an arbitration enforcement action, reinstate the topic ban on GoodDay should GoodDay fail to follow Wikipedia behavior and editing standards while editing concerning diacritics, broadly construed, or participating in any discussions about the same.

In addition, the topic ban will be reinstated should GoodDay be validly blocked by any uninvolved administrator for misconduct related to diacritics, broadly construed. Such a reinstatement may only be appealed to the Arbitration Committee. After one year from the date of passage of this motion, if the ban has not been reinstated, or any reinstatements have been successfully appealed, the topic ban will be vacated.

For the Arbitration Committee, Miniapolis 17:28, 11 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Archived discussion at Wikipedia talk:Arbitration/Requests/Case/GoodDay#Amendment request: GoodDay (August 2016)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 33#Arbitration Committee motion amending the GoodDay arbitration case

Arbitration motion regarding Race and intelligence

The Arbitration Committee has resolved by motion that:

Ferahgo the Assassin (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) was topic-banned from the race and intelligence topic area in October 2010, site-banned in May 2012, and unbanned with editing restrictions in March 2014.

The March 2014 requirement that Ferahgo is restricted to "editing articles about the palaeontology of birds and dinosaurs and editing any talk or process pages reasonably and directly associated with improving the quality of those articles" is rescinded. The other restrictions that accompanied the unban remain in force.
The 2010 topic ban from the race and intelligence topic, originally issued under discretionary sanctions, remains in force and is adopted by the arbitration committee. This topic ban may be appealed via WP:ARCA.
The two-way interaction ban between Ferahgo and Mathsci (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) remains in force.

For the Arbitration Committee, Kevin (aka L235 · t · c) 02:49, 1 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Discuss this at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard#Arbitration motion regarding Race and intelligence

CheckUser and Oversight appointments 2016: Announcement

The Arbitration Committee has resolved to perform a round of Checkuser and Oversight appointments. The arbitrators overseeing this will be DeltaQuad and Opabinia regalis. This year, the usernames of all applicants will be shared with the Functionaries team, and they will be requested to assist in the vetting process.

The Committee is bound by a Wikimedia Foundation policy that only those editors who have passed an RfA or equivalent process may be appointed, therefore only administrators may be considered. The Committee encourages interested administrators to apply, and invites holders of one tool to apply for the other.

The timeline shall be as follows:

9th September: Request for candidates to apply.
23:59 UTC, 20th September: Candidate submissions close, vetting begins.
21st September: The Arbitration Committee and current Functionaries will vet the candidates.
23rd September: Vetting ends, successful candidates contacted by the 26th September.
26th September: Candidates published on-wiki, community feedback invited.
23:59 UTC, 8th October: Community comments end.
By 19th October: Appointed candidates announced

For the Arbitration Committee, -- Amanda (aka DQ) 06:00, 9 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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