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This noticeboard is for announcements and statements made by the Arbitration Committee. Only members of the Arbitration Committee or the Committee's Clerks may post on this page, but all editors are encouraged to comment on the talk page.

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Community consultation: User:Crouch, Swale ban appeal

The Arbitration Committee has received a ban appeal from Crouch, Swale (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log) and, after internal discussion and discussion with Crouch, Swale, is considering granting their ban appeal with the following conditions:

1. Indefinite one account restriction.
2. Indefinite topic ban from discussions on geographic naming conventions.
3. Indefinite ban on moving or renaming geographic articles.
4. Indefinite ban on new article creation page creation outside their own user space.

Before moving further with this appeal, such as voting on it, the committee would like community comments regarding whether this user should be unbanned, and on the suitability of the proposed unban conditions. For the Arbitration Committee, Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 08:34, 19 December 2017 (UTC)

Discuss this at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard#Community consultation: User:Crouch, Swale ban appeal

2018 Arbitration Committee

The Arbitration Committee welcomes the following new and returning arbitrators following their election by the community. Their two-year terms formally begin on 01 January 2018:

• Alex Shih (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log)
• BU Rob13 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log)
• Callanecc (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log)
• KrakatoaKatie (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log)
• Opabinia regalis (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log)
• Premeditated Chaos (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log)
• RickinBaltimore (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log)
• Worm That Turned (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log)

All incoming arbitrators have elected to receive (or retain, where applicable) the checkuser and oversight permissions.

We also thank our outgoing colleagues whose terms end on 31 December 2017:

• Casliber (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log)
• Drmies (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log) (retaining CU & OS)
• GorillaWarfare (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log) (retaining CU & OS)
• Keilana (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log) (retaining OS)
• Kelapstick (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log)
• Kirill Lokshin (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log)

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

• Stewards are requested to remove the permission(s) noted from the following outgoing arbitrators after 31 December 2017 at their own request:

  Checkuser: Casliber, Keilana, Kelapstick

  Oversight: Casliber, Kelapstick, Kirill Lokshin

• Outgoing arbitrators are eligible to remain active on cases opened before their term ended if they wish. Whether or not outgoing arbitrators will remain active on any ongoing case(s) will be noted on the proposed decision talk page of affected case(s).
• All outgoing arbitrators will remain subscribed to the functionaries' mailing list, with the exception of Casliber and Kirill Lokshin at their request.
• All outgoing arbitrators will be unsubscribed from the arbitration clerks' mailing list, with the exception of GorillaWarfare and Drmies at their request.

For the Arbitration Committee, Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 04:03, 23 December 2017 (UTC)

Discuss this at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard#2018 Arbitration Committee

Crouch, Swale ban appeal

Resolved by motion at Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Motions,

Following a successful appeal to the Arbitration Committee, Crouch, Swale (talk · contribs)'s site ban is rescinded and the following indefinite restrictions are imposed: one account restriction topic ban from discussions on geographic naming conventions prohibition on moving or renaming pages (except within their own userspace) prohibition on creating new pages, including creating articles on pages where one didn't previously exist (except within their own userspace and talk pages of existing pages in any namespace). The standard provisions on enforcement and appeals and modifications apply to these restrictions. If a fifth is placed under these restrictions, the blocking administrator must notify the Arbitration Committee of the block via a Request for Clarification and Amendment so that the unban may be reviewed. Crouch, Swale may appeal these unban conditions every 6 months from the date this motion passes.

For the Arbitration Committee, Miniapolis 17:40, 31 December 2017 (UTC)

Discuss this at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard#Crouch, Swale ban appeal

Catflap08 and Hijiri88: Motion

The arbitration committee has resolved by motion that:

Remedy 3 (Hijiri88: Topic ban (I)) of the Catflap08 and Hijiri88 arbitration case is suspended for a period of six months. During the period of suspension, this restriction may be reinstated by any uninvolved administrator, as an arbitration enforcement action, should Hijiri88 fail to adhere to any normal editorial process or expectations in the area defined in the topic ban remedy. After six months from the date this motion is enacted, if the restriction has not been reinstated or any reinstatements have been successfully appealed to the Arbitration Committee, the restriction will automatically lapse.

Passed 8 to 0 with 1 abstention by motion at 12:38, 2 January 2018 (UTC)

For the Arbitration Committee, Kostas20142 (talk) 14:55, 2 January 2018 (UTC)

Discuss this at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard#Catflap08 and Hijiri88: Motion

Motion: Palestine-Israel articles (January 2018)

The Arbitration Committee has resolved by motion that:

The General 1RR prohibition of the Palestine-Israel articles arbitration case (t) (ev / t) (w / t) (pd / t) is amended to read: Each editor is limited to one revert per page per 24 hours on any page that could be reasonably construed as being related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. If an edit is reverted by another editor, its original author may not restore it within 24 hours of the first revert made to their edit. Reverts made to enforce the General Prohibition are exempt from the provisions of this motion. Also, the normal exemptions apply. Editors who violate this restriction may be blocked by any uninvolved administrator, even on a first offense.

For the Arbitration Committee, Kevin (aka L235 · t · c) 18:13, 4 January 2018 (UTC)

Discuss this at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard#Motion: Palestine-Israel articles (January 2018)