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Userbox warring

Userbox arbitration case closes

An arbitration case against users involved in a pedophilia userbox wheel war was closed on Friday, less than five days after it was opened (see archived story.)

The case, which concerned the deletion of Template:User pedophile and subsequent creations under different names, was particularly notable in that prior to the opening of the case, Jimbo Wales desysopped five administrators, of whom only three (El C, BorgHunter, and Ashibaka) will get resysopped automatically, and two (Carnildo and Karmafist) must apply through RfA if they want the sysop flag again. Also notable is that the case is believed to be the fastest case ever closed with enacted remedies.

Remedies

Remedies were enacted against eight users in the case, as follows:

El C

El C, who was desysopped in the wake of the wheel war, was resysopped at the end of the case. His only action was to place a retaliation block against Carnildo, who had indefinitely blocked him. El C was also reprimanded for inappropriate use of the sysop powers.

BorgHunter

BorgHunter, who was desysopped in the wake of the wheel war, was resysopped two days after the close of the case. BorgHunter made personal attacks against David Gerard, but later apologized. BorgHunter was also reprimanded for inappropriate use of the sysop powers.

Carnildo

Carnildo, who was desysopped in the wake of the wheel war, has been desysopped, with the ability to reapply for adminship starting on February 24th. Carnildo blocked three users indefinitely with disputed reasonings. Carnildo was also reprimanded for inappropriate use of the sysop powers.

Ashibaka

Ashibaka, who was desysopped in the wake of the wheel war, has been desysopped, but will regain his sysop powers on February 24th. He was involved in the wheel war, restoring the userbox(es) in question five times.

Karmafist

Karmafist, who was desysopped in the wake of the wheel war, has been desysopped, with the ability to reapply for adminship starting on February 24th. Karmafist undid a block made by Jimbo Wales.

Dschor

Dschor was banned for two months, and placed on probation. Dschor had created a new pedophilia template which was seen as purposely inflammatory by the Arbitration Committee. In addition, Dschor was prohibited from creating or editing userboxes, either in template or text form.

SPUI

SPUI was banned for ten days, and placed on probation. SPUI created a joke template meant to humorously allude to the userbox, but the Arbitration Committee found it purposely inflammatory.

Paroxysm

Paroxysm was banned for three days. The Arbitration Committee felt that his original creation of the userbox was in good faith, but his recreation under an alternate title was not. In addition, Paroxysm was prohibited from creating or editing userboxes, either in template or text form.

Also this week: From the editor — Userbox warring — Wikimedia committees — News and notes — Press coverage — Features and admins — B.R.I.O.N. — T.R.O.L.L.