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Fram

Initiated by Cwmhiraeth (talk) at 10:01, 24 October 2016 (UTC)

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• Cwmhiraeth (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log), filing party
• Fram (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA)

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Statement by Cwmhiraeth

Fram has been an editor with Misplaced Pages since 2005 and an administrator since 2007. Fram does much useful work on Misplaced Pages, including quality control at DYK, which is where we have mostly interacted. Fram has a great eye for detail and has the ability to spot errors that other editors have missed.

Nevertheless, I consider Fram to be a net liability to Misplaced Pages because of the negative effects he has on other editors. Fram targets certain editors, bullies them, harasses them and sometimes hounds them, following them around and undermining their contributions. He undertakes campaigns with the apparent aim of driving away productive contributors. Additionally, at DYK, Fram examines the hooks at a late stage in the process, often when they are already on the main page, has a habit of "pulling" them and calling the nominator, reviewer and promoter publicly to account, denigrating and humiliating them for their failings. This could be termed community harassment!

If ArbCom accepts this case, I propose to provide evidence by way of diffs and quotations on the following matters:

1. Fram has harassed Nvvchar at DYK with a series of attacks culminating in this one,. Nvvchar then stated that he would stop nominating articles to DYK. Fram then hounded him by multiple individual reassessments and removal of GA status of articles he had brought to GA, and caused him to retire from Misplaced Pages. The last three GAs downgraded in this way were in a period of 24 hours, and three hours after the third one was downgraded, Nvvchar quit as an editor. Ironically, these events were in the same week that he received an "editor of the Week" award . I have an email from Nvvchar stating his reasons for retiring which I propose to submit to the committee as evidence if this case is accepted.
2. Fram has harassed me, first at my editor's review in 2014 , and more recently, Fram has been harassing me on the DYK discussion page, , called me a liar and sought to have me sanctioned at the "The Rambling Man" arbitration case despite the fact that I was not a party to the proceedings.
3. I have identified nine other editors that Fram has harassed, and there may be more. I will be submitting evidence to support these allegations and I would hope that any aggrieved editors would provide their own evidence if this case goes ahead. I do not intend to name these editors now because I don't want them to become parties to the proceedings.
4. Fram uses the process of GA reassessments as a tool to demoralise his targets. He disregards the proper process as outlined here. He does not consider whether the article meets the good article criteria. He takes no notice of the instruction "The goal should not be to delist the article, but to restore it back to its former good article quality" nor fix any problem he notices. Even when problems disclosed by Fram are fixed, he delists the article anyway. Nor does Fram attempt to close the review correctly, leaving others to clear up the mess, and there are some 16 current reassessments being undertaken by Fram that have been in limbo since March 2016.
5. At the DYK discussion page, Fram has created an atmosphere of blame and recrimination. Some editors who are still active elsewhere on Misplaced Pages have chosen to no longer help behind the scenes at DYK. I can provide evidence to confirm this and hope that these editors would provide evidence themselves if this case is accepted.

If ArbCom accept this case, I would urge the committee to restrict its scope to examining the behaviour and activities of Fram and not any wider issues.

I believe that Fram's conduct has fallen well below the standards expected of an administrator. My purpose in making this request for arbitration is to ensure that Fram behaves more appropriately in future and desists from harassing and hounding other editors. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 10:01, 24 October 2016 (UTC)

Statement by Fram

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Other editors are free to make relevant comments on this request as necessary. Comments here should address why or why not the Committee should accept the case request or provide additional information.

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