Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 15

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The Arbitration Committee is considering a motion to amend its procedures to allow automatic abstentions for arbitrators who have not voted, under certain conditions. Comments on the motion are welcome at the motion page. For the Arbitration Committee, EggRoll97 ^(talk) 23:18, 30 October 2025 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 52 § Proposed motion for amendment to arbitration procedures: automatic abstentions for non-votes

The Committee resolves by motion:

For the Arbitration Committee, EggRoll97 ^(talk) 19:22, 2 November 2025 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 52 § Arbitration motion regarding amendment to Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee/Procedures relating to automatic abstentions for non-votes

The Arbitration Committee acknowledges the resignation of Spicy (talk · contribs) from the CheckUser team and thanks them for their service.

On behalf of the Committee, Sdrqaz (talk) 21:43, 19 November 2025 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 53 § Change to the CheckUser team, November 2025

The Arbitration Commitee has resolved by motion that:

For the Arbitration Committee, Sennecaster (Chat) 18:52, 21 November 2025 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 53 § Arbitration motions regarding Lightbreather

The Arbitration Committee has resolved by motion that:

For the Arbitration Committee, GoldRomean (talk) 21:59, 21 November 2025 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 53 § Arbitration motion regarding Conduct in deletion-related editing

The Arbitration Committee is considering a motion to amend its procedures to allow the use of Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Enforcement (AE) for community-imposed general sanctions, if the community also assigns those requests to AE. Comments on the motion are welcome at the amendment request.

For the Arbitration Committee,
Daniel (talk) 18:45, 23 November 2025 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 53 § Proposed motion for amendment to arbitration procedures: Arbitration Enforcement noticeboard scope

The Arbitration Committee has resolved by motion that:

For the Arbitration Committee, ~delta ^{(talk • cont)} 19:31, 28 November 2025 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 53 § Arbitration motion regarding amendment to arbitration procedures: Arbitration Enforcement noticeboard scope

The Arbitration Committee welcomes the following new and returning members following their election by the community.

The two-year terms of these members formally begin on 1 January 2026:

• Aoidh (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
• Asilvering (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
• Girth Summit (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
• HJ Mitchell (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
• HouseBlaster (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
• Izno (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
• Sdrqaz (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
• SilverLocust (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

The one-year terms of this member formally begins on 1 January 2026:

• Guerillero (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

All incoming members have elected to receive the checkuser and oversight permissions.

The Committee will make a further announcement about outgoing arbitrators before the 2026 committee takes office.

For the Arbitration Committee, Katie ^talk 19:02, 8 December 2025 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 53 § 2026 Arbitration Committee

The Committee resolves by motion:

For the Arbitration Committee, EggRoll97 ^(talk) 23:12, 18 December 2025 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 53 § Arbitration motion regarding Pbsouthwood

The Arbitration Committee has received an application for CheckUser and Oversight access and has reviewed them in consultation with the functionaries team. The Community is invited to evaluate the candidacy and comment at Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 53#CU/OS rolling appointment application – December 2025 until 23:59, 18 December 2025 (UTC). theleekycauldron (talk • she/her) 00:06, 12 December 2025 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 53 § CU/OS rolling appointment application – December 2025

Following private and public consultations, the Arbitration Committee is pleased to appoint Giraffer (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) to both the Checkuser and Oversight teams.

The committee thanks all editors who participated in the consultation.

For the Arbitration Committee, HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 13:01, 21 December 2025 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 53 § Functionary appointment, December 2025

The Arbitration Committee thanks our outgoing colleagues, whose terms end on 31 December 2025:

• Cabayi (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
• Primefac (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
• ToBeFree (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
• Z1720 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

We also thank these colleagues, who resigned effective 31 December 2025:

• Liz (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
• Worm That Turned (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

Outgoing members are eligible to retain the CheckUser and Oversight permissions, to remain active on cases accepted before their term ended, and to remain subscribed to the functionaries' and arbitration clerks' mailing lists following their terms on the Arbitration Committee. To that effect:

• Stewards are requested to remove the permission(s) noted from the following outgoing members, who have not chosen to retain them, after 31 December 2025:

  CheckUser: Liz, Worm That Turned, Z1720

  Oversight: Liz, Worm That Turned, Z1720

• Outgoing members are eligible to remain active on cases opened before their term ended if they wish. That will be noted on the proposed decision talk page of affected case(s).
• All outgoing members will remain subscribed to the functionaries' mailing list, with the exception of Worm That Turned, who has chosen to be unsubscribed.
• All outgoing members will be unsubscribed from the clerks' mailing list, with the exception of Primefac, who has chosen to remain subscribed.

For the Arbitration Committee,

Katie ^talk 23:20, 31 December 2025 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 53 § Outgoing 2025 Arbitration Committee

The Arbitration Committee is considering proposed motions regarding the PIA topic area and to amend its procedures regarding the reporting of violations of sanctions imposed by the Arbitration Committee. Comments on the motion are welcome at the motion page . For the Arbitration Committee, GoldRomean (talk) 21:16, 2 January 2026 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 53 § Proposed motion for amendment to arbitration procedures: direct violation reports

The Arbitration Committee has received an application for CheckUser and Oversight permissions from Daniel Quinlan (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) and has reviewed it in consultation with the functionaries team. The committee invites the community to evaluate the candidacy and comment on the talk page of this noticeboard until 23:59, 8 January 2026 (UTC). For the Arbitration Committee, HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 23:28, 1 January 2026 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 53 § CU/OS rolling appointment application – January 2026

Following private and public consultations, the Arbitration Committee is pleased to appoint Daniel Quinlan (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) to both the Checkuser and Oversight teams.

The committee thanks all editors who participated in the consultation.

For the Arbitration Committee, HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 22:24, 11 January 2026 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 53 § Functionary appointment, January 2026

The Arbitration Committee has resolved by motion that:

For the Arbitration Committee, EggRoll97 ^(talk) 00:23, 15 January 2026 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 53 § Arbitration motion regarding Falun Gong

The Arbitration Committee has resolved by a series of motions that:

For the Arbitration Committee, DatGuy ^Talk _Contribs 07:05, 23 January 2026 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 53 § Arbitration motions regarding ARBPIA5 topic bans

The Arbitration Committee has resolved by motion that:

For the Arbitration Committee, EggRoll97 ^(talk) 06:45, 27 January 2026 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 53 § Arbitration motion regarding NorthernWinds

Following a request to the Committee, the CheckUser permissions of Vanamonde93 (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) have been restored.

For the Arbitration Committee
Daniel (talk) 22:12, 30 January 2026 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 53 § Changes to the CheckUser team, January 2026

Pursuant to the procedure on CheckUser & Oversight inactivity, the CheckUser & Oversight permissions of Ks0stm (talk · contribs) are removed.

The Arbitration Committee also acknowledges the resignation of Mkdw (talk · contribs) from the CheckUser team.

The Committee thanks both Ks0stm and Mkdw for their service in these roles.

For the Arbitration Committee
Daniel (talk) 03:43, 1 February 2026 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 53 § Changes to the functionaries team, February 2026

The Arbitration Committee has resolved by motion that:

For the Arbitration Committee, EggRoll97 ^(talk) 05:53, 3 February 2026 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 53 § Arbitration motion regarding TenPoundHammer

The Arbitration Committee is considering a series of motions which would remove remedies which are no longer necessary.

In addition, a motion which would automatically sunset unused contentious topics is under consideration.

Your comments are welcome at Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Motions § Community discussion (Cleanup of old remedies) .

For the Arbitration Committee, House Blaster (talk • he/they) 03:22, 17 February 2026 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 53 § Motions cleaning up old remedies and automatically sunset contentious topics

The Arbitration Committee has resolved by motion that:

For the Arbitration Committee, DatGuy ^Talk _Contribs 09:47, 18 February 2026 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 53 § Arbitration motion regarding Iskandar323

The Arbitration Committee has resolved by motion that:

Remedies 1 and 2 of Israel-Lebanon ("Use of blogs" and "Editors cautioned", respectively) are rescinded.

Remedy 3.1 and special enforcement provision 1 of Israel-Lebanon are also rescinded. Any restrictions issued under remedy 3.1 remain in force, and are governed by and may be enforced via the contentious topic designation for the Arab–Israeli conflict.

Remedy 1 of Johnski ("Dominion of Melchizedek semi-protected") is rescinded. Johnski (talk · contribs) may appeal their block using the regular block appeals process.

Remedies 1 and 4 and enforcement provisions 1 and 3 of Lyndon LaRouche are rescinded. Actions previously taken in accordance with the remedy or enforcement provisions remain in force.

The post-decision motion passed from Lyndon LaRouche 2 is rescinded. Any blocks issued under that provision remain in force, and remain governed by the applicable appeals process as if this motion did not pass.

Following a long-running trial, remedies 1 and 2 of Midnight Syndicate are fully rescinded. All topic bans issued in accordance with remedy 2 are also rescinded. Additionally, the two bespoke enforcement provisions are rescinded.

Special enforcement 3 of the Race and intelligence case ("Review of topic-bans") is rescinded. Bans from the Committee may be appealed in the usual way at Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Clarification and Amendment.

Remedy 1 of Regarding The Bogdanov Affair ("Ban on editing Bogdanov Affair") is amended to read:

1) CatherineV (talk · contribs), EE Guy (talk · contribs), Laurence67 (talk · contribs), Luis A. (talk · contribs), ProfesseurYIN (talk · contribs), XAL (talk · contribs), and YBM (talk · contribs) are prohibited from editing Bogdanov affair (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) and its talk page.

Remedy 2 and enforcement provision 2 ("Notice" and "Additional combatants") are rescinded. Bans issued in accordance with enforcement provision 2 are also rescinded.

Remedies 2 and 3 of Sathya Sai Baba ("Removal of poorly sourced negative information" and "Removal of poorly sourced information", respectively) are rescinded.

Remedy 4 of Sathya Sai Baba 2 ("Prior remedies clarified") is also rescinded.

Remedies 5.1 and 8 of Scientology ("Single purpose accounts with agendas" and "Editors instructed", respectively) are rescinded.

Remedy 3 ("Scope of Scientology topic ban") is amended to read:

3) Editors topic banned by remedies in this proceeding are prohibited (i) from editing articles related to Scientology or Scientologists, broadly defined, as well as the respective article talk pages and (ii) from participating in any Wikipedia process relating to those articles, including as examples but not limited to, articles for deletion, reliable sources noticeboard, administrators' noticeboard and so forth. Appeals will be considered no earlier than six months after the close of this case, and additional reviews will be done no more frequently than every six months thereafter.

Remedy 6 ("Account limitation") is amended to read:

6) Any editor who is subject to remedies in this proceeding is restricted to a single current or future account to edit Scientology-related topics and may not contribute to the topic from a temporary account. They are to inform the Committee of the account they have selected, and must obtain the Committee's approval if they wish to begin using a different account.

Special enforcement provision 2 ("Uninvolved administrators") is rescinded. The normal rules of WP:INVOLVED continue to apply to administrators in the topic area.

Any sanctions issued in accordance with the rescinded remedies remain in effect until appealed. Time-bounded sanctions still expire as if this motion never carried.

Remedies 1, 2, 3, and 5 of Hunger ("Material from The Hunger Project itself", "Negative material", "Current editors", and "Continuing jurisdiction"; respectively) are rescinded. Note that the arbitration policy states The Committee retains jurisdiction over all matters heard by it, including associated enforcement processes, and may, at its sole discretion, revisit any proceeding at any time.

Remedy 2 of User:PolishPoliticians is rescinded.

Remedy 1 of Yoshiaki Omura ("Ban for disruption") is amended to read:

1) Richardmalter is indefinitely banned from editing Yoshiaki Omura or its talk page.

Enforcement provision 1 ("Enforcement by block") is amended to read:

1) Richardmalter may be blocked for up to a year if they edit Yoshiaki Omura or its talk page.

Enforcement provision 3 ("Enforcement by reversion") is rescinded. The policy on reverting banned editors continues to apply to Richardmalter's edits to Yoshiaki Omura–related pages.

All enforcement actions taken in accordance with the rescinded remedy and enforcement provisions remain in force and are to be appealed as if this motion did not pass.

Remedies 1 and 2.1 ("IP editing prohibited" and "Administrators instructed", respectively) are rescinded. The regular sockpuppetry policy and norms around moving pages apply.

Remedy 1.2 of the Climate change case ("Climate change: contentious topic designation") is rescinded. Any actions previously taken in accordance with the contentious topic designation remain in force and are governed by the contentious topics procedure.

Remedy 2 of Climate change ("Climate change sanctions noticeboard superseded") is amended to read:

2) Effective when this case closes, the community sanctions noticeboard for global warming issues should no longer be used for future sanctions discussions. Enforcement of restrictions issued in Climate change or under the contentious topic designation for climate change may be enforced at the standard location, Wikipedia:Arbitration enforcement (AE).

Remedy 2 of the Gun control case ("Contentious topic designation") is rescinded. Any actions previously taken in accordance with the contentious topic designation remain in force and are governed by the contentious topics procedure.

Remedy 6 of The Troubles case ("One-revert rule") is rescinded.

Enforcement provision 2 of The Troubles case ("Terms of probation") is rescinded.

For the Arbitration Committee, GoldRomean (talk) 20:38, 24 February 2026 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 53 § Motions to clean up old remedies

The Arbitration Committee has resolved by motion that:

For the Arbitration Committee, EggRoll97 ^(talk) 22:42, 1 March 2026 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 53 § Arbitration motion regarding Indian military history

An arbitration case regarding User:Pbsouthwood has now closed. The Arbitration Committee resolved by motion in December of 2025 to suspend the case, which could be unsuspended if Pbsouthwood requested it within three months. Because Pbsouthwood has not requested that the case be unsuspended, the case has been automatically closed. The motion which has now closed the case is Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Pbsouthwood#Pbsouthwood: Motion to suspend.

For the Arbitration Committee, EggRoll97 ^(talk) 00:15, 19 March 2026 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 53 § Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Pbsouthwood closed

There is currently a proposal to change the Arbitration Committee's procedures to clarify when the Committee hears appeals from editors blocked as part of the conflict of interest VRT queue. Your comments are welcome at Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Motions § COIVRT block appeals . For the Arbitration Committee, House Blaster (talk • he/they) 21:26, 24 March 2026 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 53 § Appeals of COIVRT blocks

The Arbitration Committee has resolved by motion that:

For the Arbitration Committee, GoldRomean (talk) 19:22, 27 March 2026 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 53 § Arbitration motion regarding the standardization of "broadly construed" wording

The Arbitration Committee has enacted the following temporary injunction:

With the exception of arbitration pages, Bananakingler (talk · contribs), M.Bitton (talk · contribs), and Skitash (talk · contribs) are topic banned from the Maghreb region and banned from interacting with one another, both broadly construed. This temporary injunction automatically expires when this case is closed.

For the Arbitration Committee, House Blaster (talk • he/they) 03:36, 28 March 2026 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 53 § Temporary injunction concerning Maghreb

The Arbitration Committee has received an application for oversight permissions from Kj cheetham (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) and has reviewed it in consultation with the functionaries team. The committee invites the community to evaluate the candidacy and comment on the talk page of this noticeboard until 23:59, 28 March 2026 (UTC). For the Arbitration Committee, House Blaster (talk • he/they) 22:45, 21 March 2026 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 53 § OS rolling appointment application – March 2026

Following private and public consultations, the Arbitration Committee is pleased to appoint Kj cheetham (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) to the oversight team.

The committee thanks the editors who participated in the consultation.

Additionally, at their request, the checkuser and oversight permissions of Giraffer (talk · contribs) are removed. The Arbitration Committee sincerely thanks Giraffer for their service as a checkuser and oversighter.

For the Arbitration Committee, Izno (talk) 03:06, 31 March 2026 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 53 § Changes to the functionaries team, March 2026

The Arbitration Committee has resolved by motion that:

For the Arbitration Committee, GoldRomean (talk) 23:32, 4 April 2026 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 53 § Arbitration motion regarding RfC moderation

The Arbitration Committee has resolved by motion that:

For the Arbitration Committee, Sennecaster (Chat) 00:41, 6 April 2026 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 53 § Arbitration motion regarding COIVRT block appeals

There is currently a proposal to update the standard enforcement and appeals procedures to work like contentious topic actions. Your comments are welcome at Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Motions § Standard enforcement provision reform . For the Arbitration Committee, House Blaster (talk • he/they) 01:29, 8 April 2026 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 53 § Standard enforcement provision reform

At their request, the checkuser permission of TheresNoTime (talk · contribs) is removed. Additionally, the Arbitration Committee acknowledges the resignation of the oversight permission by Moneytrees (talk · contribs).

The committee sincerely thanks TheresNoTime for their service as a checkuser and Moneytrees for their service as an oversighter.

For the Arbitration Committee, Izno (talk) 23:37, 21 April 2026 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 53 § Changes to the functionaries team, April 2026

At their request, the checkuser permission of Versageek (talk · contribs) is removed. The committee sincerely thanks Versageek for their service as a checkuser.

For the Arbitration Committee, Izno (talk) 22:06, 22 April 2026 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 53 § Changes to the functionaries team, April 2026 (2)

The Arbitration Committee has resolved by motion that:

For the Arbitration Committee, GoldRomean (talk) 01:06, 26 April 2026 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 53 § Arbitration motion regarding standard enforcement provision reform

This arbitration case has been closed and the final decision is available at the link above. The following remedies have been enacted:

1. When making edits relating to the Maghreb region, broadly construed, Bananakingler (talk · contribs), M.Bitton (talk · contribs), R3YBOl (talk · contribs), and Skitash (talk · contribs) must follow the editing expectations that would apply to a designated contentious topic. Violation of this remedy may be enforced in the same manner as a contentious topic, including through the standard set of user restrictions. Bananakingler, M.Bitton, and Skitash may appeal this remedy after six months, and every six months thereafter. R3YBOl may appeal this remedy at any time, and every six months thereafter.
2. For the purposes of content dispute resolution and edit warring, M.Bitton (talk · contribs), R3YBOl (talk · contribs), and Skitash (talk · contribs) are considered a single user. The three-revert rule applies to reverts by all three editors and, where they participate in discussions together, they are required to disclose this restriction and their arguments should be treated as though they were advanced by a single user.
3. With the standard exceptions, Bananakingler (talk · contribs) is restricted to one revert per 24 hours on any page within the Maghreb topic area, broadly construed. This remedy may be appealed after six months, and every six months thereafter.
4. M.Bitton (talk · contribs) is indefinitely topic banned from the Maghreb region, broadly construed. This restriction may be appealed after six months, and every six months thereafter.
5. M.Bitton (talk · contribs) is indefinitely banned from the English Wikipedia. This restriction may be appealed after twelve months, and every twelve months thereafter.
6. Skitash (talk · contribs) is indefinitely topic banned from the Maghreb region, broadly construed. This remedy may be appealed after six months, and every six months thereafter.
7. The rollback permissions of Skitash (talk · contribs) are revoked. Skitash may request restoration of the permission six months after the implementation of this remedy at Wikipedia:Requests for permissions/Rollback.
8. R3YBOl (talk · contribs) is indefinitely topic banned from the Maghreb region, broadly construed. This remedy may be appealed immediately, and every six months thereafter.

For the Arbitration Committee, Sennecaster (Chat) 01:54, 28 April 2026 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 53 § Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Maghreb closed

Arbitration case Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/SchroCat has been closed and the final decision is now viewable at the link above. The following remedies have been enacted:

• Dronebogus (talk · contribs) is indefinitely banned from the English Wikipedia. This restriction may be appealed after six months, and every six months thereafter.
• SchroCat (talk · contribs) is placed on probation. Violations of behavioral expectations may be enforced in the same manner as a contentious topic, including through the standard set of user restrictions, and misconduct may be reported at the arbitration enforcement noticeboard or directly to the Committee at Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Clarification and Amendment. This probation may be appealed in six months, and every six months thereafter.
• Reports at the arbitration enforcement noticeboard about SchroCat are automatically subject to the "AE participation restriction". If there are particular editors whose input would be useful on a given thread, uninvolved administrators are encouraged to use their authority to invite them to comment.
• SchroCat is banned from the English Wikipedia for three months.
• SchroCat and Dronebogus are prohibited from interacting with, or commenting on, contributions made by each other, subject to the normal exceptions. This restriction may be appealed six months after the enactment of this remedy, and every six months thereafter.
• Fortuna imperatrix mundi (talk · contribs) is warned to abide by the civility policy.
• Fortuna imperatrix mundi is indefinitely banned from user-conduct enforcement noticeboards. FIM is further banned from involving himself in any disputes between other editors, including actions such as warning an editor for their actions in such a dispute, except for obvious vandalism. This restriction may be appealed six months after the enactment of this remedy, and every six months thereafter.
• Fortuna imperatrix mundi, Ssilvers (talk · contribs), and Tim riley (talk · contribs) are topic banned from article disputes or user disputes involving SchroCat, and vice versa. These restrictions may be appealed by either party six months after the enactment of this remedy, and every six months thereafter.

For the Arbitration Committee, DatGuy ^Talk _Contribs 13:51, 4 May 2026 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 53 § Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/SchroCat closed

There are four proposals which amend various parts of the contentious topics procedure: simplifying awareness by replacing it with warnings, cautioning against repeated warnings, eliminating page restriction renewal, and reducing banner blindness. Your comments are welcome at Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Motions § Contentious topic changes . For the Arbitration Committee, House Blaster (talk • he/they) 19:54, 27 May 2026 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 53 § Contentious topic procedure: awareness, warnings, renewal, and banners

At their request, the oversight permission of L235 (talk · contribs) is removed. The committee sincerely thanks L235 for their service as an oversighter.

For the Arbitration Committee, Izno (talk) 02:16, 1 June 2026 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 53 § Changes to the functionaries team, June 2026

Following a request to the Committee, the checkuser and oversight permissions of Giraffer (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) have been restored.

For the Arbitration Committee, Izno (talk) 21:42, 1 June 2026 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 53 § Changes to the functionaries team, June 2026 (2)

At their request, the checkuser permission of Dbeef (talk · contribs) is removed. The committee sincerely thanks Dbeef for their service as a checkuser. For the Arbitration Committee, House Blaster (talk • he/they) 17:40, 5 June 2026 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 53 § Changes to the functionaries team, June 2026 (3)

The arbitration committee has resolved by motion that:

Wikipedia:Contentious topics § Awareness of contentious topics is hereby removed from the contentious topic procedures. Wikipedia:Contentious topics § Warnings is amended by inserting the following as a second paragraph:

An administrator should warn an editor whose behavior is not egregiously disruptive if the administrator believes the editor does not understand what editing in a contentious topic means. Otherwise, the administrator should issue an appropriate restriction.

To conform with these changes:

• Wikipedia:Contentious topics § Warnings is amended by removing An editor may be warned even if the editor was not previously aware that their editing occurred in a contentious topic.
• The part of Wikipedia:Contentious topics § Enforcement of restrictions beginning However, breaches of a page restriction... is amended to read However, breaches of a page restriction may result in a block or editor restriction only if the restricted page displayed an editnotice ({{Contentious topics/page restriction editnotice }} or a derived topic-specific template).
• Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee/Procedures § Noticeboard scope is amended by removing the word aware
• Point (v) of Palestine-Israel articles 4 remedy 9, point (v) of Indian military history remedy 9, and point (vii) of GamerGate remedy 1.2 ("Available sanctions", "ARBIPA available sanctions", and "Sanctions available", respectively) are amended to read The contentious topics procedure permits uninvolved admins to use a wide variety of tools from the "standard set" to address disruption, including protections, blocks, topic bans, and revert restrictions.
• Remedy 2 and remedy 3 of Editor conduct in e-cigs articles ("DS Extended: SPAs" and "DS: Administrators Encouraged", respectively) are terminated
• Remedy 1 of COVID-19 ("Contentious topic designation") is amended to read:

  1) COVID-19 is designated as a contentious topic, replacing the community COVID-19 general sanctions.

  All sanctions issued under the COVID-19 general sanctions are governed by the contentious topic procedure. Administrators who enforced the COVID-19 general sanctions are thanked for their work and asked to continue providing administrative assistance enforcing this contentious topic.

• Remedy 13 of Skepticism and coordinated editing ("BLP DS reminder") is retitled BLP contentious topic reminder and amended to read:

  13) Editors are reminded about the contentious topic designation from the Editing of Biographies of Living Persons case. Administrators should give serious consideration to issuing contentious topic restrictions to editors named in this decision in the event of further misconduct.

• Remedy 1c of Indian military history ("Arbitration Committee assumes WP:GSCASTE and unifies South Asian WP:CTOPS") is amended by removing the second-to-last bullet point (beginning Editors aware of the previous contentious topic...)
• Remedy 1 of Article titles and capitalisation 2 ("Manual of Style and article titles contentious topic scope amended") is amended by removing Editors aware of the previous contentious topic designation are not automatically presumed to be aware of the expanded scope, but may still be sanctioned within the subtopic of which they were previously considered aware. This does not invalidate any other reason why an editor might be aware of the expanded scope. Administrators are reminded that they may issue logged warnings even to unaware editors.

Administrators are strongly reminded that warning before sanctioning is almost always best practice. This change only removes the formalities associated with awareness.

Wikipedia:Contentious topics § Warnings is amended by inserting the following as a final paragraph:

If an editor does not improve their behavior after a warning, administrators should normally impose editor restrictions rather than give additional warnings.

Wikipedia:Contentious topics § Renewal of page restrictions is hereby removed from the contentious topic procedures. To conform with this change:

• Wikipedia:Contentious topics § Duration of restrictions is amended by removing (or last renewed, if applicable)
• Wikipedia:Contentious topics § Logging is amended by replacing Administrators who renew, change, or revoke a contentious topic restriction must append a note recording the amendment to the original log entry with Administrators who change or revoke a contentious topic restriction must append a note recording the amendment to the original log entry
• Wikipedia:Contentious topics § Appeals and amendments is amended to read as follows:

  All contentious topic restrictions (and logged warnings) may be appealed according to the standard appeals and modification procedure for arbitration enforcement actions, with one exception: When a restriction is imposed by consensus at the arbitration enforcement noticeboard, only sitewide blocks become ordinary administrative actions after a year. Other restrictions imposed at the arbitration enforcement noticeboard must be formally appealed before they can be modified.

• Wikipedia:Contentious topics § Procedural summary is amended by removing However, page restrictions may be renewed.
• The first bullet point of Wikipedia:Contentious topics § Continuity (beginning Previously-enacted single-admin page restrictions...) is amended to read Previously-enacted single-admin page restrictions are now subject to modification and revocation in the same way as ordinary administrator actions after one year in accordance with #Duration of restrictions.

For the Arbitration Committee, ~delta _{{talk • cont • 🇰🇷 • 🎢}} 18:46, 18 June 2026 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard § Arbitration motion regarding amendment to Contentious topic procedure: awareness, warnings, renewal, and banners

At his request, the checkuser permission of EdJohnston (talk · contribs) is removed. The Committee sincerely thanks EdJohnston for his service as a checkuser. For the Arbitration Committee, House Blaster (talk • he/they) 15:46, 22 June 2026 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 53 § Changes to the functionary team, June 2026 (4)

An arbitration case, Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Michael Jackson, has been now closed. The final decision is available at the link above.

The following remedies have been passed regarding this case:

• TruthGuardians (talk · contribs), TheWikiholic (talk · contribs), Guitarjunkie22 (talk · contribs), Jimcastor (talk · contribs), and MraClean (talk · contribs) are indefinitely banned from Wikipedia. This ban may be appealed six months after the enactment of this remedy, and every six months thereafter.
• TruthGuardians (talk · contribs), TheWikiholic (talk · contribs), Israell (talk · contribs), Episteme Aletheia (talk · contribs), Guitarjunkie22 (talk · contribs), Jimcastor (talk · contribs), Mr Boar1 (talk · contribs), MraClean (talk · contribs), Never17 (talk · contribs), and PinkSlippers (talk · contribs) are indefinitely topic banned from Michael Jackson, broadly construed. This restriction may be appealed six months after the enactment of this remedy, and every six months thereafter.
• NE0mAn7o! (talk · contribs) is warned that future misconduct in the Michael Jackson topic area will result in restrictions under the Michael Jackson community contentious topic.

For the Arbitration Committee, ~delta _{{talk • cont • 🇰🇷 • 🎢}} 21:16, 22 June 2026 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 53 § Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Michael Jackson closed

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