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Alexander the Great edition triple laurel crown

Your majesty, I am pleased to award the coveted Alexander the Great edition triple laurel crown to Hawkeye7. This special award recognizes the rare editor who contributes at least 15 pieces of Featured content, 15 Good articles, and 15 "Did you know?" entries. Thank you for your contributions to the project! SMasters (talk) 06:50, 23 December 2011 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
For your hard work on Military related articles which would have been left untouched for the years to come. Bidgee (talk) 11:00, 29 December 2011 (UTC)

Congratulations

The Barnstar of Awesomeness
Awarded to Hawkeye7, as part of AustralianRupert's 2012 New Year Honours List, in recognition of their work on several highly visible topics throughout 2011. Thank you and keep up the good work! AustralianRupert (talk) 10:14, 31 December 2011 (UTC)

Thanks

Many thanks for assessing the various biographical articles that I have been working on. Dormskirk (talk) 11:05, 31 December 2011 (UTC)

GA Review

Hi, I'm with the Misplaced Pages:WikiProject AP Biology 2011. I've been working on the Olympic marmot as part of a project, and now, multiple reviewers have told me that it's ready to be reviewed for GA! I nominated it, but TCO suggests to recruit reviewers to facilitate the process, and he directed me to you and a few other users. I would like to ask if you weren't too busy, to do the GA review for the Olympic marmot. I'd really appreciate it! I'm going to ask a few of the other names he gave me about this too, and whoever has the time to get to it first can review it. Thanks! Imthebombliketicktick (talk) 17:42, 31 December 2011 (UTC)

Main page appearance: Battle of Bardia

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Australian troops enter Bardia.

The Battle of Bardia was fought over three days between 3 and 5 January 1941, as part of Operation Compass in the Second World War. Australian Major General Iven Mackay's 6th Division assaulted the strongly held Italian fortress of Bardia, Libya, assisted by air support and naval gunfire, and under the cover of an artillery barrage. The 16th Infantry Brigade attacked at dawn from the west, where the defences were known to be weak. This allowed the infantry and 23 Matilda II tanks of the 7th Royal Tank Regiment to enter the fortress and capture all their objectives, along with 8,000 prisoners. In the second phase of the operation, the 17th Infantry Brigade exploited the breach made in the perimeter. On the second day, the 16th Infantry Brigade captured the township of Bardia, cutting the fortress in two. On the third day, the 19th Infantry Brigade advanced south from Bardia, supported by artillery and the Matilda tanks. Meanwhile, the Italian garrisons in the north surrendered to the 16th Infantry Brigade and the Support Group of the British 7th Armoured Division. The victory at Bardia enabled the Allied forces to continue the advance into Libya and ultimately capture almost all of Cyrenaica. (more...)

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Blamey

G'day, Hawkeye, I'm currently working on expanding the 2nd Battalion (Australia) article offline. In relation to Thomas Blamey, I've come across this in Bean (vol 6, 1942, p. 193): "short term in command of the 2nd Battalion and 1st Brigade". Currently the AWM's article on the 2nd Battalion only provides an incomplete list of battalion commanders (I've managed to find at least four, when they currently only have two), and it doesn't list Blamey. Nor does the AWM timeline for him mention a battalion: I'm just wondering if in the course of your research for the wiki article you came across anything that confirmed that it was the 2nd Bn that he commanded and it had any dates of when Blamey was in command. Cheers, AustralianRupert (talk) 11:53, 2 January 2012 (UTC)

Sorry, I've found it in the article now. Apologies, I should have read it closer. Cheers, AustralianRupert (talk) 12:04, 2 January 2012 (UTC)

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Greetings

Hi Hawkeye. I don't think we've met before, but I see you are working on the Atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, an article that has interested me for a long time. The current arbitration case is emotionally charged. I've been through a lot of cases User:Jehochman/Arbitration, and my unsolicited, possibly unwelcomed advice is that you should either strenuously defend yourself, or else admit failures. If you decide to admit failures you can either pledge to learn from mistakes and not repeat them, or you can resign if you don't want to deal with the stresses of being an admin. Any of those paths will lead to a better result than letting people demonize you without hearing your side of the story. The current discussion is making me feel uncomfortable, like you might get over-sanctioned for any errors. Best regards, Jehochman 16:18, 3 January 2012 (UTC)

Thankyou for you advice. It is hard to know how to handle these things. I originally thought that it would be straightforward to fix up the article, which looked fairly good, but has turned out that there are a number of books referenced without page number, and blocks without references. I have added two more sections. A third, on the legacy of the bombings, is needed. Hawkeye7 (talk) 21:15, 4 January 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Jeremy Doyle

Updated DYK queryOn 3 January 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Jeremy Doyle, which you recently nominated. The fact was ... that Jeremy Doyle (pictured) represented Australia on the wheelchair basketball team, the wheelchair hockey team, and at the World Cyber Games in Counter-Strike? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Jeremy Doyle. If you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

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Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Gday Hawkeye. There seems to be a named ref that is missing some info at Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki (# 113 - <ref name="Generals"/>). From going back through the article history it looks like it might be the fol:

{{cite web| title = The Atomic Bomb and the End of World War II, A Collection of Primary Sources| publisher=]| date = August 13, 1945| format = PDF| work=National Security Archive Electronic Briefing Book No. 162| url = http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB162/72.pdf| coauthors = General Hull Colone Seazen}}

Do you know if this is right? I didn't want to just add it without checking. Cheers. Anotherclown (talk) 10:40, 4 January 2012 (UTC)

Yes, that's right. Fixed it, and a couple of other refs. Hawkeye7 (talk) 20:48, 4 January 2012 (UTC)
Great, thanks again. Anotherclown (talk) 00:29, 5 January 2012 (UTC)

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Request for evidence at Misplaced Pages talk:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Civility enforcement/Evidence

As you blocked Malleus in 2011, would you please respond to Misplaced Pages talk:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Civility enforcement/Evidence#Requests for further evidence - Collaborative evidence collectionrcement/Evidence. Thank you. Dougweller (talk) 09:10, 9 January 2012 (UTC)

Canberra Capitals

Hi. :D Hola! :D I'm working on some articles on my user space about members of the Canberra Capitals. When I get them to DYK length, I'd like to move them over to the main space and if you could nominate them for DYK, that would be awesome. ;)

Drafts that are close to being ready and need a copy edit before a move and nomination:

--LauraHale (talk) 09:57, 9 January 2012 (UTC)

Misplaced Pages:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Civility enforcement/Evidence/Blocks

In the course of an ongoing case, the Arbitration Committee has decided to collect all relevant information regarding Malleus Fatuorum's block log and, as such, has created a table of all blocks, which can be found here. Since you either blocked or unblocked Malleus Fatuorum, you are welcome to comment, if you wish. Salvio 14:03, 9 January 2012 (UTC)

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John Scanlon/Scanlan

Hi there, I've noticed you have tidied up my recent expansions on a couple of articles relating to Aussie generals so I thought I would raise this matter with you. In working on the expansion of the John Scanlon article, I realised the page was created with incorrect spelling of the surname (it should be Scanlan as per the references). I have created a new page - John Joseph Scanlan (soldier) - and turned the original page/talk page into redirects but perhaps the original page should be deleted altogether given the spelling of the surname? Apologies if this matter should be raised another way. Cheers. Zawed (talk) 10:23, 10 January 2012 (UTC)

No worries. Looks very good. What you should do now is submit the article to Template talk:Did you know. If you would prefer, I can nominate it for you. Hawkeye7 (talk) 20:19, 10 January 2012 (UTC)
Thanks! I don't know much about the DYK process so I will leave that up to you if you don't mind. Cheers! Zawed (talk) 08:31, 11 January 2012 (UTC)

Request barnstar

I know I was a pain in the ass, but I helped that MP article. May I please have a barnie like you gave to others?TCO (Reviews needed) 05:36, 11 January 2012 (UTC)

Milhist FA, A-Class and Peer Reviews Oct-Dec 2011

The Content Review Medal of Merit
By order of the Military history WikiProject coordinators, for your devoted contributions to the WikiProject's Peer, A-Class and Featured article reviews for the period October–December 2011, I am delighted to award you the Content Review Medal. Buggie111 (talk) 17:29, 14 January 2012 (UTC)

Southeast Pacific Area

Hawkeye7, would you mind please reviewing my current writings at Panama Sea Frontier and give any advice on appropriate writing-up of the Southeast Pacific Area? Thanks for your help, Buckshot06 (talk) 22:21, 14 January 2012 (UTC)

  • Looks good. I have taken the liberty of splitting it in two, so there are now separate articles on the Panama Sea Frontier and the Southeast Pacific Area. Hope this is okay. Hawkeye7 (talk) 05:35, 15 January 2012 (UTC)

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Military Historian of the Year

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Assessment of Point Class Cutter

Thank you for your assessment of the article Point class cutter that you provided; but I couldn't help notice that you assessed it as B class and then changed it to C class. I am curious about what caused you to change your mind and also what in your opinion could be done to the referencing to make it complete or better? I'm trying to learn here and not criticize. Thank you for any help or guidance you can provide. Cheers. Cuprum17 (talk) 02:02, 16 January 2012 (UTC)

Another editor pointed out that two small sections were still uncited. My apologies for the confusion. Hawkeye7 (talk) 02:07, 16 January 2012 (UTC)
Overlooked those, Mate. I put them in; would you mind looking at it again and re-assess? Thanks. Getting late and I have to go to work in the morning...Have a nice day! Cuprum17 (talk) 03:39, 16 January 2012 (UTC)
Re-assessed B-class. Hawkeye7 (talk) 09:38, 16 January 2012 (UTC)

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Hey mate, did you notice this? Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 06:07, 21 January 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Alice Coddington

Updated DYK queryOn 21 January 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Alice Coddington, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Canberra Capitals players Alice Coddington and Brigitte Ardossi majored in marketing while attending university in the United States? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Alice Coddington.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

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DYK for Brigitte Ardossi

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DYK for Carly Wilson

Updated DYK queryOn 22 January 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Carly Wilson, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Canberra Capitals player Carly Wilson is renowned for wearing pink socks while playing basketball in the WNBL? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Carly Wilson.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

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DYK for Nicole Hunt

Updated DYK queryOn 23 January 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Nicole Hunt, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Australian basketball player Nicole Hunt of the Canberra Capitals is nicknamed 'Flea'? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Nicole Hunt.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

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DYK for Arthur S. Carpender

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DYK for John Joseph Scanlan (soldier)

Updated DYK queryOn 26 January 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article John Joseph Scanlan (soldier), which you recently nominated. The fact was ... that John Joseph Scanlan (pictured) was appointed the governor of Hobart Gaol while he was a prisoner? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/John Joseph Scanlan (soldier). If you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

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Happy Australia Day! Thank you for contributing to Australian content!

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Thank you for your contributions on English Misplaced Pages that have helped improve Australian related content. :D It is very much appreciated. :D Enjoy your Australia Day and please continue your good work! LauraHale (talk) 01:39, 26 January 2012 (UTC)

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Congratulations

 The WikiChevrons 
Congratulations for being nominated as one of the military historians of the year for 2011 in recognition of your quality articles on high-profile subjects, including J. Robert Oppenheimer, Manhattan Project, Relief of Douglas MacArthur and Thomas Blamey. I am pleased to award you the WikiChevrons in recognition of this achievement. For the Coordinators, Nick-D (talk) 03:24, 29 January 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Marianna Tolo

Updated DYK queryOn 29 January 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Marianna Tolo, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Canberra Capitals player Marianna Tolo dressed as Xena during the team's 2010/2011 Mad Monday celebrations? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Marianna Tolo.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

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DYK for Lauren Jansen

Updated DYK queryOn 31 January 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Lauren Jansen, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Canberra Capitals player Lauren Jansen and coach Carrie Graf both started playing in the WNBL at the age of 15? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Lauren Jansen.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

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DYK for Hannah Bowley

Updated DYK queryOn 1 February 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Hannah Bowley, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Canberra Capitals player Hannah Bowley also plays Australian rules football? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Hannah Bowley.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

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Milne Bay ACR

G'day, Hawkeye, would you mind if I put myself down as a co-nom on the Milne Bay ACR? I've been meaning to nominate it, but have found myself caught up in trying to rework Colonial forces of Australia (it's been a big job as it was a large article lacking almost any references when I came to it). I'm not sure I will be able to take the lead on the ACR as work is getting pretty busy now (Feb is when we have the first platoons of the year march-in for training and then March we are out in the field), but I should be able to help out with some of the questions that might arise. Regards, AustralianRupert (talk) 09:52, 2 February 2012 (UTC)

Please do. That would be great. Hawkeye7 (talk) 11:07, 2 February 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Jessica Bibby

Updated DYK queryOn 6 February 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Jessica Bibby, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that current Canberra Capitals players Jessica Bibby and Natalie Porter were both 2000 WNBA draft picks? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Jessica Bibby.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

The DYK project (nominate) 08:03, 6 February 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Natalie Porter

Updated DYK queryOn 6 February 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Natalie Porter, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that current Canberra Capitals players Jessica Bibby and Natalie Porter were both 2000 WNBA draft picks? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

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Template:Campaignbox Battle for Australia

In regards to this comment, the template was sort-of my fault ;) I created the Battle of Australia article on which it was based before reading the historiography on this topic (the article looked like this at the time the template was created by Grant65 (talk · contribs)). I've since re-written the article, though it's still not very good. I'd support the template's deletion. Nick-D (talk) 10:49, 6 February 2012 (UTC)

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Manhattan Project

In case you finished "watching" the discussion, I replied to your last on my page.--Reedmalloy (talk) 23:50, 9 February 2012 (UTC)

MSU Interview

Dear Hawkeye7,


My name is Jonathan Obar user:Jaobar, I'm a professor in the College of Communication Arts and Sciences at Michigan State University and a Teaching Fellow with the Wikimedia Foundation's Education Program. This semester I've been running a little experiment at MSU, a class where we teach students about becoming Misplaced Pages administrators. Not a lot is known about your community, and our students (who are fascinated by wiki-culture by the way!) want to learn how you do what you do, and why you do it. A while back I proposed this idea (the class) to the community HERE, were it was met mainly with positive feedback. Anyhow, I'd like my students to speak with a few administrators to get a sense of admin experiences, training, motivations, likes, dislikes, etc. We were wondering if you'd be interested in speaking with one of our students.


So a few things about the interviews:

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Bottom line is that we really need your help, and would really appreciate the opportunity to speak with you. If interested, please send me an email at obar@msu.edu (to maintain anonymity) and I will add your name to my offline contact list. If you feel comfortable doing so, you can post your name HERE instead.

If you have questions or concerns at any time, feel free to email me at obar@msu.edu. I will be more than happy to speak with you.

Thanks in advance for your help. We have a lot to learn from you.

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Support

I know it's difficult waiting for the arbcom case that's been put off twice. You're a great admin and a great writer. Let me know if I can help. - Dank (push to talk) 23:37, 10 February 2012 (UTC)

What should be in Campaign Box templates

Hi can you check the discussion at Misplaced Pages talk:WikiProject Military history#What should be in Campaign Box templates to check I have not misrepresented your comments. Jim Sweeney (talk) 12:10, 12 February 2012 (UTC)

96th Engineer Battalion

Hello, you may be interested in my edit of the 96th Engineer Battalion article you have largely contributed to. It is based on information that was on the ABC. AprilHare (talk) 01:21, 13 February 2012 (UTC)

"stewed most of the time"

I guess you're sick and tired of discussing that, but I'm not getting the "stewed" part in "who's apparently some sort of koala (ie a protected species who is stewed most of the time)". Are koalas literally stewed (when poached or hunted) or did you mean that as an euphemism for "drunk"? It looks like NYB interpreted it as the latter in the ArbCom proposed decision. ASCIIn2Bme (talk) 17:35, 14 February 2012 (UTC)

Where does NYB say that? - Dank (push to talk) 17:57, 14 February 2012 (UTC)
"referring to another editor as 'stewed most of the time' was highly inappropriate" ASCIIn2Bme (talk) 18:20, 14 February 2012 (UTC)
A google search for "stewed koala" found the more literal interpretation plausible as well . ASCIIn2Bme (talk) 18:33, 14 February 2012 (UTC)
Okay, so NYB didn't say that it meant "drunk". - Dank (push to talk) 18:53, 14 February 2012 (UTC)
So, how do interpret a statement about a living human said to be "stewed most of the time"? ASCIIn2Bme (talk) 19:52, 14 February 2012 (UTC)

As you put it on your user page, Dank, Misplaced Pages is no place for humor. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 23:05, 14 February 2012 (UTC)

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Did you know help: Australian women water polo players

Hey! :D Do you remember how I did the Canberra Capitals and took every player on the current squad to WP:DYK? I'm drafting articles about the current Australia women's national water polo team 2012 Summer Olympics squad on my user space. I'm hoping to take these articles to WP:DYK in a week or two. (Trying to get pictures for the articles first.) If you could help improve the article drafts in my user space in preparation for eventually moving them to the main space, that would be fantastic. The articles I'm working on are:

At length
At length - Existing article merge
Not at length
Require merging DYK check elsewhere

They are all properly cited. They need help fixing the grammar, the flow, the organisation and possibly with information box info. If you can help improve them in my user space before they are eventually moved over and nominated, I would be happy to help give you credit on the DYK nomination. :) --LauraHale (talk) 02:42, 17 February 2012 (UTC)

Reginald Pinney

I know it's not the most exciting of biographies, but the Sassoon link is hard to resist! I've made a few improvements based on your comments - please let me know if there's anything else you feel is missing. Shimgray | talk | 17:37, 19 February 2012 (UTC)

re Fascinating case

Thanks so much! Sure, lemme first get started on revamping the page with sourced info, and get back to you. — Cirt (talk) 21:52, 20 February 2012 (UTC)

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Misplaced Pages:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Civility enforcement closed

An arbitration case regarding Civility enforcement has now closed and the final decision is viewable at the link above. The following remedies have been enacted:

  1. Hawkeye7 (talk · contribs) is desysopped for wheel warring and conduct unbecoming of an administrator, in the face of previous admonishments regarding administrative conduct from the Arbitration Committee. Hawkeye7 may re-apply for the administrator permissions at RFA at any time.
  2. Thumperward (talk · contribs) is admonished for conduct unbecoming an administrator, and for failing to adequately explain his actions when requested by the community and Arbitration Committee.
  3. John (talk · contribs) is admonished for reversing another administrator's actions while said actions were under review through community discussion.
  4. Malleus Fatuorum (talk · contribs) is indefinitely topic banned from any page whose prefix begins with Misplaced Pages talk:Requests for Adminship. This remedy explicitly does not prevent him from !voting on RFA's; however, should his contributions to a specific request for adminship become disruptive, any uninvolved admin may ban him from further participation in that specific RFA. Further, Malleus Fatuorm is admonished for repeatedly personalizing disputes and engaging in uncivil conduct, personal attacks, and disruptive conduct.
  5. Administrators are reminded that blocks should be applied only when no other solution would prove to be effective, or when previous attempts to resolve a situation (such as discussion, warnings, topic bans, or other restrictions) have proven to be ineffective.
  6. All users are reminded to engage in discussion in a way that will neither disrupt nor lower the quality of such discourse. Personal attacks, profanity, inappropriate use of humour, and other uncivil conduct that leads to a breakdown in discussion can prevent the formation of a valid consensus. Blocks or other restrictions may be used to address repeated or particularly severe disruption of this nature, in order to foster a collaborative environment within the community as a whole.
  7. The imposition of discretionary sanctions, paroles, and related remedies by the community is done on an ad hoc basis in the absence of clear documented standards. The community is strongly encouraged to review and document standing good practice for such discussions. As a related but distinct issue, the community is encouraged to review and document common good practice for administrators imposing editing restrictions as a condition of an unblock and in lieu of blocks.
  8. Should any user subject to a restriction or topic ban in this case violate that restriction or ban, that user may be blocked, initially for up to one month, and then with blocks increasing in duration to a maximum of one year, with the topic ban clock restarting at the end of the block. Appeals of blocks may be made to the imposing administrator, and thereafter to the Administrators' noticeboard, or to Arbitration Enforcement, or to the Arbitration Committee. All blocks are to be logged at Misplaced Pages:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Civility enforcement#Log of blocks, bans, and restrictions.

For the Arbitration Committee:
Mlpearc (powwow) 02:28, 21 February 2012 (UTC)