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			1) The purpose of Misplaced Pages is to create a high-quality, free-content encyclopedia, in an atmosphere of camaraderie and mutual respect among contributors. Conduct that conflicts with this goal—such as importing off-wiki disputes into Misplaced Pages, creating or escalating unnecessary controversy unrelated to improving the site, harassing other editors either onsite or offsite, or encouraging others to do any of these things—is disruptive and unwelcome.
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			3) The ] addresses situations in which the same individual edits Misplaced Pages from more than one user account. The use of multiple accounts, while discouraged, is generally permitted. However, abusive sockpuppetry—such as the use of multiple accounts to vote or comment more than once in the same discussion, or to seek to create an illusion of more support for a position than actually exists—is forbidden.
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			4) In determining whether two accounts are sockpuppets of the same individual, administrators, the community, and the Arbitration Committee may consider all relevant evidence, including checkuser findings, contribution histories and patterns, similarities or differences in online mannerisms, explanations provided by the users in question, and any other legitimate and reliable information available. In accordance with the principle of ], allegations of sockpuppetry are not to be made lightly, but only based upon reasonable cause. In investigating and resolving such allegations, abusive sockpuppetry by established contributors will not be presumed, but is to be inferred based only upon a substantial weight of credible evidence.
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			===Off-wiki disputes===
			5) Misplaced Pages's role with respect to serious off-wiki or "real world" controversies and disputes is to provide encyclopedic coverage of such matters from a ] where they are ] and sufficiently documented in ]. Neither Misplaced Pages's mainspace article content, nor its administrative and dispute-resolution procedures culminating in Arbitration, are intended or may be used as a vehicle for off-wiki disputes such as those involving the financial markets or legal or regulatory issues.
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			===Conduct on Arbitration pages===
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			6) The pages associated with Arbitration cases are primarily intended to assist the Arbitration Committee in arriving at a fair, well-informed, and expeditious resolution of each case. Participation by editors who present good-faith statements, evidence, and workshop proposals is appreciated. While allowance is made for the fact that parties and other interested editors may have strong feelings about the subject-matters of their dispute, appropriate decorum should be maintained on these pages. Incivility, personal attacks, and strident rhetoric should be avoided in Arbitration as in all other areas of Misplaced Pages.
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			7) The purpose of ] is to provide a fair and equitable, well-informed, expeditious, and final resolution of disputes on Misplaced Pages that have not been resolved through other forms of ], in the best interests of the encylopedia and all of its contributors. To serve this purpose, the Arbitration Committee may after due deliberation elect to address a dispute primarily by issuing remedies designed to safeguard the best interests of the encyclopedia going forward, rather than by adopting findings addressing sharply contested historical facts.
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			1) The dispute includes a user conduct issue involving editing of certain articles including ], ], ], and ], which are the subject of a bitter and protracted off-wiki controversy. It has been alleged that editing of these articles may have been affected by sockpuppetry and/or by conflicts of interest.

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			===Allegations===
	== Proposed findings of fact ==
			2) Allegations have been made that established contributors {{user\|Mantanmoreland}} and {{user\|Samiharris}} are alternate or related accounts. Both editors, who have or had clean block logs, have strongly denied the allegations and asserted that they are the victims of harassment. A request for checkuser was inconclusive because Mantanmoreland edits from an ordinary ISP while Samiharris edited though proxies. The Arbitration Committee has carefully reviewed all of the extremely detailed evidence of various kinds as presented in a ] and in this case. A majority of the committee concludes that the weight of the credible evidence taken as a whole is suggestive of or consistent with a relationship between the two accounts, but that the absence of usable checkuser findings and other factors prevent a definitive conclusion from being reached.

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			3) A series of controversies concerning the articles in question and user conduct relating to them has embroiled or threatened to embroil Misplaced Pages in bitter and protracted off-wiki disputes, has led to expressions of concern about the reliability of these articles and the fairness of our processes, and has repeatedly disrupted the harmony of the Misplaced Pages community and the well-being of contributors in a variety of serious ways both on and off the site.
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	===~~Template~~===		===Editors restricted===
			1) Any current or future editor who, after this decision is announced, makes substantial edits to ], ], ], ], or closely related pages is directed:
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			:(D) To disclose on the talkpage of the relevant article(s) any circumstances (but not including personal identifying information) that constitute or may reasonably be perceived as constituting a conflict of interest with respect to that article.

			A note concerning these restrictions shall be placed on the talkpage of each of the affected articles. In case of any doubt concerning application or interpretation of these restrictions, the Arbitration Committee may be consulted for guidance.
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			2) Any uninvolved administrator may impose a reasonable restriction (e.g., a revert or civility limitation) or page-ban against any editor who, after receiving a warning containing a link to the decision, edits ], ], ], ], or any related page or discussion in a disruptive or uncivil fashion, who edits them in contravention of site policies and guidelines, or who attempts to reintroduce any external dispute concerning these subjects into Misplaced Pages.
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	==Proposed enforcement==		==Proposed enforcement==
			===Enforcement===

			1) Any user who violates any restriction imposed by this decision, or imposed by any administrator acting on the authority of this decision, may be blocked for an appropriate length of time by any uninvolved administrator. A warning should generally be given before a block is imposed, except for severe violations. All blocks, bans, or restrictions imposed under this decision shall be logged at ].
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			2) The remedies contained in this decision should be construed and, if necessary, enforced so as to ensure that the highest standards of reliability and user conduct are maintained on the articles in question, to avoid further disruption arising from disputes and recriminations surrounding these articles, and to prevent Misplaced Pages from suffering from any further unnecessary involvement with the external dispute.
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			===Serious violations and circumstances===
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			3) Any serious violation of the remedies in this decision or any related circumstance affecting the well-being of the project and its contributors should be reported to the Arbitration Committee immediately.
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	==Discussion by Arbitrators==		==Discussion by Arbitrators==
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			*Please see my individual comments on the talkpage. ] (]) 02:53, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

	==Motion to close==		==Motion to close==

Revision as of 02:53, 29 February 2008

After considering /Evidence and discussing proposals with other Arbitrators, parties and others at /Workshop, Arbitrators may place proposals which are ready for voting here. Arbitrators should vote for or against each point or abstain. Only items that receive a majority "support" vote will be passed. Conditional votes for or against and abstentions should be explained by the Arbitrator before or after his/her time-stamped signature. For example, an Arbitrator can state that she/he would only favor a particular remedy based on whether or not another remedy/remedies were passed. Only Arbitrators or Clerks should edit this page; non-Arbitrators may comment on the talk page.

For this case, there are 13 active Arbitrators (excluding 1 who is recused), so 7 votes are a majority.

Proposed motions

Arbitrators may place proposed motions affecting the case in this section for voting. Typical motions might be to close or dismiss a case without a full decision (a reason should normally be given), or to add an additional party (although this can also be done without a formal motion as long as the new party is on notice of the case). Suggestions by the parties or other non-arbitrators for motions or other requests should be placed on the /Workshop page for consideration and discussion.
Motions have the same majority for passage as the final decision.

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Proposed temporary injunctions

A temporary injunction is a directive from the Arbitration Committee that parties to the case, or other editors notified of the injunction, do or refrain from doing something while the case is pending.

Four net "support" votes needed to pass (each "oppose" vote subtracts a "support")
24 hours from the first vote is normally the fastest an injunction will be imposed.

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Proposed final decision

Proposed principles

Purpose of Misplaced Pages

1) The purpose of Misplaced Pages is to create a high-quality, free-content encyclopedia, in an atmosphere of camaraderie and mutual respect among contributors. Conduct that conflicts with this goal—such as importing off-wiki disputes into Misplaced Pages, creating or escalating unnecessary controversy unrelated to improving the site, harassing other editors either onsite or offsite, or encouraging others to do any of these things—is disruptive and unwelcome.

Support:

Newyorkbrad (talk) 02:53, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

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Integrity of content

2) The project has always aspired to the highest standards of reliability and integrity. The ongoing growth and prominence of the English Misplaced Pages, which is now one of the top ten websites in the world and often the first search engine hit when research is done on a topic, makes these goals even more important. This is especially essential where article content relates to living persons or to ongoing off-wiki controversies.

Support:

Newyorkbrad (talk) 02:53, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

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Abstain:

Sockpuppetry

3) The policy on multiple accounts addresses situations in which the same individual edits Misplaced Pages from more than one user account. The use of multiple accounts, while discouraged, is generally permitted. However, abusive sockpuppetry—such as the use of multiple accounts to vote or comment more than once in the same discussion, or to seek to create an illusion of more support for a position than actually exists—is forbidden.

Support:

Newyorkbrad (talk) 02:53, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

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Evaluating sockpuppetry

4) In determining whether two accounts are sockpuppets of the same individual, administrators, the community, and the Arbitration Committee may consider all relevant evidence, including checkuser findings, contribution histories and patterns, similarities or differences in online mannerisms, explanations provided by the users in question, and any other legitimate and reliable information available. In accordance with the principle of assuming good faith, allegations of sockpuppetry are not to be made lightly, but only based upon reasonable cause. In investigating and resolving such allegations, abusive sockpuppetry by established contributors will not be presumed, but is to be inferred based only upon a substantial weight of credible evidence.

Support:

Newyorkbrad (talk) 02:53, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

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Off-wiki disputes

5) Misplaced Pages's role with respect to serious off-wiki or "real world" controversies and disputes is to provide encyclopedic coverage of such matters from a neutral point of view where they are notable and sufficiently documented in reliable sources. Neither Misplaced Pages's mainspace article content, nor its administrative and dispute-resolution procedures culminating in Arbitration, are intended or may be used as a vehicle for off-wiki disputes such as those involving the financial markets or legal or regulatory issues.

Support:

Newyorkbrad (talk) 02:53, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

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Conduct on Arbitration pages

6) The pages associated with Arbitration cases are primarily intended to assist the Arbitration Committee in arriving at a fair, well-informed, and expeditious resolution of each case. Participation by editors who present good-faith statements, evidence, and workshop proposals is appreciated. While allowance is made for the fact that parties and other interested editors may have strong feelings about the subject-matters of their dispute, appropriate decorum should be maintained on these pages. Incivility, personal attacks, and strident rhetoric should be avoided in Arbitration as in all other areas of Misplaced Pages.

Support:

Newyorkbrad (talk) 02:53, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

Oppose:

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Purpose of Arbitration

7) The purpose of Arbitration is to provide a fair and equitable, well-informed, expeditious, and final resolution of disputes on Misplaced Pages that have not been resolved through other forms of dispute resolution, in the best interests of the encylopedia and all of its contributors. To serve this purpose, the Arbitration Committee may after due deliberation elect to address a dispute primarily by issuing remedies designed to safeguard the best interests of the encyclopedia going forward, rather than by adopting findings addressing sharply contested historical facts.

Support:

Newyorkbrad 18:15, 28 February 2008 (UTC)

Oppose:

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Limitations of Arbitration

8) Despite certain formal aspects of the proceedings and legalistic terminology that is sometimes used, Misplaced Pages Arbitration is not and does not purport to be a legal system comparable to courts or regulatory agencies. The Arbitration Committee strives for fairness in every case. However, the evidence is generally limited to what can be located and presented online, safeguards such as mandatory disclosure of information and cross-examination of witnesses are not available, and only issues directly affecting Misplaced Pages are considered and resolved. Arbitration decisions should be read with these limitations in mind and should not be used, or misused, by any side in connection with any off-wiki controversy, dispute, allegation, or proceeding.

Support:

Newyorkbrad (talk) 02:53, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

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Proposed findings of fact

Locus of dispute

1) The dispute includes a user conduct issue involving editing of certain articles including naked short selling, overstock.com, Judd Bagley, and Gary Weiss, which are the subject of a bitter and protracted off-wiki controversy. It has been alleged that editing of these articles may have been affected by sockpuppetry and/or by conflicts of interest.

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Allegations

2) Allegations have been made that established contributors Mantanmoreland (talk · contribs) and Samiharris (talk · contribs) are alternate or related accounts. Both editors, who have or had clean block logs, have strongly denied the allegations and asserted that they are the victims of harassment. A request for checkuser was inconclusive because Mantanmoreland edits from an ordinary ISP while Samiharris edited though proxies. The Arbitration Committee has carefully reviewed all of the extremely detailed evidence of various kinds as presented in a request for comment and in this case. A majority of the committee concludes that the weight of the credible evidence taken as a whole is suggestive of or consistent with a relationship between the two accounts, but that the absence of usable checkuser findings and other factors prevent a definitive conclusion from being reached.

Support:

Newyorkbrad (talk) 02:53, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

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Impact of dispute

3) A series of controversies concerning the articles in question and user conduct relating to them has embroiled or threatened to embroil Misplaced Pages in bitter and protracted off-wiki disputes, has led to expressions of concern about the reliability of these articles and the fairness of our processes, and has repeatedly disrupted the harmony of the Misplaced Pages community and the well-being of contributors in a variety of serious ways both on and off the site.

Support:

Newyorkbrad (talk) 02:53, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

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Proposed remedies

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.

Editors restricted

1) Any current or future editor who, after this decision is announced, makes substantial edits to naked short selling, Overstock.com, Judd Bagley, Gary Weiss, or closely related pages is directed:

(A) To edit these or any related pages from only a single user account;

(B) To edit only through a conventional ISP and not through any form of proxy configuration;

(C) To edit in accordance with all Misplaced Pages policies and to refrain from any form of advocacy concerning any external controversy, dispute, allegation, or proceeding; and

(D) To disclose on the talkpage of the relevant article(s) any circumstances (but not including personal identifying information) that constitute or may reasonably be perceived as constituting a conflict of interest with respect to that article.

A note concerning these restrictions shall be placed on the talkpage of each of the affected articles. In case of any doubt concerning application or interpretation of these restrictions, the Arbitration Committee may be consulted for guidance.

Support:

Newyorkbrad (talk) 02:53, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

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Article probation

2) Any uninvolved administrator may impose a reasonable restriction (e.g., a revert or civility limitation) or page-ban against any editor who, after receiving a warning containing a link to the decision, edits naked short selling, Overstock.com, Judd Bagley, Gary Weiss, or any related page or discussion in a disruptive or uncivil fashion, who edits them in contravention of site policies and guidelines, or who attempts to reintroduce any external dispute concerning these subjects into Misplaced Pages.

Support:

Newyorkbrad (talk) 02:53, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

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Abstain:

Review of articles

3) The Arbitration Committee urges that knowledgeable and non-conflicted users not previously involved in editing naked short selling, Overstock.com, Judd Bagley, and Gary Weiss review these and related articles for adherence to Misplaced Pages policies and address any perceived deficiencies. This is not a finding that the articles are or are not satisfactory in their present form, but an urging that independent members of the community examine the matter.

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Newyorkbrad (talk) 02:53, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

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Enforcement

1) Any user who violates any restriction imposed by this decision, or imposed by any administrator acting on the authority of this decision, may be blocked for an appropriate length of time by any uninvolved administrator. A warning should generally be given before a block is imposed, except for severe violations. All blocks, bans, or restrictions imposed under this decision shall be logged at Misplaced Pages:Requests for arbitration/Mantanmoreland#Log of blocks, bans, and restrictions.

Support:

Newyorkbrad (talk) 02:53, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

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Interpretation

2) The remedies contained in this decision should be construed and, if necessary, enforced so as to ensure that the highest standards of reliability and user conduct are maintained on the articles in question, to avoid further disruption arising from disputes and recriminations surrounding these articles, and to prevent Misplaced Pages from suffering from any further unnecessary involvement with the external dispute.

Support:

Newyorkbrad (talk) 02:53, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

Oppose:

Abstain:

Serious violations and circumstances

3) Any serious violation of the remedies in this decision or any related circumstance affecting the well-being of the project and its contributors should be reported to the Arbitration Committee immediately.

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Newyorkbrad (talk) 02:53, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

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Discussion by Arbitrators

General

Please see my individual comments on the talkpage. Newyorkbrad (talk) 02:53, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

Motion to close

Implementation notes

Clerks and Arbitrators should use this section to clarify their understanding of the final decision--at a minimum, a list of items that have passed. Additionally, a list of which remedies are conditional on others (for instance a ban that should only be implemented if a mentorship should fail), and so on. Arbitrators should not pass the motion until they are satisfied with the implementation notes.

Vote

Four net "support" votes needed to close case (each "oppose" vote subtracts a "support")
24 hours from the first motion is normally the fastest a case will close.