Decided: The calendar date (in UTC) when the case was decided. If the case did not reach a decision, it will be Closed instead. If the case involved an administrator "retiring", it will be "Deopped" instead.
Abbrev.: A shorthand abbreviation of the casename. See ArbCaseAbv for more details.
Type: The type of case it is:
Admin: A case centred around the conduct of one or more administrators.
Dispute: A case that examines an intractible dispute between two or more editors directly.
Editor: A case about the (non-administrative) misconduct of an editor.
Functionary: A case centred around misuse of Suppressor or Checkuser permissions.
Omnibus: A case about misconduct in a topic area writ large.
Other: Any case that doesn't fall into one of the categories above.
Remedy name: The name of the remedy (or a description of it, for earlier cases which did not have sectioned remedies).
Remedy (in modern terms): Basically my best attempt to explain, in plain English and modern understanding, what the remedy means.
If this section has a coloured background, the colour indicates its status or origin:
Yellow (#FFFF00) is a temporary injunction issued mid-case.
Blue (#00BFFF) is a post-close amendment or motion.
Red (#FF0000) is a remedy that has since been rescinded or otherwise is wholly reliant on previous remedies that are themselves rescinded.
Green (#32CD32) is a remedy whose wording was amended post-close, either due to an amendment/motion or due to changes in process (such as Discretionary Sanctions to Contentious Topic).
Brown (#D2691E) is suspended or in abeyence, usually as part of a period where a remedy has been appealed.
Amended/Enacted: If a remedy was added or amended post-close, this will be the calendar date (in UTC) when the remedy was modified or took effect.
Rescinded: If a remedy was terminated, this will be the calendar date (in UTC) when the remedy was ended.
Enforceable?: Indicates whether a given remedy can be invoked at WP:AE. Any remedy that predates April 2006 and was not still in force by then predates AE entirely.
Sup/Opp/Abs/Rcs: The vote totals for a remedy (Support, Oppose, Abstain, Recused).
Any case that has been courtesy-blanked or closed without action will be given a very brief description and nothing further.
Excepting reversions of obvious vandalism, Wik is required to explain any reverts he does both in the revert's edit summary and on the talk page of the article the revert took place on.
Lir is limited to the User:Lir account and up to three other clearly-labeled alternate accounts. Attempting to evade this restriction will result in a 1mo block for all his accounts (legitimate or otherwise), with each further infraction doubling the length from the previous block.
predates AE
5
0
0
1
Policy initiatives
Lir's problems are entirely based around trying to manipulate policy discussions, rather than initiating the discussions in the first place. In other words, the end goal isn't the issue; the methods are.
predates AE
5
0
0
1
Personal attacks
Lir is sitebanned 1w.
predates AE
5
0
0
1
Voting as another user
Lir is admonished not to vote for or otherwise "proxy" on behalf of banned users.
predates AE
5
0
0
1
Breaking the 3 revert rule
Lir is sitebanned 24h. [total: 8d]
predates AE
5
0
0
1
Using a sockpuppet to evade the 3 revert rule
Lir is sitebanned 1w. [total: 15d]
predates AE
5
0
0
1
Seeking compromise
Lir is warned to discuss instead of blindly reverting.
predates AE
4
0
0
1
Penalties are cumulative
Sitebans levied in this case run consecutively, not concurrently.
predates AE
5
0
0
1
Parole
If Lir makes an edit judged to be inflammatory or a personal attack, he may be blocked for 24h. Attempting to evade this sanction or blocks resulting from it is grounds for a 1w block. All such blocks are to be logged at a log page for the purpose. Any user may request this parole be revisited with agreement of at least four Arbitrators, but Lir himself can only do so once every 6mo.
Scope: Mr-Natural-Health's proxying for Irismeister on Iridology
CT?: No
Remedy name
Remedy (in modern terms)
Enforceable?
Sup
Opp
Abs
Rcs
Mr-Natural-Health: Ban
Mr-Natural-Health is sitebanned 3mo.
predates AE
7
0
1
0
Mr-Natural-Health: Topic-ban
As he was caught proxying for Irismeister, Mr-Natural-Health is indefinitely topic-banned from the Iridology article and sitebanned 1w (concurrent with above).
Scope: Misuse of administrator tools by Guanaco and others against Lir.
CT?: No
Remedy name
Remedy (in modern terms)
Enforceable?
Sup
Opp
Abs
Rcs
Administrators reminded
WP:BLOCK is required reading if you intend to use your blocking tools.
predates AE
6
0
1
0
Hephaestos: Block restrictions
ArbCom reserves the right to summarily revoke Hephaestos' admin rights if he continues to make questionable or indefensible blocks.
predates AE
4
0
1
0
Admonished admins
(Nota bene: Other than making references to administrators criticised by name in the findings of fact, the text of this remedy is identical to "Administrators reminded.")
(Case closed without any substantive action due to the Arbitrators being unable to come to a consensus on remedies - or, perhaps more charitably, ArbCom didn't want to waste time giving the obvious answer to the question of what to do with a user whose sole purpose is blatant disruption.)
Jimmyvanthach and suspected sockpuppets Celingrenand and Tran Van Ba are each indefinitely topic-banned from the royal family of Vietnam and modern politics of Vietnam topic areas.
Lance6Wins is indefinitely topic-banned from the Israeli-Palestinian conflict topic area.
predates AE
7
0
0
0
Lance6wins: An out
If the above is literally impossible for Lance6wins, under any username, to comply with, then ArbCom will impose some sort of parole as an alternative.
predates AE
5
2
0
0
Zero0000
Zero0000's administrator rights are suspended 2w, after which they will be restored. For the next 2mo after regaining them, he may have them summarily revoked for good if he displays poor judgment with their use.
For the next month, Avala is required to adhere to any consensus on the pages he edits.
predates AE
5
2
1
0
Avala: Show-cause
For the next 3 months, if an edit-war over a matter of fact breaks out on an article he edits Avala must either make the case that the edits he is making or supports are the correct one or abandon the matter. This does not extend to cosmetic edits, where he must adhere to any existing consensus.
predates AE
5
1
0
0
ArbCom continuing jurisdiction
Since Avala has gone quiet at the time of this case close, ArbCom reserves the right to reevaluate the situation if they return to active editing within the next year.
Irismeister's personal attack parole is expanded to include legal threats, and the penalties for breaches have been stiffened to 1mo minimum, or 1yr for particularly egregious attacks.
VeryVerily, Shorne, and Gzornenplatz are each under standard 1RR.
Yes
6
0
0
1
4 justification requirements
Barring obvious vandalism, Gzornenplatz, Shorne, VeryVerily, and Ruy Lopez are all required to explain any reverts they make on the talk page of the affected article.
Yes
6
0
0
1
3 possible outs
Provided they have not violated their 1RR, Gzornenplatz, Shorne, and VeryVerily may appeal their 1RR to ArbCom in 6mo.
No
6
0
0
1
3 general probations
For the next 3 months, any violations of any of the sanctions applied to VeryVerily, Shorne, or Gzornenplatz may result in a summary siteban until the end of the three-month period.
^Despite the case page saying 6 Arbitrators were active, there are 7 voting per /Proposed decision.
^While the Arbitration case index lists this case as closed following Rex071404's departure from Wikipedia, this appears to be completely incorrect on both counts - The case did reach a decision, and while Rex did go on hiatus around this time, his editing pattern up to his indefinite block in June 2006 was cyclical in nature, being active in late October to mid-November. This affected both of the ArbCom cases against him that were active at the same time.
