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Amendment request: Prem Rawat

Initiated by Extraordinary Writ at 07:17, 8 October 2023 (UTC)

Case or decision affected

Prem Rawat arbitration case (t) (ev / t) (w / t) (pd / t)

Clauses to which an amendment is requested

1. All pages relating to Prem Rawat, broadly construed, are designated as a contentious topic.

List of any users involved or directly affected, and confirmation that all are aware of the request

• Extraordinary Writ (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) (initiator)

Information about amendment request

• All pages relating to Prem Rawat, broadly construed, are designated as a contentious topic.

• This remedy should be rescinded; sample motions here.

Statement by Extraordinary Writ

This is a low-priority one, but I figured now was as good a time for it as any. Prem Rawat, an Indian spiritual figure, author, and speaker, is considered a contentious topic under a remedy passed in a 2008 case (back in the days of "article probation"!) and occasionally updated since. I'd argue (as I suggested a while back) that there's no longer a need for this level of restriction 15 years after the fact. Most obviously, there hasn't been a single logged sanction in over a decade, which makes it really hard to argue CT is still needed. There have only been a small number of awareness alerts in that amount of time, and most editors involved in the original disputes haven't edited in ages. And while there have been a handful of flare-ups in the last few years, there's no reason why our usual processes aren't sufficient to contain any disruption, particularly since the main article is already subject to the BLP contentious-topic designation. For a request like this, you should ultimately be asking yourselves "if I were getting this request for the first time, would I support ?", and I think the answer to that is a resounding no. Extraordinary Writ (talk) 07:17, 8 October 2023 (UTC)

Statement by AndyTheGrump

I've had occasional involvement with the Rawat biography, and from my experience would agree with Extraordinary Writ's suggestion that the current restrictions would seem unnecessary. There are clearly still Rawat enthusiasts about who would like to add their spin, and no doubt opponents likewise, but they don't seem to be active to anything like the extent that led to the restrictions in the first place. Existing WP:BLP policy (much tighter now) is probably sufficient to deal with most issues, as long as experienced but non-partisan eyes are kept on the article. Other than having to persuade the occasional over-enthusiastic believer that we don't have to report everything and anything the man does, and we aren't going to base the whole thing on primary sources, the biggest problem with the article (from Misplaced Pages's point of view) is that Rawat doesn't get much said about him either in the media of in academic works these days, making the whole thing look rather dated. AndyTheGrump (talk) 07:48, 8 October 2023 (UTC)

Statement by Courcelles

As a practical matter, I’d say NEWBLPBAN and ARBIPA are, between them, entirely covering this designation to the point it could be removed without actually changing anything. Courcelles (talk) 13:45, 8 October 2023 (UTC)

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Prem Rawat: Clerk notes

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Prem Rawat: Arbitrator views and discussion

• A reasonable set of arguments; I am inclined to accept the request. Primefac (talk) 12:27, 8 October 2023 (UTC)
• Absent any objections I'm OK with this. I'd also be OK with leaving it in place (I don't see CT as being intrusive in the way that Full or Semi can be), but I feel that if someone makes a reasonable request to lift CT we should oblige. SilkTork (talk) 13:19, 8 October 2023 (UTC)
• I'm good with removing this CT. GeneralNotability (talk) 14:36, 8 October 2023 (UTC)

Motion: Prem Rawat

The Prem Rawat case is amended by striking the remedy designating Prem Rawat as a contentious topic (Misplaced Pages:Requests for arbitration/Prem Rawat § Contentious topic designation). Any actions previously taken in accordance with the contentious topic designation remain in force and are governed by the contentious topics procedure.

Enacted ~ ToBeFree (talk) 18:37, 10 October 2023 (UTC)

For this motion there are 11 active arbitrators, not counting 3 recused. With 0 arbitrators abstaining, 6 support or oppose votes are a majority.

Support

1. Proposed. KevinL (aka L235 · t · c) 17:40, 8 October 2023 (UTC)
2. GeneralNotability (talk) 20:21, 8 October 2023 (UTC)
3. Primefac (talk) 20:33, 8 October 2023 (UTC)
4. Barkeep49 (talk) 21:48, 8 October 2023 (UTC)
5. Beeblebrox (talk) 23:12, 8 October 2023 (UTC)
6. Izno (talk) 00:16, 9 October 2023 (UTC)
7. SilkTork (talk) 01:08, 9 October 2023 (UTC)
8. Enterprisey (talk!) 05:13, 9 October 2023 (UTC)
9. --Guerillero 07:16, 9 October 2023 (UTC)

Oppose

Abstain

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