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Arbitration report

Reinforcing Arbitration

Background

What first started the arbitration enforcement case was a comment made by Eric Corbett on his own talk page. This comment was discussed on WP:AE and was closed by Black Kite with no action taken. GorillaWarfare, however, blocked Eric Corbett for a month. This action was later taken up at the Arbitrator's noticeboard, with the discussion being closed by Reaper Eternal to have Eric Corbett unblocked and the consensus being seen as GorillaWarfare's block being seen as "a bit out of process". The case was later opened the next day, June 29.

The end result

After nearly two months of gathering evidence and much deliberation, on August 24 the case was closed. With the closure, two facts were agreed upon. The first being that Eric Corbett's comment was the cause of the dispute. The second, and more importantly, it was

Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee/Discretionary sanctions#Appeals and modifications

, which requires, "for an appeal to be successful, a request on the part of the sanctioned editor and the clear and substantial consensus of [...] uninvolved editors at AN."

Because of these findings, the remedy for solving the issues the case brought up was to delegate the drafters of the case to amend and clarify both

WP:AE. What will that mean for the future of ArbCom? While nothing is certain for now, it is at least expected that the discretionary sanctions page will look completely different from its current state

soon. Though it is possible more cases like this one will be brought up again. We'll just have to wait and see to figure out the impact this case will have.

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It's all very simple. Not taking an administrative action is considered an action. Therefore, before taking any administrative action (including taking an action that is not an action), you should consult with all the administrators who did not take action. Hawkeye7 (talk) 02:57, 28 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

It could be simpler even if people would talk to a user before reporting the one to enforcement, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 05:54, 28 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

It seems that Gerda Arendt is the type of editor who always places a higher priority on kindness, communication and one-on-one dispute resolution before frequent ANI complaints and quick application of the block hammer. We would be better off with more active editors sharing those attitudes of hers. Cullen³²⁸ Let's discuss it 06:33, 28 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
@Gerda Arendt: I concur with your thinking. Too much block first, talk second these days,. Should be talk first and then block (the latter being only if disruption persists after discussing the issue(s) properly). Sportsguy17 (T • C) 03:19, 30 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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