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Arbitration enforcement action appeal by Martintg

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Appealing user

Martintg (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) – ~~~

Sanction being appealed

3 week block

Administrator imposing the sanction

User:HJ Mitchell

Notification of that administrator

I've sent an email to HJ Mitchell (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA)

Confirmed, for the record. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 18:22, 8 December 2010 (UTC)

Statement by Martintg

I don't think this block is entirely reasonable or fair, given that only two weeks remain before the expiration of my topic ban, these were two isolated minor edits made in good faith. I did undertake to refrain from any further edits in the remaining period if it was an issue as I stated here.

As I said, those two edits were minor technical edits, it wasn't my intention to purposely breach my ban, I had a good faith belief I hadn't. Why would I knowingly breach my topic ban with only two weeks to go? That said, I gave my undertaking not to edit that topic further. I don't know what kind of signal this block is suppose to send, if I was just beginning my topic ban that would make sense. But given the circumstances, unless the intent is to make me quit the project, this block seems to be sending a totally the wrong message.

As I was blocked per the provisions of WP:EEML (the block being logged there) rather than as a discretionary sanction per WP:DIGWUREN, is the duration fair? Given that blocks are a technical measure used to enforce bans, per Misplaced Pages:BLOCK#Enforcing_bans, and that my topic ban is coming to an end on December 22nd anyway, is it right that this block should exceed the length of the remaining duration of the topic ban? What would be the point of that? --Martin (talk) 01:15, 9 December 2010 (UTC) Posted here for the appellant. --Mkativerata (talk) 01:36, 9 December 2010 (UTC)

FPS dismisses my sincere belief at the time that I hadn't breached by topic ban as "specious". I am not continuing to claim that I didn't breach my ban, I implicitly accepted I had when I offered to not continue to make those. I was merely explaining my mind set at the time. Surely there must be a distinction made between wilful deliberate "testing the limits" and an honest mistake, why would I knowingly jeopardise myself just two weeks out from the expiry of my topic ban. and I fail to see why FPS does not see that. People make mistakes, I made another elsewhere and reverted as soon as realised I had as that edit was related to communism.

HJ Mitchell may be a marvellous fighter of vandalism and I'm sure he is proud of his ban hammer as his userbox suggests, but I don't think he has the right temperament for patrolling AE. While other admins first discuss proposed sanctions before acting, he acts first before discussing. Admins wield extraordinary power at AE, they need to discuss first. Just in the previous 24 hours he had made four bad blocks:

1. 10:31, 7 December 2010 (diff | hist) User talk:HJ Mitchell ‎ (→Your block of Nableezy: reply)
2. 09:33, 6 December 2010 (diff | hist) User talk:HJ Mitchell ‎ (→Everybody makes mistakes: r)
3. 08:16, 6 December 2010 (diff | hist) User talk:Shshshsh ‎ (→December 2010: oh shit! My bad)
4. 01:33, 6 December 2010 (diff | hist) User talk:HJ Mitchell ‎ (→Block: reply)

This is a bad block. I want to move on, my topic ban expires in less than two weeks in any case, and this block serves no purpose other than demonstrate that some admins are inflexible and unforgiving. I accept the reality of my block by it's duration is exceedingly unfair given that my topic ban which led to this block will expire soon and I made an honest mistake.--Martin (talk) 19:17, 9 December 2010 (UTC) Posted here for the appellant. --Mkativerata (talk) 19:19, 9 December 2010 (UTC)

OK, that's enough. This is about you and how you violated your topic ban, not about my history as an admin. Nice cherry-picking off diffs, btw, how long did that take you? An hour? Two? The first was a bad block, the second and third are about the same block and the final diff was a perfectly good block. I've made nearly 3,000 blocks. That a handful of them don't stand up is unsurprising. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 19:42, 9 December 2010 (UTC)

FPS's assertion that "and the perception of modern Estonian attitudes towards those past events, are at the very heart of the present-day ethnic disputes concerning the country and its neighbours" demonstrates the difficulty with this area. I think FPS may confusing Estonia with Lithuania. Both happen to be Baltic states and people often confuse them, attributing attitudes of one country to another. As I said in my original statement, as far as I know there is no general dispute regarding the Holocaust within Estonia. This whole issue of perception demonstrates why this area of interpreting my topic ban is fraught with difficulty. It is not a black and white issue like vandalism or 3RR. Some leeway must be given to genuine differences of opinion. We can agree to disagree, but I accept that some admins believe I breached my topic ban as they interpret it and I have undertaken not to edit that area further, but don't sanction me harshly over it.--Martin (talk) 19:41, 9 December 2010 (UTC) Posted here for the appellant. --Mkativerata (talk) 19:56, 9 December 2010 (UTC)

It is true that the amended topic ban has proved to be problematic. In fact I had originally warned User:Newyorkbrad (the original proposer of the amendment) of the potential problems with the amended remedy here. There were no problems in the eight months prior to that amendment, demonstrating that I do take such things seriously. I can voluntarily agree to abide by the original wider EE topic ban for the remainder of the term until December 22nd, if that helps. I have given similar voluntary undertakings in the past and have followed through . --Martin (talk) 22:09, 9 December 2010 (UTC)Posted here for the appellant. --Mkativerata (talk) 23:36, 9 December 2010 (UTC)

Reply to BorisG's question

BorisG asks the question on why is there an inconsisency in the treatment of two recent cases and the mixed messages it sends. The reason is that an admin who normally does not patrol the AE board applied a block without first discussing his proposed actions with the other admins here. Had he done so there would have been some measure of consistency with no mixed messages and we wouldn't have people casting negative aspersion on the integrity of the regular admins on this board, or feel encouraged to lodge new AE cases based upon evidence already heard in previous cases.

To reiterate why my block should be shortened:

• I had argued in the original case that a sanction was not necessary since

1. I had edited in good faith,
2. these edits were minor and gnomish, and are not considered disruptive,
3. it wasn't my intent to breach my topic ban since the term of my topic ban was soon to expire,
4. having accepted that I may have breached the topic ban I made an explicit undertaking not to edit that topic until the end of my topic ban

• the block was excessively harsh given the points in 1)

• the block exceeded the remainder of the term of the topic ban, which is contrary to the principle that blocks are a technical measure to enforce bans, and since the topic ban was expiring there is no basis for such a measure to continue.

A majority of admins do appear to support reducing my block to December 22nd, I hope this is followed through. --Martin (talk) 22:39, 12 December 2010 (UTC) Copied here for the appellant. --Mkativerata (talk) 22:44, 12 December 2010 (UTC)

Statement by Piotrus

I will start with a disclaimer that I am a colleague of Marting and also under the same topic ban as him (it is also my understanding that I am allowed to post here; if not please let me know and I'll remove my argument). So you will not be surprised when I say that his 3-week block seems to harsh to me. I'd nonetheless ask you to consider the following arguments:

• the wording of the topic ban does not make it crystal clear which articles are subject to it (sure, some are obvious, but some are in the "gray")
• Marting makes in his statement a valid argument that the article he edited is not about an EE-related dispute, and that the second one is purely technical. One can disagree with his argument, but the logic is valid - hence we can see how he made his error (and that it was in good faith).
• as I noted, I (and like he) were under an impression that WWII/Holocaust articles are ok for us to edit (we both now understand our interpretation was incorrect, but it was an error made in good faith)
• Marting has violated his topic ban once before, but overall he has made less than one violating edit per month of the topic ban - it seems clear that he is not trying to test the boundaries or abuse it, he just made an honest mistake in judgment
• his two edits were not part of a pattern, nor of any dispute, there were no reverts or other editing conflict
• he did say that if his edits are problem "I will voluntarily refrain from editing any articles regarding the Jewish people of Estonia for the remaining two weeks of my topic ban.", demonstrating good faith, will to disengage and learn from past mistakes
• from our blocking policy: "Blocks are used to prevent damage or disruption to Misplaced Pages, not to punish users". What damage or disruption will this three weeks block prevent? Marting has already said he is willing to rethink the boundaries of his ban if others think he violated it with his edits. The three week block seems to me to be a punishment-only block, protecting the project from no real danger, and preventing Marting from editing constructively in other areas.
• is a three-week block really the reasonable punishment for his error (and was the one-week block the reasonable punishment for the first one)? Why is it one week/three week instead of one day/two day, for example?

As such, I'd ask you to reconsider whether three weeks is indeed the right punishment. Could I suggest an alternative: 3 days of a block, and extension of the topic ban by two weeks, for example? This will serve the purpose of leaving a note in a block log, giving the editor some time to think it over, and the community, more time to see if he has learned not to touch the line of the ban. --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk} 22:16, 8 December 2010 (UTC)

PS. As noted below, the severity of this punishment has seemingly driven the editor into leaving the project (). Is this the intended outcome? --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk} 22:20, 8 December 2010 (UTC)

Statement by Sander Säde

I would like to point out that the three week block is unduly harsh. The previous one week block was enforced by a deeply involved administrator, who blocked Martin in record time after Arbitration Enforcement request was filed - despite the only non-involved administrator commenting at the time expressed doubts about the evidence and recommended Martin to stop editing such topics, or he might get a warning.

If you look at the EEML log, then you can see that the standard has been to give an official warning or 12h for the first violation, 24 to 48 hours on the second violation. Martin has never been officially warned for topic ban breach (as can be seen in the EEML log) and this is his second possible violation of the topic ban.

His two edits are entirely noncontroversial (they are both, in fact, Wikignome-type edits). The article itself is noncontroversial and stable - no edit-warring, no dubious edits, no heated discussions on the talk page. I don't see how it is possible to claim that the edits violate his topic ban "about national, cultural, or ethnic disputes within Eastern Europe". I thought it was required for an editor filing the Arbitration Enforcement request to explain how the edits violated the Arbitration remedies - not just give couple of naked diffs and basically claim "it is all there, mmmkay"?

--Sander Säde 16:46, 9 December 2010 (UTC)

Future Perfect, would you kindly explain the dispute in question? --Sander Säde 18:53, 9 December 2010 (UTC)

The Holocaust itself was, of course, an ethnic conflict (in the most horrible sense possible), but what's even more directly relevant here, Estonia's WWII past, and especially the issue of (real or perceived) Estonian participation in Nazi crimes, and the perception of modern Estonian attitudes towards those past events, are at the very heart of the present-day ethnic disputes concerning the country and its neighbours. Therefore, an article on The Holocaust in Estonia is about as centrally part of the topic-ban area as it gets. Fut.Perf. ☼ 19:08, 9 December 2010 (UTC)

Sorry, but this seems to be just a generic statement. Estonia is one of the few countries that has studied the involvement of Estonians in Nazi and Soviet crimes in depth - indeed, the research concluded by Estonian History Commission (no Estonians were members) is of such quality that it has become a "standard" base research for the topic, being used not only by historians, but even by European Court of Human Rights. As far as I know, there are no "present-day ethnic disputes" related to the Holocaust in Estonia. There is no sign in the article about such dispute - nor are there any such issues raised on the talk page - in fact, there are no user edits for months on the talk page and the entire history of the talk page is less than 50 edits. Quite the opposite, this seems to be an article where even people of various POV's collegially come together to edit the page in a friendly atmosphere - just read the discussions on the talk.

Also, I do not understand how two noncontroversial wikignome edits by Martin warrant three week block for a second offense in a year (usual block would be 24 or 48 hours). Could you please explain what was the harm done by these and how does Martin's block help Misplaced Pages?

--Sander Säde 19:50, 9 December 2010 (UTC)

Precisely which article was edited is no more relevant than what the edit was. The article was within the scope of the topic ban and any reasonable person would agree that the Holocaust in Estonia falls well within "ethnic conflicts in Eastern Europe". HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 20:10, 9 December 2010 (UTC)

So, basically there is "ethnic conflicts in Eastern Europe" in Estonia related to the Holocaust, except no one has been able to demonstrate it, quite the opposite. Uhm, yes, now it all makes suddenly sense... --Sander Säde 20:18, 9 December 2010 (UTC)

Sander, please remember that the wording of this topic ban is very stretchable. Even Martin has agreed, above, to an interpretation that he violated it. It is my understanding that what is being appealed is not the fact that the topic ban was violated, but that the punishment issued is way to severe. I don't believe that arguing about the blurry boundaries of the topic ban is going to help Martin, rather, it is going to result in reframing of this amendment, and a speedy close with a near consensus that the ban was violated. So how about we declare the topic ban violation a dead horse, and move on to the the question of whether a good faithed mistake on a blurry topic ban line is enough to warrant a 3 weeks ban, given that Martin has removed himself from the area as soon as a complain was filled and that his topic ban would expire in two weeks anyway? --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk} 20:26, 9 December 2010 (UTC)

Statement by sanctioning administrator

As the admin who imposed the block in question. I feel I have no choice but to oppose this appeal. I believe the block and its duration are entirely justified. This is the second block for a violation of the topic ban (and nobody is seriously attempting to deny the ban was violated). Blocks are generally escalated, so three weeks is perfectly proportional since the first block, just three months ago, was for a week. Evidently Martintg hasn't learned from the first block or isn't taking the topic ban seriously enough, which is disconcerting given that considerable disruption must have occurred for a topic ban to be impose in the first place. However, the above statement shows that they simply do not understand the reason for the block, which makes it impossible to contemplate unblocking, especially when they resort to wikilawyering and questioning my record in order to detract attention from what is clearly and unambiguously a violation of a topic ban. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 20:33, 9 December 2010 (UTC)

Discussion among uninvolved editors about the appeal by Martintg

Question for Mkativerata (and others): given that the problem is related to Martin's understanding of the blurry topic ban, that his edits were good faithed, and that his contributions to other topic areas has been uncontroversial, wouldn't a more beneficial (to the project) solution be to reimpose the pre-blurry motion topic ban (from all EE-related articles)? This would allow Martin to keep contribution to the project for the next two/three weeks, in areas he has proven to be a good and uncontroversial contribute, and would prevent him from making any further problematic judgments in the blurry topic ban area (as far as I know, he was following his previous, wider topic ban without any problems, it is the post-motion blurry boundaries that have proven problematic). --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk} 20:31, 9 December 2010 (UTC)

I have a question to admins, JH Mitchell in particular: in the last few days Offliner filed two very similar AE requests with respect to Piotrus and Marting. Piotrus was given a warning while Marting got blocked for 3 weeks. Why such a big difference? I hope there is no double standard here, however unintentional. Note that in the case of Piotrus, Offliner was prohibited from filing new AE requests for a while, based on excessive number of AE requests. Aren't you now sanctioning and vindicating Offliner's action at the same time? I think this sends mixed messages. - BorisG (talk) 07:59, 11 December 2010 (UTC)

Piotrus is a former administrator. That may be played role in that some admins are reluctant to take action against him.--Dojarca (talk) 09:30, 11 December 2010 (UTC)

Result of the appeal by Martintg

This section is to be edited only by uninvolved administrators. Comments by others will be moved to the sections above.

Copied from User talk:Martintg. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 18:22, 8 December 2010 (UTC)

The appellant appears to have retired. I think it would be pointless to hear this appeal unless Martintg changes his or her mind. So unless anyone has any objections I'll hat this in a little while and it can be re-opened if necessary. --Mkativerata (talk) 20:52, 8 December 2010 (UTC)

Note: it's now quite clear from recent edits, including , that the appellant has not retired and wishes to continue with this appeal. --Mkativerata (talk) 01:39, 9 December 2010 (UTC)

Uphold sanction. The edits were clearly inside the topic area of the ban, and any claims to the contrary appear specious. Fut.Perf. ☼ 16:55, 9 December 2010 (UTC)

• I see the first edit cited in the prior report as being obviously against Martintg's topic ban. How can the Holocaust in Estonia not fall under the heading of a conflict? The duration of the block might be discussed, but the need for a block is evident. In a previous request, Martintg was forgiven for editing the Constitution of Estonia, where you might not think the article was about a conflict (though some commenters perceived one). EdJohnston (talk) 19:48, 9 December 2010 (UTC)
• I would have gone for two weeks instead of three, but I agree that there is an obvious violation here. T. Canens (talk) 20:19, 9 December 2010 (UTC)
• I agree with the block. I'm not at all convinced by the argument that this article fell outside the topic ban or was even ambiguous. However I do think the duration of the block should be scaled back to expire on 22 December. The block was properly logged as an EEML, not a DIGWUREN, block (there being no allegation that the edit itself was disruptive). The purpose of the block is therefore to enforce the topic ban, that purpose expiring on 22 December. That would pretty much match T. Canens' two weeks. --Mkativerata (talk) 20:23, 9 December 2010 (UTC)
  • @Piotrus - not an unreasonable suggestion (at least at first glance: I still agree with this block but I'm not averse to exploring alternatives). The problem is jurisdictional - perhaps I'm being overly lawyerly but the topic ban amendment was enacted by Arbcom and we don't have clear jurisdiction (at least within EEML) to restore the original ban. If Martintg voluntarily agreed to the ban scope expansion, it might help. It would also need the agreement of a clear consensus of uninvolved admins here. --Mkativerata (talk) 20:37, 9 December 2010 (UTC)
    • We can do it under the DIGWUREN discretionary sanctions, if we consider topic ban violations to be disruptive per se (and I think they are). T. Canens (talk) 20:54, 9 December 2010 (UTC)
      • Yes, I was reluctant to take that view but I'm willing to go along with it. --Mkativerata (talk) 20:59, 9 December 2010 (UTC)

• I support letting the block expire on 22 December, and don't bother with extending the topic ban. Martintg has been at this board quite a bit, and though I don't take the violation quite as seriously as Future Perfect I think action is needed. EdJohnston (talk) 22:52, 9 December 2010 (UTC)

• Why shouldn't the topic ban be extended? That sends out a very clear message that violations of AE sanctions will result in a short block and then you can carry on regardless. I'm not saying Martintg is gaming the system in such a way, but I feel we should be talking about an extension of topic bans for somebody who has twice been blocked for violating it and not a short block and then a removal of all restrictions, which effectively rewards the violation of the ban. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 00:40, 10 December 2010 (UTC)

• Somebody should close this appeal. The admins who have spoken so far say:

• HJMitchell: uphold (his decision) for a 3-week block.
• Fut. Perf.: uphold the 3-week block
• T. Canens: shorten to 2 weeks
• Mkat: shorten to 2 weeks (consider trading block length for an extension to M's topic ban)
• EdJo: shorten to 2 weeks

It seems to me that we will wind up saying either: (a) no consensus to modify the original block, or (b) reduce to two weeks. Will somebody call it? If it's left up to me, I'd probably shorten it to two weeks. EdJohnston (talk) 23:54, 12 December 2010 (UTC)

Piotrus

Attention: This request may be declined without further action if insufficient or unclear information is provided in the "Request" section below.

Request concerning Piotrus

User requesting enforcement

Dojarca (talk) 04:09, 11 December 2010 (UTC)

User against whom enforcement is requested

Piotrus (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

Sanction or remedy that this user violated

Misplaced Pages:EEML#Modified by motion 3 Piotrus is topic banned from articles about national, cultural, or ethnic disputes within Eastern Europe, their associated talk pages, and any process discussion about these topics until March 22, 2011

Diffs of edits that violate this sanction or remedy, and an explanation how these edits violate it

1. Edit to an article Poland-Russia relations restoring sections previously removed by Artem Karimov
2. Post in WP:POLAND discussion attempting to attract other users in support of his position

Diffs of notifications or of prior warnings against the conduct objected to (if required)

1. Warning by Coren (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA)
2. Warning by SirFozzie (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA)

Enforcement action requested (block, topic ban or other sanction)

block, topic ban extention

Additional comments by editor filing complaint

Piotrus restored the material which was previously removed by user Artem Karimov. The sections mention the Polish support for the Orange revolution in Ukraine, the Russian ban on Polish goods and the alleged Russian covert operations in Poland. I believe this clearly falls under the topic of national or ethnic disputes in Eastern Europe. Possibly fearing a topic-ban enforcement action, he then self-reverted but posted a message to the forum of Poland project inviting other users to support the restoration of the material. This is also a clear violation of his topic ban since it includes any discussion about the topic. Then Volunteer Marek arrived and restored the first edit by Piotrus.

It should be noted that Piotrus adopted an interesting tactic: making bold edits, then self-reverting and then asking other users to restore his previous edits. He employed this tactic also in Poland Anti-Religious Campaign (1945–1990) . After making an edit and self-reverting he then made a post in WP:POLAND asking other users to restore his previous edits:

Notification of the user against whom enforcement is requested

Discussion concerning Piotrus

Statement by Piotrus

Were to begin... by no means those diffs are "new"; all but one diffs Dojarca brings were discussed in the recently closed (~2 days ago) request by Offliner (closed with a warning to me, and Offliner was sanctioned for abuse of AE). The diffs can be found in this section, and my comment about them, in my statement there. To quickly summarize my reply, the diffs concern the cases were I possibly got too close to the topic ban, and self-reverted immediately. The remaining diff (to WikiProject Poland) is very much not breeching any policy or restriction, as I am allowed to bring any and all issues to WT:POLAND per this motion. As such, Dojarca's report is nothing but beating a dead horse (in the best case), and more of a rather crude attempt at block shopping.

Further, a review of Dojarca's contributions to Misplaced Pages namescape suggest a case of similar radicalization and wikistalking/wikihounding of selected opponents (Dojarca presented evidence during the EEML case) as with Offliner, but exaggerated due to Dojarca's major focus on discussions and dispute resolution (instead of contributing to encyclopedic content). More than half - more like three quarters - of his wiki namespace edits this year are related to filing complains and/or criticizing his adversaries from the EEML case. Since resuming active editing in mid-November (he was inactive since February), he made 7 edits to article namespace - and 28 edits to dispute resolution pages; his 2nd through 4th edits when he came back where at the arbitration amendment page...

• Dec 8: Critical comment at the previous AE request about me
• Dec 8: Critical comment at the recent AE request against Marting
• Nov 15: Filed an AE request against Marting (closed as no action)
• Nov 15: Critical comment at an amendment request by Biophys
• please note Dojarca has been inactive from February to November (exception being a single June edit)
• Feb 16: ANI post about an editor community banned, according to Dojarca, "as a result of wikistalking campaign by the so-called EEML cabal group"
• feel free to look further to see that this is an old, old pattern for that editor

I am really tired of getting dragged into this EE-related, bad faith/wikilawyering battlefield, and I hope that reviewing admins will consider some form of an interaction/AE ban similar to the one applied two days ago to Offliner (although considering the less constructive nature of Dojarca's contribution to this project, I'd suggest an appropriately increased length - perhaps it will make him shift his attention from combating others to actually building the encyclopedia). If some editors cannot understand the principle of WP:FORGIVE, it seems that they must be taught it the hard way. Thank you, --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk} 05:13, 11 December 2010 (UTC)

PS. Let me quote Jehochman's comment regarding Offliner's request, it seems to me even more applicable in this case: "I think it might be a good idea to apply WP:BOOMERANG to discourage this sort of WP:BATTLE behavior." --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk} 05:15, 11 December 2010 (UTC)

PPS. I'd also suggest placing Dojarca on this editing restriction. --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk} 05:26, 11 December 2010 (UTC)

Response to Mkativerata by Dojarca

Piotrus already has been warned multiple times and multiple times promised not to break his own topic ban. What's the purpose of getting another promise from him? The cited above edits are not on the edge of the topic area. They blatantly break the most uncontroversial variant of topic ban interpretation, so this could not be justified by assumption that he understood his topic ban narrower than it was intended. His tactic shows that he recognized well that he breaked the topic ban but attempted to game the system.

When you suggested to pardon Piotrus previous time, you argued that the violation is not repeated, but we can see that this statement was already then erroneous. That's why the 13-day old diff is relevant.

Even his response to this request with an unrelated personal attack on me shows that he is not getting the point.

Attempts to prohibit any arbitration enforcement against the EEML at best shows disrespect to the Arbcom and its adopted decisions.

I did not break any Misplaced Pages's rules thus I see no logical reason why should I be restricted. Yes, I encountered with Piotrus and the coordinated actions by the EEML previously, that's why I am so concerned. Or do you expect the enforcement requests only from uninvolved editors?

Re Piotrus. Why WP:FORGIVE should be only applied to EEML members? Where were the WP:FORGIVE invocations when you advocated long-term bans on other editors? Besides this WP:FORGIVE requires the user to apologize but you response here with attacks against me shows that you are far from apologizing.

Dojarca (talk) 06:42, 11 December 2010 (UTC)

Dojarca, do you have any diffs of Piotrus violating his topic ban since the most recent AE report regarding him? If I were in your position and I didn't, I would be keeping a very low profile at AE right about now for fear of being hit by the returning WP:BOOMERANG. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 21:16, 11 December 2010 (UTC)

WP:BOOMERANG says that in theory it should hit only those with unclean hands. Since I violated no rules, I should not fear anything. On the other hand, I never seen WP:BOOMERANG to be applied against any EEML member, but in case of requests against EEML it is applied often and in harsh and werd mannar such as sanctioning Petri Krohn in the course of the WP:DIGWUREN case (at the time the existence of EEML was not yet known). --Dojarca (talk) 04:09, 12 December 2010 (UTC)

Of course, the little fact that mailing list was created more than a year after closing of the WP:DIGWUREN ArbCom case is absolutely not relevant... --Sander Säde 07:51, 12 December 2010 (UTC)

Comments by others about the request concerning Piotrus

This appears to be the second attempt to sanction Piotrus for the same edits. The first attempt has already been dealt with and resulted in a warning. Regardless of whether that was a correct result, I see no point in considering it again. Moreover I think such behaviour by the filing party is inapppropriate. I think they need to be warned not to do this again. - BorisG (talk) 07:51, 11 December 2010 (UTC)

Previous request by Offliner was about his edits in Peace of Riga , completely unrelated article. Yes, this is another violation, not the same as the subject of the previous discussion.--Dojarca (talk) 08:28, 11 December 2010 (UTC)

Technically true, but his discussions at WP:POLAND and his edits to Poland-Russia relations were also discussed at the time. To bring edits made before the most recent warning to AE, is at best confusing (and at worst disingenious). - BorisG (talk) 13:52, 11 December 2010 (UTC)

Oh yes, I did not notice that. Now browsing that request again I admit that the edits were indeed mentioned by Novickas. In that case it is even more difficult to explain why Mkativerata said the violation was not repeated.--Dojarca (talk) 15:58, 11 December 2010 (UTC)

Comment by Deacon of Pndapetzim

Dojarca should get a 1 year ban for having the temerity to try to get a plain and simple Arbcom ruling enforced against a powerful user. Yes, it was a clear and knowing violation of the restriction. Yes, the previous 'decision' was ridiculous, one of many decisions over the years that make a joke of this place. Nonetheless, this is the real world. Dojarca, take your 1 year ban and learn your lesson. Deacon of Pndapetzim (Talk) 14:05, 11 December 2010 (UTC)

Even if the previous decision was ridiculous, considering the same edits over and over again would be even more ridiculous. The correct course of action is to wait and see if he heeds the warning. - BorisG (talk) 07:08, 12 December 2010 (UTC)

Result concerning Piotrus

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Bringing a 13-day-old diff to AE - after the filer would have known that Piotrus was warned to be more conservative in his approach to his topic ban only a couple of days ago - is not helpful. In light of Dojarca's battle-cry here, I am inclined to apply a similar restriction to Dojarca as the restriction applied to Offliner above, in order to prevent the continued use of AE as a weapon. Given that I don't think any action should be taken against Piotrus on such an obviously stale diff, I'll hold this AE open for views on the less urgent matter of sanctions in respect of Dojarca. --Mkativerata (talk) 05:19, 11 December 2010 (UTC)

Agree that there seems to be some sort of gaming the system or using wikipedia as a battlefield by the editor invovled here and would support a restriction similar to that described above. John Carter (talk) 19:48, 12 December 2010 (UTC)

Gaming the system ... battleground? The opponent is Piotrus, leader of EEML, the master of both processes. What in the name of the good is he supposed to do to get plain Arb rulings enforced? You suggest he doesn't use AE any more? Deacon of Pndapetzim (Talk) 01:09, 13 December 2010 (UTC)

Wee Curry Monster aka Justin aka Justin the Evil Scotsman aka Justin A. Kuntz

Attention: This request may be declined without further action if insufficient or unclear information is provided in the "Request" section below.

Request concerning Wee Curry Monster

User requesting enforcement

Imalbornoz (talk) 23:37, 12 December 2010 (UTC)

User against whom enforcement is requested

Wee Curry Monster (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

Sanction or remedy that this user violated

Misplaced Pages:Requests for arbitration/Gibraltar#Justin A Kuntz topic-banned

Diffs of edits that violate this sanction or remedy, and an explanation how these edits violate it

1. His first edit after his 3 month topic ban was to include in the lede the very controversial term that was being discussed just before his topic ban and about which consensus was reached to remove it (and which provoked this comment from him). He then edit warred repeatedly instead of sticking to BRD.
2. His fourth edit after the return was to remove consensus text that was being discussed when he was topic banned (reached after very long discussions), and then he edit warred with different editors to keep that text out.
3. The edit war mentioned above still goes on today, with different editors, in several articles.
4. Edit war with 3 different editors to include some text he knew was false (and unsupported by the source he cited) until an admin told him he was wrong.
5. Has repeatedly accused other editors of tag teaming (an improvement over his previous calling other editors “fascist fuckwits”, but clearly disruptive and a lack of good faith assumption)
6. Other repeated accusations: “choosing to misrepresent his position”, misrepresenting sources, ownership, resorting to bad faith attacks, poisoning the well, filibustering, tendentious editing…

Diffs of notifications or of prior warnings against the conduct objected to (if required)

1. Warning by Richard Keatinge (talk · contribs)
2. Warning by Imalbornoz (talk · contribs)
3. Warning by Imalbornoz (talk · contribs)

Enforcement action requested (block, topic ban or other sanction)

Topic ban

Additional comments by editor filing complaint

Justin / Wee Curry Monster has returned to edit the article, but he is not following the principles stated in the Arbcom decision: Conduct and decorum, Consensus, National and territorial disputes and similar conflicts. He is not launching the personal attacks that he used to, but otherwise his behavior is completely disruptive and, like another editor (Richard Keatinge) said, it verges on incompetence. Here he explains in length one -of many- very exasperating episode that is a good example of what I mean. Another example: There have been 60 comments in the talk page in Justin's absence, and no edit wars; now we are at a rate of more than 300 comments per month and several edit wars (starred by him) going on. If this is not a clear proof of disruption, then I don't know what is.

Notification of the user against whom enforcement is requested

Discussion concerning Wee Curry Monster

Statement by Wee Curry Monster

I have not repeated any of the conduct that lead to my topic ban, rather I have learnt an important lesson regarding WP:CIVIL and have tried to avoid a repeat. This smacks of retaliation, rather than engaging in the consensus process, Imalbornoz has repeatedly engaged in personal attacks and sought admin intevention to remove me from consensus building. We currently have an amicable discussion re content and rather than engaging in that process Imalbornoz is seeking admin intervention yet again. I request that Imalbornoz is warned about WP:CIVIL and in particular the requirement not to bring up past disputes for which an editor has repeatedly apologised and has not repeated the same conduct. Wee Curry Monster talk 23:56, 12 December 2010 (UTC)

I can provide many diffs of bad faith and personal attacks but would prefer to use the consensus building process on the talk page. This I believe would be a lasting solution to the article's problems. Wee Curry Monster talk 00:18, 13 December 2010 (UTC)

Regarding accusation of edit warring in 4 above. May I draw attention to the fact that Imalbornoz is misrepresenting the situation. I was not told I was wrong by User:JodyB rather Imalbornoz misinformed said admin, I later provided clarification and I note the matter was concluded amicably without rancour with an amplification of my edit that considerably improved the article. Admin User:JodyB actually requested that we both cease frivolous complaints .

Regarding my comments on tag team edit warring, sadly this has occurred before, and was used to impose content over and above objections. I don't think it is unreasonable to discuss this given the clear and repeated threat to impose content eg .

Regarding the repeated misrepresentation of my position. which is presented as . Misrepresentation of my position is common as well as referring to a position from which I've already compromised. I can provide more diffs.

Sadly I can provide numerous examples of uncivil comments but I have a thick skin and would prefer to work on content. Wee Curry Monster talk 00:58, 13 December 2010 (UTC)

Comments by others about the request concerning Wee Curry Monster

It might be worth noting that recent comments of Imalbornoz have led to the AE reminder and that others in the debate have been engaging in rather baiting behaviour (Richard's long rant accusing Justin of incompetance is especially helpful. And this is a person who claims to be a neutral mediator.). I'd argue it is no place of Imal and Richard to bandy around sanction threats, as they have done, with someone they so clearly despise and have prior history with. Justin has issues with various parts of what is proposed (mostly based around suitability for a main article over a stub), others have similar concerns that overlap on areas with Justin's. It is claimed he is obstructionist...yet Richard and Imalbornoz have proved equally intransigent (Especially in view of Richard, who casually dismisses Justin at every turn, providing no rational as if he is on some hell bent crusade to cause trouble). I hope the person looking at this looks over the history carefully, and looks at the verbal battering one takes from walls of texts that either go around in circles or are out to insult a user. --Narson ~ Talk • 00:26, 13 December 2010 (UTC)

Result concerning Wee Curry Monster

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