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Clerk notes

@Jesswade88 and Pldx1: I have removed your comments. You are required to comment only in your own sections, per the big banner at the top of this page. (Pldx1, I realise you were commenting in your own section, but since I've removed the comment to which you were referring, yours had to go too). This is a clerk action. GoldenRing (talk) 14:59, 19 May 2019 (UTC)

Comment by CyrilleDunant

Indeed, WP is for readers, like me, and not contributors... Or so it has been claimed on this very page. It's for example an excellent (if incomplete) source of information on e.g. the process of discovery and naming of elements and the people behind such feats, which is there for all to read, should they have even a passing interest in the topic. It's as a reader that I would like articles not being censored based on flimsy pretexts, and valuable contributors not being bullied.CyrilleDunant (talk) 15:37, 18 May 2019 (UTC)

@DeltaQuad: a small request, as we are all, me included, possibly getting carried away: the various comments and remarks about the sources, their numbers and such of the undeleted article to be removed as being out of scope.CyrilleDunant (talk) 10:15, 13 May 2019 (UTC)

@Icewhiz: Ah, but the scope was subsequently reduced. We cannot have a discussion on the article content, surely, as this is out of scope. The fact is that it seemed to Rama that the sources were good, and that it seemed to the others they weren't. There ends the scope, therefore, a mention that such and such source is faulty is out of scope. This then comes to the central question of whether Rama acted in good faith.CyrilleDunant (talk) 10:36, 13 May 2019 (UTC)

@Icewhiz: If Rama's assertions had any impact on the scope, then surely the scope would not have been decided against his apparent interest. More importantly, discussion of the nature of the references is absolutely a content dispute, and completely outside the purview of the arbcom.CyrilleDunant (talk) 14:46, 13 May 2019 (UTC)

It's interesting that sowhy felt it was appropriate to edit the workshop page after it was protected.CyrilleDunant (talk) 10:13, 19 May 2019 (UTC)

@SoWhy: I imagined this is what had happened. Your comment, had you not been an admin, would have been blocked. You also did not feel compelled to remove it. Not a big deal, but worth noting. CyrilleDunant (talk) 12:54, 19 May 2019 (UTC)

@SoWhy: I am explicitly saying you did nothing wrong. I am only noting you did not revert yourself and rather deferred to the protecting admin. I think this is absolutely fine, as I should. CyrilleDunant (talk) 13:38, 19 May 2019 (UTC)

@CyrilleDunant: I saw SoWhy's comment after protection and decided not to remove it as it was immediately clear to me that protection and edit passed each other in the ether. I am not saying you did anything wrong by noting the fact, but I do ask you to drop it now. GoldenRing (talk) 15:22, 19 May 2019 (UTC)

@GoldenRing: I have only said I was in agreement with SoWhy, and have not commented further since. I thank you for your clarification, it is useful. CyrilleDunant (talk) 16:17, 19 May 2019 (UTC)

I just had a minor insight which may shed some light.

Rama uses the word 'opponents' a lot, which likely caused the impression of 'battlefield mentality'. But this stems from a mistranslation: arbcoms being like courts, Rama used the word used in French courts to designate the other party (mes adversaires).

Courts may be battlefields of sorts, but relatively benign ones...

But then, some responses read as wildly unfair misrepresentations. Coupled to various poor choices of wording did nothing to appease the situation.

Make of that what you will.CyrilleDunant (talk) 21:51, 19 May 2019 (UTC)

Comments by Icewhiz

@CyrilleDunant: Rama placed them in scope - 06:03, 2 May 2019 - as they justified their admin action in the case requests due to "An article with nearly 30 references by solid institutions (US Navy, Oak Ridge) being deleted in such a way is a very unusual occurrence (I have never seen this before) and I thought it was a unfortunate incident that needed a little nudge and would solve itself when the editors involved would be informed that they were making Misplaced Pages look like a haven for Gamergate-style bullying and misogny.". As they justified their admin action, under scrutiny here, by the number and quality of references - this is relevant (particularly given that this was addressed in the prior discussions Rama overturned). Icewhiz (talk) 10:22, 13 May 2019 (UTC)

@CyrilleDunant: Rama justified their admin action on this basis - as their assertion was addressed and dismissed in several prior discussions on the topic - which they chose to reverse - this is relevant. Had Rama justified their actions on a different basis, then perhaps this would be out of scope, but they explicitly stated they used their admin tools to reverse a prior decision based on the number and quality of references in the article, clearly placing Rama's assertion in scope.Icewhiz (talk) 10:52, 13 May 2019 (UTC)

• In regards to Rama's comments below - the ORNL PR/profiles links were discussed at length in the AFDs and DRV - PR or profiles on an employer's website clearly do not establish WP:SIGCOV. As for Misplaced Pages:Articles for deletion/Leslie Kolodziejski (in which I !voted Keep) took place on 1 May 2019, well after Rama's undeletion, and could not have affected their action. Kolodziejski was deemed notable per WP:NPROF - a very specific SNG that allows for non-independent sourcing for some of its criteria (and citations - passing mentions - for others). NPROF is the exception to the rule, and unless the specific NPROF criteria are met - is not relevant.Icewhiz (talk) 21:17, 13 May 2019 (UTC)

Comments by Rama

Since references are apparently in scope again: the version I restored had several references from Oak Ridge Laboratories that mention Phelps, I will cite only a few of them:

• , a publication from ORNL (p.22)
• Clarice Phelps: Dedicated service to science and community, also ORNL
• This reference, page xi (p.13 of the PDF), a technical report of ORNL, documents Phelps implication in the Plutonium-238 Supply Program: "Experimentation and analysis for process development was performed by members of the Nuclear Security and Isotope Technology Division, including Jonathan Burns, Kevin Felker, Chris Jensen, Catherine Mattus, Kristian Myhre, Joanna McFarlane, Clarice Phelps, and Joseph Spahr. Inventory management support was provided by Jon Garrison, Laura Harvey, Riley Hunley, Tom Hylton, Robin Taylor, and Gary West." (emphasis added)
• Phelps' page at ORNL: "She has previously contributed to several notable research efforts to include the purification of the Bk-249 used to help discover Z=117, spectroscopic analysis of Pu-238/ Np-237 and their valance states for the Pu-238/ NASA project, and electrodeposition work with Cf-252 for the CARIBU (Californium Rare Isotope Breeder Upgrade) Project." (emphasis added)

ORNL is obviously a serious source of information. The sources are also numerous enough to establish notability by usual Misplaced Pages standards. The entire argumental edifice that Phelps is not notable rests on the foundations that even though solid ORNL references exist, we should do as if it was not the case because the ONRL employed Phelps; as I said in my evidence, when this argument was presented to a larger sample of Misplaced Pages editors in other Deletion Requests launched against articles written by Dr. Wade, User:GerardM and User:Andrew Davidson refuted it . The articles in question have attracted massive votes for keeping, and three of the DRs were closed not only as "Keep", but as "speedy Keep due to WP:SNOW".

Since I had not followed the debates on Phelps' article from the start, I was unaware of the somewhat idiosyncratic and ill-fated argument against employers' sources, and thought Phelps' biography sourced well beyond what is necessary to establish notability. I think it is therefore fair to say that it is not established that I was acting in bad faith in believing the references in Phelps' article could have been valid. Rama (talk) 20:37, 13 May 2019 (UTC)

Regarding User:Jesswade88's comment on the use of "Dr.": her civil-life identity and academic credentials are public knowledge, and I think everybody is aware of that fact. On the other hand, after this comment by Pldx1, it would be at least understandable if she believed him to use the word with sarcastic and insulting undertones. Rama (talk) 06:32, 21 May 2019 (UTC)

Answering :

• ultima ratio regis: I am not a king, and there are few things more predictable about Misplaced Pages than the reflexive rejection of anything resembling authority. Accusing me of trying to twist the collective arm of group of editors entrenched in their opinion by using by administrative tools is not only accusing me of something impossible, but of something I knew to be impossible.
• I note your interesting use of the term "political correctness". I also note your argument that this is all about me alone, which you chose to back with a micro-critical attack against User:Jesswade88.

Rama (talk) 14:29, 21 May 2019 (UTC)

Cmts by Hodgdon's secret garden

Fwiw the draft admin DGG accepted but was quickly deleted (via wayback machine reposted by GenderDesk here) as repost includes mention of conference paper "Lessons Learned from Processing Mark-18a Targets at Oak Ridge National Laboratory" co-presented by Phelps July 2016 at Intitute of Nuclear Materials Management's 57th Annual Meeting, Atlanta and "Uv-visible Spectroscopic Process Monitor for Hot Cell Mixer-settler Separations at Ornl’s Radiochemical Engineering Development Center" presented by Jamie L Warburton, Clarice E Phelps et al July 2013 at the Institute for Nuclear Materials Management Conference, Palm Desert, CA. It also includes indie sourcing appended by DGG prior its so speedily ah ah ah re- deletion--Hodgdon's secret garden (talk) 21:29, 13 May 2019 (UTC)

Hat tip-->Gender Desk

“Administrators should take care not to speedy delete pages or media except in the most obvious cases. If a page has survived its most recent deletion discussion, it should not be speedily deleted …” The Clarice Phelps page was started through Articles for Creation. Is this not just as good as “surviving a deletion discussion”? In many cases it is even more rigorous. So why on earth did anyone, let alone an admin, think it could be speedied?

--Hodgdon's secret garden (talk) 00:19, 14 May 2019 (UTC)

Comments by Iffy

@Rama: Can you move your comments on the workshop page to the "Comment by parties" section, and make sure that any further comments you make during this phase are in the correct section please? Iffy★Chat -- 09:55, 14 May 2019 (UTC)

@DeltaQuad: @GoldenRing: Can either of you move Rama's comments (In Rama's proposed findings of fact) to the correct section please? Iffy★Chat -- 11:56, 14 May 2019 (UTC)

 Done GoldenRing (talk) 12:19, 14 May 2019 (UTC)

TonyBallioni’s section

Hi all, @Fram, Sitush, and Serial Number 54129: are not a parties to this case (though they all seem more interested in it than I am, and I’m technically a party.) At the same time Rama and others on his “side” have introduced workshop proposals or made comments targeting or citing diffs of them in a negative light. I don’t think this is appropriate considering that as non-parties, they were not on notice that they might be needing to explain their actions. @DeltaQuad: I’m not sure if this is clerkable but wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Rama/Workshop#Bullying is clearly out of scope and is a borderline personal attack on non-parties to the case.

Also, Rama, as the person who would have told you to use your judgement if you had just asked me and who honestly thought even having a case was nuts because this wasn’t a big deal, I’m increasingly moving to support a desysop because your behaviour in the workshop stage is so outside of what we’d expect from sysops on en.wiki it is actually shocking. I really want to comment opposing a desysop here, but you aren’t making it easy. TonyBallioni (talk) 05:06, 17 May 2019 (UTC)

The section is under discussion and being looked at. -- Amanda (aka DQ) 15:57, 17 May 2019 (UTC)

I'm going to respond here to the general queries about this workshop proposal. I appreciate that many editors think it should have been removed or collapsed. We usually give substantial leeway to the editors who's contact we're examining. In this case, I think it was appropriate to leave the workshop proposal not because it was within scope or at all reasonable - I don't think it was either of those things - but because the proposal itself has become evidence that addresses the scope of the case. Rama's proposal has very much influenced my thinking about the appropriate remedies in this case. The overall response to the proposal speaks heavily to whether Rama retains the trust of the community. For these reasons, it really is kind of needed somewhere within the case pages. ~ Rob₁₃ 18:38, 19 May 2019 (UTC)

Fram's section

@TonyBallioni: thanks, but I don't mind having my actions in this case being included in their statements. It helps in understanding their mindset and seems only fair. I agree on your comments about the impression their comments give though. Fram (talk) 06:18, 17 May 2019 (UTC)

@AGK, looking at the workshop page, it is Rama who is consistently calling Jess Wade "Dr. Wade", Pldx1 is only replying to Rama's use of the descriptor. If any outing happened, then it is by Rama. That Jess Wade objects to one user using the "dr." bit in reply, but not to the one doing it constantly is a bit weird. Fram (talk) 08:49, 20 May 2019 (UTC)

WBG's section

• Can the clerks be kind enough to remove the particular workshop proposals that derive from statistical observations. They have been already determined to be invalid evidence, (irrespective of quality) and was a primary reason as to why I did not rebut those.
• This is consistent with past and planned harassement of Dr Wade. is a blatant aspersion and shall be removed.
• Point 1 proposes a ridiculous false-equivalent and coupled with 2, chooses to imply that those involved with deleting the article were racist and/or sexist which is an unsubstantiated person attack. Accordingly, they shall be removed. ∯WBG 10:25, 17 May 2019 (UTC)

• As noted above, the section is under discussion and being looked at. -- Amanda (aka DQ) 15:58, 17 May 2019 (UTC)

• DeltaQuad, thanks. Noting that there's less than 7 hours for the phase to close. ∯WBG 16:54, 17 May 2019 (UTC)

• I closed the evidence at end of day vs start of day, and I will continue to do so for the workshop, so add 24 hours to that, and we can still modify it after. -- Amanda (aka DQ) 17:56, 17 May 2019 (UTC)

• Rama states 46 people have given opinions in the preliminary hearing: 22 opined that I should undergo this formal proceeding or be summarly sanctionned, 22 said no, and 2 were neutral. Lets check that

• Those who opined for initiation of this formal proceeding or opted for Rama to be summarily sanctioned (admonished/desyssoped via motion) :- SN54129, Nosebagbear, GAB, Sitush, Mr rnddude, Lectonar, Fram, Davey2010, Amakuru, SoWhy, WBG, Carrite, Bkite, Nick, Alanscottwalker, Pawnkingthree, Cryptic, Natureium, Robert McClenon, Barkeep49, Pldx1, Jehochman, Feminist, JFG, Hydronium Hydroxide, Icewhiz, Iffy
• Those who opined against above:- Fae, Med, Levivich, NYBrad, Ad Orientem, Jayron32, DGG, Sphilbrick, Deryck, Seraphimblade, The Blade of the Northern Lights, 28bytes, LCauldron, Rama
• Neutral/can't be parsed:- GB fan, Wnt, Hodgdon's secret garden, Amory, El_C, Guerillero, Tballioni

• How do you arrive at those (22-14) = 8 more folks in the oppose-camp? I have done a fairly conservative count (including yourself in the oppose camp). That you have already counted 2 neutrals, I choose to grant all the remaining 5 neutrals to your side. We still remain 3 short. Who made it from my support list? ∯WBG 12:43, 18 May 2019 (UTC)

• @DeltaQuad and GoldenRing:-- I have no clue as to why Rama is allowed to make such random observations w/o needing to provide the raw data, that backs-up his observations over the course of this entire case. Numerous people (me, Fram et al) have challenged many of his observations (the above count, Misplaced Pages !vote patterns being Poisson processes, co-relation between those who are against his actions and those who !voted in a part. manner over some linked AfDs) and asked for the precise data-set but he has been allowed to continue, unhindered. I am but unable to see it as a blatant circumvention of the requirement to provide corresponding diffs, whilst writing at these venues. ∯WBG 12:58, 18 May 2019 (UTC)

• @Winged Blades of Godric: I would suggest that the committee are capable of counting, and of drawing their own conclusions if they think these particular numbers are significant in bringing this case to a conclusion. I think further discussion of this topic is unlikely to help in resolving the case, and I ask you and @Rama: to stop discussing it, please. The evidence is in, the workshop phase is over and the drafting arbs will have the PD up when they are ready. I counsel patience as the best strategy from here, for all concerned. GoldenRing (talk) 15:08, 19 May 2019 (UTC)

• @Winged Blades of Godric: Rob made a comment above that you may wish to be aware of. -- Amanda (aka DQ) 22:45, 19 May 2019 (UTC)

Observation by SN

User:CyrilleDunant has made ~50 edits relating to this case; their previous ~50 edits take us back to...April 2012: . ——SerialNumber54129 11:11, 18 May 2019 (UTC)

And this comment can probably be cnsidered an aspersion. ——SerialNumber54129 11:11, 18 May 2019 (UTC)

@CyrilleDunant: Do you use a machine translator, out of curiosity? It would enable me to pitch my responses at the right level. In any case, aren't you meant to post in your own section? ——SerialNumber54129 18:08, 18 May 2019 (UTC)

Nice try, CyrilleDunant; neither arbclerk has edited since SoWhy posted so you should not make assumptions about what is likely to happen: as someone recently said assuming what people know or not has been a recurring theme these last days.In any case, SoWhy's post was a rational, thoughtful treatment of a nuanced issue, and is wholly useful. ——SerialNumber54129 12:58, 19 May 2019 (UTC)

• @AGK: Surely... ——SerialNumber54129 08:59, 20 May 2019 (UTC)

Comment by SoWhy

@CyrilleDunant: I started writing my reply approx. 15 minutes before I submitted it using a script (WP:REPLYLINK), so the protection that was applied one minute before I submitted the reply was not registered by the script as the page was unprotected when I started (and I only noticed it now after your comment). @AGK: Please revert me if required. Regards SoWhy 11:04, 19 May 2019 (UTC)

@CyrilleDunant: Since the page is now protected and has a banner on it asking people not to edit it, I did indeed not feel comfortable removing my post. I did, however, as you will note, ask the protecting admin and ArbCom member to do whatever they feel necessary. Regards SoWhy 13:27, 19 May 2019 (UTC)

@SoWhy: I don't know about AGK, but i'm fine with your comment staying. I said initially that I was going to leave that page open until the end of that UTC night, and you were only a minute after, so as far as I see it, you were not editing through the closure. -- Amanda (aka DQ) 06:25, 20 May 2019 (UTC)

Yes, we should let this stay. Thanks for explaining, SoWhy. AGK ■ 07:50, 20 May 2019 (UTC)

@Deryck Chan: Yes, ArbCom does not concern itself with content disputes. However, policy and guidelines related to content are of course within the purview of the Committee. Similarly, while the Committee cannot decide about a specific topic's notability or whether a policy or guideline was applied correctly in a specific case, they can find that a user has proven that they lack sufficient understanding of core policies and guidelines (including those related to content) to be trusted with the admin tools. Because sufficient understanding (or lack thereof) is a conduct issue, not a content issue. After all, part of an admin's job is to be able to weigh arguments based on notability guidelines in deletion discussions and an admin who does not understand how these guidelines works, can logically also not be trusted with that task, can they? Regards SoWhy 12:01, 29 May 2019 (UTC)

Comment by Pldx1

I suppose User:Jesswade88 wrote with the intent of helping Rama. But I don't see how proving that Rama was acting from groupthink rather from policy could produce this result.

1. the quality of the referencing was not sufficient, owing to of her employer... track covering. It was not the Navy nor the ORNL that has published and endorsed this 28 items "reflist" that was never ever specifying page, section, timing, or any such divisions that are REQUIRED by policy. Or was using documents that were not even mentioning the subject.
2. Rama ... be forced off the site because of something I have done... misleading and inflammatory. What is discussed is removing Rama from his admin status, not from his possibility to write here, like any other ordinary user.
3. all of which comes from the same small group of editors who appeared to wait to watch what I post on Twitter... the center of the Galaxy is not on Twitter, even if Dr. Wade has really an account there, what I have not checked.
4. Phelps is currently completing her PhD... Maybe Dr. Wade has some direct information on this matter, maybe this is another example of "inventiveness". What is sure is that the 28-items reflist asserts "she is currently completing a Master degree". Who should we trust?
5. Feel free to continue insulting me on whatever forum you find. This one is amusing: I have never ever made any mention of Dr. Wade on any forum... and have no intention of doing so. If you, Dr. Wade, consider this fact as insulting, this is only a problem between you and yourself.

But, once again, the main point is how following such a path of we, the rightful ones against the hornets' army could be an effective defense for an admin ? Pldx1 (talk) 12:11, 19 May 2019 (UTC)

• At , one can read: Jesswade88,Pldx1: I have removed your comments. You are required to comment only in your own sections, per the big banner at the top of this page. (Pldx1, I realise you were commenting in your own section, but since I've removed the comment to which you were referring, yours had to go too). This is a clerk action. User:GoldenRing. Nothing to say about that: clerks are here to take clerks actions. Since Rama has undone the deletion, I have to reiterate that my reply to and you are calling me Dr. Wade, which is bizarre was, and is again, as follow: I am only following what Rama is doing, and also trusted your own User:Jesswade88 page, that links to this article of , article that already says... guess what ?. Pldx1 (talk) 08:52, 20 May 2019 (UTC)

• Now, we have a new fact. User:Rama, the admin whose action is under scrutiny, endorses for himself the post of Jesswade88, the battleground attitude thereof, and moreover the assertion: Finally, this conversation counts as a forum. The talk pages count as a forum. The AfDs where you and your colleagues debate women academics' notability count as a forum. I have no doubt this will "assist the Arbitration Committee in arriving at fair, well-informed decisions". Pldx1 (talk) 08:52, 20 May 2019 (UTC)
• User:Rama. How can you assert that sentence: Rama, you are repeating "Dr. Wade" and "Dr. Wade" as if this was a silencing argument could be about the real life Dr. Wade ? This sentence is about you, User:Rama. You, nobody else, are repeating "Dr." as if this was a silencing argument. But this is not. Even using your admin tools as an ultima ratio regis was not a silencing argument. Using an article for proving that someone would have a PhD when this article is about an unrelated softball coach... has raised some eyebrows. One can argue that it was an error. But trying to cover this kind of error by a battleground attitude, and a campaign about political correctness is not an error, it's a failure. Using your admin tools for being part of this campaign, was your own personal decision, and we are here. Pldx1 (talk) 09:00, 21 May 2019 (UTC)

• @Sitush:, I am not sure that ko:사대부 would provide a more probable reading frame for the current events. Nevertheless an occasion to display the following painting. Pldx1 (talk) 12:41, 21 May 2019 (UTC)

Comment by Levivich

It’s great we have separate sections and clerking to keep the conversation civil and on topic instead of a free for all food fight between editors like at ANI. Also I’m glad that content issues were deemed out of scope so as to prevent extensive arguments about content. Every single day I log in and see the same handful of editors flaming other editors and arguing about sources. It’s like Day 20. --Leviv ich 14:53, 19 May 2019 (UTC)

Comments by Jesswade88

(Section created and comment below moved here by Rama from diff , that was erased at this diff but had not been moved to its own section. Rama (talk) 08:05, 20 May 2019 (UTC) )

I never made the claim that Twitter was the centre of the universe, but people commenting on this page and elsewhere have quoted my tweets. And you are calling me Dr. Wade, which is bizarre, as I have nothing about having a PhD in my username or user page, but do on my Twitter account. As for your other points, I have no idea what the first one is trying to say - the majority of those references were correct, and from the ORNL itself. As for questioning Phelps' MSc/PhD status - I don't mind if you do not believe me, and that statement has been removed form the current draft. It is also absolutely irrelevant for the discussion over Rama's admin status. Finally, this conversation counts as a forum. The talk pages count as a forum. The AfDs where you and your colleagues debate women academics' notability count as a forum. And yes, your comments are insulting. Jesswade88 (talk) 13:28, 19 May 2019 (UTC)

You say you are calling me Dr. Wade, which is bizarre, as I have nothing about having a PhD in my username or user page. Are you accusing Pldx1 of referencing your private or personal information ("outing")? You say on your userpage that you are a PhD, by linking to an article discussing it. AGK ■ 08:42, 20 May 2019 (UTC)

Comments by Sitush

• @GoldenRing and DeltaQuad: I don't understand why Rama has just restored a comment from Jesswade88 but not the reply from Pldx1. Both were removed by you yesterday because Jesswade88 posted in the wrong section. - Sitush (talk) 08:47, 20 May 2019 (UTC)

• @Pldx1:, while I understand the "silencing argument" point you are making here, which is perhaps related to the notion of "argument from authority", it is worth bearing in mind that in some cultures there is a much greater degree of respect among general society for one's awarded titles etc than in, say, the UK or US. An example of this is much of South Asia, eg in India, where use of academic titles and even the more general Shri (for "Mr") etc is a matter of everyday discourse. I've no idea of Rama's background but it probably would be best to AGF here. - Sitush (talk) 09:10, 21 May 2019 (UTC)

Comments by Deryck

I agree with TonyBallioni and Levivich on their proposed principles, specifically that "It is not the role of the Arbitration Committee to settle good-faith content disputes among editors", and "content issues such as the article subject's notability and the article's sourcing have no bearing on the outcome of this case, and the Arbitration Committee expresses no opinion on such issues."

Following through this argument, I disagree with both SoWhy and Rama on their proposals which explicitly discuss inclusion / notability guidelines. Since the ArbCom does not have jurisdiction over content, it should follow that editors' prior knowledge of and opinion on content policies should have no bearing on an arbitration case. They may be relevant findings of fact that support other findings about good faith, accountability, and administrator conduct, but the ArbCom should avoid drawing a link between a proposed remedy and an editor's lack of knowledge or disagreement on content policy. Deryck C. 11:31, 29 May 2019 (UTC)