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The last step of Misplaced Pages:Dispute resolution is Arbitration, (see arbitration for a general overview of the topic). If, and only if, all other steps have failed, and you see no reasonable chance that the matter can be resolved in another manner, you may request that it be decided by the Arbitration Committee.

See Misplaced Pages:Arbitration policy, Misplaced Pages:Arbitrators, /Admin enforcement requested

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Currently, there are no requests for arbitration.

No cases have recently been closed (view all closed cases).

Currently, no requests for clarification or amendment are open.

Earlier Steps

Please review Misplaced Pages:Dispute resolution for other avenues you should take before requesting Arbitration. If you do not follow any of these routes, it is highly likely that your request for Arbitration will be rejected.

Current requests for Arbitration

The procedure for accepting requests is described in the Arbitration policy. Be brief - put a quick list of the nature of the complaints. Link to detailed evidence elsewhere if you need to. New requests to the top, please.

The numbers in the ====Comments and votes by arbitrators (0/0/0/0)==== sections correspond to (Accept/Reject/Recuse/Other).

Kenneth Alan

This user, has been listed on Misplaced Pages:Requests for comment for some time. He went away but came back again last week. His style is to add nonsense to articles so that they conform to what can only be described as a parallel universe in which the Vikings play a prominent part. When his contributuons are challenged he becomes abusive. This is all well documented on Misplaced Pages:Requests for comment/Kenneth Alan. I and several other users would like to see his permanent exclusion from Wikipeia. Mintguy (T)

I would have you all know that I merely focus on my specific interests. I care not what else goes on, respectfully requesting that I not be persecuted for my limitation and focus of interests. I merely wish to do as well as I can with the things I possess deep enough attraction to. It is not up to you to madly revert a contribution without merit. Your form of merit is the hatred of my amateur style. My fault is the lack of application to use a sandbox before altering an article. Many times I regret the lack of formality to the articles, and when I tire of the project, I leave it to hopefully be fixed by another user, much as any article must be at any given time. Like any article, it is up to people to improve, not merely remove. Ad-hominem edits are not the style preferred by Misplaced Pages. You, holding your privilege to block, should I restore to a more informative version, are guilty of the utmost hypocrisy in this matter. Kenneth Alanson 17:44, 19 Aug 2004 (UTC)

Comments and votes by arbitrators

1. Accept Fred Bauder 19:00, Aug 19, 2004 (UTC)

172

172 has been reverting me at New Imperialism and he refuses to discuss the matter. I request that the arbitration committee examine this uncooperative behaviour. Lirath Q. Pynnor

I strongly request that User:172 be examined by the arbitration committee, regarding a general tendancy towards edit wars and incivility. Sam 04:09, 27 Jul 2004 (UTC)

See Dialogue below for an interaction. Sam 22:19, 31 Jul 2004 (UTC)

I also request that User:172 be examined by the arbitration committee, because of his extensive edit wars with VeryVerily, and Lir.--Plato 22:08, 27 Jul 2004 (UTC)

A note: 172's proposed solution to the problem at New Imperialism was a poll between the two versions - virtually identical to what Lir did at one point on Saddam Hussein. I'm interested in how Lir distinguishes between the two. Snowspinner 12:52, Jul 27, 2004 (UTC)

Thank you for your comments. We appreciate your concern. I do not recall ever requesting a poll at Saddam Hussein -- however, we will take your point into consideration. Lirath Q. Pynnor

172 has repeatedly deleted contributions by others in the "Evidence" section. I'm disturbed by his actions in this regard - surely a party in an arbitration case should not be permitted to delete contributions by other parties? The issue is being discussed at . -- ChrisO 19:30, 31 Jul 2004 (UTC)

Sam Spade, Lir, and Plato did not follow dispute resolution procedure so they should also be considered defendants. 172 14:05, 3 Aug 2004 (UTC)

Actually, we have -- but you continue to reject mediation. Lirath Q. Pynnor

Has there been an RFC filed? Have there been attempts to mediate with this user? →Raul654 19:20, Aug 18, 2004 (UTC)

There has been a couple rfc's, and I have attempted mediation w 172, which he has turned down a couple times. Sam 21:45, 18 Aug 2004 (UTC)

Evidence

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• 172 has thrice removed evidence from this page.

If people could refrain from removing evidence, that'd certainly help. I don't appreciate my job being made more difficult. Thanks. Martin 17:51, 1 Aug 2004 (UTC)

Dialogue

• User_talk:Sam_Spade/_-_archive_August_2004#172
• User_talk:Sam_Spade/_-_archive_August_2004#172_revisited

Comments and votes by arbitrators (1(+1)/0/2/0)

1. Recuse Fred Bauder 12:18, Jul 27, 2004 (UTC)
2. Accept. James F. (talk) 03:23, 30 Jul 2004 (UTC)
3. Leave hanging while the two existing Lir cases are resolved - the outcome of those two may render arbitration in this case unnecessary. Martin 23:52, 2 Aug 2004 (UTC)
4. Recuse - Involves Lir which biases me in favor of 172. --mav 09:58, 8 Aug 2004 (UTC)

Matters currently in Arbitration

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• /JRR Trollkien - Accepted for Arbitration with four votes, on April 20, 2004. Evidence to /JRR Trollkien/Evidence, please. For discussion and voting on this matter see /JRR Trollkien. Note that this case is accepted solely to determine whether, under existing Misplaced Pages policy, it is acceptable for sysops to ban obvious trolls.
• /ChrisO and Levzur Accepted for Arbitration with three votes (there were 3 recusals) on May 2, 2004. Evidence to /ChrisO and Levzur/Evidence, please. For discussion and voting on this matter see /ChrisO and Levzur.
• /Lir - Accepted for Arbitration with four votes, on 6 July, 2004. Evidence to /Lir/Evidence, please. For discussion and voting on this matter see /Lir/Proposed decision.
• /Lyndon LaRouche (Herschelkrustofsky, Adam_Carr, John_Kenney, and AndyL) - Accepted for Arbitration with four votes on 6 July 2004. Evidence to /Lyndon LaRouche/Evidence, please.
• /User:Guanaco versus User:Lir - Accepted for Arbitration with four votes on July 11, 2004. Evidence to /User:Guanaco versus User:Lir/Evidence, please.
• /User:PolishPoliticians - Accepted for Arbitration with four votes on July 27, 2004. Evidence to /User:PolishPoliticians/Evidence, please.
• /RK - Accepted for Arbitration with four votes and two recusals on August 1, 2004. Evidence to /RK/Evidence, please.
• /Avala - Accepted for Arbitration with four votes and one rejection on August 8, 2004. Evidence to /Avala/Evidence, please.
• /Lance6wins - Accepted for Arbitration with four votes and one rejection on August 8, 2004. Evidence to /Lance6wins/Evidence, please.
• /K1 - Accepted for Arbitration with four votes and one rejection on August 8, 2004. Evidence to /K1/Evidence, please.
• /Rex071404 - Accepted for Arbitration with four votes on August 8, 2004. Evidence to /Rex071404/Evidence, please.

Rejected requests

• Avala vs various users - Rejected - try other forms of dispute resolution first, please. Discussion moved to User talk:Avala

• Matter of Hephaestos - Rejected - due to lack of community desire or allegations. Case referred by Jimbo Feb 19, 2004, rejected Feb 26, 2004. Discussion moved to Misplaced Pages talk:Requests for comment/Hephaestos.

• Wheeler vs 172 - Rejected - please try mediation first. Discussion moved to user talk:WHEELER

• Cheng v. Anonymous and others - Rejected - refer to wikipedia:username for name change policy. For content dispute, try other forms of dispute resolution first, please. Discussion moved to User talk:Nathan w cheng.

• WikiUser vs. unspecified others - Rejected due to lack of a specific request.

• Simonides vs. "everyone" - Rejected - referred to the Mediation Committee.

• Sam Spade vs. Danny - Withdrawn

• Sam Spade vs. AndyL - Withdrawn

• Raul654 vs Anthony DiPierro - Withdrawn after agreement of both parties (see standing order).

• RickK - Rejected - referred to the Mediation Committee.

• Mike Storm - Rejected - please try earlier steps in the dispute resolution process.

• Lir (IRC blocking claims) - Rejected due to either a lack of jurisdiction (the IRC channels are not official), or a failure to follow earlier steps.

• Sam Spade vs. 172 - Rejected - please try earlier steps in the dispute resolution process.

• User:JRR Trollkien 2 - Inconclusive deadlock: 3 votes to reject, none to accept. Archived at User talk:JRR Trollkien

Completed requests

• /Theresa knott vs. Mr-Natural-Health - Decided on 11th Februry 2004 that Mr-Natural-Health would be banned from editing for 30 days (i.e., until 12 Mar 2004). The vote was 6-2 in favor of banning, with 2 explicit and 1 de-facto abstention.

• /Plautus satire vs Raul654 - Decided on 11th March 2004 that Plautus satire is to be banned for one year, up to and including March 11 2005. The vote was unanimous with 8 votes in favour and 1 de-facto abstention; a further vote in favour of extending the ban indefinitely was held but not met.

• /Wik - Decided on 15th March 2004 that Wik would have a three month probation during which he may be temp-banned in certain circumstances. There were six votes in favour, three opposed, and one de-facto abstention. Further decisions and minority opinions can be read at /Wik.

• /Irismeister - Decided on 31st March 2004 that Irismeister would be banned from editing all pages for ten days, and banned from editing Iridology indefinitely. Decision can be found at /Irismeister/Decision.

• /Anthony DiPierro - Decided on 25th April 2004 to instruct Anthony with regards to his VfD edits, and refer other issues to mediation. The vote was unanimous with 6 votes in favour and 4 de-facto abstentions. Note that the case was accepted solely to investigate use of VfD.

• /Paul Vogel - Decided on 10 May 2004 to ban Vogel for one year. Further discussion and proposals are available at /Paul Vogel/Proposals.

• /Wik2 - Decided at /Wik2/Decided on 21 May 2004.

• /Mr-Natural-Health - Partial decision on 25 June 2004 to apply a three month ban. Possibility of further decisions. For discussion and voting on this matter see /Mr-Natural-Health/Proposed decision.

• /Irismeister 2 - Decided on 03 July 2004 to apply a personal attack parole. For discussion and voting on this matter see /Irismeister 2/Proposed decision.

• /Mav v. 168 - Closed on 03 July 2004 with an open verdict.

• /Cantus - Decided on 01 Aug 2004, apply a revert parole to Cantus and other remedies.