User:GoRight/Arbitration/Abd-William M. Connolley/Evidence

Evidence presented by GoRight

As stated in the request for arbitration, I do not intend to take a stand either way as to whether User:William M. Connolley's actions were appropriate, or not. I prefer to simply provide a raw chronology of relevant events with diffs and to defer to the arbiter's judgment on whether this evidence suggests an abuse of administrative privileges, or not.

A Basic Chronology of Relevant Events

The following table provides a basic chronology of events which, in my subjective opinion, are relevant to this case. They have been collapsed to conserve screen space in a way that also leaves the information easily accessible. From my personal perspective the following events are relevant to a proper weighing of the charges being made in this case:

Basic Chronology of Relevant Events
March, 2009
Timestamp + Diff	User *	Comment on Relevance
21:41, 6 March 2009	WMC	William M. Connolley's previous statement about taking action against users for making helpful edits while banned: If [ScienceApologist] corrects a spelling error (or reverts clear and blatant vandalism) on a "fringe science" article, and someone blocks him for it, that will be stupid. If he does the same, and someone reports him to AE for it, they should be cautionned for being vexatious, and blocked for repeat offences
23:09, 10 March 2009	WMC	William M. Connolley gives advice about making minor edits in defiance of a ban given to ScienceApologist. Discussion at User_talk:ScienceApologist#Useless_advice. (Archived) ****

May, 2009
Timestamp + Diff	User *	Comment on Relevance
14:28, 1 May 2009	Hipocrite	Hipocrite's entry onto the Cold Fusion page after a period of at least one month with no edits by him.
Circa 15:00, 21 May 2009		Edit war occurs between Abd and Hipocrite.
20:42, 21 May 2009	WMC	Protected Cold fusion for edit warring.

June, 2009
Timestamp + Diff	User *	Comment on Relevance
Circa 02:40, 1 June 2009		Edit war occurs between Hippocrite, Coppertwig, GetLinkPrimitiveParams, and possibly Abd. The ambiguity in the case of Abd is whether you are inclined to count his initial (presumably good faith) WP:BOLD edit as a revert in the WP:BRD cycle.
03:50, 1 June 2009	Causa sui	Protected Cold fusion for edit warring / content dispute.
20:26, 5 June 2009	GoRight	Proposal I made and the rationale I gave for the proposal. GoRight's closing, "Thoughts from those actually involved here?",indicates that GoRight had wanted a discussion on the proposal.
20:30, 5 June 2009	Hipocrite	Hipocrite expressed support for my proposal. Note that no one else did (or at least they didn't have a chance to prior to William M. Connolley taking action).
22:25, 5 June 2009	WMC	William M. Connolley's revert of the Cold Fusion page while it is protected, stating "Lets wind everyone up".
22:26, 5 June 2009	WMC	William M. Connolley expresses that he is unsure if he is involved.
01:51, 6 June 2009	Abd	Abd asserts that William M. Connolley should have respected the on-going polls rather than reverting to the version proposed by GoRight. Discussion at User_talk:William_M._Connolley#Your_edit_to_Cold_fusion. (Archived) ****
02:38, 6 June 2009	GoRight	Goright's response to William M. Connolley, Goright indicates that William M. Connolley had previously protected the page but William M. Connolley was not involved in the edit warring.
03:02, 6 June 2009	GoRight	Goright is surprised when William M. Connolley has already performed the revert of the page based on my proposal.
19:08, 6 June 2009	WMC	William M. Connolley's acknowledgment that he had previously protected the page.
19:16, 6 June 2009	WMC	William M. Connolley unilaterally declares the page ban on Hipocrite and Abd and expressed an approximate duration of 1 month.
19:59, 6 June 2009	Abd	Abd's acknowledgement of the ban where he was notified, his notification that he considers William M. Connolley to be involved, his notification that he believes that William M. Connolley should have notified both Hipocrite and himself on their talk pages, and his indication that he did not plan to edit the talk page further.
20:19, 6 June 2009	WMC	William M. Connolley's response to Abd's acknowlegement.
20:20, 6 June 2009	WMC	Notifies Abd on his talk page. Asks Abd not to post at Cold Fusion or its talke page again.
22:33, 6 June 2009	SBHB	Asks William M. Connolley "[Cold Fusion] topic bans -- Perhaps should be logged somewhere, given the propensity for WP:LAWYER etc." Discussion at User_talk:William_M._Connolley#CF_topic_bans. (Pre-trimmed) Discussion at User_talk:William_M._Connolley#CF_topic_bans. (Current)
22:35, 6 June 2009	WMC	Indicates he is not worried about it.
00:43, 7 June 2009	Cryptic C62	Cold Fusion mediator asks if the ban extends to mediation. Discussion at User_talk:William_M._Connolley#Cold_fusion_bans. (Archived) ****
01:32, 7 June 2009	GoRight	GoRight's first response to William M. Connolley on the topic.
02:10, 7 June 2009	Abd	Disputes the talk page ban, asserts that William M. Connolley is an involved adminisitrator with respect to Abd (i.e. involved personally, not on the Cold Fusion page). States that William M. Connolley has no business imposing a non-voluntary ban on him.
03:31, 7 June 2009	Abd	Creates a section to track discussions related to William M. Connolley's claim of a ban. Responds to William M. Connolley. Discussion at User_talk:Abd#Banned_from_editing_Cold_fusion_and_its_Talk_page (Archived) ****
05:16, 7 June 2009	Geoff Plourde	A request for the policy justifying the bans.
10:38, 7 June 2009	WMC	Declines to notify Hipocrite on his talk page.
13:04, 7 June 2009	Abd	Raises the question of whether William M. Connolley is acting neutrally given that he notified Abd on his talk page but declines to do so on Hipocrite's.
10:31, 7 June 2009	WMC	Responses to Abd and Geoff Plourde.
13:32, 7 June 2009	Fritzpoll	Provides his read on the events thus far.
15:57, 7 June 2009	WMC	Concurs with Fritzpoll's account.
13:49, 7 June 2009	Abd	Response to William M. Connolley.
02:31, 8 June 2009	Abd	Asserts that William M. Connolley is making a distinction without a difference.
23:16, 8 June 2009	Coppertwig	Doesn't understand William M. Connolley's reply to Geoff Plourde and asks for clarification.
03:02, 9 June 2009	GoRight	I point out the parallels between his ban and JzG's ban of Rothwell, ask a couple of questions, and point out that he has not logged the ban.
07:33, 9 June 2009	WMC	Responds to Coppertwig and myself. Points Coppertwig to User:Geoff Plourde. Indicates he will not log the ban.
04:13, 10 June 2009	Abd	Asserts that William M. Connolley's ban is invalid and lists the reasons why. Discussion at William_M._Connolley#Your_attempted_ban_of_me_from_Cold_fusion (Archived) ****
04:26, 10 June 2009	Abd	Withdraws his consent to a voluntary ban from Cold Fusion, asserts that an "administrator has no authority to unilaterally create an article ban without the consent of the banned editor", and highlights that "the ban William M. Connolley attempted to impose was not based on any stated offense".
07:21, 10 June 2009	WMC	Asserts that Abd's consent is not required.
10:52, 10 June 2009	Abd	Notes that William M. Connolley has not alleged any bannable offenses in spite of being specifically asked.
11:20, 10 June 2009	Abd	Gives his reasoning for why simply denying the existence of the ban provides minimal disruption on his part. Notes that "William M. Connolley has been questioned by others on the basis for the ban. He alleged no basis that satisfies WP:BAN".
11:36, 10 June 2009	Offliner	Agrees with Abd and suggests that the ban be reviewed by another administrator.
11:54, 10 June 2009	EdChem	Makes a suggestion that William M. Connolley ex post facto declare the use of the provisions from the ArbCom PseudoScience case.
12:04, 10 June 2009	WMC	William M. Connolley notes that he has not complied with "Prior to any sanctions being imposed, the editor in question shall be given a warning with a link to this decision by an uninvolved administrator; and, where appropriate, should be counseled on specific steps that he or she can take to improve his or her editing in accordance with relevant policies and guidelines" and rejects the suggestion.
14:14, 10 June 2009	Abd	Abd asserts that "he attempted to negotiate a settlement, [William M. Connolley] was intransigent. Others attempted to intervene, [William M. Connolley] blew them off".
14:27, 10 June 2009	Abd	Notes that Cold Fusion is considered Fringe Science, not Pseudoscience, and so that EdChem's suggestion isn't applicable in any case.
14:47, 10 June 2009	Abd	Formally declares his rejection of William M. Connolley's ban, and asserts that the ban does not exist because individual administrators have no authority to unilaterally create page bans without the consent of the user, a prior community consensus, or an ArbCom sanction.
16:12, 10 June 2009	GoRight	I question whether adminstrators have the authority to unilaterally create bans.
22:06, 10 June 2009	MastCell	Asserts that administrators can create bans when faced with someone who is "consistently editing in violation of policy". He does not take a position on whether these circumstances apply in the case of Abd at Cold Fusion.
23:56, 10 June 2009	Abd	Discusses the semantic differences between bans and blocks.
02:49, 11 June 2009	Enric	Starts a discussion of the ban on AN/I. Discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Incidents#need_review_of_the_topic_ban_of_two_editors_from_Cold_Fusion (Archived) ****
07:18, 11 June 2009	ImperfectlyInformed	Updates the section title to reflect what many assumed William M. Connolley meant based on his post (1 month topic ban of Abd and Hipocrite). Raises the question of whether there is some "authority" or precedent that allows a single admin to unilaterally impose a ban.
17:26, 11 June 2009	Enric Naval	Opens a discussion on whether single admins can topic ban editors on ImperfectlyInformed's talk page. Discussion at User_talk:ImperfectlyInformed#topic_banning_by_a_single_admin (Current) **
00:56, 12 June 2009	GoRight	I assert that William M. Connolley and Abd are being sensible and that Enric is being disruptive at AN/I since there is no violation to discuss there.
04:35, 12 June 2009	Heimstern	Closes Enric's AN/I noting "Abd has indicated that he will abide by the topic ban, not per the original banning administrator, but per the discussion/straw poll/whatever it was here. Nothing left to do here. Appealing via ArbCom remains an option if people feel that the need exists."
11:17, 15 June 2009	Abd	Abd's edit to Cold Fusion. His edit summary indicates that he will self-revert out of respect for his ban.
11:18, 15 June 2009	Abd	Abd's self-revert leaving zero changes to the page.
11:29, 15 June 2009	Verbal	Runs to William M. Connolley to "tattle" on Abd. Discussion at User_talk:William_M._Connolley#Notification:_Abd_and_Cold_fusion (Archived) ****
13:09, 15 June 2009	WMC	William M. Connolley's block of Abd.
13:10, 15 June 2009	WMC	William M. Connolley's notification of the block to Abd. Discussion at User_talk:Abd#Blocked. (Archived) ****
13:27, 15 June 2009	Socrates2008	States that he disagrees wholeheartedly with the ban (although I think in context he actually meant block). (CM: Yes, I meant block Socrates2008 (Talk) 11:21, 7 August 2009 (UTC))
19:26, 15 June 2009	GoRight	I point out that it is actually Abd's opponents who are creating the Wiki Drama, not Abd himself.
00:59, 16 June 2009	Socrates2008	Socrates2008 opens a discussion about Abd's self-reverted edits at AN/I and notifies William M. Connolley.
18:09, 16 June 2009	WMC	William M. Connolley suspects he has been inconsistent and is trying to find out how much so. Discussion at User_talk:MastCell#SA_minor_Q. (Archived) ****
18:31, 16 June 2009	Hipocrite	Provides a link to William M. Connolley's original comment in the SA thread.
19:20, 16 June 2009	R. Baley	Provides a link to William M. Connolley's advice to SA.
19:43, 16 June 2009	WMC	Notes that he "nailed his colours firmly to the mast" and thus "hung himself out to dry."
19:45, 16 June 2009	WMC	Notes that his advice to SA was "inconsistent with this as in everything else", or being more generous "having seen which way the wind was blowing I advised him to trim his [SA] sails to it".
00:33, 17 June 2009	GoRight	I highlight the inconsistencies involved and observe that they seem to be aligned with who one's "friends" are.
00:56, 17 June 2009	GoRight	I point out that Abd's position remained consistent throughout and it was equally applied to both SA and himself.
04:12, 17 June 2009	GoRight	I point out that my comments apply to more than just William M. Connolley and that William M. Connolley is not the worst offender in terms of applying rules inconsistently.
14:14, 24 June 2009	Hipocrite	Shows the rationale and promises that Hipocrite gave in his request to have the ban lifted. Note specifically the statement that he has "no desire to make any edits to the [Cold Fusion] page, or the talk page, or, honestly, the mediation".
22:47, 24 June 2009	WMC	William M. Connolley's notification that he is lifting Hipocrite's ban which states the conditions of lifting the ban and refers back to Hipocrites original request.
22:54, 24 June 2009	WMC	Reverts II's change to the section title on Talk:Cold fusion
22:57, 24 June 2009	WMC	Informs ImperfectlyInformed that his modification to the section title on Talk:Cold fusion as "misleading".
22:58, 24 June 2009	WMC	William M. Connolley's notification on the talk page of Cold Fusion.
00:15, 25 June 2009	ImperfectlyInformed	Responds to William M. Connolley that "it's kind of irritating how unconcerned you are about transparency, consistency, evidence, ect.".
20:10, 25 June 2009	WMC	Clarifies his meaning regarding the unban conditions and the promises Hipocrite had made in his request.

July, 2009
Timestamp + Diff	User *	Comment on Relevance
20:35, 9 July 2009	WMC	Indicates that he has reviewed Abd's editing practices and intends to extend the administrative ban. Discussion at User_talk:Abd#Ban.2C_reviewed (Archived) ****

August, 2009
Timestamp + Diff	User *	Comment on Relevance
22:41, 8 August 2009	Abd	Announces that he is revoking his voluntary extension of the community ban established at AN/I and closed by Heimstern. Discussion at User_talk:Abd#Notice_regarding_the_editing_of_Cold_fusion_and_its_talk_page. (Current) **
06:29, 9 August 2009	Abd	Makes a concise, on-topic edit to the talk page of Cold fusion to respond to another editor's question.
9 August 2009	WMC	Blocks Abd a second time.
08:24, 9 August 2009	WMC	Informs Abd of the second block.
08:21, 9 August 2009	WMC	Reverts Abd's comment.
13:55, 9 August 2009	Rlevse	Opens a discussion with Heimstern to clarify his position. Discussion at User_talk:Heimstern#Links (Current) **
14:02, 9 August 2009	Rlevse	Expresses his views on William M. Connolley's block of Abd. Discussion at User_talk:William_M._Connolley#Block_of_Abd Discussion (Current) **
14:29, 9 August 2009	Viridae	Unblocks Abd stating "No such restriction in place. Block performed by very involved admin.".
14:31, 9 August 2009	Viridae	Notifies Abd on his talk page.
14:50, 9 August 2009	Viridae	Restores Abd's comment.
15:45, 9 August 2009	Rlevse	Reenacts Abd's community ban until he can talk to Heimstern.
16:01, 9 August 2009	Enric Naval	Reverts Abd's comment.
16:06, 9 August 2009	GoRight	Asks for clarification on what ban is being reenacted, and why.
16:18, 9 August 2009	GoRight	Restores Abd's comment.
16:23, 9 August 2009	Carcharoth	Pleads for sanity to rain down on us all. Discussion at User_talk:Rlevse#Please_take_discussion_to_the_case_pages (Current) **
16:27, 9 August 2009	Enric Naval	Reverts Abd's comment a second time.
16:33, 9 August 2009	Carcharoth	Again pleads for sanity to rain down on us all. Discussion at User_talk:William_M._Connolley#Suggest_discussion_is_moved_to_case_pages (Current) **
17:15, 9 August 2009	SBHB	Opens a relevant discusion on Carcharoth's talk page. Discussion at User_talk:Carcharoth#Your_comments_on_the_Abd-WMC_kerfluffle (Current) **
17:43, 9 August 2009	Coppertwig	Expresses disapproval of the removal of Abd's comment.
00:10, 10 August 2009	Rlevse	Explains his actions and makes his case for not recusing.

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Prior Interactions Among Participating Parties

NOTE: This section is currently incomplete. I intend to provide further evidence. When my editing is complete I will remove this notice.

Since the topic of there being a "virtual cabal" has been raised and to demonstrate any prior history between relevant participants in this case, I provide the following diffs for your consideration:

Raul vs. Scibaby

Raul appears to have become an unwitting tool of Scibaby. He allows his ego to override good judgment and thus allows himself to be manipulated into wreaking havoc on this project, all in the name of stamping out Scibaby. The sections below highlight some of the impacts of Raul's myopic pursuit of of this single puppet master.

Full Protection of Global Warming Pages

As a "protective" measure Raul fully protected at least 10 global warming related pages. See [1] and [2]. Fully protecting highly edited pages prevents anyone other than Administrators from making improvements and is clearly detrimental to the project. As Oren0 noted in the first link, "In response to the following two user accounts which are allegedly two more sockpuppets (here and here, whose edits aren't even disruptive), User:Raul654 took the step of fully protecting all pages global warming. He intends for this full protection to last 'until we know he's lost interest,' which seems to indicate an indefinite duration." Taking such a huge step without any community discussion what so ever demonstrates a clear lack of sound judgment on Raul's part, at least where Scibaby is involved.

Scibaby IP Range Blocks

A community discussion of this issue can be found at [3].

As an example of the damage to the project that Raul is causing in his single-minded pursuit of Scibaby, consider the following list of IP range blocks from Raul's block log. Note that this table only includes the IP range blocks, these are not ALL of the Scibaby related blocks. You can decide for yourself if this is going to disrupt other editors and administrators, or not.

Date	Admin	IP/Range	Options	Duration	Comment
07:29, 18 July 2009	Raul654	24.205.0.0/16	(anon. only, account creation blocked)	1 week	(Range used by Scibaby)
05:39, 16 July 2009	Raul654	173.126.128.0/18	(anon. only, account creation blocked)	5 years	(Range used by Scibaby)
08:17, 11 July 2009	Raul654	71.80.168.0/24	(account creation blocked)	5 years	(Range used exclusively by Scibaby)
07:12, 11 July 2009	Raul654	66.215.64.0/18	(anon. only, account creation blocked)	5 years	(Range used by Scibaby)
14:57, 1 July 2009	Raul654	71.83.128.0/17	(anon. only, account creation blocked)	5 years	(Range used by Scibaby)
14:20, 26 June 2009	Raul654	173.127.0.0/16	(anon. only, account creation blocked)	5 years	(Range used by Scibaby)
07:27, 20 April 2009	Raul654	208.115.75.0/24	(account creation blocked, autoblock disabled)	5 years	(Range used exclusively by Scibaby)
04:39, 11 April 2009	Raul654	198.65.167.0/24	(anon. only, account creation blocked, autoblock disabled)	5 years	(Range used by Scibaby)
18:36, 10 April 2009	Raul654	71.94.133.0/24	(anon. only, account creation blocked, autoblock disabled)	5 years	(Range used by Scibaby)
04:34, 31 March 2009	Raul654	99.204.0.0/16	(anon. only, account creation blocked, autoblock disabled)	5 years	(Range used by Scibaby)
04:39, 26 March 2009	Raul654	70.6.0.0/16	(anon. only, account creation blocked, autoblock disabled)	5 years	(Range used by Scibaby)
05:14, 25 March 2009	Raul654	70.0.0.0/16	(anon. only, account creation blocked, autoblock disabled)	5 years	(Range used by Scibaby)
01:48, 25 March 2009	Raul654	68.26.0.0/16	(anon. only, account creation blocked, autoblock disabled)	5 years	(Range used by Scibaby)
11:03, 6 February 2009	Raul654	71.80.176.0/20	(anon. only, account creation blocked, autoblock disabled)	5 years	(Range used by Scibaby)
08:16, 1 February 2009	Raul654	71.94.132.0/24	(anon. only, account creation blocked, autoblock disabled)	5 years	(Range used by Scibaby)
06:01, 21 January 2009	Raul654	71.80.169.0/24	(anon. only, account creation blocked)	5 years	(Range used by Scibaby)
05:53, 12 January 2009	Raul654	66.215.0.0/18	(anon. only, account creation blocked)	5 years	(Range used by Scibaby)
11:02, 28 December 2008	Raul654	173.116.0.0/16	(anon. only, account creation blocked)	5 years	(Range used by Scibaby)
11:01, 28 December 2008	Raul654	72.57.128.0/18	(anon. only, account creation blocked)	5 years	(Range used by Scibaby)
05:43, 4 December 2008	Raul654	24.205.64.0/18	(anon. only, account creation blocked)	5 years	(Range used by Scibaby)
23:31, 1 December 2008	Raul654	198.65.166.0/24	(anon. only, account creation blocked)	5 years	(Range used by Scibaby)
23:31, 1 December 2008	Raul654	24.205.73.0/24	(anon. only, account creation blocked)	5 years	(Range used by Scibaby)
23:30, 1 December 2008	Raul654	173.116.129.0/24	(anon. only, account creation blocked)	5 years	(Range used by Scibaby)
23:28, 1 December 2008	Raul654	24.205.66.0/24	(account creation blocked)	5 years	(Range used by Scibaby)
12:25, 24 November 2008	Raul654	24.180.0.0/18	(anon. only, account creation blocked)	5 years	(Range used by Scibaby)
12:24, 24 November 2008	Raul654	24.180.28.0/24	(anon. only, account creation blocked)	5 years	(Range used by Scibaby)
07:00, 25 October 2008	Raul654	66.215.64.0/18	(anon. only, account creation blocked)	5 years	(Range used by Scibaby)
06:47, 25 October 2008	Raul654	75.50.128.0/17	(anon. only, account creation blocked)	5 years	(Range used by Scibaby)
16:09, 24 October 2008	Raul654	68.190.218.0/24	(account creation blocked)	1 week	(Scibaby)
16:07, 24 October 2008	Raul654	24.205.128.0/18	(anon. only, account creation blocked)	5 years	(Range used by Scibaby)
07:53, 22 October 2008	Raul654	68.190.208.0/20	(anon. only, account creation blocked)	1 year	(Range used by Scibaby)
06:42, 5 October 2008	Raul654	130.94.0.0/16	(anon. only, account creation blocked)	1 year	(Range used by Scibaby)
22:09, 4 October 2008	Raul654	168.143.0.0/16	(anon. only, account creation blocked)	1 year	(Range used by Scibaby)
22:06, 4 October 2008	Raul654	72.57.0.0/16	(anon. only, account creation blocked)	1 year	(Range used by Scibaby)
01:54, 29 September 2008	Raul654	174.144.0.0/16	(anon. only, account creation blocked)	1 year	(Range used by Scibaby)
23:07, 28 September 2008	Raul654	174.144.128.0/18	(anon. only, account creation blocked)	1 year	(Range used by Scibaby)
05:34, 3 August 2008	Raul654	75.142.56.0/24	(anon. only, account creation blocked)	1 year	(Range used by Scibaby)
05:31, 1 August 2008	Raul654	75.25.25.0/24	(account creation blocked)	1 year	(Range used by Scibaby)
07:07, 31 July 2008	Raul654	198.172.192.0/20	(account creation blocked)	1 year	(IP range used almost exclusively by Scibaby)
07:06, 31 July 2008	Raul654	198.172.201.0/24	(account creation blocked)	1 year	(Scibaby)
04:45, 30 July 2008	Raul654	12.110.43.0/24	(anon. only, account creation blocked)	1 year	(Range used by Scibaby)
04:44, 30 July 2008	Raul654	72.62.85.0/24	(account creation blocked)	1 year	(Range used by Scibaby)
04:42, 30 July 2008	Raul654	128.241.107.0/24	(account creation blocked)	1 year	(Range used by Scibaby)
17:00, 29 July 2008	Raul654	205.212.0.0/16	(anon. only, account creation blocked)	1 year	(Range used by Scibaby)
17:05, 23 July 2008	Raul654	72.254.0.0/16	(anon. only, account creation blocked)	1 year	(Scibaby)
17:05, 23 July 2008	Raul654	207.67.0.0/16	(anon. only, account creation blocked)	1 year	(Scibaby)
17:05, 23 July 2008	Raul654	99.204.37.0/24	(account creation blocked)	1 year	(Scibaby)
17:04, 23 July 2008	Raul654	72.62.103.0/24	(account creation blocked)	1 year	(Scibaby)
17:04, 23 July 2008	Raul654	72.62.0.0/16	(anon. only, account creation blocked)	1 year	(Scibaby)
17:04, 23 July 2008	Raul654	68.27.0.0/16	(anon. only, account creation blocked)	1 year	(Scibaby)
17:04, 23 July 2008	Raul654	68.27.123.0/24	(account creation blocked)	1 year	(Scibaby)
18:40, 15 July 2008	Raul654	72.61.0.0/16	(anon. only, account creation blocked)	1 year	(Range used by Scibaby)
15:36, 17 June 2008	Raul654	205.212.78.0/24	(account creation blocked)	1 year	(Range used by Scibaby)
20:30, 8 June 2008	Raul654	198.172.0.0/16	(anon. only, account creation blocked)	1 year	(Range used by Scibaby)
05:14, 30 May 2008	Raul654	128.241.109.0/24	(account creation blocked)	1 year	(Range used by Scibaby)
05:02, 28 May 2008	Raul654	207.195.224.0/19	(account creation blocked)	1 year	(Range used by Scibaby)
05:30, 23 May 2008	Raul654	128.241.0.0/16	(anon. only, account creation blocked)	1 year	(Range used by Scibaby)
03:13, 20 May 2008	Raul654	72.58.0.0/16	(anon. only, account creation blocked)	1 year	(Range used by Scibaby)
06:31, 2 May 2008	Raul654	209.59.44.0/24	(account creation blocked)	1 year	(Range used by Scibaby)
03:30, 2 May 2008	Raul654	209.59.48.0/20	(anon. only, account creation blocked)	1 year	(Range used by Scibaby)
20:42, 26 April 2008	Raul654	207.67.151.0/24	(anon. only, account creation blocked)	1 year	(Range used by Scibaby)
16:45, 14 April 2008	Raul654	209.59.56.0/24	(anon. only, account creation blocked)	1 year	(Range used by Scibaby)
22:30, 13 April 2008	Raul654	207.195.244.0/24	(anon. only, account creation blocked)	1 year	(Range used by Scibaby)
15:32, 26 March 2008	Raul654	130.94.134.0/24	(anon. only, account creation blocked)	1 year	(Range used by Scibaby)
07:43, 26 March 2008	Raul654	128.241.107.0/24	(anon. only, account creation blocked)	1 year	(Range used by Scibaby)
22:05, 16 March 2008	Raul654	207.67.0.0/16	(anon. only, account creation blocked)	1 year	(Range used by Scibaby)
05:32, 16 March 2008	Raul654	70.6.0.0/16	(anon. only, account creation blocked)	1 year	(Range used by Scibaby)
08:03, 12 March 2008	Raul654	207.195.128.0/17	(anon. only, account creation blocked)	1 year	(Range used by Scibaby)
07:07, 6 March 2008	Raul654	205.212.0.0/16	(anon. only, account creation blocked)	1 year	(Range used by Scibaby)
18:31, 3 March 2008	Raul654	99.204.0.0/16	(anon. only, account creation blocked)	1 year	(Range used by Scibaby)
05:57, 27 February 2008	Raul654	90.204.0.0/16	(anon. only, account creation blocked)	1 year	(Range used by Scibaby)
05:41, 27 February 2008	Raul654	70.0.0.0/16	(anon. only, account creation blocked)	1 year	(Range used by Scibaby)
05:38, 27 February 2008	Raul654	70.6.0.0/16	(account creation blocked)	1 week	(Range used by Scibaby)
05:32, 27 February 2008	Raul654	64.215.225.0/24	(anon. only, account creation blocked)	1 year	(Range used by Scibaby)
16:54, 10 January 2008	Raul654	207.67.0.0/16	(anon. only, account creation blocked)	1 year	(Range used by Scibaby)
16:49, 10 January 2008	Raul654	198.172.0.0/16	(anon. only, account creation blocked)	1 year	(Range used by Scibaby)
16:42, 10 January 2008	Raul654	128.241.0.0/16	(anon. only, account creation blocked)	1 year	(Range used by Scibaby)
16:38, 10 January 2008	Raul654	99.203.0.0/16	(anon. only, account creation blocked)	1 year	(Range used by Scibaby)
16:36, 10 January 2008	Raul654	99.200.0.0/16	(anon. only, account creation blocked)	1 year	(Range used by Scibaby)
16:34, 10 January 2008	Raul654	66.215.0.0/16	(anon. only, account creation blocked)	1 year	(Range used by Scibaby)
16:13, 10 January 2008	Raul654	70.0.0.0/16	(anon. only, account creation blocked)	1 year	(Range used by Scibaby)
16:09, 10 January 2008	Raul654	70.6.0.0/16	(anon. only, account creation blocked)	1 year	(Range used by Scibaby)
15:54, 10 January 2008	Raul654	68.26.0.0/16	(anon. only, account creation blocked)	1 year	(Range used by Scibaby)

Edit war leading up to Scibaby's indefinite block.

The following table provides the detailed diffs of the edit warring that preceded User:William M. Connolley's indefinite block of Scibaby.

Edit war just before Scibaby is indefinitely blocked by User:William M. Connolley.
September, 2007
Timestamp + Diff	User *	Comment on Relevance
19:37, 22 September 2007	217.155.196.115	Introduces material related to James E. Hansen's previous work related to predictions of global cooling.
19:47, 22 September 2007	William M. Connolley	Reverts edit by 217.155.196.115.
22:09, 22 September 2007	Mkunert	Reinstates the topic using a different source.
22:39, 22 September 2007	Raymond arritt	Reverts edit by Mkunert.
20:09, 23 September 2007	Scibaby	Reverts condensed version of material entered by 217.155.196.115.
20:53, 23 September 2007	Raymond arritt	Reverts edit by Scibaby.
21:08, 23 September 2007	Mkunert	Re-asserts his previous material.
21:10, 23 September 2007	KimDabelsteinPetersen	Reverts edit by Mkunert.
21:45, 23 September 2007	75.0.191.91	Introduces a condensed version of Mkunert's source.
21:52, 23 September 2007	KimDabelsteinPetersen	Reverts edit by 75.0.191.91.
23:14, 23 September 2007	Scibaby	Re-asserts his previous edit.
23:34, 23 September 2007	Hal peridol	Reverts edit by Scibaby.
05:46, 24 September 2007	Mkunert	Re-asserts his version.
05:55, 24 September 2007	Stephan Schulz	Reverts edit by Mkunert.
06:59, 24 September 2007	Scibaby	Reverts edit by Stephan Schulz.
06:59, 24 September 2007	Will Beback	Reintroduces the topic of Global Cooling with yet another source.
08:37, 24 September 2007	William M. Connolley	Reverts edit by Will Beback.
18:18, 24 September 2007	Scibaby	Reverts edit by William M. Connolley
18:42, 24 September 2007	Stephan Schulz	Reverts edit by Scibaby.
19:32, 24 September 2007	Obedium	Scibaby switched to Obedium. Re-introduces Scibaby's exact phrasing from earlier.
Edit war continues using Obedium ...
20:02, 25 September 2007	William M. Connolley	Indefintely blocks Scibaby claiming a relationship with Obedium.

Note that this is a very common scenario to play out on global warming pages. Note also the familiar set of names which commonly appear in such discussions (bold indicates the names that also appear in Abd's list of Cabal members and their associates. Finally note that User:Raymond arritt = User:Short Brigade Harvester Boris.

Raul's personal grudges and the disruption they create

For easy reference, here is the opening statement from WP:NOTBATTLEGROUND:

"Wikipedia is not a place to hold grudges, import personal conflicts, or nurture hatred or fear. Making personal battles out of Wikipedia discussions goes directly against our policies and goals."

Canvassing to disrupt these proceedings

See edits by Raul here and here. The ensuing discussion occurs here. To WMC's credit, he declines to participate in Raul's plan.

Note that Raul may be planning further disruption at ArbCom if his efforts to pursue of me in this case (see here, here, here, and to a lesser extent here) are unsuccessful. See this which states "I think [GoRight]'s headed for arbitration regardless of the outcome of the Abd case."

I assert that Raul is disrupting these proceedings, at the very least, by keeping me tied up playing whack-a-mole with him rather than spending my time gathering the raw evidence that I want to which actually is pertinent to the case at hand.

Evidence of needless on-going community disruption

A brief history of his disruption in the pursuit of myself can be found here. Raul's latest attempts to have me banned or sanctioned can be found here and here.

I do not claim to have a spotless record, nor do I claim to be a model editor, but it would be impossible to confront the "Cabal", as Abd calls them, without having some mud thrown at you and having some of that mud stick. However, time and again Raul's attempts have been rebuffed by the community at large leading, no doubt, to an increasing bruised ego and desire to pursue me. His efforts have become increasingly desperate and without substance owing primarily to the simple fact that I actually AM improving my editing behavior over time, based on community feedback, to try and avoid the same pitfalls I had in the past.

Raul's behavior constitutes clear WP:HARASSMENT which is unbecoming of such a highly placed user. This harassment is bad enough but to disrupt the community in an attempt to silence me simply because he disagrees with my personal POV seems highly inappropriate and he should be sanctioned accordingly. His harassment of myself (and others?) should not be allowed to continue. I trust that the Arbiters will take note of this and render an appropriate judgment, or not, as they see fit.