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Iniciado por Dilettante a las 19:07, 21 de octubre de 2024 (UTC) [ responder ]
Fiestas propuestas
- Confirmación de que todas las partes conocen la solicitud
- Diferencia de notificación Lightburst
- diferencia de notificación Solo da un paso al costado
- diferencia de notificacion Homeostasis07
- diferencia de notificación AndyTheGrump
- Diferencia de notificación Silver Seren
- Diferencia de notificación TarnishedPath
- Confirmación de que se han intentado otros pasos para la resolución de disputas
Declaración de Dilettante
Este caso es el resultado de discusiones periódicas entre facciones "pro" y "anti-WPO", particularmente en relación con las ediciones de Lightburst que han escalado hasta el punto de que la sola mención de WPO puede descarrilar una discusión. Aunque el cierre de la ANI más reciente recomendó no presentar un caso de arbcom hasta el momento, la única sanción con consenso fue WP:VEXBYSTERANG y no aborda el problema de raíz o, si existe, los usuarios raíz culpables. ANI no está destinada a manejar casos de presunta mala conducta fuera de la wiki, ni ha tratado con PA en la wiki contra Wikipedócratas, por ejemplo [1]
La mayor parte de mis pruebas no están en la wiki o dependen de una combinación de publicaciones dentro y fuera de la wiki, así que las enviaré por correo electrónico más tarde hoy. Además, tengo pruebas contra alguien (que no figura como parte debido a los límites de presentación y la falta de pruebas en la wiki), lo que creo que debería justificar una indefinición, si no una prohibición.
- Daniel Para ser claro, creo que tu cierre estuvo bien y evaluaste con precisión el consenso. Atentamente, Dilettante 21:16, 21 de octubre de 2024 (UTC) [ responder ]
- AndytheGrump . ¡Lo siento! Probablemente me excedí en redactar varios correos electrónicos para el Comité de Arbitraje con más contexto y no logré que esta solicitud de caso quedara clara, al menos en parte porque es común que el Comité de Arbitraje altere o amplíe el alcance.
La WPO no es el eje central de la discusión pública (es privada, no tengo idea, no sé quién presentará evidencias y qué enlaces específicos habrá). El foco está en que varios usuarios de la facción pro y anti han discutido repetidamente de manera incivilizada. Algunas de estas discusiones sucedieron dentro de la wiki, otras fuera de ella, pero ANI aún no ha resuelto el problema.
Diré que mi solicitud está relacionada con algunos temas clave que actualmente no se pueden resolver sin una tormenta de basura que se convierta en una RFC:
- ¿En qué medida, si es que hay alguna, las publicaciones en WPO deberían considerarse campañas de propaganda? (en relación con la discusión de Bent's Camp, el cierre reciente de Daniel y otras discusiones) ¿Qué pasa si usan un lenguaje que es descaradamente tendencioso en comparación con la plantilla neutral:Por favor vea ?
- ¿En qué medida, si la hay, es aceptable interactuar positivamente (a través de cuentas conectadas públicamente) con publicaciones relacionadas con Wikipedia que serían divulgadas o supervisadas si estuvieran en la wiki?
Estoy casi seguro de que el comité de arbitraje no aclarará por completo estos puntos si se acepta esto, pero espero que aclare el asunto y permita un debate no tóxico en el futuro. Atentamente, Dilettante 23:00, 21 de octubre de 2024 (UTC) [ responder ]
- Swatjester
El punto es que varios usuarios de las facciones pro y anti han discutido repetidamente de manera incivilizada
. No espero que arbcom haga nada sobre la existencia de WPO ni que prohíba a la gente usar públicamente ambos sitios web (¡y obviamente no querría eso!). Sinceramente, Dilettante 23:23, 21 de octubre de 2024 (UTC) [ responder ] - TarnishedPath . La parte principal de la solicitud de caso público es sin duda si los editores de la facción "anti", en particular Lightburst , se han comportado de forma apropiada.
Sin embargo, en la facción "pro" la conducta de AndyTheGrump fue anteriormente menos que estelar (notarás que me opuse a las sanciones) y voy a investigar un poco para ver si dicha conducta ha continuado en las discusiones que se han mencionado en WPO. Atentamente, Dilettante 15:42, 22 de octubre de 2024 (UTC) [ responder ] - AndyTheGrump , no voy a mentir y fingir que no he estado al tanto del hilo fuera de la wiki. Si quieres
solicitar que se amplíe la lista,
solicítalo. Ciertamente no me opongo a un cambio de alcance, aunque obviamente no puedo hablar en nombre de arbcom. Atentamente, Dilettante 15:56, 22 de octubre de 2024 (UTC) [ responder ] - TarnishedPath , te incluí porque una de las discusiones claves en torno a este caso tiene tu nombre y, en menor medida, porque Lightburst te incluyó en su lista de penes. No creo que merezcas ninguna sanción o advertencia, pero sí creo que te convertiste en el blanco de la ira de LB y, por lo tanto, te involucraste en este asunto. Atentamente, Dilettante 02:59, 23 de octubre de 2024 (UTC) [ responder ]
Declaración de Lightburst
Declaración de Just Step Sideways
Bueno, aquí estamos por fin. La idea de un caso se ha estado discutiendo cada vez más en los diversos hilos extremadamente largos donde este problema ha estado enconándose. El último es culpa mía, pero en mi mente solo estaba denunciando el troleo y esperaba un bloqueo rápido por eso, pero en cambio... bueno... puedes ver lo que sucedió.
No me queda del todo claro cuál sería el alcance de un caso así, pero creo que la lista de discusiones anteriores muestra que tenemos un problema bastante insoluble aquí, y una revisión de esas discusiones seguramente mostrará que algunos usuarios hacen afirmaciones y acusaciones completamente extrañas, y si miramos al administrador de cierre de la página de discusión de ANI más reciente, también verá a un usuario que pide que se descarten por completo los comentarios de cualquiera que se considere "de WPO"[2]. Para su crédito, Daniel respondió de inmediato que no lo hizo y afirmó que no ignoré las contribuciones de aquellos que están confirmados o presuntamente tienen cuentas de WPO, no. Son editores de buena reputación y ofrecieron un argumento razonable que tuvo un apoyo de consenso. La declaración "una vez que dejas de lado los votos de WPO" es divisiva y la opinión de ignorar sus contribuciones al debate, nuevamente, no tuvo apoyo para hacerlo.
Esta es la mentalidad que estamos viendo aquí, que comentar en WPO te hace menos wikipedista, que cualquiera que haya comentado allí es igualmente culpable de cualquier otra acción que haya sucedido allí, que ser objeto de comentarios de cualquier tipo allí excusa un comportamiento terrible aquí , que los usuarios necesitan "elegir un bando", etcétera.
Probablemente, el principal problema para el comité será la afirmación de que el hecho de que se hable de ti, se te ataque, se te revele, etc. en ese foro (no pretendo endulzar nada, todo eso pasa) tiene algún tipo de efecto atenuante que excusa la conducta en la wiki, como trollear, lanzar calumnias infundadas, tergiversar lo que se dijo en ese foro para desestimar los comentarios de alguien en ese foro, etc. El comité ha sostenido en el pasado que este no es el caso (si se desea, se puede proporcionar información sobre dónde encontrar esto en los archivos de correo electrónico), que podemos sentir cierto grado de simpatía por alguien en esa situación, pero eso no excusa su propio mal comportamiento. O, como me enseñó mi madre cuando era pequeña: dos errores no hacen un acierto.
Otro aspecto posible es la demonización sin pruebas de los usuarios que se atreven a contribuir a ambos sitios en la wiki, y el efecto amedrentador deseado al hacerlo. La forma en que siempre hemos hecho las cosas se resume básicamente en "proporciona alguna evidencia o cállate la boca" o supongo que simplemente WP:ASPERSIONS y acusaciones vagas, lo cual debe terminar. Si alguien es tan terrible, se pueden enviar pruebas por correo electrónico al comité. Si simplemente hizo un comentario en otro lugar que a alguien no le gusta, mala suerte.
Probablemente necesitaré una extensión de Word si esto avanza.
- Bueno, digamos que solicito formalmente una extensión de palabra, ya que solo agregar esto me estaría poniendo un poco fuera de lugar.
- Gracias. Por el momento, quiero señalar que se agregó a Levivich como parte del grupo, algo que creo que cualquiera que esté mínimamente familiarizado con el reciente altercado estaría de acuerdo en que es correcto, y decidieron revertir esa incorporación.
- Por lo tanto, si pensamos más en el posible alcance, dado que ahora parece que esto puede seguir adelante, diría que, además de algunos problemas de comportamiento obvios que la comunidad no ha podido gestionar, también hay problemas de interpretación de las políticas. Si bien el comité no puede ni debe dictar políticas, hay ciertas áreas limitadas en las que el comité debe necesariamente marcar el camino en cuanto a cómo se interpreta y se utiliza una política en la práctica, en este caso la política de supervisión y la política de deportaciones , que han sido relevantes en algunos de estos incidentes.
Se ha señalado (en WPO, el horror) que hay un caso anterior bastante antiguo: Wikipedia:Solicitudes de arbitraje/Sitios de ataque
Uno de los hallazgos dice : "...es difícil distinguir los sitios que critican a Wikipedia y a sus editores y administradores de los sitios que cometen acoso. Asimismo, cuando se proporciona información sobre las presuntas malas acciones de los usuarios de Wikipedia, puede resultar difícil diferenciar las quejas legítimas de las falsas, calculadas para presentar a un usuario bajo una luz falsa". Tal vez quieras reciclar ese si esto avanza. Solo da un paso al costado de este mundo... hoy 22:26, 23 de octubre de 2024 (UTC) [ responder ]
Declaración de Homeostasis07
Declaración de AndyTheGrump
No entiendo cómo se podría esperar que alguien respondiera de manera significativa a una solicitud tan vaga. AndyTheGrump ( discusión ) 19:40 21 oct 2024 (UTC) [ responder ]
Habiendo visto algunas de las declaraciones publicadas aquí después de la anterior, tal vez sugeriría que si algo útil debe surgir de esta solicitud de caso mal definido, debería consistir en un recordatorio a todos los interesados de que las denuncias de presunta mala conducta deben estar respaldadas por pruebas cuando se soliciten, que las páginas de discusión de artículos, los debates de AfD, etc. no son foros apropiados para tales asuntos, y que hacer acusaciones repetidas, nebulosas e inverificables, ya sea nombrando a un colaborador de Wikipedia en particular o no, es disruptivo independientemente de dónde tenga lugar. No hace falta decir que este tipo de comportamiento no es exclusivo de los asuntos relacionados con la Wikipediocracia, sino que es algo común en las disputas en Wikipedia, y en WP:AN y WP:ANI en particular. Sospecho que muchos hilos de WP:ANI serían sustancialmente más cortos si se aplicara este principio básico. AndyTheGrump ( discusión ) 22:49, 21 de octubre de 2024 (UTC) [ responder ]
Dilettante , como dije en WPO, si viera alguna posibilidad realista de que este caso vaya a alguna parte, solicitaría que se amplíe la lista de partes. Sin embargo, tal como está la situación, no veo ningún mérito en hacerlo, ya que no se ha proporcionado nada que se acerque remotamente a una acusación específica basada en pruebas en mi contra. Y ese, en mi opinión, es el tema central aquí. Un caso basado en pruebas sobre acusaciones específicas ciertamente merece pruebas en respuesta, pero a falta de algo específico a lo que responder, agregar más partes a la lista no logra mucho más que ampliar el alcance para acusaciones más vagas de ida y vuelta. AndyTheGrump ( discusión ) 16:23, 22 de octubre de 2024 (UTC) [ responder ]
Declaración de Silver Seren
No estoy muy seguro de qué afirmar o abordar aquí en relación con esta presentación. Sobre el tema general en cuestión, supongo que todo lo que tengo que decir es que todos los miembros de Arbcom, pasados y presentes, deberían ser más que conscientes de la larga historia de usuarios de Wikipediocracy involucrados en el acoso a docenas de editores de Wikipedia, lo que ha hecho que muchos de ellos abandonen el proyecto. Esto ha incluido la difusión masiva de información personal e incluso incidentes en los que se contactó a los empleadores de los editores para causarles algún daño debido a que editaban Wikipedia. Todo esto es una historia bien conocida que abarca años y este tipo de incidentes siguen ocurriendo una y otra vez. Las desviaciones del tipo "las actividades fuera de la wiki no son ejecutables para los editores actuales conocidos en la wiki" tienen cada vez menos fundamento a medida que se agrega cada nuevo incidente a la pila, en particular cuando los usuarios de WPO (al menos los que no están prohibidos) involucrados en el comentario despectivo y el acoso están comentando y actuando simultáneamente en las discusiones relacionadas en la wiki. Silver seren C 22:10, 21 de octubre de 2024 (UTC) [ responder ]
Declaración de TarnishedPath
Si este caso sigue adelante, el punto central debería ser cómo la comunidad no ha sido capaz de lidiar con el comportamiento de Lightburst y aquellos que han descarrilado las discusiones al hacer ataques personales y lanzar calumnias, principalmente basándose en argumentos absurdos de culpabilidad por asociación. Véase el informe condenatorio de Moneytrees , que fue disculpado por miembros de esta comunidad en el hilo más amplio. Tar nis hed Path talk 22:57, 21 de octubre de 2024 (UTC) [ responder ]
@ Dilettante : El foco está en que varios usuarios de las facciones pro y anti han discutido repetidamente de manera incivilizada
. Si hay una facción pro, ¿puedes identificarla? Porque no veo ninguna. He visto a un montón de editores excusando el comportamiento de LB con argumentos absurdos de culpabilidad por asociación con respecto a WPO. Tar nis hed Path talk 09:08, 22 de octubre de 2024 (UTC) [ responder ]
- @ Dilettante escribes "
TarnishedPath". La parte principal de la solicitud de caso público es ciertamente si los editores de la facción "anti", en particular Lightburst, se han comportado apropiadamente
. ¿Puedes indicar sobre qué base me has añadido como parte propuesta? ¿Es simplemente porque estás insinuando que soy parte de la facción pro-WPO a la que te has referido? Si es así, ¿dónde está tu evidencia para una acusación tan infundada? Tar nis hed Path talk 00:44, 23 de octubre de 2024 (UTC) [ responder ]
@ HJ Mitchell , @ Levivich se eliminaron a sí mismos como parte propuesta en Special:Diff/1252678823 después de que los agregué debido a que continuamente afirman falsedades y hacen acusaciones que carecen de evidencia en múltiples hilos de temas. ¿Pueden informarme si está permitido que alguien se elimine a sí mismo como parte propuesta? De ser así, haré lo mismo. Tar nis hed Path talk 00:39, 23 de octubre de 2024 (UTC) [ responder ]
@ Levivich , Dilettante me agregó a la lista de partidos sin ninguna explicación o evidencia suficiente que demuestre que yo hice una disrupción suficiente. ¿En qué se diferencia eso de que yo te agregue a ti? Espero que no estés proponiendo que el primero en actuar tenga una ventaja a la hora de definir qué comportamientos se examinan y cuáles no. Tar nis hed Path talk 03:13, 23 de octubre de 2024 (UTC) [ responder ]
- @ Levivich, de los enlaces anteriores se desprende claramente que usted ha participado repetidamente en ataques personales y ha lanzado calumnias y lo ha hecho sin pruebas. Muchos otros editores aquí coinciden en que usted debería ser parte en el caso y no veo ningún argumento por el que yo lo sería. Tar nis hed Path talk 03:29, 23 de octubre de 2024 (UTC) [ responder ]
@ Guerillero , disculpas si eliminar o agregar partes está fuera de los procedimientos . No pude encontrar nada durante mi breve lectura y me parece que no permitir la adición de partes propuestas le da al solicitante una ventaja de ser el primero en actuar, lo que estoy seguro de que no sería la intención. Si este caso sigue adelante, sugeriría enfáticamente que Levivich sea una de las partes porque su conducta es central para múltiples discusiones sobre la conducta de Lightburst que se descarrilaron. Tar nis hed Path talk 09:07, 23 de octubre de 2024 (UTC) [ responder ]
Declaración de Tryptofish
Esta presentación es una reacción exagerada y el asunto no llega al nivel de requerir que ArbCom intervenga (a menos que surja alguna evidencia privada de acoso, que ArbCom tendría que abordar en privado). ArbCom debería rechazarla. -- Tryptofish ( discusión ) 19:15, 21 de octubre de 2024 (UTC) [ responder ]
Declaración de Daniel
En primer lugar, gracias a Dilettante por no incluirme en la lista de partidos; mi única participación ha sido cerrar el último mega-hilo de ANI según el consenso de las propuestas, por lo que estoy de acuerdo con no ser incluido (y, francamente, me alegro) aunque algunas personas en su lugar pueden haberlo hecho.
Pasé por aquí porque tanto Dilettante como JSS hicieron referencia a mis acciones o palabras. En este momento no tengo nada que agregar a mis palabras al cierre de ANI (incluidas las subsecciones relevantes) y la discusión posterior en la página de discusión de usuarios. Estoy de acuerdo con Dilettante en que el estado de ánimo actual de esta disputa en la wiki de hecho "se ha intensificado hasta el punto de que la mera mención de WPO puede descarrilar una discusión"
. Lo que me hace sentir especialmente desanimado, ya que hay editores experimentados de buena fe por los que siento un inmenso respeto en ambos lados que se han visto atrapados en esto.
Por último, solo quiero reconocer que estaré tan disponible como sea posible para responder cualquier pregunta de los miembros del Comité si tienen alguna, aunque espero que mi participación tangencial signifique que esto no sea necesario; además, estaré viajando al exterior a partir de esta mañana, así que si me demoro un poco en hacerlo, pido disculpas de antemano.
Gracias,
Daniel ( discusión ) 20:01 21 oct 2024 (UTC) [ responder ]
Declaración de JPxG
Esta presentación no tiene mucho sentido para mí como algo que sería mejor manejado por ArbCom, pero si este simplemente se convertirá en el lugar general para que todos digan lo que piensan sobre WPO, supongo que lo haré:
No creo que se deba bloquear a las personas aquí simplemente por publicar allí, ya que la mayoría de las personas allí actúan con normalidad.
Tampoco creo que debamos andar husmeando en algún otro sitio en busca de huellas dactilares e investigar qué editor usa qué seudónimo.
Creo que si publicas allí, identificándote abiertamente con el mismo nombre que usas aquí, y dices cosas extremadamente groseras sobre otros editores, o intentas conseguir apoyo para tus propias cruzadas en la wiki, la gente de aquí debería poder reprenderte por ello. No creo que esto sea "culpa colectiva" o "MALOS SITIOS".
Además, obviamente esto no es un problema para el comité, pero creo que las personas que administran el sitio deberían considerar decirle a los chicos de dox que dejen de hacerlo, ya que lo que hacen no solo es cruel y acosador, sino también inútil y estúpido. jp × g 🗯️ 20:05, 21 de octubre de 2024 (UTC) [ responder ]
- En respuesta a las publicaciones en WPO: cuando digo "dox" me refiero, principalmente, a la cosa donde un tipo publica una lista de los miembros de tu familia y fotos tuyas de Facebook, o se une a Discord para desplazarse por cientos de publicaciones y hacer un tablero de corcho con las direcciones de tus vacaciones familiares, no la extensa cosa de WP:OUTING que incluye "El usuario de Wikipedia Conezone863 escribió un artículo spam sobre Zombocom y el usuario de Twitter Conezone863 afirma ser el CEO de Zombocom". jp × g 🗯️ 02:42, 22 de octubre de 2024 (UTC) [ responder ]
- @ HJ Mitchell : Esta presentación no tiene mucho sentido para mí como algo que ArbCom manejaría mejor, no sé cómo decirlo más directamente. jp × g 🗯️ 01:39, 22 de octubre de 2024 (UTC) [ responder ]
- @ Carrite : ¿Te perdiste el comienzo de la oración, a saber: "esto obviamente no es un problema para el comité, pero"?
Declaración deCarrito
Es realmente irreflexivo y doloroso que el autor de la queja pueda presentar una propuesta de caso como esta sin hacerme parte. Quiero decir, con [decenas de miles] de publicaciones [nb 13,000+] hechas a WPO durante más de una década, uno pensaría que se podría improvisar algún tipo de acusación poco convincente acusándome de crímenes contra el estado. ¿Qué hace que Andy the Grump and Beebs sea tan especial? Y mi conexión entre mi nym de WP y mi nym de WPO se ha hecho claramente varias veces en la wiki, a diferencia de otras cuentas con nombres similares aquí y allá. Si vamos a rehacer el caso WP:BADSITES , al menos seamos minuciosos con el hachazo en esta propuesta para una pérdida de tiempo inútil de Arbcom. --Tim Davenport /// Carrite ( discusión ) 22:19, 21 de octubre de 2024 (UTC) /// Randy de Boise en WPO. [ responder ]
- @JPxG - Los "Dox Guys" no son wikipedistas y, por lo tanto, no se verían afectados por las sanciones en este caso; la política de la WPO con respecto a la doxificación no es la que probablemente creas que es. Carrite ( discusión ) 22:40 21 oct 2024 (UTC) [ responder ]
- @dilettante - Per: ¿Hasta qué punto, si es que hay alguno, se deberían considerar las publicaciones en WPO como una actividad de sondeo? (en relación con la discusión de Bent's Camp, el cierre reciente de Daniel y otras discusiones) — Sería interesante plantear el argumento de la actividad de sondeo. Bent's Camp es una ilustración perfecta de que "no hay camarilla", ya que éramos Andy y yo los que estábamos luchando por el destino de ese artículo, que mejoré significativamente durante el debate de AfD. Pero, por favor, organicen una RFC sobre ese tema; si es importante para ustedes, no es un asunto que incumba a Arbcom. (Bent's Camp fue una honesta diferencia de opinión entre eliminacionistas e inclusivos). Carrite ( discusión ) 23:28, 21 de octubre de 2024 (UTC) [ responder ]
- @Mangoe - Per: Es tentador decir que si no te gusta que te critiquen allí, no hagas cosas que inviten a la crítica... - Es seguro decir que esta es exactamente la perspectiva de una abrumadora mayoría de los participantes de WPO. Carrite ( discusión ) 15:59, 22 de octubre de 2024 (UTC) [ responder ]
- Me he sumado a este caso con la expectativa de que esto se desvíe hacia la cuestión del llamado "sondeo" y no creo que sea apropiado que Andy y Beebs sean señalados. Si este es un caso sobre hilos disruptivos en ANI, Levivich debería estar dentro y yo probablemente debería estar fuera, pero su experiencia puede variar. Carrite ( discusión ) 03:32 23 oct 2024 (UTC) [ responder ]
Declaración deLiz
Aunque sé que aprecio que se haya iniciado un caso sobre la intersección entre Wikipedia y la Wikipediocracia, y que la WPO ha sido sin duda el centro de algunas discusiones animadas en los tablones de anuncios, creo que la presentación de Dilettante no ha logrado identificar cuál es el "problema" que se le pide al comité de arbitraje que resuelva. El hecho de que sea controvertido no requiere, en sí mismo, la intervención, especialmente de ARBCOM, y dado que esta solicitud se acaba de publicar, tal vez la respuesta a mi pregunta se aclare en el transcurso de los próximos días. Pero el hecho de que se trate de un tema candente no es suficiente para que el comité acepte un caso; debe haber alguna mala conducta o alguna disputa insoluble y no veo que eso exista en esta solicitud de caso. Para que conste, creo que el tema es adecuado para su consideración, pero no creo que esta solicitud de caso defina lo que se le pide al comité que juzgue o por qué se ha incluido a ciertos editores como partes simplemente porque participaron en algunas de estas discusiones. Es decir, no estoy seguro de qué mala conducta en ESTE PROYECTO se está destacando como motivo de preocupación. L iz ¡Lee! ¡Habla! 22:20, 21 de octubre de 2024 (UTC) [ responder ]
- En cuanto al punto de Soni, no recuerdo esto de mis días como asistente de arbitraje, pero ¿puede un editor simplemente eliminarse como parte involucrada de un caso presentado por otro editor? Pensé que esta era una solicitud que se podía plantear, pero los editores no pueden simplemente eliminar su nombre. L iz ¡Lee! ¡Habla! 02:43, 23 de octubre de 2024 (UTC) [ responder ]
Declaración de Swatjester
No está claro de qué se trata esta solicitud de caso. ¿Se trata de la existencia de WPO? ¿Debate sobre WPO en la wiki? ¿De acusaciones de mala conducta fuera de la wiki? ¿Daniel está cerca? No puedo saber a partir de la presentación cuál es el alcance de este caso.
- Ignorar; en el tiempo transcurrido entre el inicio de esto, la distracción y la vuelta a ello, se aclaró la solicitud para que fuera más específica. No creo que este sea el lugar adecuado para responder a la pregunta de si las publicaciones de WPO deberían considerarse campañas de sondeo; de hecho, no creo que esa pregunta sea realmente relevante para WPO directamente en absoluto. Probablemente, haya valor en una discusión generalizada en WP:CANVAS sobre si los términos y definiciones de esa página (en particular, la parte de WP:STEALTH ) se aplican a una discusión fuera de la wiki sobre una discusión en la wiki en circunstancias en las que no está claro o es cuestionable que la
intención de influir en el resultado de una discusión de una manera particular
esté presente; o cómo interpretar eso en el contexto de un foro donde los usuarios tendrán opiniones e intenciones diferentes, a menudo contradictorias. Pero no veo por qué debería hacerse eso aquí en lugar de corregir la directriz que es demasiado ambigua. ⇒ ¡SWAT Jester Shoot Blues, Tell VileRat! 23:27 21 octubre 2024 (UTC) [ responder ]
Declaración de Softlavender
Esta solicitud de caso me parece inútil, porque no se mencionan otros problemas aparte de WP vs. WPO, en los que ArbCom no tiene jurisdicción y no desea supervisar. Si hay problemas que solo se pueden plantear en privado a ArbCom, no hay motivo para presentar un caso (debería ser un asunto interno únicamente) y la comunidad no puede hacer comentarios.
Si el caso es contra la (supuesta) disrupción o perturbación a largo plazo por parte de Lightburst, y/o su mención excesiva de WPO en WP, entonces el caso debería ser contra Lightburst exclusivamente, no contra una misteriosa camarilla de personas que publican en WPO o publican en WP sobre WPO.
Sugiero que el comité rechace este caso. También sugiero que el solicitante es aparentemente demasiado novato (ha estado en la wiki durante apenas dos años) como para saber cómo funcionan ArbCom y los casos ArbCom. Softlavender ( discusión ) 01:19, 22 de octubre de 2024 (UTC) [ responder ]
- Para agregar a lo anterior: el único elemento/pregunta claramente establecido en la solicitud del caso del solicitante no es algo que ArbCom haga o maneje. Es decir: "¿En qué medida, si es que hay alguna, se deben considerar las publicaciones en WPO como sondeos?" ArbCom no establece políticas ni decide sobre sondeos. WP:CANVASSING fuera de la wiki es , por definición , WP:CANVASSING fuera de la wiki .
Por lo tanto, sigo recomendando rechazar esta solicitud de caso público. Cualquier infracción grave que solo pueda manejarse mediante comunicación privada debe manejarse mediante comunicación privada. Softlavender ( discusión ) 03:50 22 oct 2024 (UTC) [ responder ]
Declaración de Dronebogus
Yo también estoy confundido sobre lo que se supone que esto debe abordar específicamente. ArbCom no puede agitar una varita mágica y arreglar todo lo que está mal aquí (y hay MUCHO que está mal aquí). Cuando la gente (incluyéndome a mí) se queja de WPO, generalmente se trata de cómo los numerosos hilos dedicados a burlarse e insultar a editores específicos podrían verse como una denuncia, un acoso fuera de la wiki y una campaña/aliento para ataques dentro de la wiki. Eso parece obvio. ¿Por qué andamos con rodeos aquí? (Perdón por todas las metáforas mezcladas) Dronebogus ( discusión ) 07:05, 22 de octubre de 2024 (UTC) [ responder ]
Declaración de Mangoe
Esto no debería ir a ninguna parte, excepto quizás como un gran WP:BOOMERANG . Homeostasis07 hace una afirmación falsa sobre el doxing, y una vez más es el momento de la ventilación de quejas contra WPO. La gente va a crear sitios y foros críticos con WP; la gente en esos foros no se va a sentir obligada por las reglas de WP allí, y los participantes de WP van a aparecer en esos sitios tanto para participar en las críticas como para tener discusiones que realmente no son posibles en WP. Es tentador decir que si no te gusta que te critiquen allí, no hagas cosas que inviten a la crítica, pero en cualquier caso me parece que casi toda la disrupción centrada en WPO es causada en este extremo por gente que hace un escándalo al respecto. Este caso presentado parece ser un ejemplo mal enfocado de esto último. Mangoe ( discusión ) 12:49, 22 de octubre de 2024 (UTC) [ responder ]
Declaración de Rhododendrites
Hay dos formas en las que arbcom puede tomar este caso.
La solución más sencilla es considerar si debería prohibirse la interacción entre [determinadas partes de WPO] y [Lightburst]. Meh a eso.
El camino más amplio es examinar el status quo con respecto a WPO, la información que surge allí, WP:HARASS , WP:CANVAS y WP:COI .
Aquí está el status quo, tal como lo veo:
- Ocasionalmente, se plantean cuestiones legítimas en WPO que deberían abordarse en la wiki (y cuando digo "deberían abordarse en la wiki" quiero decir que deberían dar lugar a una acción en la wiki, pero también que deberían plantearse y discutirse en la wiki en lugar de en WPO). Cuando eso sucede, la comunidad (y arbcom, a través del caso Nihonjoe) ha demostrado que está dispuesta a hacer la vista gorda ante la procedencia de la información procesable y todo el acoso, el doxing y los insultos que tienen lugar en torno a ella. Se vuelve aceptable que las personas sean sondeadas a través de WPO, aparezcan en la wiki y voten juntas cuando tienen razón fundamental sobre el contenido (el estado enfermizo de WP:BRINE ).
- Cuando surgen la procedencia y el sondeo, la prueba requeriría un enlace a hilos dañinos (y no es práctico enviar un correo electrónico a arbcom para responder a un hilo breve de ANI), y en algún momento alguien -a menudo las mismas pocas personas- simplemente niega que haya sucedido algo malo, regaña a quienes sugieren lo contrario y redirige a las personas para que se concentren en lo que pueden ver en la wiki. En la práctica, esto significa que en un hilo grande sobre WPO y Lightburst, la única sanción que salió de él fue una prohibición de tema... para alguien que criticara a WPO. Muchos de los apoyos para esa prohibición vinieron de miembros de WPO [sin divulgaciones de COI], y no se mencionó eso en la declaración final. No digo que una prohibición de tban estuviera o no justificada - solo que, debido a que hay una queja legítima sobre difamaciones, a nadie le importa que los habituales de WPO terminaran silenciando a un crítico.
Sin embargo, me inclinaría a sugerir que arbcom rechace este amplio alcance, en gran parte porque temo que nos encontraremos con un caso largo y feo que terminará haciendo más daño que bien. Creo que arbcom normalmente es reacio a extender su jurisdicción fuera de la wiki, excepto en casos verdaderamente extremos. Mientras el objetivo "lo merezca" (es decir, esté equivocado en algún sentido) y mientras las cosas más extremas provengan de aquellos que ya están prohibidos o no son wikipedistas conocidos, sería demasiado fácil para arbcom bendecir extraoficialmente el acoso/insulto/proselitismo fuera de la wiki y/o alentar a usuarios ya prohibidos o no identificados que hacen eso y peor aún, hacer bromas con ellos, actuar como sus representantes y/o tomar medidas dentro de la wiki en función de lo que encuentren.Las rododendritas hablan\\ 12:43, 22 de octubre de 2024 (UTC) [ responder ]
Declaración de Robert McClenon (Wikipediocracia)
El editor de la presentación de la demanda explicó de pasada por qué la Comisión ArbCom debería abrir un caso y llevar a cabo una audiencia probatoria cuasijudicial. El registro de casos anteriores de WP:ANI es la razón. La razón no es el sitio web Wikipediocracy (WPO), sino la reiterada falta de civismo en el sitio web Wikipedia, que estalla repetidamente en WP:ANI . La Comisión ArbCom se ha creado para tratar las disputas de conducta que la comunidad no puede resolver. La comunidad no ha podido resolver los brotes recurrentes de falta de civismo , por al menos dos razones. La primera es que las actitudes hacia WPO dividen a la comunidad, con algunos editores pensando, razonablemente, que el sitio es demasiado a menudo tóxico y dañino, y otros editores pensando, razonablemente, que los editores de Wikipedia deberían tener libertad de asociación y se les debería permitir hablar en nombre de Wikipedia incluso en un sitio malo. Esto significa que la comunidad está dividida. La segunda razón es que identificar fallas requiere una revisión cuidadosa, e identificar los remedios para la falta de civismo requiere aún más deliberación. Es necesario hacer algo. ¿Deberían prohibirse temas de discusión sobre WPO? ¿Deberían prohibirse interacciones , que a veces se juegan pero a veces son necesarias? ¿Hay uno o dos editores que sean negativos para la comunidad y a quiénes se debería prohibir el acceso al sitio ? La comunidad ha intentado resolver el antagonismo sin éxito, y el ArbCom tiene una responsabilidad.
También diré algo que dije antes del caso de las Elecciones Históricas y que fue ignorado. Si ArbCom actúa en gran medida sobre la base de evidencia privada, debería hacer todo el esfuerzo posible para hacer pública la mayor cantidad posible de evidencia. La transparencia mejora la confianza. En este caso de WPO, gran parte de la evidencia consiste en intercambios en la wiki que se repiten y pueden continuar.
No sé si ArbCom debería o puede involucrarse en lo que sucede fuera de la wiki en WPO, pero ArbCom debería ocuparse de los desagradables intercambios dentro de la wiki. Robert McClenon ( discusión ) 17:22 22 oct 2024 (UTC) [ responder ]
Comentarios añadidos
He leído el WP:ANI del 17 de octubre de 2024 sobre la publicación por parte de Lightburst de ataques personales contra otros siete editores. La respuesta de la propia comunidad ilustra que la comunidad no está a la altura de las circunstancias. La publicación de esos comentarios fue una exageración y requirió alguna sanción. La única sanción que tomó la comunidad fue contra otro editor. Esto demuestra además que los ataques personales en la wiki son una situación con la que la comunidad no está lidiando y que se requiere una revisión cuasijudicial por parte de ArbCom. Una de las razones por las que la comunidad no tomó medidas contra Lightburst es que varios editores pensaron que ArbCom debería tomar el caso. Robert McClenon ( discusión ) 05:07, 23 de octubre de 2024 (UTC) [ responder ]
Respuesta a HJ Mitchell
Los incidentes enumerados por Dilettante, y especialmente el mal uso de la página de usuario por parte de Lightburst, son disputas de largo plazo y los procesos comunitarios no los han abordado.
Declaración de Star Mississippi
Creo que hay mérito en un caso, público, privado o de otro tipo, ya que el status quo actual de "cada vez que alguien que publica en WPO o es el sujeto de una publicación de WPO es llevado a ANI, se convierte en un referéndum sobre WPO que descarrila el tema en cuestión" no es sostenible. Los hilos recientes de Lightburst son solo los últimos, y no ha habido una resolución real del problema subyacente debido a la falta de evidencia. Star Mississippi 18:44, 22 de octubre de 2024 (UTC) [ responder ]
- @ Guerillero Creo que Homeostasis07, la conducta de Silver Seren también debe ser parte de esto. El drama de Camp/Lake es un artículo de Lightburst, pero si bien terminó en ANI, podría haber tenido una resolución si no fuera por los descarrilamientos interminables en WPO Bad! Divulgación, fui yo quien propuso la prohibición del tema en Homeostasis después del último Star Mississippi 16:24, 23 de octubre de 2024 (UTC) [ responder ]
Declaración de Barkeep49
Estoy de acuerdo con el análisis de Star Missisippi, por lo que no lo repetiré. También sugeriría a los árbitros que han dicho que creen que hay más casos que ArbCom podría manejar que este parece un buen ejemplo de uno que no es tan grave como un PIA pero que la comunidad, por las razones articuladas por Star, no ha podido manejar y para el cual una decisión vinculante puede ayudar a la comunidad a evitar conflictos futuros. Saludos, Barkeep49 ( discusión ) 18:49, 22 de octubre de 2024 (UTC) [ responder ]
Declaración de Andrevan
No soy parte, no estoy involucrado, no revisé el hilo reciente. En el pasado, sin embargo, WPO ha sido un pararrayos, así que creo que, si es posible, sería bueno que ArbCom intentara arreglar eso. El patrón que he visto es acoso fuera de la wiki, empleos de Joe, troleo, doxing, etc., en WPO, luego, cuando se enfrenta a una discusión en la wiki o reenvíos a ArbCom, hay entonces bumeranes que terminan convirtiendo a la persona acosada en el agresor. Esto tiene un efecto paralizante a la hora de abordar el acoso fuera de la wiki. No hablo de mí, pero sé de 2 usuarios que fueron acosados persistentemente fuera de la wiki a través de WPO y realmente no tienen un recurso, y esto está dando como resultado que se sientan infelices y/o temerosos, y crea un efecto paralizante en su participación en Wikipedia. No daré más detalles, pero estoy seguro de que cualquiera puede encontrar muchos ejemplos de situaciones similares. Por lo tanto, creo que una política moderna de "SITIO MALO" sería útil para su bien. Andre 🚐 23:11 22 oct 2024 (UTC) [ responder ]
Declaración de Soni
Recomiendo que este caso tenga un alcance mayor que el de Lightburst. Si bien Lightburst sigue siendo el centro de atención de muchos dramas relacionados con WPO, está lejos de ser el único editor problemático en ese sentido. Hay incidentes de WP:CANVASS claro , así como muchos más casos de incivilidad exacerbados por tener una discusión paralela sobre WPO para algunos de estos editores.
Además, me preocupa que tanto el Usuario:Levivich como el Usuario:TarnishedPath aparentemente se hayan retirado [3] [4] como parte de este caso. No sabía que las partes pueden simplemente "decir no" unilateralmente a ser parte de un caso de Arbcom de esta manera. Creo que hay motivos suficientes para considerar a ambos como partes de esto. Soni ( discusión ) 02:11, 23 de octubre de 2024 (UTC) [ responder ]
Declaración de Levivich
@ Soni : y @arbs/clerks: Me quité a mí mismo de la lista de partes porque no estaba incluido como parte en la presentación original. Tarnish Path me agregó a la lista de partes sin ninguna explicación (o evidencia); no creo que los editores estén autorizados a hacer esto, especialmente porque hizo que pareciera que Dilettante me incluyó como parte en la presentación original cuando ese no era el caso. Entonces lo revertí. Pensé que eso perdería menos tiempo que señalarlo a un secretario y pedirle a un secretario que lo revirtiera, pero si así es como arbs/clerks preferirían que lo maneje, entonces eso es lo que haré en el futuro. Sobre si debería ser parte: no veo ninguna diferencia de interrupción por mi parte que justifique que sea parte en este caso, pero si alguien quiere que explique o comente alguna de mis ediciones, con gusto lo haré. Levivich ( discusión ) 02:43 23 oct 2024 (UTC) [ responder ]
- @TarnishedPath : Sí, creo que el solicitante de una solicitud de arbitraje debería poder decidir qué partes deben figurar en la lista de partes de su solicitud. No creo que los editores deban agregar nombres a la lista de partes del solicitante ni eliminar nombres de la lista de partes del solicitante. Creo que los árbitros son quienes deciden qué partes se incluyen en el caso real. Si alguien más, además del solicitante o los árbitros, piensa que alguien debería o no ser parte, creo que debería escribirlo en su propia sección (con diferencias o enlaces; evidencia privada por correo electrónico). Creo que todo esto es un procedimiento de arbitraje estándar. Levivich ( discusión ) 03:20, 23 de octubre de 2024 (UTC) [ responder ]
Declaración de GhostOfDanGurney
¿Se trata de una solicitud sobre WPO o se trata de una solicitud relacionada con el último arrebato de Lightburst? Las recientes preguntas sobre el estatus de TarnishedPath como parte me han llevado a preguntar esto. Sin duda, estuvieron involucrados en la situación de Lightburst con respecto a Bent's Camp Resort , pero no estoy seguro de que un recuento de 13 publicaciones sobre WPO (como ellos mismos admiten) justifique que se los nombre como parte en un caso sobre WPO, especialmente si solo Lightburst presentó quejas sobre esas 13 publicaciones.
De todas formas, ArbCom debería aceptar, como opino yo, que la "lista de idiotas" de Lightburst y otras transgresiones recientes habrían hecho que incluso un editor establecido fuera rápidamente inhabilitado en ANI si no hubiera sido por la facción anti-WPO que salió en su defensa. ― "Ghost of Dan Gurney" (discusión) 03:11 23 oct 2024 (UTC) [ responder ]
Declaración de Yngvadottir
Me he sumado a esta propuesta de caso mal definida desde que me involucré en el tema de Wikipediocracia en User talk:Levivich#ANI (y probablemente una o dos veces en otros lugares, incluido AN/I mismo), y dejé en claro al menos en el intercambio con Levivich que soy (a partir de este año) miembro de Wikipediocracia (con el mismo nombre que aquí en la wiki; y he sido lector y he hecho uso del sitio como fuente de información durante años; allí me han agradecido varias veces por mejorar los artículos). Si el comité acepta un caso con la participación en Wikipediocracia o la acusación de campaña en Wikipediocracia formando parte de su alcance, secretarios, por favor hagan lo necesario y avancen esto.
Sin embargo, no creo que el comité deba aceptar esta solicitud de caso. No me resulta evidente que las cuestiones que se han planteado vayan más allá de nuestra política de civilidad existente, a saber, la prohibición de hacer acusaciones sin pruebas. El Comité Arb simplificó recientemente el proceso de presentación de información privada; esto debería haber bastado para aclarar que no hay ninguna excepción a la política contra las acusaciones por actividades fuera de la wiki en sitios que contienen material que uno puede desaprobar, incluso cuando ese material es abiertamente crítico del estado actual de Wikipedia. Yngvadottir ( discusión ) 04:06, 23 de octubre de 2024 (UTC) [ responder ]
Declaración de Aaron Liu
Quiero señalar que Lightburst, un partido principal y vital aquí, no ha editado desde 3 minutos después de que agregó su "galería de delincuentes" el 17 de octubre. Si bien estoy de acuerdo en que este es un problema que quizás solo ArbCom pueda abordar,La inactividad de Lightburst debe tenerse en cuenta en la decisión de los árbitros sobre si proceder con un caso abierto.Aaron Liu ( discusión ) 12:50 23 oct 2024 (UTC) [ responder ]
- @ AirshipJungleman29 ¿Podrías explicarme cómo lo sabes? Gracias. Aaron Liu ( discusión ) 15:44 23 oct 2024 (UTC) [ responder ]
- Vale, lo he marcado como un problema porque ArbCom parece tener constancia de pruebas privadas de que Lightburst lo sabía. Aaron Liu ( discusión ) 16:12 23 oct 2024 (UTC) [ responder ]
Declaración de AirshipJungleman29
En respuesta a un comentario anterior, el comité debe saber que, a pesar de la reciente inactividad de Lighburst en wiki, él está al tanto de los eventos recientes y ha hecho esfuerzos por mantenerse actualizado. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 ( discusión ) 15:00, 23 de octubre de 2024 (UTC) [ responder ]
- No lo he dicho públicamente Aaron Liu , pero ahora recuerdo que al menos algunos miembros del comité lo saben. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 ( discusión ) 15:53 23 oct 2024 (UTC) [ responder ]
Declaración de Vanamonde
Creo que ARBCOM debería aceptar un caso. El comportamiento fuera de la wiki de los editores de en.wiki está firmemente dentro del ámbito de ARBCOM siempre y cuando se cruce con las políticas de civilidad, acoso y sondeo (y otras cosas, pero se ha alegado que son relevantes), y sólo ARBCOM puede tomar una determinación definitiva si eso ha sucedido aquí. Además, creo que no es razonable esperar que mis colegas en la wiki traten los comentarios públicos que hago fuera de la wiki como Vanamonde93 como algo completamente divorciado de mi presencia en la wiki. Ningún lugar de trabajo razonable toleraría que sus empleados se atacaran entre sí en un foro público; nosotros tampoco deberíamos hacerlo. Por el contrario, los ataques fuera de la wiki tampoco pueden usarse para justificar un comportamiento tremendamente inapropiado en la wiki: muchos de nosotros hemos enfrentado y presenciado acoso y no hemos perdido el equilibrio como resultado.
ARBCOM debería aceptar un caso específico, centrado en Lightburst y los editores que interactúan con ellos, específicamente para examinar si a) la conducta fuera de la wiki de cualquiera de los miembros de ese grupo requiere sanciones dentro de la wiki para permitirnos reanudar el negocio normal, y b) la conducta dentro de la wiki de cualquiera de los miembros de ese grupo merece una sanción a la luz de lo que ocurrió fuera de la wiki. Sugiero que al menos un IBAN o dos están en orden. También quiero recordarles a todos que, si bien ser "simplemente" grosero con un colega fuera de la wiki puede no ser sancionable en forma aislada, mentir posteriormente sobre hacerlo dentro de la wiki es una clara violación de la CIVIL, al igual que poner en duda el comportamiento fuera de la wiki de otros editores.
Quiero señalar que no creo que los comportamientos en sí sean cosas que la comunidad no sea capaz de manejar: los problemas de conducta parecen ser sencillos (he revisado por encima parte del material de WPO). Pero mientras WPO albergue contenido que es doxing y/o acoso a editores (contenido no relacionado con este asunto) no queremos vincularlo en la wiki, por lo que se convierte en un problema de ARBCOM. Vanamonde93 ( discusión ) 16:28 23 oct 2024 (UTC) [ responder ]
Declaración de {persona no parte}
Otros editores tienen la libertad de hacer comentarios pertinentes sobre esta solicitud, según sea necesario. Los comentarios aquí deben abordar por qué el Comité debería aceptar o no la solicitud de caso o proporcionar información adicional.
Conducta relacionada con la wikipediocracia: notas del secretario
- Esta área se utiliza para notas de los secretarios (incluidas las recusaciones de los secretarios).
- @JPxG : su declaración no aborda si existe un caso que deba ser escuchado en relación con esta lista de partes o algo similar, o si hay algo que ArbCom pueda hacer con respecto a la disputa entre ellas. ¿Podría refactorizar o eliminar? Este no es el lugar para una discusión general sobre la wikipediocracia. Gracias, HJ Mitchell | Penny, por sus comentarios. 21:34, 21 de octubre de 2024 (UTC) [ responder ]
- (no soy empleado pero tomo nota de la extensión de palabras) @ Just Step Sideways : extensión concedida hasta 1000 palabras. KevinL ( también conocido como L235 · t · c ) 18:06, 22 de octubre de 2024 (UTC) [ responder ]
- Recuse (tengo una historia con Lightburst). House Blaster ( discusión • él/ellos) 21:18 23 oct 2024 (UTC) [ responder ]
Conducta relacionada con la wikipediocracia: opinión de los árbitros al conocer este asunto
Tecla de votación: (Aceptar/rechazar/recusar)
- ArbCom no puede evitar que los editores sean groseros entre sí en otro sitio web. Tampoco podemos evitar de manera realista que se mencione ese sitio web en Wikipedia. Pero podemos lidiar con disputas a largo plazo entre editores si los procesos comunitarios no han podido hacerlo. Las declaraciones (y por favor, sean concisas) deben centrarse en eso. HJ Mitchell | ¿Un centavo por tus pensamientos? 19:30, 21 de octubre de 2024 (UTC) [ responder ]
- Estoy dispuesto a aceptar, pero esperaré a escuchar más opiniones. Ya habíamos recibido múltiples solicitudes privadas relacionadas con WPO a la sombra del problema de Lightburst. Estábamos en el proceso de considerar si aceptarlas. Con un caso que ahora está frente a frente, creo que tenemos una forma mucho más clara de abordar esto. Al final del día, no controlamos WPO. Pero claramente hay una olla latente de problemas relacionados con WPO que está en la wiki. ANI realmente no puede manejar la mezcla de evidencia dentro y fuera de la wiki, lo que quedó evidenciado por los múltiples hilos descarrilados sobre Lightburst. Estoy más indeciso sobre el alcance; no estoy seguro de si es mejor centrarse en Lightburst o tener un caso más sólido que intente abordar las disputas WP/WPO en general. CaptainEek Edits Ho Cap'n! ⚓ 17:57, 22 de octubre de 2024 (UTC) [ responder ]
- Estoy de acuerdo y siento lo mismo que Eek. Z1720 ( discusión ) 19:12 22 oct 2024 (UTC) [ responder ]
- Algunos pensamientos sin ningún orden particular ni organización:
- "A Vigilant le gusta revelar información personal de personas con las que no está de acuerdo" no es algo que Arbcom pueda solucionar; Vigilant no se desbloqueará en un futuro próximo. Aunque me gustaría que dejara de hacerlo, no tenemos otras herramientas.
- Rechazo el argumento de que los problemas que encuentra WPO son una especie de "fruto del árbol envenenado". Podemos tener una discusión sobre su relación señal/ruido, pero personalmente creo que es lo suficientemente decente como para leerlo regularmente. Justo este mes bloqueé un calcetín problemático debido a su trabajo.
- Tengo una cuenta y a veces publico. Desde 2016 hasta el año pasado, hubo un movimiento en WPO para hacer menos ataques personales y más investigación (es decir, ser más respetable). Prohibieron a una cantidad de usuarios que están SanFranBanned en esta era. Después de la suspensión de JSS, el péndulo ha vuelto a oscilar hacia el comportamiento anterior. Tal vez sea para castigarnos por castigar a su arb favorito. Tal vez sea porque llegaron a la conclusión de que ser la memoria mejor indexada de ANI no valía la pena el trabajo. Quién sabe. Publico menos debido al cambio de face-heel.
- Es vergonzoso que haya gente que añada o elimine partes en este caso fuera de los procedimientos.
- Probablemente un caso debería ser limitado y centrarse únicamente en Lightburst.
- No me interesan los MALOS SITIOS, prueba el número 4.
- -- Guerillero Parlez Moi 07:54, 23 de octubre de 2024 (UTC) [ respuesta ]
- Recusa. Moneytrees🏝️ (discusión) 16:37 23 oct 2024 (UTC) [ responder ]
Iniciado por Halcón de cola roja a las 17:38, 17 agosto 2024 (UTC) [ responder ]
- Caso o decisión afectada
- Caso de arbitraje según los artículos 4 entre Palestina e Israel ( t ) ( ev / t ) ( w / t ) ( pd / t ) e hilo AE relacionado .
- Cláusulas cuya modificación se solicita
- De conformidad con WP:CTOP#Referencias del tablón de anuncios de Ejecución de Arbitraje al Comité en pleno , un hilo reciente de Ejecución de Arbitraje se cerró con instrucciones de remitir la disputa al comité de arbitraje en pleno para una decisión final.
- Listas de todos los usuarios involucrados o directamente afectados y confirmación de que todos están al tanto de la solicitud
- Participantes de AE involucrados
- Otros editores cuyo comportamiento fue mencionado directamente en el hilo de AE
- Administradores de referencia
- Confirmación de que todas las partes conocen la solicitud
- Levivich
- האופה
- Hombre azul tres veces crema
- ABBammad
- Autodidacta
- cinco por
- JOHANNVSVERVS
- Sean Hoyland
- Iskandar323
- Dan Murphy
- Nableezy
- Mamífero de pico
- Cero0000
- EscocésFinlandésRábano
- Camarero49
- El caldero de los leoncitos
- Pelé Yoetz
- Camino empañado
- Nishidani
- DMH223344
- M. Bitton
- Información sobre la solicitud de modificación
- A lo largo del debate entre los administradores de AE, se identificaron varias fuentes de interrupción:
- Edición en cámara lenta a largo plazo de la guerra entre varios individuos dentro del área temática del conflicto árabe-israelí.
- Edición de equipo de etiqueta a largo plazo que enfrenta a varios grupos de personas con el área temática del conflicto árabe-israelí.
- La naturaleza generalizada de la guerra de ediciones, la mentalidad de campo de batalla y la presión del punto de vista dentro del área temática del conflicto árabe-israelí.
- La ineficacia de las advertencias previas dentro del área temática para detener la perturbación.
- La incapacidad de las herramientas disponibles en AE para gestionar adecuadamente las disrupciones que involucran a un gran número de partes durante largos períodos de tiempo.
- Durante el debate, los administradores hicieron varias sugerencias, entre ellas la emisión de advertencias a varias personas, la imposición de restricciones 0RR a determinadas personas o restricciones 0RR a un gran número de personas junto con determinados IBAN, TBAN, restricciones individuales contra la agresión y restricciones temáticas sobre la extensión de las publicaciones que se realizan en los debates dentro de esta área temática. Sin embargo, debido a que el debate se convirtió en un conjunto de quejas complejas y de múltiples partes sobre el comportamiento de varios editores durante largos períodos de tiempo, se llegó a un consenso entre los administradores para remitir la disputa más amplia al comité de arbitraje.
- — Halcón de cola roja (nido) 17:38 17 ago 2024 (UTC) [ responder ]
Declaración del Halcón de cola roja (remisión AE)
Nota: La plantilla de enmienda de arbitraje limita la cantidad de personas que puedo agregar inicialmente, por lo que en breve agregaré al resto de los participantes administradores y no administradores a la lista anterior en su propia sección.
Además, como no puedo encontrar ejemplos anteriores de remisiones consultando el archivo, he intentado hacer lo mejor que he podido en este caso, teniendo en cuenta que se trata de una remisión y no de una solicitud o apelación de enmienda estándar. Los árbitros no deben dudar en informarme si he formateado esto de una manera inesperada.
— Halcón de cola roja (nido) 17:38 17 ago 2024 (UTC) [ responder ]
- @ Levivich : Como debería ser más obvio ahora, son todos los que contribuyeron a la discusión sobre AE. — Halcón de cola roja (nido) 17:48, 17 de agosto de 2024 (UTC) [ responder ]
- @Levivich: Actualmente hay una discusión en WT:Arbitration/Requests#Template para referencias de AE sobre ese tema. Para completar, incluí a todos en esta. En el futuro, puede que haya alguna norma/convención, pero pensé que era mejor incorporar a todos en lugar de dejar fuera a alguien relevante. — Halcón de cola roja (nido) 18:03, 17 de agosto de 2024 (UTC) [ responder ]
- Reconozco que omití a varias personas cuyo comportamiento se mencionó directamente, y solucionaré ese problema ahora. — Halcón de cola roja (nido) 18:07, 17 de agosto de 2024 (UTC) [ responder ]
- @ Zero0000 : Por favor, lee mi comentario anterior y mi intercambio con Levivich para obtener una explicación de por qué estás incluido en la categoría de "Participantes de AE involucrados". — Halcón de cola roja (nido) 11:20, 20 de agosto de 2024 (UTC) [ responder ]
- @ L235 : Gracias por tu comentario. Creo que una estructura completa o similar a la de un caso sería lo mejor, ya que es el tipo de cosas que permitirían un examen claro de las complejas disputas entre múltiples partes que AE no es capaz de manejar bien. En mi opinión, no creo que la disposición temática de "sé breve en las discusiones" sea suficiente, ya que no va a remediar las guerras de edición a largo plazo ni los problemas de civilidad que han alejado a los editores de buena fe del área temática.En caso de que se abra un caso completo, estoy de acuerdo en que lo más apropiado es que solo se considere como partes a las personas cuyo comportamiento se está investigando. Pero, antes de que se finalice esa lista, tal vez queramos tener algún espacio para que la comunidad identifique ese tipo de comportamiento, ¿quizás la sección para declaraciones en este hilo? — Halcón de cola roja (nido) 19:01, 17 de agosto de 2024 (UTC) [ responder ]
- Creo que podría ser útil incorporar alguna sanción contra los ataques contundente a las sanciones discrecionales que los administradores pueden aplicar, pero, de ser así, creo que debería parecerse a una que la comunidad haya aprobado anteriormente en un área de DS. Una de esas sanciones es la que se impuso a NewImpartial, de
no más de dos comentarios por discusión por día, excepto respuestas (de longitud razonable) a preguntas o aclaraciones muy breves de sus propios comentarios
. - Dudaría en aplicar un límite de 500 palabras en cualquier discusión de menos de 5000 palabras, y un límite de 1000 palabras o el 10% del límite de discusión, lo que sea menor, en discusiones de más de 5000 palabras sobre un tema en particular de manera general; siento que este tipo de cosas servirían como una trampa para los recién llegados de buena fe que son verbosos, y no necesitamos WP:BITE a los editores de buena fe que están ingresando al tema más de lo que ya ocurre. Dicho esto, hacerlo disponible como una sanción discrecional que podría ser aplicada por un administrador no causaría el mismo problema con más o menos mordeduras automáticas de editores de buena fe nuevos en el área, y podría ser razonable. — Halcón de cola roja (nido) 00:46, 20 de agosto de 2024 (UTC) [ responder ]
- He leído el análisis de BilledMammal ( discusión · contribs ) sobre la paliza. Me gustaría señalar que los editores de WP:ARBBLUDGEON
deberían evitar repetir el mismo punto o hacer tantos comentarios que dominen la discusión
como señal de dos cosas: repetirse demasiado en las respuestas a los demás y simplemente dominar por puro volumen . Los criterios utilizados para la búsqueda en la base de datos pueden verse como un proxy (defectuoso, pero útil) para lo último. El primero requiere un análisis contextual para determinar si alguien simplemente publica el mismo punto un millón de veces en respuesta a diferentes personas; mostrar diferencias en la misma discusión donde alguien repite el mismo punto una y otra (y otra vez) en una multitud de comentarios proporcionaría una mejor evidencia hacia ese punto que el análisis actual. — Halcón de cola roja (nido) 23:03, 27 de agosto de 2024 (UTC) [ responder ] - @ Z1720 : Con respecto a
Si el administrador de cierre determina que el consenso es una remisión de ARCA o una solicitud de caso, es responsabilidad del administrador de cierre publicar la solicitud en el lugar apropiado
, mi lectura de Wikipedia:Temas contenciosos#Remisiones del tablón de anuncios de Ejecución de Arbitraje a la parte pertinente del Comité completo (es decir, Un consenso de administradores en el tablón de anuncios de ejecución de arbitraje puede remitir una solicitud de ejecución de arbitraje al Comité de Arbitraje para una decisión final a través de una solicitud de enmienda ; énfasis mío) es que tuve que enviarlo aquí en lugar de como una solicitud de caso. Si esto va a cambiar en el futuro, probablemente se deberían modificar las instrucciones para aclarar esto. — Halcón de cola roja (nido) 23:44, 28 de agosto de 2024 (UTC) [ responder ] - Creo que una implementación amplia de WP:BRD en todo el tema eliminará las guerras de edición en equipo que se producen actualmente para evitar WP:1RR . Sin embargo, lo que creará es peor: permitiría que grupos de personas incluso más pequeños generen aún más fricción para realizar cambios sustanciales en cualquier parte del área. Una implementación amplia de WP:BRD en todo el área agotaría el tiempo de los editores innecesariamente y resultaría inviable (particularmente para artículos sobre eventos actuales de rápido desarrollo donde WP:1RR probablemente ya sea demasiado engorroso). — Halcón de cola roja (nido) 23:55, 24 de septiembre de 2024 (UTC) [ responder ]
- Notaré que se ha cerrado un hilo con la conclusión de que estoy involucrado en el contexto de la guerra entre Israel y Hamás (2023-presente) debido a ediciones de contenido en esa área. De ahora en adelante, me abstendré de tomar acciones administrativas en el contexto de esa guerra, excepto en casos sencillos (por ejemplo, vandalismo). — Halcón de cola roja (nido) 17:50, 10 de octubre de 2024 (UTC) [ responder ]
Declaración de Levivich
Al igual que otros, aprecio el intento de llevar esto a una conclusión con algunas mociones, pero no estoy de acuerdo con todas las sugerencias de SFR:
- Apelaciones solo a arbcom: no veo ninguna evidencia de que las apelaciones sean una fuente significativa de disrupción en esta área temática. ¿Dónde están los enlaces a 5-10 apelaciones disruptivas recientes? Por lo tanto, no veo ninguna razón para cambiar nada sobre las apelaciones.
- Límites de palabras: el apaleo no se puede determinar por el recuento de palabras o el recuento de comentarios, son indicadores pero no determinantes; cualquier determinación requiere un análisis caso por caso. Además, es una falacia pensar que las discusiones largas son siempre un problema. No podemos decidir si llamarlo " genocidio de Gaza " en una discusión breve. No podemos analizar el número de RSes en Template:Opiniones de expertos en el debate sobre el genocidio de Gaza en menos de 500 palabras por persona. Limitar las discusiones de la página de discusión a 500 palabras sería muy contraproducente para construir una enciclopedia, en cualquier área temática, porque impediría que la gente discuta cualquier cosa en profundidad. Muchos de nosotros ni siquiera podemos comentar este ARCA de un mes de duración en menos de 500 palabras; ¿cómo decidiríamos alguna vez "genocidio de Gaza" en menos de 500 palabras cada uno?
- Exclusión de los participantes "involucrados" - Los "editores designados como "involucrados" en el área de conflicto" serían todos los que editan en ARBPIA. No estoy seguro de la lógica detrás de poner restricciones a todos los que editan ARBPIA. Ciertamente no hay ninguna evidencia de que todos los que editan ARBPIA estén editando de manera disruptiva o de que excluir sus voces beneficiaría de alguna manera al área temática. Además, la experiencia en la edición de un área temática no es algo malo. Me resulta difícil ver la lógica de reemplazar a editores experimentados por editores inexpertos y esperar que eso conduzca a una mejora.
- BRD obligatorio: esto ya es algo que se puede imponer en las páginas de discusión, pero según mi experiencia casi nunca se ha impuesto en ninguna página de discusión en ARBPIA (no se me ocurre ningún ejemplo). Tenemos una página que está bajo Consenso requerido ( Sionismo ). No sé si BRD obligatorio o Consenso requerido es mejor, o si alguno de ellos es una mejora respecto de ninguno, pero no tenemos suficientes datos para saberlo. Dejemos que los administradores los apliquen primero a las páginas y veamos cómo funcionan, antes de considerar aplicar alguno de ellos a toda el área temática.
Este tema ha estado abierto durante casi un mes y, sin embargo, nadie ha publicado aún una lista específica de las partes, ni las diferencias recientes de las interrupciones causadas por esas partes, ni enlaces a discusiones anteriores sobre esas interrupciones que no las resolvieron. Creo que, en lugar de mociones, sería mejor que el arbcom cerrara este ARCA sin ninguna acción específica ahora, pero con una invitación a los editores para que soliciten la revisión del arbcom presentando evidencia específica (en el ARCA o el ARC) de interrupciones recientes que no hayan sido abordadas por la comunidad. Levivich ( discusión ) 20:07, 16 de septiembre de 2024 (UTC) [ responder ]
- Mientras tanto... aquí hay una verdadera disrupción en el área temática, que está ocurriendo ahora mismo: revert , revert , revert , revert , revert , todo por parte de cuentas nuevas en el área temática, al mismo tiempo que comentarios de alto perfil fuera de la wiki, por ejemplo, X post de Brianna Wu , X post de Hen Mazzig . Este es un ejemplo de por qué las "voces externas" no son necesariamente mejores que las voces de editores experimentados. Levivich ( discusión ) 20:33 16 sep 2024 (UTC) [ responder ]
- El comentario de Figureofnine de que existe
una creencia generalizada, tanto dentro como fuera de la wiki, de que estos artículos son tendenciosos
puede ser cierto, pero no hay un acuerdo generalizado sobre en qué dirección se manifiesta ese sesgo. Esta creencia generalizada no es un problema que se pueda solucionar, o que ni siquiera podamos intentar solucionar. Siempre habrá una creencia generalizada de que los artículos de Wikipedia son tendenciosos, al igual que existe una creencia generalizada de que el resto de los medios son tendenciosos, porque es verdad, porque todas las personas son tendenciosas en diversos grados, es inevitable. WP:NPOV tiene "neutral" en el título, pero redefine la palabra para que signifique algo único en Wikipedia. NPOV no significa libre de sesgos, significa que adoptamos el sesgo de la corriente principal. Decimos en wikivoice lo que dice la corriente principal, identificamos los puntos de vista disidentes que la corriente principal considera significativos e ignoramos los demás (llamándolos "marginales"). Llamamos a esta adopción del sesgo de la corriente principal "punto de vista neutral". Todo el mundo siempre estará en desacuerdo con algunas partes, pero serán partes diferentes. Claro, también creo que nuestros artículos de ARBPIA están plagados de sesgos, pero no las mismas partes de las que habla Hen Mazzig, y Arbcom no va a resolver ese desacuerdo entre nosotros. No estamos aquí por los sesgos en los artículos, y no creo que haya ninguna posibilidad de que vayamos a poner etiquetas NPOV en miles de artículos, ni vamos a elegir un organismo que pueda encontrar una manera de escribir un resumen sin sesgos de la disputa geopolítica más complicada y controvertida de la historia. Mantengamos nuestras expectativas razonables: podemos expulsar a las personas que están causando muchos problemas, y tal vez encontrar formas de reducir la cantidad de tiempo de los voluntarios que se pierde en escritos innecesarios (ejem), eso es lo que podemos intentar hacer. Levivich ( discusión ) 05:20, 18 de septiembre de 2024 (UTC) [ responder ]- La afirmación de Coretheapple de que
la comunidad de Wikipedia en su conjunto ha evitado esta área temática
es fácilmente refutable. La guerra entre Israel y Hamás (creada hace menos de un año) ha sido editada por 1.288 editores y tiene 787 observadores de página. A modo de comparación, Israel (creada en 2001) tiene 5.686 editores y 2.928 observadores. Las explosiones de buscapersonas en el Líbano en 2024 (creada hace una semana) tiene 250 editores y 171 observadores. Esos cientos de editores forman parte de la comunidad de Wikipedia (como yo, al igual que los editores con los que trabajo todos los días). No han evitado esta área temática. Levivich ( discusión ) 16:35 24 sep 2024 (UTC) [ responder ]
- Mociones más útiles serían:
- Algo para solucionar el problema, aunque no sé qué (ECR no ha supuesto un problema para los LTA dedicados al área temática)
- Una restricción de fuente como WP:APLRS , pero con una excepción para los eventos actuales. En los últimos días en Talk:Zionism, hemos tenido editores que han intentado citar la Biblia, Wikipedia y diccionarios como RS. Esto es algo que ocurre con demasiada frecuencia. Levivich ( discusión ) 16:23 24 sep 2024 (UTC) [ responder ]
- @ CaptainEek : Tal vez "excluir" no sea la palabra correcta. La redacción actual de WP:Comité de Arbitraje/Procedimientos § Restricción requerida por consenso de fuentes confiables (se necesita un atajo) incluye
institución de buena reputación
y, posiblemente, algo como NYT, BBC o AP calificaría. Pero creo que se debe hacer una distinción entre usar los medios de noticias para los eventos actuales (bueno) y usar los medios de noticias para la historia (malo, especialmente porque hay muchas fuentes académicas disponibles para la historia). Incluso eso se divide en dos categorías más: usar los medios de noticias actuales para la historia (sigo pensando que es malo, porque hay estudios disponibles) y usar los medios de noticias históricos para la historia, como citar un artículo del New York Times de 1948 que dice que los árabes "huyeron" en lugar de "fueron expulsados", que es algo que he visto varias veces en esta área temática y que debería evitarse por completo. Yo lo expresaría así: apégate a los estudios, excepto para los eventos actuales, y luego usa los medios de comunicación tradicionales. Tal vez "aclaración" sea una palabra mejor para eso que "excluir"? En términos de definir "reciente", creo que un año mínimo o dos años máximo... el propósito es que una vez que exista investigación, se descarten los medios de comunicación en favor de la investigación. Se han necesitado unos 6 meses, diría yo, para que se desarrolle un cuerpo de investigación de tamaño decente sobre la guerra de 2023. Un año después, ahora tenemos una buena cantidad de artículos de revistas y se están empezando a publicar algunos libros. Para esta época el año que viene, no habrá necesidad de utilizar los medios de comunicación para los acontecimientos de 2023, ya que tendremos libros y artículos de revistas de los que sacar partido. Esta es mi opinión anecdótica y totalmente acientífica e incondicional, por supuesto :-) Pero en resumen: está bien utilizar el NYT para los acontecimientos del último año más o menos; no utilicen el "explicador de conflictos de propiedad intelectual" del NYT, en su lugar utilicen la investigación para eso; no utilicen periódicos de hace 50 o 100 años para nada. Levivich ( discusión ) 16:19 25 sep 2024 (UTC) [ responder ] - @Eek: Creo que mi preocupación sobre los acontecimientos actuales podría abordarse con una frase añadida a la restricción RS que dijera algo como "Se pueden utilizar medios de comunicación de buena reputación como fuente de acontecimientos actuales que aún no hayan sido cubiertos de manera significativa por la investigación académica". Eso es lo que quise decir con "excluir". Creo que esta frase se aplicaría a APL y ARBPIA y cualquier otra área temática en la que estuviera en vigor la restricción RS. Levivich ( discusión ) 16:49 25 sep 2024 (UTC) [ responder ]
@Aoidh : ¿ Cuáles son los criterios de inclusión de la lista de partidos en su moción? Si analizamos la lista:
- BilledMammal: bloqueo de una semana, registrado por SFR, el 8 de mayo. Nunca se registraron otras sanciones o advertencias. (Aparentemente, BM nunca recibió una advertencia registrada antes de ser sancionado).
- Iskandar323: Última sanción en 2021
- Levivich: Advertencia registrada por SFR el 7 de octubre; antes de eso, la última sanción de ARBPIA (pblock) fue en 2020
- Nableezy: TBAN en 2023 impuesto por SFR, revocado en apelación (reducido a 30 días por acuerdo); la última sanción de ARBPIA (advertencia registrada) fue en 2021
- PeleYoetz: Nunca sancionado, una presentación de AE, que fue remitida a arbcom (esta ARCA)
- Autoestudiante: advertencia registrada por SFR el 7 de octubre; antes de eso, la última sanción de ARBPIA (advertencia registrada) fue en 2020
- האופה: Nunca sancionado, una presentación AE, que fue remitida a arbcom (este ARCA)
No parece que este grupo de editores esté causando problemas a largo plazo. ¿Por qué incluirnos en la lista?
Segunda pregunta: ¿qué hay de malo en hacer que las personas que quieren tener un caso presenten un WP:RFAR , con diferencias y enlaces que muestran una interrupción a largo plazo y un fracaso de la comunidad para manejarlo? ¿Por qué esa no es la respuesta aquí? Levivich ( discusión ) 17:09, 10 de octubre de 2024 (UTC) [ responder ]
- @Aoidh : Aprecio tu respuesta rápida y directa, pero me temo que no entiendo por qué la
interacción entre un grupo de editores se consideró demasiado compleja para que AE la abordara adecuadamente
. ¿A qué interacciones entre este grupo de editores te refieres? ¿Y cuándo se consideró "demasiado compleja" y quién la presentó? Te pregunto: ¿qué hicimos exactamente yo y los demás para que pensaras que deberías iniciar un caso sobre nosotros? ¿Y cómo podría ser "demasiado complejo" si casi no hay sanciones y casi ningún caso de AE sobre nadie en esta lista (ninguno en absoluto para la mayoría de las personas en esta lista)? ¿En qué se basa tu conclusión de que este grupo particular de editores ha tenido interacciones que se han considerado demasiado complejas para que AE las maneje? Levivich ( discusión ) 17:56, 10 de octubre de 2024 (UTC) [ responder ]- Solo para profundizar en un ejemplo: Iskandar323. ¿Qué están haciendo en esta lista? No han sido sancionados desde 2021 y, por lo que sé, nunca fueron llevados a AE en ese período de tiempo (sin contar las presentaciones obviamente sin mérito presentadas por las cuentas bloqueadas por CU). Entonces, ¿qué base hay para decir que las interacciones que involucran a Iskandar323 son demasiado complejas para que AE las aborde adecuadamente? De manera similar, podría ir uno por uno por esta lista, incluyéndome a mí mismo. Pero hablemos solo de la fruta más fácil de alcanzar, que es Iskandar: ¿por qué están en esta lista? Levivich ( discusión ) 17:58, 10 de octubre de 2024 (UTC) [ responder ]
Declaración de האופה
Vaya, una discusión muy larga.
No he estado aquí durante un tiempo debido a asuntos personales no relacionados con Wikipedia. Mi familia se ha visto afectada tanto económica como físicamente por la guerra en Israel, y tuve que tomarme el tiempo para ayudarlos.
Ayer volví y vi la larga discusión... me tomó tiempo leer todo, y admito que no fui capaz de analizar profundamente cada palabra escrita.
Quiero agradecer a Selfstudier , quien sigue de cerca mis ediciones y me llamó la atención sobre esta discusión.
En cuanto al tema en cuestión: nunca he participado en campañas de publicidad ni en campañas de colaboración. Simplemente estoy de acuerdo con otros editores que afirman que la situación en muchos artículos relacionados con Israel ya ha cruzado todos los límites del punto de vista no formal y está muy sesgada. Participo en páginas de discusión y he hecho devoluciones en casos en los que se promovió contenido problemático a pesar de no haber llegado a un consenso. Desafortunadamente, después de todas las guerras de edición, el contenido problemático permanece en estos artículos, dañando nuestra credibilidad. HaOfa ( discusión ) 07:53, 1 octubre 2024 (UTC) [ responder ]
Declaración de Bluethricecreamman
- Parece haber constantes RFC y discusiones sobre la fiabilidad de las fuentes en esta área. Sé que la solicitud de arbitraje actual tiene que ver con una guerra de ediciones a largo plazo, pero también hay campañas a largo plazo en los espacios de discusión para eliminar el uso de ciertas fuentes. Véase la degradación de la ADL, la RFC actual en WP:RSN sobre Al Jazeera, etc. La degradación de la ADL, en particular, provocó una importante cobertura mediática para una diferencia apenas significativa en el status quo del wikipedista promedio (según tengo entendido, ya teníamos advertencias importantes sobre el uso de la ADL con atribución solo cuando se hablaba de Israel y Palestina; el cambio en el status quo apenas significó mucho más que un circo mediático). Bluethricecreamman ( discusión ) 18:58, 17 de agosto de 2024 (UTC) [ responder ]
- En términos de reversión, los límites de reversión son más difíciles de entender en el espacio CTOP, especialmente para argumentos más polémicos. Sería útil una aclaración de cuál es el texto del artículo "base" y cuál es la edición polémica que se está revirtiendo. En mi caso sobre Genocidio de pueblos indígenas , todavía hay preguntas sobre cómo aplicar WP:NOCONSENSUS vs WP:ONUS cuando una edición polémica (que probablemente debería ser eliminada por WP:ONUS ) se había colocado en el texto durante mucho tiempo (y por lo tanto debería permanecer por WP:NOCONSENSUS ). Bluethricecreamman ( discusión ) 19:11 17 ago 2024 (UTC) [ responder ]
- Sería útil una aclaración adicional sobre si la edición en equipo coordinada (es decir, WP:CANVASSED ) o la edición en equipo incidental deben tratarse de manera similar. Bluethricecreamman ( discusión ) 19:11, 17 de agosto de 2024 (UTC) [ responder ]
- Partiendo de la sugerencia de ScottishFR, para el límite de 500-1000 palabras, algunas de estas discusiones de RFC se alargan. En lugar de límites absolutos que podrían limitar injustamente la discusión entre los editores más apasionados del tema, ¿sería posible optar por límites proporcionales (no más de 500 palabras o el 10% de los comentarios, lo que sea mayor?), o límites por semana (¿500 palabras por semana?). Además, tengo dudas sobre si dicho límite se aplicaría a hilos de RFC individuales o a todo el tema a la vez. Bluethricecreamman ( discusión ) 19:15, 17 de agosto de 2024 (UTC) [ responder ]
- Creo que la categorización y las diversas ontologías también son problemáticas y difíciles de determinar, como es de esperar. Véase la cuestión de si a Israel se le acusa simplemente de ser un estado de apartheid, o también un Talk:Herrenvolk_democracy#Inclusion_of_Israel_in_imagebox . Alegaciones de genocidio o de genocidio de pueblos indígenas . Hay cuestiones de tipo POV-fork, pero este es uno de esos temas en los que cada vez que hay una pregunta sobre cómo categorizar el conflicto, se abren exactamente las mismas líneas de batalla de argumentos en un millón de páginas, incluso si cubren aspectos completamente diferentes que pueden involucrar a Israel/Palestina como un ejemplo. Bluethricecreamman ( discusión ) 17:10, 20 de agosto de 2024 (UTC) [ responder ]
- TLDR; Battleground se divide en docenas de páginas de discusión que no son necesariamente bifurcaciones de puntos de vista, los mismos argumentos se impulsan en todas partes en cada RFC. También sería maravilloso contar con mejores pautas sobre cómo ser más conciso con las RFC sobre este tema y cómo discutir temas de WP:ARBPIA en páginas que no están necesariamente centradas en ARBPIA. Bluethricecreamman ( discusión ) 17:13, 20 de agosto de 2024 (UTC) [ responder ]
- En cuanto a la valoración de Number57,
otro problema es que durante la mayor parte de las últimas dos décadas, los dos bandos han estado seriamente desparejos en términos de números y uno de los bandos ha sido capaz de imponer constantemente su punto de vista a través del peso de los números, ya sea mediante la colaboración a largo plazo o haciendo girar discusiones con poca asistencia (y en mi opinión, la restricción 30/500 ha empeorado activamente esta situación al dar una ventaja a los editores problemáticos a largo plazo).
Parece engañoso sugerir esto, especialmente dada la regla WP:NOTAVOTE . Hay RFC en los que los argumentos de ambos bandos son muy favorecidos por los números antes de que un administrador/cerrador no involucrado descarte votos que tienen un razonamiento que se refuta lógicamente. Bluethricecreamman ( discusión ) 19:56, 20 de agosto de 2024 (UTC) [ responder ]- También diré que la restricción 30/500 como un "empeoramiento" de la situación parece una tontería. No estoy muy seguro del razonamiento lógico detrás de esa afirmación, aunque algunas otras publicaciones tendenciosas han intentado usar eso para sugerir que Wikipedia "censura" ciertos puntos de vista. [5][6][7] Bluethricecreamman ( discusión ) 20:07 20 ago 2024 (UTC) [ responder ]
- Parece que algunas personas se están inclinando por prohibir masivamente temas a todos los participantes... Independientemente de lo improbable que sea una propuesta de este tipo, odio la idea de "hacer borrón y cuenta nueva" y es probable que un enfoque tan general cause más problemas de los que resolvería teóricamente:
- * Hay beneficios en tener gente con prejuicios aquí, especialmente los editores más importantes, haciendo un trabajo importante. El prejuicio es inherente a la humanidad y pretender lo contrario es solo una excusa para presionar el botón rojo de prohibición sin considerar las consecuencias (o especialmente porque odian el prejuicio actual de Wikipedia en comparación con su prejuicio preferido). La forma de lidiar con el prejuicio es usar los principios que tenemos, reglas que podemos aplicar de manera imparcial, WP:WIKIVOICE para atribuir correctamente qué lado dice qué, etc.
- Muchas áreas temáticas cuentan con personas especializadas que realizan un trabajo importante (véase la regla de Pareto ). Ver una lista de personas altamente motivadas en esta área temática no es necesariamente una señal de que siempre estén acaparando la atención, sino que son quienes aportan gran parte de la energía necesaria para mantener Wikipedia en funcionamiento.
- El precedente de prohibiciones masivas de temas sin una evaluación cuidadosa de los motivos conduce a precedentes peligrosos para otras disputas de contenido futuras.
- El precedente de castigos retroactivos para zonas de conflicto es un precedente peligroso
- No estoy seguro de que la misma camarilla de editores pro-Palestina/pro-Israel esté necesariamente "desplazando" a otros editores. Hay gente que se queja en voz alta de abandonar las áreas de ARBPIA, especialmente en esta sección, pero eso no es exactamente lo mismo que las estadísticas reales que lo respaldan. En realidad, soy bastante nuevo en esta área temática, y los administradores han tenido la amabilidad de ayudar a guiar, proporcionar una guía útil y evitar mi salida anticipada (voluntaria o involuntaria).
- Creo que presionar a un TBAN masivo en esta área temática sería algo equivalente a aplicar WP:TNT a grandes sectores de la comunidad de editores que se especializan en esto... A menos que sea seguro que todo el proyecto es absolutamente insalvable o que ARBIPA es de alguna manera un fracaso, pido a los árbitros que eviten otorgar tal poder. Bluethricecreamman ( discusión ) 23:11, 20 de agosto de 2024 (UTC) [ responder ]
- @Sean.hoyland gracias por los números, ¡son realmente informativos! Diré que es bastante obvio que recientemente se produjo una afluencia gigante de editores al área temática como resultado del conflicto (yo incluido), aunque obviamente el análisis de un conjunto de datos tan grande para confirmar o negar la toxicidad por parte de un grupo central iría más allá de los números. Creo que la masa pura de personas en el área temática es mucho más difícil de gobernar y regular, especialmente con la polémica del área temática. Y a medida que el conflicto se extiende más allá de las páginas obviamente ARBPIA a páginas tangencialmente relacionadas, las regulaciones se vuelven más turbias. Creo que si PIA5 sucede, una cuestión clave es cómo gobernar y regular en masa, así como a nivel de editor/camarilla individual, y cómo manejar el contenido de PIA en páginas que no son solo PIA pura (ver la página de discusión de Herrenvolk_democracy RFC para un ejemplo). Bluethricecreamman ( discusión ) 16:53 21 ago 2024 (UTC) [ responder ]
- Comentario sobre la Moción 3. Todas las áreas de Wikipedia tienen "habituales" y los habituales generalmente aportan la mayor sabiduría institucional al proyecto. El rechazo de la capacidad de los "habituales" para votar probablemente representaría un repudio de la cobertura actual del conflicto a favor de la visión implícita de algunos de que "mayorías secretas" han invadido las áreas del CTOP. Para la Moción 4 , ¿qué se definiría como reciente? Las guerras de edición pueden tomar la forma de meses de guerra, en cuyo caso qué edición es una reversión y cuál es disputada también se convierte en disputada. Bluethricecreamman ( discusión )
- * En cuanto a la teoría de la "mayoría secreta" propuesta por algunos, sostengo que la gente utiliza la idea de que la contenciosidad de CTOP está impulsada por un pequeño grupo de editores para seguir una estrategia de "quemar la casa" de eliminar/herir a una población de editores que perciben como ideológicamente sesgada en una dirección. Sean.Hoyland ya ha presentado estadísticas que indican que la cantidad de editores es diversa y que el área es polémica principalmente porque el tema es polémico. Bluethricecreamman ( discusión ) 21:45 15 sep 2024 (UTC) [ responder ]
Declaración de ABHammad
Creo que hemos llegado a un punto en el que la edición en este ámbito no es sólo un campo de batalla, sino un territorio ajeno al proyecto. Reconozco que yo también participé en esto en el pasado, no por deseo, sino porque sentí que no tenía otra opción cuando vi la constante presión desde el punto de vista y el desprecio por las políticas y el consenso. Probablemente haya una razón por la que Wikipedia es ahora quizás la única fuente convencional que utiliza términos como genocidio de Gaza y apartheid israelí (leer el titular) con su propia voz. Muchos cambios controvertidos como este se han introducido a través de guerras de edición (ver sionismo , ahora definido como la búsqueda de la “colonización de tierras fuera de Europa”), a pesar de una oposición sustancial. La situación actual ahuyenta a posibles grandes editores y destruye nuestra credibilidad y neutralidad.
La sensación es que un grupo de 5 a 10 editores experimentados han tomado el control del área. Gran parte de sus historiales de edición muestran un enfoque en promover el punto de vista de un lado y descartar el otro. Aunque se producen algunas ediciones problemáticas en ambos lados, debe notarse que el alcance de la edición del punto de vista en los artículos sobre un lado es solo una fracción de lo que ocurre en los artículos sobre el otro. Esta situación se perpetúa a medida que los nuevos editores de buena fe que intentan equilibrar el contenido a menudo se enfrentan a un comportamiento agresivo, como fuertes mensajes CTOP de Selfstudier seguidos de preguntas sobre cómo encontraron este y aquel artículo, preguntas sobre "cuentas anteriores" de Nableezy, acusaciones de "jugar con el sistema para lograr el estatus de EC" de Iskandar323 en los tablones de anuncios y, como vimos el mes pasado, acusaciones no verificadas de trabajo en equipo de Levivich. Aquellos que sobreviven a todo lo anterior luego encuentran sus páginas de discusión de usuario llenas de acusaciones, insultos y otros tipos de ataques personales y calumnias. Incluso cinco ediciones en esta área temática pueden provocar tales reacciones. WP:ONUS y WP:CONSENSUS se ignoran; se aplican solo a otros. Las RfC, AfD y RM se manipulan mediante ataques masivos. Culpan a otros por las guerras de ediciones, pero eso es exactamente lo que están haciendo. Basándome en mi experiencia con estos editores durante varios meses, me temo que sería ingenuo pensar que limitar simplemente el recuento de palabras en las discusiones resolvería el problema. Al revisar sus registros, muchos de estos editores ya tienen un largo historial de advertencias y prohibiciones de temas a corto plazo, por lo que esta vez se debe hacer algo más. ABHammad ( discusión ) 09:49, 20 de agosto de 2024 (UTC) [ responder ]
- Gran parte de lo que estaba discutiendo se está desarrollando mientras hablamos. Echa un vistazo a esta discusión en un artículo creado recientemente por un editor de EC que parece ser un experto en estudios de seguridad. Iskandar323 inicia un movimiento técnico sin ninguna discusión previa [8], Selfstudier pone en duda a otros editores que se unieron a la discusión y no estuvieron de acuerdo con ellos [9], Nableezy le pregunta al editor que abre su página si es su primera cuenta [10], y Sean Hoyland acusó al creador de ser un calcetín [11], solo dos días después de culpar a otro editor de ser un calcetín basándose únicamente en algunos temas de interés compartidos con un editor bloqueado que tenía 72.000 (!) ediciones [12]. Solo puedo adivinar cómo se siente este editor en este momento y cuánto tiempo se quedará con nosotros. ABHammad ( discusión ) 08:43, 22 de agosto de 2024 (UTC) [ responder ]
- Como los problemas de conducta siguen pendientes de resolución, la mentalidad de campo de batalla y el comportamiento disruptivo no se detienen. Las partes involucradas, como Nableezy, Sean. Hoyland y Levivich, siguen acusando (falsamente [13]) a los editores de oponerse a otros puntos de vista con acusaciones de trabajo en equipo y manipulación. No es sorprendente que uno de los principales argumentos se centre en los diferentes puntos de vista [14], continuando la línea de atacar a los editores con puntos de vista diferentes a los suyos.
- Mientras tanto, tenemos a otro editor experimentado cambiando la primera línea del artículo de Hezbolá para describirlo como un grupo de resistencia [15], mientras aboga por eliminar la designación terrorista del grupo, un consenso en las naciones occidentales, del primer párrafo [16]. El mismo editor también ha utilizado Samidoun, etiquetado como organización terrorista por los Estados Unidos, Canadá, Alemania y los Países Bajos por apoyar los ataques del 7 de octubre, para afirmar la inocencia de Samir Kuntar en el encabezado de su artículo [17]. Cuando señalé que Samidoun es una fuente poco fiable, Nableezy respondió:
Oh, Dios mío, que un gobierno diga que un grupo es una organización terrorista no tiene absolutamente nada que ver con si es o no una fuente fiable para alguna declaración. Las Fuerzas de Defensa de Israel son una organización terrorista proscrita en Irán, ¿no deberíamos citarlas para nada?
[18]. Nableezy también dice que es sólo Israel el que afirma tener alguna conexión con el FPLP
[19] y los llama "una organización benéfica registrada en Canadá", [20] pero el USDT dice que Samidoun es "una organización benéfica falsa que sirve como recaudador de fondos internacional para el Frente Popular para la Liberación de Palestina (FPLP)". [21] ¿Preocupante? Ciertamente.
- La intimidación a los nuevos editores persiste, las acusaciones de mala fe continúan y se sigue difundiendo contenido sesgado (en este caso, basado en una organización terrorista). ABHammad ( discusión ) 13:36 14 oct 2024 (UTC) [ responder ]
Declaración de Selfstudier
1. Hay otro hilo de AE reciente y
relevante , Wikipedia:Arbitraje/Solicitudes/Aplicación/Archivo336#Nishidani . Muchos de los editores aquí, incluido yo mismo y varios de los administradores no involucrados, fueron participantes y el caso giraba en torno al comportamiento (y contenido) del artículo sobre sionismo y este mismo tema es parte del caso actual, 6 diferencias de Levivich se refieren (en las dos últimas declaraciones). Selfstudier ( discusión ) 22:55, 17 de agosto de 2024 (UTC) [ responder ]
2. Este también (PeleYoetz). Los editores nombrados aquí siguen respondiendo allí. Aunque procedimentalmente es un caso de AE independiente, se presentó simultáneamente con el hilo de AE relacionado
y es parte integral del mismo . Selfstudier ( discusión ) 12:59, 18 de agosto de 2024 (UTC) [ responder ]
3. Mientras tanto, sería mejor evitar este tipo de cosas o esto. Selfstudier ( discusión ) 22:14 19 ago 2024 (UTC) [ responder ]
4. Varios editores sugieren que los editores se asustan por un ambiente tóxico. Este ejemplo del artículo sobre sionismo (Sean.hoyland) muestra lo contrario: una afluencia de nuevos editores en los últimos tiempos. Es difícil estar seguro sin más datos, pero tengo la sensación de que el patrón se mantendrá también en otros artículos. Por supuesto, es posible que ambas cosas sean ciertas. Selfstudier ( discusión ) 09:34, 21 de agosto de 2024 (UTC) [ responder ]
- @Theleekycauldron :
sería ridículo decir que la temperatura en esta zona es
más baja
que el día antes de que comenzara la guerra.
No digo eso, digo que ha habido una afluencia de nuevos editores independientemente de la temperatura. Selfstudier ( discusión ) 10:11, 21 de agosto de 2024 (UTC) [ responder ]
5. @ Nishidani : ¿Dónde está la evidencia empírica de estas caricaturas escandalosas y farfullantes de un entorno muy complejo?
+1, de hecho me gustaría ver los datos. Selfstudier ( discusión ) 10:24, 21 de agosto de 2024 (UTC) [ responder ]
6: Aparte de mí, y dada la cantidad de veces que se les menciona, creo que deberíamos especificar qué editores son los habituales
. Solo para que lo sepamos. Selfstudier ( discusión ) 17:41 24 ago 2024 (UTC) [ responder ]
7: @ Barkeep49 : La dificultad es que tras la "remisión", basada en un caso que ni siquiera se había resuelto, se designó a 4 editores para investigación sin fundamento aparente ni otro caso especificado como motivos para dicha investigación. Si nadie más hubiera respondido en el caso remitido, ninguno de nosotros estaría aquí ahora mismo, sugiriendo que la única base para dicha designación es el contenido de las respuestas (de editores y administradores) en dicho caso, que carece de cierta lógica, según tengo entendido. Lo que no quiere decir definitivamente que no debería haber un caso, solo que debería tener antecedentes adecuados y no simplemente surgir ad hoc. Selfstudier ( discusión ) 17:04, 30 de agosto de 2024 (UTC) [ responder ]
8: En cuanto a la "evidencia" de BM, el mismo caso al que se refiere Nableezy, BM caracteriza mi posición como si no expresara una postura sobre el uso del término masacre cuando yo voté en contra. -> Oponerse al incidente es un encubrimiento eufemístico de lo ocurrido. Apoyaría los asesinatos de 2008 en Bureij o algo similar
Selfstudier ( discusión ) 12:45, 2 de septiembre de 2024 (UTC) [ responder ]
- Los dos siguientes en la lista son RM que propuse y el resultado estuvo de acuerdo con lo que propuse. No perderé más tiempo con esto, si alguien quiere acusarme de impulsar el punto de vista en base a tal evidencia, siéntase libre de hacerlo. Selfstudier ( discusión ) 14:32 2 sep 2024 (UTC) [ responder ]
9: Si alguien insiste, de manera bastante simplista en mi opinión, en etiquetarme, entonces una etiqueta más apropiada desde mi propia perspectiva sería pro derechos humanos/derecho internacional y el supuesto pro-palestinismo deriva de mi creencia de que los derechos humanos/derechos laborales de los palestinos se violan con mucha más frecuencia que los de los israelíes, en particular los israelíes judíos. Y adivinen qué, puedo obtener esa información con facilidad. Selfstudier ( discusión ) 16:53 2 septiembre 2024 (UTC) [ responder ]
10: La aplicación de BRD o WP:CRP es útil y una de ellas está funcionando actualmente con buenos resultados en Zionism ; para la contundencia, sugeriría en cambio una regla que prohíba las respuestas directas a los !votos, y las respuestas indirectas sólo en las propias secciones como en AE. En cuanto a la exclusión de los !votos, yo estaría de acuerdo con esto siempre que cada editor que haya hecho incluso una edición a un artículo de AI/IP fuera excluido de manera similar (supongo que a dichos editores excluidos se les permitiría abrir discusiones formales, por ejemplo, abrir un RM generalmente se considera equivalente a un !voto en negrita). Selfstudier ( discusión ) 14:22, 16 de septiembre de 2024 (UTC) [ responder ]
11: La moción 5 bien podría ser el caso que debería haberse presentado en primer lugar, ahora que la lista de partidos parece limitada, se podría esperar además que, ah, "el comportamiento con respecto al contenido" también sea objeto de examen. Selfstudier ( discusión ) 09:10 8 octubre 2024 (UTC) [ responder ]
12: La razón por la que Iskandar está en la lista es evidente al leer el caso AE al que se hace referencia. Si eso constituye una buena razón para que estén en la lista es un asunto diferente. Selfstudier ( discusión ) 18:40 10 oct 2024 (UTC) [ responder ]
13: @ Aoidh : Un ARC de ARCA podría funcionar. Solo para aclarar, la evidencia inicial gira en torno a las interacciones entre ciertos editores. Todavía no tengo claro cómo se determinó esa lista de editores. ¿Se excluyó a algunos editores involucrados en los 2 casos de AE por algún motivo? ¿Pueden los administradores ser partes? A primera vista, parece que SFR califica como parte. Selfstudier ( discusión ) 14:53, 13 de octubre de 2024 (UTC) [ responder ]
Declaración de fiveby
No creo que la referencia de este caso en particular y la inclusión de los dos primeros elementos enumerados como interrupción identificada relacionada con la guerra de ediciones signifique necesariamente que AE no pueda lidiar con eso o no lo hizo en este caso. El hecho de que el experimento hiciera estallar el laboratorio no significa que fuera algo malo intentarlo. Parecía una solicitud razonable y un resultado de que se necesitan más pruebas para demostrar la edición en equipo parece razonable, lo que todos podrían haber aceptado y tal vez deberían haber hecho. fiveby ( zero ) 17:05, 18 de agosto de 2024 (UTC) [ responder ]
- HJ Mitchell , ¿quiénes son exactamente estos wikipedistas tan informados? Si estás pensando en aquellos que a menudo afirman tener un mayor conocimiento o habilidad en esta área temática, entonces te equivocas. Aquí hay una "tergiversación de las fuentes" , flagrante y obvia. Si los miembros del comité no pueden ver que está sucediendo ahora y no hacen algo al respecto, entonces son las últimas personas que deberían sentirse calificadas para realizar algún tipo de gran "análisis de las fuentes" para el área temática. fiveby ( zero ) 21:26, 1 de septiembre de 2024 (UTC) [ responder ]
- Levivich , WP:BESTSOURCES . En general, he visto un mayor compromiso con la calidad de las fuentes en esta área temática que en otras (aunque podría objetar firmemente algunas lecturas de las fuentes). ¿Está sugiriendo una regla que solo limitará a los editores razonables, pero que los irrazonables son incapaces o no están dispuestos a cumplir? Por ejemplo, no me sorprendería ver una cita a la Biblia hebrea en el artículo sobre el sionismo, y esperaría (dependiendo de lo detallado que sea el contenido) citas a informes contemporáneos de "fled" en esa sección sobre Haifa discutida el otro día. Por supuesto, las citas serían ayudas para el lector y no fuentes a partir de las cuales crear contenido. La única vez que he visto algo parecido a esa "restricción requerida por consenso de fuentes confiables"
en un artículo de una revista académica revisada por pares, un libro centrado en lo académico de un editor de renombre y/o un artículo publicado por una institución de renombre,
estaba causando más problemas de los que valía la pena . fiveby ( cero ) 21:12 25 septiembre 2024 (UTC) [ responder ]
Declaración de IOHANNVSVERVS
Dos sugerencias para mejorar el área temática:
- 1) Hacer que los resúmenes de ediciones sean obligatorios y exigir que sean precisos.
- 2) Cambiar los requisitos de cuenta confirmada extendida de "la cuenta ha existido durante al menos 30 días" a ~"la cuenta ha sido editada durante al menos 30 días diferentes"
- IOHANNVSVERVS ( discusión ) 03:01 26 sep 2024 (UTC) [ responder ]
Declaración de Sean.hoyland
Estoy de acuerdo con la evaluación de Ravpapa de que probablemente hemos "excedido los límites de lo posible con un modelo de edición abierta y cooperativa, y necesitamos pensar en alguna otra forma de abordar los artículos en esta área". No tengo idea de cómo sería eso.
Me gustaría saber la respuesta a la siguiente pregunta
- ¿Por qué una persona en una misión justa entregaría el control de qué reglas debe seguir a personas hostiles a su causa cuando simplemente puede usar cuentas desechables y elegir qué reglas seguir sin tener que preocuparse por las consecuencias del incumplimiento?
Respuestas como "Va contra las reglas", "Es deshonesto", "Es hipócrita", "Serán descubiertos y bloqueados" son respuestas incorrectas. Sean.hoyland ( discusión ) 15:18 20 ago 2024 (UTC) [ responder ]
En cuanto a la diferencia entre un wikipedista establecido o interesado en temas múltiples y un wikipedista menos establecido o más centrado en temas múltiples, no estoy seguro de que esto te diga nada muy útil. Ya hay material de capacitación que enseña a las personas cómo parecerse a un wikipedista interesado en temas múltiples. Este es un buen consejo porque es útil diluir las ediciones desde el punto de vista, la participación en guerras de ediciones, etc. Unas pocas ediciones de guerra de ediciones estratégicas en un mar de ediciones de temas múltiples probablemente serán tratadas de manera diferente que unas pocas ediciones de guerra de ediciones estratégicas por una cuenta que se parece a una SPA, aunque sean la misma. También puede devaluar la evidencia de intersección de artículos entre cuentas y reducir la posibilidad de que se apruebe un checkuser. Sean.hoyland ( discusión ) 18:10, 20 de agosto de 2024 (UTC) [ responder ]
Un llamado a la humildad
Esto es para todas las personas que hacen declaraciones generalizadoras.
- Tal vez sea mejor asignar poca credibilidad, por defecto, a la precisión de las evaluaciones del estado del "área temática", un sistema complejo con miles de partes móviles.
- Esta es una pequeña parte de la estructura de la que estás hablando. ¿Cuál es la probabilidad de que las afirmaciones generales sean correctas?
- Aquí hay algunos números y algunas preguntas.
- No sé qué es exactamente el "área temática", pero miles de páginas de discusión de artículos tienen una de las diversas plantillas relacionadas con el área temática que informan a las personas sobre las reglas especiales. Por lo tanto, podemos verlas y hacer como si se tratara del "área temática" o algo parecido.
- Esta tabla muestra la cantidad de editores diferentes y la cantidad de revisiones de las páginas de discusión en esta "área temática" durante los últimos diez años aproximadamente. La cantidad de revisiones proporciona un límite superior para la cantidad de interacciones de los editores en las páginas de discusión. Obviamente, la cantidad real de interacciones será mucho menor, pero al menos hay algunas cifras en lugar de historias y sentimientos.
- Preguntas:
- ¿Cuántas de estas interacciones en las páginas de discusión son coherentes con las evaluaciones negativas generalizadas del estado del área temática y cuántas no?
- ¿Cuántos cumplen con las políticas y directrices y cuántos no?
- ¿Cuántos son hostiles, tóxicos, combativos, tendenciosos, condescendientes, contundentes, hipócritas, acosadores, manifiestamente deshonestos, etc. y cuántos no?
Sean.hoyland ( discusión ) 16:02 21 ago 2024 (UTC) [ responder ]
Ser realista/conocer tus límites
Es bastante difícil conciliar las peticiones de prohibición de temas para usuarios experimentados de larga data con lo que sabemos sobre el área temática. Sabemos bastante. Por ejemplo, sabemos lo siguiente.
- No es posible banear o bloquear a una persona y evitar que edite en el área de temas. ¿Por qué? Porque no es posible hacer cumplir la política WP:SOCK en PIA. Es en gran medida inaplicable por una variedad de razones prácticas, técnicas y de cultura wiki. Todos lo sabemos. Siempre ha habido muchas cuentas que evaden los baneos y bloqueos de temas en PIA y aparentemente hay muy poco que se pueda hacer al respecto. Son parte de la comunidad de editores en PIA, les guste o no.
- Las prohibiciones de temas no resuelven los problemas. Dividen la comunidad de PIA en dos clases: editores que cumplen con WP:SOCK y editores que no lo hacen y, por lo tanto, no pueden ser sancionados de manera efectiva. Tal vez un usuario actualmente prohibido en este debate podría hablar abiertamente sobre esta realidad. Su aporte podría ser muy valioso.
- Si a todos los editores que actualmente están activos en el área temática se les prohibiera publicar contenido en la actualidad, el área temática sería recolonizada rápidamente, probablemente en cuestión de días o semanas. Los pioneros probablemente provendrían de subpoblaciones que no creen que la prohibición de "manipular sistemáticamente el contenido para favorecer interpretaciones específicas de hechos o puntos de vista" se aplique a ellos. Lo sabemos porque tenemos muchos datos sobre cómo los nuevos editores altamente motivados y sesgados cruzan (o atraviesan) la barrera de la CE y qué hacen cuando ingresan al área temática.
Sean.hoyland ( discusión ) 04:35 23 ago 2024 (UTC) [ responder ]
El Kip , en cuanto a calcetines,
- Lamentablemente, creo que la afirmación "es un problema que se puede solucionar con relativa facilidad a través de la SPI" (la negrita es mía) simplemente no es cierta. Eso es lo que muestran los datos, y tenemos muchos datos, al menos para las personas que defienden a Israel, pero menos para las personas que defienden a Palestina (aunque también están presentes). Si uno se hace preguntas como...
- "¿Cuántas cuentas de Sock están actualmente activas en el área temática o fuera del área (para obtener EC o acceso a wiki-mail para sondeo)?
- "¿Cómo ha variado el número de cuentas de calcetines a lo largo del tiempo?"
- "¿Cuántas revisiones de artículos, páginas de discusión, RfCs, RSN, etc. se realizan mediante cuentas sock?"
...¿Cuáles son las respuestas? Nadie lo sabe, pero sabemos por los datos que son una presencia constante, realizan miles de ediciones, participan en muchas discusiones y tienen un impacto significativo en la dinámica del área temática (incluidas las cosas a las que a menudo se hace referencia como "calor" y "temperatura", términos ligeramente engañosos porque son cantidades mensurables en el mundo real que aquí son suposiciones subjetivas poco confiables).
Creo que hay un pequeño error a la hora de tener en cuenta la importancia de los calcetines. La existencia de una clase que no se puede sancionar cambia muchas cosas de manera importante (esto también es cierto en otros sistemas). Hay asimetrías en los pagos y penalizaciones por usar calcetines en comparación con no usar calcetines en el juego wiki. Hay asimetrías en los costos de preparar y procesar un informe SPI en comparación con la creación de una cuenta desechable, que es un proceso prácticamente sin fricciones. Estas asimetrías, y hay muchas, parecen ser características muy significativas del área temática. El uso de cuentas desechables parece ser una mejor estrategia para el defensor justo y no es obvio cómo cambiar eso.
Ciertamente, es un problema que podría ser abordado con cierta facilidad a través de SPI, pero eso probablemente requeriría cambios significativos en las normas actuales sobre el uso y la evidencia de checkuser. Lo que me gustaría ver, solo por interés, son experimentos, por ejemplo, dividir el área temática en subconjuntos de artículos, tener diferentes conjuntos de reglas para los subconjuntos, ver qué sucede. Tener un conjunto de artículos cuidadosamente guardado con todas las reglas existentes, cualquier remedio nuevo, cualquier nueva barrera de entrada, checkusers para cada editor activo allí, etc., el entorno de aplicación más estricto posible. Tener otro conjunto que podría ser una tierra para las víctimas oprimidas y maltratadas que evaden la prohibición de WP: SOCK , para el fanático de las cuentas desechables, para que las personas editen la guerra y defiendan el contenido de su corazón y coloquen una exención de responsabilidad en los artículos para los lectores. Cosas como esa serían interesantes y posiblemente informativas.
¿Las afirmaciones del tipo "es una zona de desastre tóxica" son verdaderas o simplemente historias? No es lo que observo. Parece haber mejorado en algunos aspectos. Lo que he observado con el tiempo es lo que parece ser una transición gradual desde cosas como la guerra de ediciones como solución, hasta el diálogo y el uso de herramientas como las RFC, etc. Pero el área temática es tan grande y compleja con tantos actores individuales y tantos eventos, que es difícil hacer declaraciones generales confiables al respecto. Sean.hoyland ( discusión ) 02:27 24 ago 2024 (UTC) [ responder ]
Meme check #1
TLDR -> algunos datos.
¿Qué tan ciertas son las afirmaciones acerca de que los editores se alejan del área temática debido a un ambiente tóxico creado por editores arraigados, etc.?
Es cierto que hay ejemplos que se pueden seleccionar de la gran cantidad de comentarios en las páginas de discusión y en otros lugares para contar esta historia. A veces serán declaraciones sinceras y otras veces serán declaraciones manipuladoras poco sinceras de personas que evaden la prohibición y se hacen las víctimas con la esperanza de que bloqueen a sus supuestos oponentes.
Una forma de ver si los editores se están asustando podría ser...
- Busque cambios en la cantidad de editores únicos en el área temática a lo largo del tiempo.
- Comparar el área temática con el resto de Wikipedia
Si la afirmación es cierta, es posible que esperes ver un par de cosas
- El número de editores únicos se reduce con el tiempo
- Un número proporcionalmente menor de editores únicos en el área temática que en Wikipedia en general.
Intenté analizar esto utilizando tres conjuntos de datos, dos aproximaciones del "área temática" y un conjunto de artículos de Wikipedia seleccionados al azar.
- Área temática de PIA: presencia de plantillas (3734 artículos). Artículos con una de las plantillas de ARBPIA/temas controvertidos en sus páginas de discusión.
- Área temática de PIA: miembros del proyecto (3019 artículos). Artículos que son miembros de Wikiproject Israel y Palestine. Este es el enfoque que utiliza BilledMammal, así que gracias por ello. Ninguno de estos métodos captura todos los artículos que una persona diría que están en el área temática; ambos son subconjuntos diferentes de un conjunto más grande, pero es un comienzo.
- Muestra aleatoria (15000 artículos).
Aquí están los resultados.
- El gráfico superior muestra el recuento de editores únicos a lo largo del tiempo para los tres conjuntos de datos.
- El gráfico inferior muestra los mismos resultados escalados por cantidad de artículos. Este resultado podría sugerir que el área temática es más atractiva para los editores que Wikipedia en general. Realmente no esperaba eso.
Sean.hoyland ( discusión ) 15:21 24 ago 2024 (UTC) [ responder ]
Zero0000 , eliminar artículos del área temática creados a partir del 7 de octubre de 2023 en adelante no parece hacer mucha diferencia. Supongo que muchos editores podrían estar pasando de las nuevas extensiones posteriores al 7 de octubre al área temática para actualizar los artículos anteriores al 7 de octubre. Sean.hoyland ( discusión ) 08:29, 25 de agosto de 2024 (UTC) [ responder ]
Comprobación de meme n.° 2
TLDR -> más datos
Muchas opiniones sobre el área temática hablan de un grupo de editores ('editores experimentados', 'los habituales', 'editores de campo de batalla', 'los culpables', 'editores arraigados', etc.) que han trabajado juntos con algún efecto.
¿Podemos ver este efecto?
- Un lugar donde se puede buscar podría ser la relación entre la antigüedad de la cuenta y las revisiones para ver quién está haciendo la edición.
- ¿Se trata principalmente de cuentas antiguas, o de cuentas más nuevas, o de algo más complicado?
- ¿Hay algún tipo de evidencia visible de la propiedad del artículo?
He intentado ver esto por...
- Selección de 35 artículos bastante destacados
- Producir histogramas que muestran la cantidad de revisiones vs la antigüedad de la cuenta en días en el momento en que se realizó la edición para cada artículo y página de discusión.
- Para mantener las cosas visualmente simples, el tamaño del contenedor para la antigüedad de la cuenta es de 365 días.
- Se marcan los percentiles 25, 50 y 75 junto con la antigüedad promedio de la cuenta.
Estos son los resultados. Las distribuciones varían, pero las cuentas más jóvenes parecen dominar en el área temática en términos de recuentos de revisiones, al menos según esta pequeña muestra. Sería interesante ver cómo se ve esta distribución para toda el área temática. Sean.hoyland ( discusión ) 15:30, 26 de agosto de 2024 (UTC) [ responder ]
Utilizando enfoques basados en evidencia
Me gustaría elogiar a BilledMammal por su enfoque basado en evidencia. De esta manera, las personas pueden discutir la metodología y la evidencia en lugar de afirmar cosas sobre el estado de PIA. Ahora bien, me decepcionó un poco obtener solo un 89 % en el porcentaje de ediciones en el área temática porque se supone que es del 100 %, o algo así, como dice en mi página de usuario, así que no estoy seguro de dónde me estoy equivocando. Pero con respecto a la metodología, la inclusión de "todos los editores con más de 500 ediciones desde 2022 que hayan realizado más del 50 % de sus ediciones en el área temática de ARBPIA" inevitablemente dejará mucho que desear. Tal vez sea inevitable hasta cierto punto. Deja de lado las contribuciones de los calcetines de AndresHerutJaim, por ejemplo (la causa de un caso anterior de ArbCom sobre sondeo). Según mis cálculos, sus calcetines han realizado 1927 revisiones repartidas en 159 cuentas desde 2022 en artículos y páginas de discusión dentro del área temática (usando la misma definición del área temática que BilledMammal). Si eliges las revisiones desde 2020, son 3703, y desde 2018, son 6504, y no estoy seguro de que ninguna de las cuentas supere el umbral del 50 % en el área temática. Y esas son solo las cuentas identificadas para una fuente de edición de calcetines. No tenemos idea de cuál es la tasa de éxito para la identificación de calcetines. Y, un tanto desalentador, puedo ver varios calcetines más (lo que considero) posibles en las estadísticas de actividad. Sean.hoyland ( discusión ) 18:43, 27 de agosto de 2024 (UTC) [ responder ]
Dinámica de PIA
Si hay un caso, creo que una de las cosas que podría intentar abordar es la siguiente propiedad (a menudo cíclica) del sistema, que parece ser bastante común hasta donde puedo decir.
Una solución parcial obvia y contundente al Paso 2 es simplemente que la CE proteja todos los artículos en el área temática de PIA para desincentivar la creación de cuentas descartables que no sean de la CE, pero el Paso 1 no debería realizarse en primer lugar y es claramente mucho más difícil de abordar.
También añadiré que, en mi opinión, un caso que solo incluye a las partes que no emplean el engaño, que no evaden prohibiciones o bloqueos de temas, etc., tiene casi las mismas probabilidades de lograr buenos resultados que un estudio que solo incluye datos de participantes a los que es fácil acceder, mientras que ignora una subpoblación importante a la que es más difícil llegar. Sean.hoyland ( discusión ) 02:40, 1 de septiembre de 2024 (UTC) [ responder ]
Replicadores (calcetines): el regalo que sigue dando frutos
Nuevamente, felicitaciones a BilledMammal por traer los recibos. Poco tiempo para analizar en detalle ahora y probablemente mucho en lo que pensar. Pero un comentario rápido sobre "demuestra que el problema de los títeres de calcetín es menos significativo de lo que creemos". La cantidad de actividad de los títeres de calcetín es algo difícil de imaginar y cuantificar, un poco como la corrupción, los mercados negros, la actividad del grupo Advanced Persistent Threat, pero podemos ver algunas características.
- Si solo miramos desde 2022 hasta el presente, obviamente limitados a hablar solo de los calcetines bloqueados registrados que realizaron ediciones en PIA (con la salvedad de que no podemos saber la tasa de descubrimiento de calcetines), podemos ver lo siguiente
- Habían muchos.
- Hicieron muchas ediciones.
- El grado de "SPA" promedio es bajo (porcentaje de ediciones en artículos de PIA, discusiones, plantillas, categorías, portales y espacios de nombres de borradores). Por lo general, no se parecen a las SPA.
Ver trama
- Nota: esta afirmación mía "obviamente limitada a hablar solo de calcetines bloqueados registrados" no es realmente cierta. También existe la red de categorías relacionadas con calcetines que pueden contener cuentas asignadas a los maestros de calcetines que no tienen entradas de registro que yo pueda capturar o entradas de registro en absoluto. El etiquetado de los calcetines es un poco irregular, lo que lo convierte en una especie de búsqueda del tesoro. Pero fui demasiado perezoso para buscar. Sean.hoyland ( discusión ) 10:48, 2 de septiembre de 2024 (UTC) [ responder ]
Y por más tentado que esté de dar nombres porque creo que AGF es contraproducente en PIA cuando se trata de actores de amenazas que se replican, solo diré que todavía puedo ver muchas cuentas en las estadísticas que considero (según los datos técnicos) como probables casos de fraude. Tal vez alguien presente solicitudes de información en algún momento, pero es poco probable que sea yo porque el costo/beneficio lo hace demasiado caro. Sean.hoyland ( discusión ) 08:41, 2 de septiembre de 2024 (UTC) [ responder ]
Aquí hay una idea para un proyecto divertido para que alguien haga algo potencialmente bonito. Construya un gráfico dirigido de la parte relacionada con los calcetines del ridículamente grande gráfico de categorías de Wikipedia y codifique por colores los nodos y/o bordes para los actores que han realizado revisiones de PIA (y/u otras áreas polémicas) en función de algo, recuento de revisiones, fecha de revisión, SPA-ness, etc. Me imagino que la parte relacionada con PIA del gráfico de calcetines sería bastante pequeña. Sean.hoyland ( discusión ) 11:40, 2 de septiembre de 2024 (UTC) [ responder ]
Etiquetas
En cuanto a etiquetar a los editores como pro-esto o pro-aquello, es una forma abreviada útil para una discusión informal, pero para el análisis el etiquetado debería ser realmente determinista/repetible/basado en un procedimiento de decisión, etc. Además, si tuviera que aplicarme una etiqueta, sería pro-Wikipedia (o tal vez pro-humanos... eso podría ser un poco exagerado pensándolo bien). Creo que para muchas personas parece ser bastante fácil categorizar erróneamente a los pro-Wikipedia como pro-Palestina. Quizás esto se desprenda naturalmente de la afirmación de que los medios, las organizaciones, los gobiernos, la academia (¿todos?) etc. tienen prejuicios contra Israel, por lo que seguir las fuentes te hará parecer parcial contra Israel. Todo es un poco autorreferencial. Sean.hoyland ( discusión ) 15:36, 2 de septiembre de 2024 (UTC) [ responder ]
BilledMammel, esa tabla es interesante, pero mi desafío sería: ¿cuál es la utilidad de una etiqueta infalsificable? Además, si hiciera eso, tendría muy poca credibilidad en las etiquetas porque no sé cómo escribir un algoritmo para diferenciar de manera confiable entre "un punto de vista pro-Palestina"/"un punto de vista pro-Israel" y una opinión basada en fuentes que cumple con las políticas. Esto es lo complicado para mí. Existe el sesgo personal, más el sesgo de muestreo de fuentes de una persona que limita lo que puede ver, más su interpretación personal de las políticas como el peso debido, más lo que personalmente identifica como sesgo, etc. y no se puede simplemente hacer una transformada de Fourier para descomponerlos. Poner una etiqueta a los editores me parece un intento comprensible de imponer orden en algo más complejo y caótico. Sean.hoyland ( discusión ) 16:21, 2 de septiembre de 2024 (UTC) [ responder ]
Una vez descubierta, una cuenta títere se bloquea automáticamente. - Thebiguglyalien
Esta afirmación es falsa.
- Es el tipo de error que contribuye a la incapacidad a largo plazo para resolver los problemas en el área temática.
- Si no se puede sancionar o bloquear a una persona, no se pueden resolver los problemas. Es como enviar a la gente deshonesta a prisiones sin rejas y luego culpar a la gente honesta que no ha sido enviada a prisión por la tasa de criminalidad.
- Ser "descubierto" no es lo mismo que ser denunciado, por ejemplo
- Y ser denunciado no es lo mismo que ser bloqueado. Hay muchos títeres de calcetín "descubiertos" que operan en el área temática en este momento. Muchas personas en el área temática pueden "ver" los calcetines como objetos brillantes. Son parte de la comunidad de editores, son contribuyentes importantes, tienen un efecto importante en la dinámica del área temática y, lo más importante, dividen la comunidad en clases sancionables y no sancionables. Y recuerde, los títeres de calcetín no son solo cuentas que realizan cientos de ediciones desde una sola cuenta y se quedan, aunque hay muchas de ellas. La mayoría de los títeres de calcetín hacen decenas de ediciones en PIA y se van. La mayoría probablemente no sean "descubiertos" o bloqueados en absoluto. La gran mayoría de los artículos en el área temática no están protegidos por EC, por lo que no hay ninguna barrera, solo la vigilancia de los editores que detectan y revierten las violaciones de EC. Luego, por supuesto, ese trabajo de monitoreo y reversión del área temática se contará como parte de las estimaciones de cuánto se parece alguien a un SPA, lo cual es bastante divertido. Sean.hoyland ( discusión ) 03:00 3 sep 2024 (UTC) [ responder ]
En cuanto a Zero0000 , un análisis adecuado debería comparar fuentes confiables con patrones de votación.
...absolutamente. Me atrevería a decir que es muy probable que todo el modelo pro-Israel vs. pro-Palestina sea el modelo equivocado. Es una trampa, a veces utilizada intencionalmente, a veces utilizada sin intención, algo que atrapa a las personas en formas de pensar sobre soluciones que posiblemente no produzcan soluciones efectivas. Mejores modelos podrían ser honesto vs. deshonesto, reglas de Wikipedia > preferencias personales vs. reglas de Wikipedia < preferencias personales. Probablemente haya muchos modelos mejores. La función objetivo para PIA está mal definida. Si es algo así como maximizar el cumplimiento de políticas y minimizar las interrupciones, ¿cómo podemos esperar lograr eso si ni siquiera podemos evitar que una persona edite en el área temática? ¿Alguien cree que bloquear las cuentas sock de O.maximov y FourPi cambiará algo cuando probablemente ya tengan cuentas desechables alternativas? No se puede hacer nada con respecto al sesgo personal. Pero sí se puede hacer mucho para reducir la deshonestidad en el área temática. Sean.hoyland ( discusión ) 04:56 3 sep 2024 (UTC) [ responder ]
Zero0000 , en cuanto a Los 20 principales contribuidores hicieron el 23% de las ediciones.
, el límite de 100 revisiones (en los espacios de nombres 0,1) hace que estos resultados sean una forma particular de ver el área temática. Sin el límite, el área temática se ve un poco diferente. Por ejemplo, desde el 1 de enero de 2022 hasta el presente hubo 44739 actores distintos (excluidos los bots) que hicieron al menos 1 edición en un artículo o página de discusión del área temática. 'Actor' en lugar de 'usuario' porque eso incluye 23124 IP distintas no registradas. Y el número total de revisiones a esos 2 espacios de nombres fue 473212 en ese período, lo que es considerablemente más que la suma de la columna PIA en las estadísticas. Entonces, para mí, esta forma de ver los eventos en el área temática con un límite de recuento de ediciones y una noción de contribuidores dominantes presupone cosas sobre la naturaleza real del área temática. Divide las contribuciones de una manera que es ideal para señalar con el dedo en una guerra de información partidista, pero que puede no reflejar muy bien la realidad. Desde la perspectiva de un "colaborador" de una sola cuenta, parece que los colaboradores con un bajo número de ediciones son los que pueden tener el mayor impacto en el área temática (aunque es imposible saberlo realmente). Haré algunos gráficos para toda el área temática durante varios períodos para mostrar quién está haciendo la edición (en términos de antigüedad de la cuenta) cuando tenga la oportunidad. Sean.hoyland ( discusión ) 13:11 3 sep 2024 (UTC) [ responder ]
Zero0000 , solo estoy contando las revisiones y excluyendo los bots, por lo que no debería cambiar los 20 recuentos principales. O tal vez obtendría recuentos ligeramente diferentes. En realidad, no lo he comprobado. Probablemente debería hacerlo, pero no puedo imaginar que sea significativamente diferente, ya que estamos haciendo más o menos lo mismo. Lo que sería bueno sería ver cuántas reversiones se gastan en aplicar ARBECR, pero hay mucha diversidad en los resúmenes de edición de las personas, lo que lo hace complicado. Sean.hoyland ( discusión ) 14:43, 3 de septiembre de 2024 (UTC) [ responder ]
No creo que "restaurar la fe en el proyecto que muchos no tienen o han perdido" sea un objetivo válido. El cumplimiento de las políticas no depende en absoluto de la cantidad de fe que la gente del mundo tenga en él. El hecho de que haya mucha gente fácil de manipular a la que se pueda persuadir para que crea en algo no debería tener ningún impacto en las decisiones sobre el contenido, en mi opinión. Hay reglas, simplemente deberíamos seguirlas, y las personas a las que no les gusta el resultado son libres de quejarse y monetizar la atención que reciben. Sean.hoyland ( discusión ) 04:34 18 sep 2024 (UTC) [ responder ]
Prohibir la evasión
En cuanto a las mociones, ¿alguien puede pensar en alguna medida práctica sencilla que pueda reducir el impacto de la evasión de prohibiciones en el área temática? Lamentablemente, parece que los usuarios que evaden prohibiciones tienden a ser seleccionados de los extremos del espectro de sesgos y algunos tienen tendencia a provocar incendios. Se podría argumentar que todo este debate fue desencadenado (al menos en parte) por la evasión de prohibiciones, por lo que parece apropiado tratar de abordarlo.
Obviamente no es posible saber cuántas ediciones hacen los actores que evaden la prohibición, pero es posible cuantificar las revisiones que evaden la prohibición y el bloqueo en el área temática de PIA (o más bien una aproximación del área temática: páginas con plantillas y páginas en Wikiproyectos Israel y Palestina).
- por actores con registros de bloqueo que contienen 'checkuser', 'sock', 'multiple accounts', 'evasion' o 'proxy'
- y/o por actores en las categorías 'Wikipedia marionetas de calcetín de'
- Gráfico que muestra los recuentos de revisión que evaden la prohibición anual y mensual
No tengo más ideas que quizás reducir la barrera para el uso de la herramienta checkuser en PIA a un conjunto de desencadenantes simples como la guerra de ediciones, recibir un bloqueo, un comportamiento similar a la evasión de prohibiciones (por ejemplo, un desajuste entre el recuento de ediciones y la experiencia), cualquier cosa que pueda considerarse "edición disruptiva", la frase utilizada en la política de checkuser. Sean.hoyland ( discusión ) 18:29, 22 de septiembre de 2024 (UTC) [ responder ]
Barkeep49 , gracias por la respuesta. Lo entiendo. A veces me pregunto si WMF se beneficiaría de adoptar algún tipo de "compromiso con la autenticidad" que se ve en algunas empresas de redes sociales que tienen que lidiar con problemas similares de evasión de prohibiciones/actores no auténticos. Ahora que Wikipedia se ha convertido en uno de los sitios web más visitados, juega un papel importante en el entrenamiento de modelos de lenguajes grandes y probablemente se volverá aún más importante con modelos que usan Wikipedia/Wikidata, etc. como bases de conocimiento para fundamentar sus respuestas, un sistema que no funciona muy bien para evitar que las personas dispuestas a usar el engaño generen contenido y participen en procesos de formación de consenso parece un poco problemático. Sean.hoyland ( discusión ) 16:15, 23 de septiembre de 2024 (UTC) [ responder ]
Coretheapple , en relación con "la comunidad de Wikipedia en su conjunto ha evitado esta área temática". Yo también pensé que probablemente era así, pero los datos parecen indicar que no es así. El gráfico de la sección 'Comprobación de memes nº 1' anterior parece mostrar que el área temática es más atractiva para los editores que Wikipedia en general, al menos en base a una comparación del área temática y 15.000 artículos seleccionados al azar. Sean.hoyland ( discusión ) 16:44 24 sep 2024 (UTC) [ responder ]
Recuentos de revisiones anuales y mensuales de todos los actores en el área temática de PIA a lo largo del tiempo
Ver la trama (solicitada por Levivich ). Sean.hoyland ( discusión ) 17:01 24 sep 2024 (UTC) [ responder ]
ABHammad , en realidad, mi interés hoy en día es en gran medida técnico. Necesito resultados para evaluar la fiabilidad de los resultados generados por algo en lo que estoy trabajando por curiosidad. Y aún así agradecería una respuesta a mi pregunta aquí . Pero también me interesa la honestidad en el área temática porque creo que está infravalorada. Por lo tanto, si tiene que haber una batalla, debería ser del lado de la honestidad y contra la deshonestidad a través de la evasión de prohibiciones. Pero es una batalla costosa que sospecho que no se puede ganar con las herramientas y la cultura actuales, por lo que no estoy seguro de si es una batalla que vale la pena pelear. Sean.hoyland ( discusión ) 18:02, 14 de octubre de 2024 (UTC) [ responder ]
Declaración de Iskandar323
Declaración de Dan Murphy
La "disputa" tal como se define aquí es "cuentas en Wikipedia no están de acuerdo sobre varias cosas". En mi caso, recientemente he estado en desacuerdo con una serie de relatos sobre la historia del sionismo. Por un lado, los primeros sionistas e historiadores del sionismo lo describen como un proyecto colonial de asentamiento. Por otro lado, algunas cuentas de Wikipedia realmente no quieren que el artículo aquí lo describa como tal. Muchas de esas cuentas han resultado ser títeres de cuentas anteriores prohibidas durante mucho tiempo en esta área. Me sorprendería que la cuenta de Peleyoetz mencionada en este informe no lo fuera también [22]. El abuso de los títeres es una poderosa ventaja en Wikipedia, y la aplicación rígida de las reglas sobre la conducta, ignorante del contenido y el contexto, un poderoso desincentivo para ser honesto y directo.
No importa. Esta idea desorientada, de tirar todo a la pared y ver qué se pega, es una mala idea. Dan Murphy ( discusión ) 13:06 18 ago 2024 (UTC) [ responder ]
Declaración de Nableezy
No veo por qué las apelaciones de AE deberían quedar a discreción del administrador que las impone y ser escuchadas solo por el comité. Las acciones de AE ya son superbloqueos, eliminar dos de los lugares en los que pueden ser escuchadas las convierte más cerca de los superbloqueos. El umbral para revocar una acción de AE ya es bastante alto, y realmente no puedo entender por qué alguien piensa que debería ser aún más alto. BRD forzado está básicamente convirtiendo lo que un obstruccionista hábil puede convertir en un lugar glacial en una edad de hielo. ¿Cómo se determinaría el consenso? ¿Solo se resuelven las discusiones con administradores no involucrados que cierran? ¿Cosas que realmente ayudarían? Un dedo en el gatillo más rápido en las prohibiciones de páginas de discusión para foros. Lo mismo para impulsar opiniones sin fuentes. El anti-golpe es bueno en teoría, tal vez bueno en la práctica, tal vez no. Supongo que se puede averiguar. Pero el BRD forzado creo que acepta que cualquiera que pueda usar Wikilawyer lo suficientemente bien podrá congelar un artículo; Oh, es un fracaso de V... Oh, veo la fuente, bueno, VNOT, y no es DUE... Bueno, veo que se cita ampliamente, pero sigue sin ser NPOV... No, no tengo ninguna fuente que demuestre que sus puntos de vista son cuestionados, creo que primero debería demostrar que todas las fuentes están de acuerdo con este POV... Bueno, no estoy de acuerdo, y ONUS requiere consenso y como no estoy de acuerdo, no hay consenso. Y repito. nableezy - 21:40, 23 de septiembre de 2024 (UTC) [ responder ]
- Creo que es una lectura errónea fundamental del tema abrir un caso con esa lista de partes. Me niego a morder el anzuelo de SFR aquí a partir de su última declaración, algo que debería haber hecho en el AE que precipitó esta solicitud en retrospectiva, pero si hay un caso que abrir, entonces creo que todos ustedes necesitan examinar la edición tendenciosa serial y sí, la propaganda que ocurre aquí. Y la lista de partes debería expandirse con ese alcance. En mi opinión, incluiría usuarios como Andrevan y SPECIFICO, junto con una serie de usuarios menos establecidos que han participado repetidamente en tal edición, como el grupo de usuarios que, junto con un calcetín de Icewhiz y algunas cuentas comprometidas, estaban distorsionando las fuentes en Israel para ofuscar las causas de la expulsión de los palestinos en 1948, por ejemplo האופה ( diff , buscar varias causas), ABHammad ( diff ). Si realmente estás dispuesto a examinar lo que hacen los editores en estos artículos con algo más profundo que contar las reversiones y realmente mirar quién está impulsando material en desacuerdo con la erudición, entonces hazlo. Si esto, como los casos de antaño , va a ser una mirada superficial, entonces supongo que no puedo convencerte de lo contrario, pero, como lo hizo el comité en ese entonces y como algunos de los administradores aquí estaban tratando de hacer en un caso de AE antes de que se descubriera que la mayoría de los participantes eran cuentas comprometidas o grupos de editores prohibidos ( Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Enforcement/Archive336#Nishidani , mira por ejemplo este comentario de uno de los administradores que deja de lado la sospecha completamente correcta más tarde demostrada de que un usuario no estaba exactamente en buena posición) termina, como el escenario más probable, cediendo aún más este área temática a los editores deshonestos como NoCal100 y Icewhiz que nunca son bloqueados o prohibidos, porque solo crean otra cuenta para comenzar de nuevo. Mi comentario sobre ese AE sigue siendo mi opinión sobre esa solicitud y esta. nableezy - 23:17 7 oct 2024 (UTC) [ responder ]
- Estoy impaciente por ver qué pasa con Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/OdNahlawi y Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Icewhiz , que probablemente deberían fusionarse. Ignoren esto como una diatriba de un habitual problemático, pero mi opinión sobre lo que está sucediendo aquí, como ha sucedido una y otra y otra vez, es que editores prohibidos están provocando incendios sin ninguna inclinación a ser honestos, y la gente que está observando desde la distancia dice oh, hace mucho calor allí. Independientemente de lo que decidan todos aquí, mi más sincera esperanza es que sus esfuerzos se dirijan hacia el objetivo de hacer una enciclopedia. Y espero que, teniendo ese objetivo en mente, hagan lo que puedan para ayudar a los editores que se toman en serio ese objetivo, como lo demuestra su edición, y eliminen a los que no lo son. Dudo que este sea el camino, pero quién sabe, tal vez Wikipedia me sorprenda. nableezy - 19:34, 10 de octubre de 2024 (UTC) [ responder ]
Declaración de BilledMammal
Hay una cantidad importante de cuestiones en esta área temática que probablemente sólo ARBCOM pueda abordar, entre ellas:
- Punto de vista empujando
- Incluyendo tanto editores que cambian su postura para ajustarse a su punto de vista (por ejemplo, apoyando el uso de masacre como término descriptivo sólo cuando los ataques se dirigían a israelíes, o sólo cuando los ataques se dirigían a palestinos) como editores que tergiversan las fuentes.
- Sondeo furtivo
- Incivilidad
- Los errores ocasionales son perdonables, pero se ha vuelto común que los editores ignoren el cuarto pilar . Esto los aleja del tema, lo que empeora los problemas con la promoción del punto de vista y la búsqueda encubierta de información.
- La única forma de solucionar el problema del tema es arreglando esto.
- Golpear
- Consulte las estadísticas de discusión de ARBPIA para obtener una evaluación del alcance del problema. Por razones técnicas, actualmente se limita a las discusiones en las páginas de discusión de artículos y en RSN .
- En respuesta al comentario de SashiRolls, solo tres listados (de 109) se vieron significativamente afectados por los títeres de calcetín:
- 26 respuestas de 59 por Levivich en Talk:Sionismo#¿Proyecto colonial? ¿Serían marionetas ?
- 15 respuestas de 45 por Selfstudier en Talk:Sionismo#¿Proyecto colonial? ¿Serían marionetas ?
- 12 respuestas de 34 por Selfstudier en Talk:2024 Operación de rescate de Nuseirat/Archivo 2#El traslado solicitado el 9 de junio de 2024 fue para títeres de calcetín
- El impacto de los títeres en este asunto es trivial y no vale la pena preocuparse por ello. Añadido a las 01:28, 27 agosto 2024 (UTC)
BilledMammal ( discusión ) 09:41 19 ago 2024 (UTC) [ responder ]
- En cuanto a la propuesta de límite de palabras de ScottishFinnishRadish, no creo que tenga el resultado deseado. A menudo, los editores deben revisar una amplia gama de fuentes, como cuando intentan determinar si un punto de vista es mayoritario o cuál es el WP:COMMONNAME , y un límite de palabras lo impedirá. Esto, a su vez, empeorará uno de los otros problemas en el área temática: la promoción del punto de vista.
- En cambio, creo que un límite de comentarios (quizás diez comentarios por discusión) será más eficaz para evitar el intercambio de ideas y la repetición de puntos que hace que las discusiones se expandan de manera improductiva. BilledMammal ( discusión ) 13:12 19 ago 2024 (UTC) [ responder ]
- @ Nableezy : Mi objetivo era revisar una muestra representativa de las discusiones en el espacio temático, en lugar de proporcionar una muestra sesgada hacia las discusiones de las que tenía conocimiento. Para ello, limité las discusiones a dos áreas claramente definidas: las páginas de discusión en los Wikiproyectos de Israel y Palestina y RSN.
- Esto significa que me perdí al menos una discusión de la que tengo conocimiento en la que fui demasiado entusiasta, pero también significa que me perdí discusiones en las que tú fuiste demasiado entusiasta; se equilibra.
- También soy consciente, y lo afirmo claramente en el análisis, que es sólo una aproximación: si bien la mayoría de los ejemplos enumerados serán contundentes, existirán excepciones, incluida posiblemente la discusión que usted menciona.
- Finalmente, como dije en la página de análisis, estoy dispuesto a volver a ejecutarlo con diferentes configuraciones, incluida una lista ampliada de discusiones. También estoy trabajando para implementar las recomendaciones de la página de discusión, para que los datos sean más precisos y útiles. BilledMammal ( discusión ) 22:47, 20 de agosto de 2024 (UTC) [ responder ]
- @ Rosguill : Hay mucho POVPUSHING en RSN, pero por lo que he visto el problema es más común -y más efectivo- en la dirección opuesta a lo que has visto.
- Por ejemplo, si observamos dos de las discusiones que ha enumerado:
- Teniendo en cuenta que la política no ofrece ningún respaldo para considerar que una fuente no es confiable por motivos de parcialidad, encuentro este ejemplo particularmente problemático. BilledMammal ( discusión ) 10:34 22 ago 2024 (UTC) [ responder ]
- @ Nishidani : No considero que la distinción sea relevante, porque no hay ninguna base en la política para considerar que las fuentes no son confiables debido a su sesgo, independientemente del nivel de sesgo. Tolerar que los editores hagan la evaluación de que la fuente A es más sesgada que la fuente B, y por lo tanto A no es confiable mientras que B no lo es, es tolerar la promoción del punto de vista. BilledMammal ( discusión ) 23:47, 22 de agosto de 2024 (UTC) [ responder ]
- @ Nishidani : El objetivo de RSN es determinar la fiabilidad de las fuentes, no el nivel de sesgo. No hay ninguna base en la política para considerar que las fuentes sesgadas no son fiables, y eso significa que los editores que intentan argumentar que la "fuente que no les gusta" es más sesgada y, por lo tanto, menos fiable que la "fuente que les gusta" están promoviendo el punto de vista.
- Por sí sola, no es suficiente para justificar la acción, pero es otra prueba que se suma a la evidencia, como la de que solo se apoya el uso de "masacre" cuando las víctimas son del bando al que apoyan. BilledMammal ( discusión ) 01:58 23 ago 2024 (UTC) [ responder ]
- @ Black Kite : Intenté responder a su solicitud para identificar
cuentas de edición Sub-5000 que son básicamente SPA en el área de PIA, algunas de las cuales inevitablemente serán calcetines, pero incluso si no lo son, son igualmente disruptivas
con las estadísticas de actividad de ARBPIA . - Incluí a todos los editores con más de 500 ediciones desde 2022 que han realizado más del 50 % de sus ediciones en el área temática de ARBPIA. Las cuentas con menos de 5000 ediciones están marcadas con * ; los títeres y maestros están marcados en negrita .
- @Aoidh : ¿ Qué tipo de información sería útil para determinar el alcance? Además, ¿se decidirán las partes en esta etapa o se podrán agregar partes durante la fase de pruebas? BilledMammal ( discusión ) 12:53, 27 de agosto de 2024 (UTC) [ responder ]
- Respecto a la prevalencia de problemas en el área temática, puede ser útil lo siguiente:
- Estadísticas de RM , respecto a la prevalencia del empuje del punto de vista
- Estadísticas de actividad , en relación con la prevalencia de cuentas de propósito único y de cuentas de títeres
- @ Sean.hoyland : Creo que demuestra que el problema de los títeres de calcetín es menos importante de lo que creemos. En 2024, solo un maestro de calcetines está entre los 100 editores principales por cantidad de ediciones dentro del área temática.
- @ Nishidani : Creo que también aborda sus preocupaciones con respecto a la lista de partidos; debido a que muestra que el área temática está dominada por editores que generalmente se alinean con una posición pro palestina, esperaríamos que dichos editores constituyan la mayoría de una lista de partidos representativa.
- BilledMammal ( discusión ) 05:14 2 sep 2024 (UTC) [ responder ]
- @Nableezy : Como dije en esa página :
Los votos en negrita en la discusión se revisaron automáticamente para determinar si apoyaban o se oponían. Este proceso no es perfecto y se utilizó la revisión manual para algunas de las discusiones de los editores más prolíficos. Por favor, plantee cualquier clasificación errónea identificada en la página de discusión.
- Saltar inmediatamente a acusaciones de que un editor está "mintiendo" no está alineado con WP:AGF y es emblemático de los problemas de civilidad en el área temática.
- Dicho esto, no creo que el número 3 sea tan incorrecto como lo haces parecer; tu voto fue:
¿Oponerse ? - ¿Eufemismo en extremo, un "incidente" en el que un ejército mata a 6 niños y a un camarógrafo, y todas las víctimas son civiles? Ninguna fuente lo llama incidente tampoco. En cuanto a las fuentes que lo llaman masacre, bueno, eso estaba en el artículo hasta que lo eliminaron.
- Usted se opone a la medida y presenta argumentos a favor de la "masacre".
- Sin embargo, para evitar disputas, he cambiado esa celda a - , ya que si bien puedes argumentar que no apoyaste la "masacre", no creo que estés argumentando que te opusiste a ella. También revisé manualmente todas las demás tuyas y parecen correctas; si no estás de acuerdo con alguna de las otras, házmelo saber.
- @ Selfstudier : Tienes razón, corregido. Avísame si hay otras clasificaciones erróneas.
- En general, esa tabla tiene como objetivo proporcionar una descripción general del tema en cuestión, con el fin de ayudar a los árbitros a determinar el alcance y las partes. Si bien será útil en cualquier caso que se abra, y lo veo como evidencia de la promoción del punto de vista, no creo que demuestre la promoción del punto de vista por sí mismo; se requiere un análisis adicional de los comentarios y los votos positivos realizados, como hice aquí . BilledMammal ( discusión ) 14:12, 2 de septiembre de 2024 (UTC) [ responder ]
- @ Nableezy : Para evitar disputas, cambié el número 22 por Iskandar323. - He revisado manualmente todos los demás votos de Iskandar323 y parecen correctos, pero si tienes algún problema con ellos, házmelo saber, aunque preferiblemente en la página de discusión, para evitar que los árbitros tengan que pasar por el proceso colaborativo de mejorar esa tabla. Si me niego a cambiar la tabla, creo que sería el momento adecuado para plantear el tema aquí. BilledMammal ( discusión ) 14:32, 2 de septiembre de 2024 (UTC) [ responder ]
- @ Nishidani : Seggallion ( discusión · contribuciones ) está incluido en las estadísticas de actividad; están agrupados como uno de los calcetines de Icewhiz: Icewhiz ( charla · contribuciones ) (×6) En cuanto a las estadísticas de RM, Seggallion solo participó en una; si quieres, puedo intentar agrupar a los títeres bajo sus amos como hice en las estadísticas de actividad, pero es mejor discutir eso en la página de discusión. BilledMammal ( discusión ) 14:20 2 sep 2024 (UTC) [ responder ]
- @ Zero0000 : Mis simpatías están más con Israel que con Palestina, aunque trato de reconocer y dar cuenta de cualquier sesgo que se introduzca en mi pensamiento; si bien a los editores se les permite tener un punto de vista, creo que el primer paso para garantizar que su edición esté alineada con el NPOV es que reconozcan ese punto de vista, ya que les permite tratar de gestionarlo.
- Creo que también sería útil que nos dijeras cómo te clasificas. BilledMammal ( discusión ) 14:59 2 sep 2024 (UTC) [ responder ]
- @ Sean.hoyland : Personalmente, no comparto la posición de que
los medios, las organizaciones, los gobiernos, la academia (¿todos?) etc. tengan prejuicios contra Israel
; si bien algunas fuentes individuales son parciales, también creo que muchas de las críticas a Israel son justas. - Hay algunos editores que sí comparten esa postura, pero también hay otros que sostienen que ocurre lo contrario, es decir, que tienen prejuicios contra Palestina.
- En general, no creo que estemos caracterizando erróneamente
a los pro-Wikipedia como pro-Palestina
, pero si quieres algo más sólido, creo que esta tabla de Thebiguglyalien y mi tabla de RM son útiles. BilledMammal ( discusión ) 15:48 2 sep 2024 (UTC) [ responder ]- No estoy de acuerdo en que la etiqueta sea infalsificable; se pueden aportar pruebas a favor y en contra de ella.
- Creo que también podemos asegurarnos de que sea preciso mediante un proceso colaborativo. Por ejemplo, si observamos las estadísticas de actividad de los 20 editores principales , creo que 13, que en conjunto han realizado 75.383 ediciones en el área temática desde 2022, generalmente se alinean con una posición pro palestina. Creo que dos, que en conjunto han realizado 5.832 ediciones, en general se alinean con una posición pro israelí. Los cinco restantes, que en conjunto han realizado 19.550 ediciones, son neutrales o tienen una posición que no he podido determinar:
- Si usted -o cualquier otra persona- no está de acuerdo con alguna de estas cuestiones, creo que sería útil debatirlas para que podamos crear una lista de consenso, aunque pediría que la discusión se abriera en otro lugar que no sea aquí. Para evitar dudas, esto no significa que estos editores estén promoviendo puntos de vista. Por ejemplo, si bien creo que es obvio dónde están las simpatías del vicerregente, me ha impresionado mucho su capacidad para dejarlas de lado para cumplir con el punto de vista no vinculante.
- En cuanto a la utilidad, creo que nos ayuda a determinar si son precisas las preocupaciones como las planteadas por Nishidani de que la lista del partido no es representativa, así como las preocupaciones como las planteadas por Número 57 de que el área temática está dominada por editores que tienen un punto de vista específico.
- Como nota general, creo que uno de los problemas con el área temática es que es común que los editores se nieguen a reconocer su propio punto de vista, mientras que con frecuencia insisten en que los editores con los que no están de acuerdo tienen un punto de vista. Es posible gestionar un punto de vista y editar de manera neutral, pero solo si uno es capaz de reconocer y aceptar ese punto de vista; el fracaso frecuente, de ambas partes, en hacerlo es la razón por la que tenemos un problema de promoción del punto de vista en esta área temática. BilledMammal ( discusión ) 16:43, 2 de septiembre de 2024 (UTC) [ responder ]
- @ Levivich y Nishidani : Los términos simplemente significan que el editor simpatiza con ese lado más que con el otro. Ambas posiciones son razonables y no significa que sean antipalestinas o antiisraelíes, ni que haya un problema con las contribuciones de esos editores.
- Todo lo que hace es ayudarnos a entender la dinámica del área temática, y es particularmente útil para entender el contexto de comentarios como
el que digo porque hay un desequilibrio masivo entre las personas señaladas, según las percepciones habituales del enfrentamiento de puntos de vista en el área de propiedad intelectual
. - También creo, Levivich, que te estás centrando demasiado en el problema de los calcetines. Existe, aunque quizás no tenga tanto impacto como creíamos antes, pero los calcetines no son el único problema en este ámbito. La promoción del punto de vista entre editores consagrados también está muy extendida, y tiene mucho más impacto que la promoción del punto de vista por parte de los calcetines.
- Las "masacres" de RM lo demuestran bien: tenemos editores que consistentemente, basándose en su propio punto de vista, dicen que las masacres son perpetradas sólo por un lado, y cuando revisamos esas discusiones encontramos que esos editores presentan argumentos contradictorios para apoyar esta disparidad.
- (Nishidani, tengo más que decir con respecto a tus comentarios; no estoy ignorando las preguntas/declaraciones que hiciste, pero no tengo tiempo en este momento) BilledMammal ( discusión ) 22:15 2 sep 2024 (UTC) [ responder ]
- @ Nishidani : No me has entendido bien. Estoy usando la segunda definición de "simpatizar", no la primera. BilledMammal ( discusión ) 22:58 2 sep 2024 (UTC) [ responder ]
- @ Zero0000 : Esa es una discusión sobre pasar de un título que usa "masacre" (masacre del festival de música Re'im) a un título que usa "masacre" (masacre del festival de música Supernova). En otras palabras, no se está considerando el aspecto "masacre", por eso no está incluido en la tabla:
Se revisaron los debates que proponían mover un artículo hacia o desde un título que contuviera "masacre".
- ¿Puedes aclarar tu punto sobre los otros artículos? No entiendo del todo el argumento que intentas plantear.
- (Además, agradecería una respuesta a la pregunta que te hice arriba, cuando respondí la pregunta equivalente tuya) BilledMammal ( discusión ) 04:36 3 sep 2024 (UTC) [ responder ]
- @ Cero0000 :
- Respecto a este comentario:
- En cuanto a su primer punto, no estoy de acuerdo en que arroje luz sobre los hechos. No hay información útil en alguien que esté a favor de cambiar "masacre" por "masacre"; de hecho, es indistinguible de alguien que se oponga a cambiar "masacre" por "masacre".
- En cuanto al segundo punto, quiero decir que estoy cansado de la falta de civismo en este ámbito. Me alejó de él antes, y la única razón por la que volví fue el conflicto actual, y es lo suficientemente malo como para creer que, tan pronto como termine el conflicto actual, me retiraré de nuevo.
- Ambos puntos, pero especialmente el segundo, son emblemáticos de esa falta de civismo. Me han hecho una docena de solicitudes en User talk:BilledMammal/ARBPIA activity statistics y User talk:BilledMammal/ARBPIA discussion statistics y he dedicado una cantidad considerable de tiempo a responder a esas solicitudes, incluidas dos de las tres que usted hizo.
- Sin embargo, usted ignora todo esto, para centrarse en uno de los dos que aún no he podido abordar, y utiliza ese fallo para acusarme de manipular los datos para evitar que
perturben el punto que quiero plantear
. Admito que no lo considero una prioridad (aunque ya le he dedicado algún tiempo), ya que no veo qué información útil proporcionaría, y su explicación no lo aclaró, pero no priorizar su solicitud no es lo mismo que manipular los datos, y no hay justificación para estas suposiciones de mala fe. - Respecto a este comentario:
- (a) - Lo hace ;
Ediciones realizadas desde 2022 en el espacio de artículos y charlas
- (c) - Esto es similar a la otra solicitud que hasta ahora no he podido cumplir . Si me puede proporcionar un par de áreas temáticas de tamaño similar a ARBPIA, puedo abordar tanto su solicitud como la de NebYs . BilledMammal ( discusión ) 08:04, 3 de septiembre de 2024 (UTC) [ responder ]
- @SashiRolls : Porque son datos, no metodología.
- No estoy seguro de por qué piensas que creo que no está relacionado con la disrupción en el área temática. Está relacionado, pero no está dentro del alcance de esa tabla, que se centra en presentar información sobre actores individuales.
- Si quieres presentar evidencia sobre actores agrupados, te animo nuevamente a que lo hagas. BilledMammal ( discusión ) 12:51 3 sep 2024 (UTC) [ responder ]
Declaración de Zero0000
Me opongo a que me incluyan aquí, pero ahora que estoy aquí, diré que hasta ahora no veo ninguna sugerencia que pueda mejorar el área de I/P. A continuación, se indican algunos puntos:
- Si se imponen restricciones en esta área, deberían aplicarse a todos y no a una lista arbitraria como ésta. Una de las cosas notables sobre el área I/P en los últimos meses es la notable cantidad de cuentas nuevas y renovadas que se han sumado, en su mayoría de un lado de la ecuación y muchas con escaso conocimiento del tema. Muchas de las disputas surgen debido a ellas, no a causa de las personas que probablemente comenten en AE.
- Imponer un límite a las contribuciones que consista en un límite de palabras o un límite de edición causará deleite en los equipos, que aprovecharán al máximo su mayor límite combinado.
- Algunos tipos de discusión, como una negociación entre dos editores, no deberían tener ningún límite. Además, en general no hay forma de definir "una discusión", excepto en el caso de discusiones formales como las RfC. Los puntos principales de la disputa se plantean repetidamente y no tienen límites claros. Esto significa que un límite a las "discusiones" solo generará muchas discusiones sobre si algo fue parte de la misma discusión o de una discusión diferente.
- Dar una paliza no significa hacer muchas ediciones. Responder a todos los que hacen un comentario contrario es dar una paliza, pero traer nuevas fuentes confiables repetidamente se llama buena edición.
- Hay una razón por la que muchos editores que entran en el área de I/P rápidamente deciden que es tóxica y está controlada por una camarilla. Es porque llegan armados con nada más que fuertes opiniones políticas y algunos artículos de periódico, y no les gusta encontrarse con editores experimentados familiarizados con la vasta literatura académica. La pequeña fracción de nuevos editores que llegan con un conocimiento genuino del tema lo pasan mucho mejor. Todo esto es exactamente como debería ser. Zero talk 11:34, 22 de agosto de 2024 (UTC) [ responder ]
Aquí hay algo que mejorará la atmósfera de las discusiones formales (RM, RfC, AfD, etc.): exigir que todos se ciñan a su propia declaración, independientemente de cuántas veces la añadan (como en AE). Esto eliminará el 90% de las agresiones de inmediato. Para las RfC: una declaración en la sección !votes y una declaración en la sección Discusión. Zero talk 09:44, 20 de agosto de 2024 (UTC) [ responder ]
- Al editor Sean.hoyland : Es genial ver a alguien presentar evidencia real. La cantidad de editores distintos en I/P se ha mantenido esencialmente igual durante los últimos 8 años hasta que de repente aumentó al comienzo de la guerra actual. Me pregunto si existe una forma sencilla de mostrar los mismos datos sin los artículos relacionados específicamente con la guerra. Eliminar los artículos creados a partir del 7 de octubre de 2023 en adelante podría ser una buena aproximación. No pierdas tiempo en ello a menos que sea fácil. Zero talk 01:34, 25 de agosto de 2024 (UTC) [ responder ]
- Al editor CaptainEek : No creo que ArbCom tenga la obligación de resolver el caso AE. El hecho es que no hay nada en él que AE no pueda manejar perfectamente bien por sí sola. Lo que debería hacer es enviarlo de vuelta a AE (siguiendo el ejemplo de la práctica de los tribunales de apelación de enviar los casos de vuelta al tribunal inferior que los refirió). Mientras tanto, no se ha presentado ningún caso para PIA5. Hemos visto afirmaciones descabelladas sin pruebas, eso es todo, y sería un error tomarlas al pie de la letra. Teniendo en cuenta que hay una guerra a tiros en este momento, ARBPIA está en realidad en mejor forma de lo que uno esperaría. He estado editando en ARBPIA durante más de 22 años y durante la mayor parte de ese tiempo estaba en peor forma que ahora. Zero talk 04:36, 30 de agosto de 2024 (UTC) [ responder ]
Al editor BilledMammal: En varios lugares, como aquí, usted se ha otorgado el derecho de clasificar a otros editores como "pro-israelíes" y "pro-palestinos". Por favor, díganos cómo se clasifica usted mismo. Zero talk 14:55, 2 de septiembre de 2024 (UTC) [ responder ]
Al editor BilledMammal: Por favor, añada este RM a su tabla y marque a Iskandar323 como partidario de "masacre" en el título. Lamento que rompa el patrón. Los lectores también deberían tener en cuenta el sesgo de selección en su tabla: aunque muchos editores que supuestamente sólo apoyan "masacre" cuando las víctimas son palestinos frecuentaron la masacre de Be'eri , la masacre de Kfar Aza y la masacre de Alumim , ninguno de ellos inició un RM ni (en un análisis superficial) cuestionó el uso de "masacre". Pero esta aceptación tácita de los hechos está ausente de su análisis. Este es sólo un ejemplo de cómo sus datos brutos tienden a tergiversar la realidad. Un análisis adecuado tendría que comparar fuentes fiables con patrones de !votación. Zero talk 04:27, 3 de septiembre de 2024 (UTC) [ responder ]
- Al editor BilledMammal: Su respuesta a mi solicitud es lo que esperaba y gracias por confirmar mi sospecha. Se niega a presentar información que pueda arrojar luz fáctica sobre el tema cuando perturba el punto que desea plantear. Otro ejemplo es su negativa a separar el espacio principal del espacio de discusión en las otras tablas (ejemplo: solo el 17% de las ediciones de Selfstudier este año fueron en el espacio principal, pero ¿quién sabe?). Mi mayor temor es que los árbitros piensen que usted es solo un proveedor útil de información objetiva cuando, de hecho, es uno de los principales protagonistas del área y sus datos deben examinarse críticamente con eso en mente. Zero talk 04:58, 3 de septiembre de 2024 (UTC) [ responder ]
En cuanto a los pro israelíes y los pro palestinos , Levivich deconstruye esta división mejor que yo y apoyo de todo corazón su análisis. En cuanto a las disputas, la división más común es entre quienes aceptan acríticamente las versiones oficiales israelíes y quienes no las aceptan. Ser crítico con la propaganda israelí es completamente diferente a ser acrítico con la propaganda palestina. Zero talk 06:16, 3 de septiembre de 2024 (UTC) [ responder ]
BilledMammal invites me to describe my own pov. In the early days of WP when many editors had never heard of academic journals and very few of the best sources were online, I played a large part in making scholarly writing the gold standard in I/P topics. My philosophy is that articles should be based on the best sources available, regardless of which other sources technically pass RS. No editor other than me openly avoids citing either Ilan Pappe or Ephraim Karsh (academics at opposite ends of the pov spectrum). Incidentally, none of the articles directly related to the 2023 Hamas attack on Israel or the subsequent Israeli response appear among my 1,500 most-edited articles, and Talk pages come it at number 412. No wonder I failed my Pro-Palestinian Activism exam. Zerotalk 06:16, 3 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Some quick comments on this contributions table by Billed Mammal.
(a) The table combines talk page edits and article edits (BM: you should indicate that). The fraction of a user's edits that are in article space differs a lot and needs to be considered before judging an editor's habits, but this information is missing.
(b) Overall, 975 days are included. This means that even the largest edit count, that of Selfstudier, is only 15 edits per day (in fact effectively less, guessing 9–10, as Selfstudier often makes consecutive small edits). My count at #16 in the list is only 2.5 edits per day, which is remarkably few given that my watchlist of length 8,687 includes most ARBPIA articles).
(c) The top 20 contributors made 23% of the edits. I don't know how to check this, but I'm guessing that in most areas of similar size the top 20 contributors make a larger fraction of edits than this. Without this information, it cannot be concluded that a small cabal of editors dominate the area. Zerotalk 07:22, 3 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
At Talk:Re'im_music_festival_massacre/Archive_2#Requested_move_8_October_2023, Iskandar323 actually proposed two titles with "massacre" in them. I'll leave it for readers to decide whether or not this is irrelevant to the claim that Iskandar323 only supports "massacre" when the victims are Palestinian. Zerotalk 09:38, 3 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- @Sean.Hoyland: I calculated the 23% figure using the total of 431,132 that BM gave elsewhere. Using your total of 473,212 it would be 21% unless your way of counting also changes the top 20 counts. Also, the top contribution was 3.1%. Zerotalk 14:29, 3 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
To editor Barkeep49: I'm sure BilledMammal's counts are more or less correct. Sean.hoyland is getting similar figures. What I object to is posting a mass of figures then claiming it proves things which it doesn't prove. Drawing conclusions from the data requires much more than a first impression. First it requires consideration of whether the apparent trends are really unreasonable — what should we expect the data to look like if the topic is in good shape? Second, it requires consideration of what information is available but not represented in the data and whether it changes the picture. Neither of those two things have been done. (Critique of statistical experiments is one of my professional specialties.) Zerotalk 15:12, 3 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Motion 1: Appeals only to ArbCom. This gives more discretion to admins without good reason. A better idea would be to encourage AE to forward individual appeals to ArbCom if they think ArbCom is better equiped to handle them.
Motion 2a: Word limits. This will be a gift to tag-teams, who will get 500 words per person. Also, this will prevent the most productive comments, which bring reliable sources and quote from them. This motion would effectively limit discussions to "you say, I say", when they should be "this reliable source says".
Motion 3: Involved participants. This is a dreadful idea. Practically nobody attends these discussions without a pov. The effect will be that newcomers summoned on off-wiki groups, who usually come with a minimum of knowledge, will have greater rights than dedicated editors who are expert on the subject. Also, there will be endless argument over who is "involved".
Motion 4: Enforced BRD. This could work if "substantive reason" requires a talk page explanation and not just a brief edit summary.
Zerotalk 07:33, 16 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Gripe. Instead of proposing changes that will make it harder to write articles and not solve any problems, our dear arbs should consult the regulars in the field who know what changes will be beneficial. Zerotalk 08:34, 23 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@CaptainEek: Don't you think that it would be a good idea to say what problem a word limit is supposed to fix? None has been specified except bludgeoning, which is not one of the main problems of the area. Moreover, 1000 words is enough to bludgeon but not enough to present multiple reliable sources with quotations. Shouldn't you be encouraging proper discussion rather than restricting it? Can you at least specify that citations and quotations of reliable sources do not count in the limit? Otherwise your proposal is going to be a net negative. Zerotalk 01:30, 9 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Statement by ScottishFinnishRadish
There is a broad array of disruptive editing, POV pushing, long term edit wars, bludgeoning, incivility, and it all basically comes down to WP:BATTLEGROUND. I've done my best to take care of all of the obvious cases that won't have to set aside a dozen hours of time to deal with, but much of the behavior is by editors with numerous prior warnings and sanctions but that topic banning, interaction banning, and blocking is not a simple matter. Most AE reports in the topic area involve behavior that is widespread among many parties, and picking out a single party for sanctioning and allowing other editors to continue the behavior isn't how enforcement should be working.
If Arbcom does wish to avoid a full case or "punt", as Barkeep puts it, there are a couple actions they can take to help out in the interim.
- As a sanction across the topic area, or added to the standard set of CTOP enforcement mechanisms available to administrators on a per editor or per discussion sanction, a 500 word limit in any discussion under 5000 words, and a 1000 word or 10% of the discussion limit, whichever is lower, on discussions over 5000 words. This should be done immediately, even if a case is accepted.
- Any appeals of sanctions by editors previously warned or sanctioned in ARBPIA should be handled by Arbcom to take pressure off individual administrators. Arbcom discussions have clerks to handle word limits, aspersions, and other disruptive editing. Arbcom can simply vote on if the sanction was a reasonable exercise of administrator discretion. This would hopefully cut down significantly on 0.3 tomats discussions at appeals, and put those decisions in the hands of the people the community elected to make them. (Hat tip to Red-tailed hawk, who came up with this.)
As for a party list, anyone who has made, been the subject of, or commented at any ARBPIA AE report since October 2023. The problem is widespread, and I think that is probably the most efficient way to generate a party list. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 12:29, 19 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- Levivich, that part of BANPOL is just quoting Arbitration procedure, it can be changed by Arbcom. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 15:15, 19 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- ToBeFree, the tldr is the original complaint was more or less about tag team edit warring, looking into it I saw that it was, in my view, broadly similar to much of the behavior widespread in the topic area, and wasn't terribly interested in making one-off sanctions. It's incredibly widespread, as well as other disruptive behavior, and AE isn't the place to address topic-wide issues. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 00:03, 29 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- HJ Mitchell, simple cases of misbehavior of newish accounts are fairly easily handled, as I think my ~80 AE sanctions this year show. The issue arises when we're asked to look into tag-team or long-term edit warring, as we were in this case, and even cursory investigation shows that a large number of editors are involved. You can't have edit warring or tag teaming with just one party or one side. AE is not equipped to handle, or at least they're is no appetite to handle, multiple long-term edit wars involving large numbers of editors. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 13:26, 2 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- Maybe this idea is wild, but how about anyone named in someone's evidence becomes a party? This isn't a court of law, and being a party doesn't mean there has to be findings or sanctions. Add that if you go over the standard word/diff limits you become a party and Bob's your uncle. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 00:06, 3 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- HJ Mitchell, if you're trying to avoid a case, something like Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Armenia-Azerbaijan 3#Administrators encouraged to let us know what the committee wants done would be helpful.
- Motion 3 is interesting, but it has to be clear if it is or is not a sanction, and if it should be applied to all regulars, or just over-engaged regulars.
- I think there's already an enforced BRD sanction, but it only applies to the editor that first made the edit. This would be more effective in this topic, where the reverts are often between several editors. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 22:16, 15 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- Barkeep49, I mean any guidance at all. Absent a case I want to know what Arbcom wants to see for enforcement. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 00:22, 16 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- Barkeep49, we don't know what's going to pass yet, so we don't know that any tools are being added to our toolbox. I think a clear statement from Arbcom about the topic area would be handy if they're going to punt. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 00:59, 16 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- Tryptofish,
We've got a problem, apparently, with a bottomless well of newish accounts that make life difficult for good-faith editors, which is something that AE should be able to handle.
You can see here that new(ish) accounts misbehaving are taken care of fairly promptly. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 18:41, 18 September 2024 (UTC)[reply] - Motion 4 needs to define
recent
. There's already no policy that defines a revert which makes 1rr a pain. Let's not have any more vague rules to enforce. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 10:48, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply] - Robert McClenon, right now administrators cannot unilaterally place word limits on editors or discussions. Imposing such limits let's editors plan out what they'd like to say and what they choose to respond to, rather than be cut off mid-discussion. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 21:47, 27 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- So, it looks like a punt. The couple additional tools will be handy, but it doesn't address the
broad array of disruptive editing, POV pushing, long term edit wars, bludgeoning, incivility, and it all basically comes down to WP:BATTLEGROUND
where much of the behavior is by editors with numerous prior warnings and sanctions but that topic banning, interaction banning, and blocking is not a simple matter.
None of the new tools help with the case that we referred here, which falls under AE reports in the topic area involve behavior that is widespread among many parties, and picking out a single party for sanctioning and allowing other editors to continue the behavior isn't how enforcement should be working.
So what we're really doing is just letting things continue as they are. - I appreciate what Eek is saying, but keep in mind that there are even fewer active admins at AE and we've already said we can't handle this at AE. When commentary like If you want to even pretend to give a shit about the things that matter here, like not making things up in articles, that would be great. and And oh of course I cant take off my blinders to see how one group of editors is so obviously editing in bad faith, that they are propagandizing in what is supposed to be an encyclopedia article. followed by There is zero evidence of battlegrounding on my part by an editor with years worth of warnings and a couple topic bans slides at AE with a finger wag it's pretty obvious that we're in the realm of shit no one wants to touch.(pinging Nableezy and Barkeep49 as I've mentioned their edits) Adding more tools isn't really going to work if no one wants to use the tools we have now, and even pinging the admins that issued a very final warning won't give feedback other than I don't disagree that it's casting aspersions. But is it battleground behavior worthy of a topic ban? I'm not sure it is, but I'm also not going to object to another admin deciding it is. (pinging Valereee)
- So
- we still can't adequately investigate large and sprawling issues at AE
- there are very few admins doing any sort of AE work
- many of those doing that work are doing so intermittently
- no one wants to issue sanctions where there will be a shitshow
- any sanctions on a long-term editor will be a shitshow
- there are still more arbs than AE admins
- at least we can sanction new editors easily, I guess?
- Anyway, I guess I'll see whoever is on the committee in a few months when it's even worse. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 12:35, 7 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- HJ Mitchell, Arbcom can look at the totality of evidence when it comes to editor behavior, POV pushing, propagandizing, incivility, battleground editing, and all the rest and make a decision on what editors should and should not be editing in the topic area. AE is not suited to this purpose, and expecting individual admins to continue to deal with it alone isn't going to work. There are plenty of actions I could take if they wouldn't all involve hours of investigation to build the case, then further hours defending the action on appeal, along with taking the lumps that come with any such actions. Arbcom is uniquely positioned to share those particular shit sandwiches. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 15:11, 8 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- Vanamonde93, I made a couple suggestions above. I think adding anyone who gives evidence or is named in evidence as a party would be fine. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 18:47, 10 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Statement by Barkeep49
Re:L25: I didn't support moving this here because I was looking for an ArbCom only remedy as I felt we had whatever options we wanted on the table per the Contentious topic procedures A rough consensus of administrators at the arbitration enforcement noticeboard ("AE") may impose any restriction from the standard set and any other reasonable measures that are necessary and proportionate for the smooth running of the project.
(emphasis added) I supported coming here because I think AE is ill-suited to a multi-party sprawling request like this. I actually think האופה is the least important party here in most ways and if the thread had stayed constrained to them a rough consensus would have been found. Instead, the discussion ballooned to potential misconduct by multiple other editors. For me the editors whose conduct needs examining would be BilledMammal, Iskandar323, Nableezy, and Selfstudier and I think ArbCom should review, and hopefully endorse, the work SFR has been doing as an uninvolved administrator given the concerns at least one of the parties (Nableezy) has raised about that work. Additionally, I think Levivich has been promoting, in this and some other recent AE reports, claims of misconduct based on tagteaming/edit warring that I personally don't find convincing (even if the same conduct does show other misconduct I do find convincing, namely a battleground mentality) but which ArbCom is better positioned to examine both because it can do so comprehensively, rather than in a series of one-off AE requests, and because of the authority ArbCom has to interpret existing policy and guidelines, [and] recognise and call attention to standards of user conduct
. Barkeep49 (talk) 19:55, 17 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- I guess I should add one thing. If this ArbCom can't do the review of editor conduct well, and given that this is the committee with the biggest issues with activity among arbs of any 15-member arbcom in at least a decade it may decide it doesn't have the capacity to do this well, I'd suggest it find a way to "punt" that decision, instead focusing on whether or not it agrees with Levivich's interpetation of tag-teaming/edit warring. I say this based on comments members of the 2019 committee (a 13-member committee which is the only one to have a bigger activity problem than this committee) have made around their inability to give PIA4 and Antisemitism the full attention they deserved. In the latter case this then blew up into a much bigger case (WP:HJP). Barkeep49 (talk) 20:09, 17 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- @Z1720 your "magical incantation" comment confuses me. Where did SFR say it was confusing how to refer? I've raised the issue that the mechanics of referring need work, but I don't think AE admins need to be told to bold vote something in order to find consensus to refer. All 4 uninvolved admins - with 4 uninvolved admins being a lot of admins these days - agreed to refer, and all 4 were (as best as I can tell) clear about what each other thought as opinions evolved, so it's not like it was a puzzle what was happening to the uninvolved admins and since other commenters gave feedback on whether or not to refer I don't think it was a puzzle to anyone else either. Barkeep49 (talk) 14:45, 19 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- @Z1720 so you're saying the answer I gave is incorrect? If so mark me as surprised but glad for your clarification. I will eagerly await to see if a rough consensus of other arbitrators agree with you and presuming they do adjust my actions accordingly. Barkeep49 (talk) 15:09, 19 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- @Z1720 thanks for that clarification. I want to understand this second parth. Am I correct that you're saying that if the 4 uninvolved administrators had all bolded
refer to Arbcom
no further action would have been needed as ArbCom (arbs/clerks) would do the rest of the steps? If so that is definitely easier than the answer I gave (close with a rough consensus to refer by an uninvolved admin, uninvolved admin files a case request here, and notifies all interested editors) and so I will happily take advantage of it going forward. Barkeep49 (talk) 15:34, 19 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]- @Z1720 does what I wrote above accurately summarize your thinking? I want to make sure to know whether to adjust my actions for any future potential referrals. Thanks, Barkeep49 (talk) 16:45, 26 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- Thanks Z1720. Sounds like your reading is the same as what I had previously thought. So then I'm still confused about what your initial comment was suggesting - there was never any confusion (that I could see) among the uninvolved admins about what the rough consensus was at a given moment (even if I was asking for some time for a bit to see if we could avoid this referral). Barkeep49 (talk) 00:02, 29 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- Regarding Levivich's statement: even beyond what SFR pointed out (BANPOL is quoting Arbitration Procedures), I think Levivich operates under a fundamental misconception about AE. Levivich seems to view AE as a community forum, where as I feel it is, as the name of Arbitration Enforcment suggests an Arbitration Committee forum. Further, the sanctions being handed out are being done under Arbitration Committee authority, not community authority. As such under the Arbitration and Consensus policies, the Committee can do what it feels best including mandating that all appeals in this topic area are heard by it rather than AE. As to the substance of the SFR's suggestions, I'm not sure the committee wants to hear all appeals, but if it thinks SFR's idea is a good one I would suggest it limit itself to either or both of: appeals of recent sanctions (<3 or <6 months) and appeals stemming from an AE report (regardless of whether it is actioned by an inidivudal administrator or a rough consensus). I think giving uninvolved administrators the ability to use the tools available in Iranian politics to moderate discussions (not just RfCs) may or may not work, but would feel like something that could potentially be productive to stem issues without doing a full case and thus is perhaps worth trying. Barkeep49 (talk) 15:29, 19 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- @Nishidani: the Arbitation Committee will decide who the parties are. So it might be RTH's list, it might be a smaller group of that, or it could be part of that and others not included there. Barkeep49 (talk) 15:23, 1 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- FWIW, I agree with the observations made by both Trypto and Nableezy that the "sides" here don't neatly align on pro-Israel/pro-Palestinian. Beyond the nuances they both have offered, I have seen a definite "established/multi-topic interested Wikipedian" vs "less-established more and/or more singularly focused Wikipedian" divide (for instance SFR has pointed out that Levivich's definition of tag-teaming could apply to some of former group but is only being applied against the latter group). This complexity is why I repeat my concern about ArbCom accepting a case unless it feels it truly has the capacity/ability to do it just because a lot of people (me included) are saying the status quo isn't working. Barkeep49 (talk) 16:27, 20 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- ToBeFree: I think the fact that the thread sprawled in the way it did despite the absence of האופה is exactly why the referral is here. There became so many other editors conduct to consider - not just in tag teaming but in the AE thread itself - that it became beyond what AE can handle well in its format. Barkeep49 (talk) 00:07, 29 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- 1) I want to make sure that ArbCom is aware of the highly related AN thread about RTH's INVOLVEMENT in this topic area. 2) To the extent that Levivich's version of what happened at AE is true, I don't think that argues against a case; it supports the idea that thetopic area needs to be examined, not just having a single complaint against a now inactive editor resolved. Barkeep49 (talk) 15:24, 30 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- One more note: if ArbCom does decide to just adjudicate the AE report for האופה it should also adjudicate Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Enforcement#PeleYoetz which was closed as moot after this ARCA referral. Barkeep49 (talk) 17:02, 30 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- Selfstudier: I agree that
If no-one else had replied in the referred case, none of us would be here right now
is true. If no one else other than Levivich had replied, some quorum of admin would have been able to reach consensus on האופה. The fact that the replies that actually happened split the focus in a way that AE is ill-equipped to handle is why I ultimately (if reluctantly) agreed we should refer the case here. Barkeep49 (talk) 17:08, 30 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]- @Levivich I absolutely think you should be able to present evidence about admin conduct in this topic area. Knowing the concerns you and some others had is why I included SFR in my list of potential parties. And I think it's reasonable to say something like "after that initial post by SFR there was no choice but for a lot of other people to reply which is why that thread sprawled and PeleYoetz" didn't. But I stand by my agreeing with Selfstudier that
If no-one else had replied in the referred case, none of us would be here right now
. Selfstudier and I draw different conclusions about that statement we agree on and the Arbs can decide which conclusion they agree with as it's ultimately up to them. Barkeep49 (talk) 18:39, 30 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- HJ Mithcell: I think there are in the AE thread referring this here
allegations that a particular editor is behaving tendentiously
, namely BilledMammal, Nableezy, and Selfstudier (and maybe also Levivich?). I think some of these allegations are stronger than others but those allegations are 100% part of why this case was referred to you. Barkeep49 (talk) 21:46, 1 September 2024 (UTC)[reply] - I can appreciate and support Trypto's scope, though I'd suggest that a narrower party list is appropriate. I would also note that, today, we've had an editor present evidence right here about the topic area and multiple others accuse that editor of lying about the evidence. This suggests three possibilities to me: the editor made up/manipulated evidence, the people accusing that editor of lying are casting personal attacks, or there is such bad faith among topic area editors that honest mistakes/normal editorial choices while summarizing information is seen as being done with malevolent intent. In theory ArbCom is best positioned to figure out which of these things is true in this and several other similar accusations. And if ArbCom decides they can't (or don't have capacity to stay on top of this kind of conduct during a case), I hope they consider an intermediary step until ArbCom would have the capacity to do this. Barkeep49 (talk) 23:43, 2 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- Trypto: I think determining who should be party to an ArbCom case based on who happened to show up to an AE thread isn't the right way to determine a party list. The party list I gave might be too small but equally discouraging participation at AE because you might become party to a case when there is no accusation you've done anything wrong isn't going to help this topic area either, in my view. Barkeep49 (talk) 23:57, 2 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- @Nishidani: I feel like you're saying we disagree (for the 2nd time here) but I don't think we do? If BilledMammal is presenting misleading evidence that is important to know and act on, especially if that evidence is intentionally misleading. Barkeep49 (talk) 14:46, 3 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- I want to bring to ArbCom's attention this message from Levivich to BilledMammal about this ongoing AE report. Barkeep49 (talk) 20:37, 8 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- I think SFR's AA3 motion would be counter productive - a real "the beatings will continue until morale improves" type of thing. Barkeep49 (talk) 00:12, 16 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- @ScottishFinnishRadish is any comment needed? They're giving new tools in response to the problems brought forward. Presumably the idea is that AE and individual admins start using those tools? Barkeep49 (talk) 00:31, 16 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- My thinking is that if ArbCom feels like they have enough information to make a clear statement other than "we don't see a problem" they should just take action themselves rather than telling AE admin how to do it. I think the potential tools is a far better alternative to any statement they might pass in lieu of a case (as opposed to at the end of a case where I think such statements can be genuinely useful). Barkeep49 (talk) 01:07, 16 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
As ArbCom considers an appropriate response I'll throw out a potentially bad idea. Jeske's suggestion that there could be separate "topic area" and "editor conduct" cases and my suggestion of a delayed start to a case could be combined. So perhaps the topic area happens now and that could inform both tools (which might solve certain editor issues) and parties to a future editor conduct case. Either case could also allow for an examination of the pieces only arbcom can handle because of their offwiki nature (including what was oversighted during this request). That said some kind of motions along the lines of what Harry offers could be worth a try, as could a narrower case that Aoidh proposes (though I think the odds of success are slimmer here because disruption truly is more widespread than just the "power users" who show up at places like AE). Barkeep49 (talk) 20:34, 16 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- @Barkeep49 (and anyone else watching) I think at this point there are no bad ideas. Part of my rationale for proposing the motions was to see if they sparked any better ideas. Separate cases might be worth thinking more about. How would we structure a general case about the topic area to avoid it becoming a mud-slinging contest? HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 21:42, 16 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- ArbCom commits to not sanctioning editor conduct in such a case (except for conduct during the case) would be my most serious suggestion. In more of a brainstorming mode, somehow structure evidence slightly differently (post themes - source manipulation, edit warrning, etc and allow submissions for that them), you could do summary style again (would not recommend given how much time it took but it is a way and I think it accomplished the goal you're concerned about here) I haven't reread the past split case @Jéské Couriano points out recently so there might be other ideas to glean from reading those (and reading what the arbcom at the time wrote about them privately). Barkeep49 (talk) 21:53, 16 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- @Starship.paint: and @Sean.hoyland: one of the reasons I requested CU back was to help in this topic area. But the CU policy has a globally established floor (one which is monitored by the Ombuds who report directly to the Board of the WMF which underscores how seriously its taken). Unlike most global policies where enwiki has far stricter rules, for CU (and OS) I think we're already operating close to, if not at, the floor. So if there are articulable reasons that justify CU it can be done - as I did here - but "make it easier to run CU" isn't something ArbCom or even enwiki can decide. Barkeep49 (talk) 14:43, 23 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- Since Harry has asked for feedback from AE admin, I'd say if the committee thinks it can do this well a case would be worthwhile. If for whatever reason the committee doesn't think that for, and I could think of 3 or 4 such reasons, we're better off trying the motions for now. Especially because one of them (the appeals to ArbCom) is likely to give arbs a better understanding of some of the issues and might make a future case more productive. Though I think many of those issues can be seen in this case request as well. Barkeep49 (talk) 14:40, 8 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Statement by Theleekycauldron
@L235: I agree with Barkeep that this should be a full case. But Red-tailed hawk is right on his list of parties – this is a sprawling case where basically all of the regulars in the topic area have worked together to create a hostile battleground that AE hasn't been able to resolve. Not because of a lack of authority, but because of the complexity of the case combined with the standard unblockables problem. theleekycauldron (talk • she/her) 20:10, 17 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- @Selfstudier: i think it's pretty clear looking at the chart that the number of new editors spiked because of the war (given that it spiked last october). i don't think you can claim from that chart alone what the impact of the regulars has been; it'd be ludicrous to say that the temperature in this area is lower than it was the day before the war began. theleekycauldron (talk • she/her) 09:58, 21 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Statement by PeleYoetz
Statement by TarnishedPath
I understand that the list of participants is everyone who was involved in a particular AE discussion or who was mentioned in that discussion. My editing in the topic area is limited, with a limited number of articles on my watchlist. I don't intend on following this closely. If my participation is desired at any point please ping me, presuming the case goes ahead. TarnishedPathtalk 22:28, 17 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Not sure if anyone has seen this article at Jewish News Syndicate which states that "Blake Flayton, a vocal commentator on Jewish and Israeli issues, responded to the post, calling the changes “egregious” and urging someone with expertise to edit the page to reflect what he considers to be a more accurate portrayal"
. When we are faced with this sort of off-wiki canvassing is it any surprise that there's some level of disruption to the topic area? TarnishedPathtalk 13:54, 17 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
To me it seems that Motion 3: Involved participants may have the effect of increasing the amount of off-wiki canvassing and use of socks that already occurs in this topic area. TarnishedPathtalk 03:33, 16 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@CaptainEek, I'd suggest that definition of "recent" is a long way from the community understanding and if implemented would give rise to increased edit warring both at the 1RR level and at the 3RR level. TarnishedPathtalk 11:07, 23 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- @CaptainEek, I've seen editors brought before AE where part of the evidence involved reverts to other edits well over a 24 hours old. So from what I've seen the idea of recent is older than 24 hours. I don't have an answer on what I think should be a good threshold for what "recent" is, however I could foresee a lot of problems if it was defined as short as 24 hours. TarnishedPathtalk 00:19, 24 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Statement by Nishidani
I object to being hauled into this artificial mess (caused by an innovation in reading that defines all reverts as identical behaviourally irrespective of contexts, so if I revert an unfactual or unsourced piece of WP:OR, I immediately am, like the abusive, often new, editor, engaged in a revert war and, if the abusive editor persists, anyone else who restores the accurate text is tagteaming with me. Crazy). I have been repeatedly reported over the last year, and invariably the cases were dismissed. They were frivolous, but ‘there is no smoke without fire’ psychological atmosphere created by this repetitive questioning of my policy-adherence and good faith, indeed, precisely because AE rejected these piddling reports, the claim emerges that editors like me are ‘untouchable’ (Occam's razor. When a theory fails, those convinced of it invent another theory (Untouchables here) to account for why it was not accepted, etc.). The result here is a series of intemperate variations of a boilerplate meme chanted about the I/P area, which I have heard for a dozen years used of individual editors but now used of a group, first targeted by several off-wiki sites and now pushed as a reality which slipped past our monitoring for 20 years. And it is just an unsubstantiated opinion, esp. from editors I’ve almost never seen here, and, surprisingly seems to be getting some traction.
- theleekycauldron this is a sprawling case where basically all of the regulars in the topic area have worked together to create a hostile battleground that AE hasn't been able to resolve
- Tryptofish the editing environment disturbingly toxic, . . it felt like a fairly large number of experienced editors, together, were acting in a way inconsistent with a CTOP subject.' (See this note)
- AirshipJungleman29:a large number of experienced editors . . turning the entire topic into even more of a WP:BATTLEGROUND than it needs to be, but also negatively affects the experiences and habits of newer editors who follow the combative, actively hostile methods of those they look up to.
- Swatjester;The tendentiousness, bludgeoning, and sealioning behavior from these battleground editors makes it exhausting and frustrating for non-battleground editors to participate. In any event, I see the "usual suspects" attempting to downplay or deny that there's any dispute
- Number 57: there is a core group of 10-15 editors in this topic area (many of whom have been with us for well over a decade) who are primarily on Wikipedia to push their POV . . for most of the last two decades the two sides have been seriously mismatched in terms of numbers and one side has been consistently able to push their POV through weight of numbers, either by long-term tag teaming or by swinging poorly-attended discussions
- The Kip: This pivot was due to the absurd levels of incivility, condescension, POV-pushing, bludgeoning, edit-warring, hypocrisy, and virtually every other type of WP:BATTLEGROUND editing humanly possible, from a core group of editors that perennially show up to scream at each other in every discussion; there's a level of toxicity that just makes me want to ignore the area entirely. This BATTLEGROUND issue is only compounded by the fact that virtually all of the culprits are WP:UNBLOCKABLE . . - I openly endorse nuking the topic area's userbase via mass TBANs.
- Zanahary: It’s a small group of editors making this topic area hell for editors and a headache (I’d imagine) for administrators. I used to involve myself heavily in this topic area, and it’s the only such area where I’ve witnessed personal attacks, bullying, glaring dishonesty and hypocrisy in defense of violation of WP policy.
- Domeditrix there is a culture of bludgeoning, tag teaming and tendentious editing, particularly of the Righting Great Wrongs variety. , , , editors here incredibly experienced, incredibly knowledgeable of processes, , , enable(s) Wikilawyering on a scale that I've frankly not encountered anywhere else on Wikipedia in my history of making active edits. . topic area where, as @ABHammad observes, Wikipedia is out-of-step with a large number of the reliable sources that we rely on for other topics . . I find myself aligning with @The_Kip's suggestion of nuking the topic area with mass topic bans. This is a WP:BATTLEGROUND
- Thebiguglyalien the entrenched editors . . . their behavior is the worst of any topic area on Wikipedia. Everyone here knows which users I'm talking about and which sides they fall on . . This will always be a contentious topic, but it is possible to prioritize the sources over your own beliefs when editing in contentious topics. The current regulars have forced out anyone who might be willing to do this. . .
- xDanielx: the two sides have been seriously mismatched in terms of numbers.
- berchanhimez:I see the only solution being the indefinite removal (topic ban - not warning) of any and all experienced editors who have, even just once, turned the heat up.
Where is the empirical evidence for these outrageous spluttering caricatures of a very complex environment (The IP area is notorious for the huge academic industry of explanation that has grown up around it, and unless you read this material, and put aside using newspaper current events sourcing as the default RS, you are not going to grasp anything there for encyclopedic ends. Who would be so stupid, if their intention was to 'create a toxic battleground', spend decades reading hundreds of books and scholarly articles, when they could simply do what hundreds of SPA and socks do, rack up 500 edits and then, without losing time opening a book, and if caught out, sock, resock, and resock again, in order to sock the 'regular' editors with their opinions, and try to provoke them so they may garner evidence for destroying them at AE?). There is no evidence here, none, as far as I can see, but no doubt some will think, ‘ah, but they’ll find the missing proof for these claims when Arbcom gets to work’. And why should it work on such an outburst of unproven grievances? As I noted on my page, there is a very simple test to find evidence for this hypothesis of a conspiracy (against Israel, that is the tacit innuendo in those complaints above)/bullishly dominating control over IP articles by a 'pro-Palestinian' faction that has putatively consolidated itself as the power to reckon with in the area. Use your wiki tools and elicit confirmation of this bias by examining the list of 100 new IP articles created since 7 October (SFR's starting point). Of the hundreds of editors active over them, show that a handful of the 'regulars' has bludgeoned, intimated, harassed, been uncivil across the board, and secured their 'pro-Pal POV'. If you can't then, all we have here is the appearance of blathering highly personalized grudges. Nishidani (talk) 10:16, 21 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- Billed Mammal. Re this set of diffs, They are not valid evidence for what you claim for a very simple linguistic reason. 'Severe bias' and 'bias' are not interchangeable, the adjectival qualifier makes all the difference. All newspapers have bias, like humans. 'Severe bias' in a newspaper/organization is what makes it unacceptable, as distinct from others.Nishidani (talk) 13:47, 22 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- @User:BilledMammal. I'm sorry, but language and grammar are merciless in these things (and the fact that such niceties are missed so often is one reason reading ANI/AE discussions is, certainly for me, so painful -I was in part permabanned because one admin could not understand irony, though everyone else saw the amicable comedy of my, to him alone, 'aggressively' 'uncivil'/abusive remark). You are simply wrong. If you have played lawn bowls, then grasping whether the ball you are drawing has a wide or narrow bias is fundamental to mastering the art. The whole point of RSN deliberations, and you engage in them often, is to distinguish between narrow and wide bias in newspapers. A narrow bias doesn't imperil the general reliability of a source: a wide bias can lead to deprecation. I guess now, having told you you are flat-out wrong, I have now produced a diff that can be cited in just one more WP:CIVIL suit to be filed against me in the future:):(Nishidani (talk) 01:36, 23 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- And Huldra thanks indeed for that link I'd never seen this data before, because I don't know how to consult files that log stuff on wiki.Nishidani (talk) 01:49, 23 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- Swatjester. Surely you shouldn't take exception to a somewhat playful implication you were a 'cat'. Your presence is very rare in the IP area and your remarks about sealioning and 'the usual suspects' (people like myself) might give the impression of a detached view by an experienced admin. Not quite true. You admitted 17 years ago that you used your admin tools to unblock an Israeli editor for a 3R infraction because, offline he contacted you and convinced you he was justified in breaking the rule. You didn't even check to see if his wild offline claims (presumably about me) were correct. ([23],[24], [25] [26], [27]). When I read your first post here I remembered that contretemps. I never reported it as a misuse of admin tools, and I never hold grudges. But I do remember things, and took your generalization as coming from someone 'involved' in the topic area. Nishidani (talk) 09:30, 23 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- @Swatjester re my putative 'atrocious behavior within this topic area'. You don't have to believe me when I say I don't hold grudges. But I have by all accounts a good memory. If someone out of the blue, whom I haven't seen around for 17 years, implies that I am one of the 'usual suspects', a sealioning bludgeoner, then recalling the earlier episode where they abused their admin tools and damaged my bona fides is more than fair. I was a newbie at that time (that shows in my remarks there), and was almost driven off by the arbitrary punitive measures made against me. I don't hold grudges because I made no formal complaint, which might have damaged you, and I have almost never had recourse, on principle, to making ANI/AE reports to settle disputes by getting someone who disagrees with me banned, a practice that is of chronic here, one used against me with unusual frequency. I exercise care in the words I use. 'atrocious' per Merriam-Webster means 'extremely wicked, brutal, or cruel: barbaric.' You're entitled to that view of me as someone displaying exceptional brutality and cruelty on wikipedia. But you should quietly ask yourself, because I don't report insults, how that squares with the content evidence of my creation of 1,000 plus articles as varied as Kaifeng Jews, Gadubanud, Joseph's Tomb and Irvin Leigh Matus.Nishidani (talk) 16:58, 23 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- @Swatjester That incident occurred 17 years ago, when I was new to wikipedia, and, faced with an inexplicable administrative punishment (technically) I made the inferences one can see. I wouldn't do that now. What you don't deny is the gravamen of those two incidents (a) you used your administrative tools to unblock a sanctioned Israeli user after he talked to you privately (invisibly, without even examining the relevant pages where he broke 3R to verify his narrative) and (b) denied my own unblock request when, given the circumstances, you should have stayed out of this and left the decision to any other admin who was uninvolved. I gave all the relevant links, to allow editors to draw their own conclusions. Archaeologists of wiki disputes can judge for themselves. Nishidani (talk) 19:11, 23 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- @User:Sean.hoyland. Thanks Sean. That is precisely the kind of empirical data we desperately need to as a work basis to get out of the suggestive/insinuating/subjective gossip mode often prevailing on wiki when it deliberates on core issues like this.Nishidani (talk) 16:45, 24 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- @User:CaptainEek. You write:
The world's mostmost intractable problem continues to be our most intractable problem.
- It is not an intractable problem on wikipedia, despite incessant rumour-mongering. It is, an enduring premise of mine, politically intractable, but not descriptively so, taking in both an Israel (semi-)official POV and the scholarship, to the end of achieving NPOV. To the contrary. We can draw on one of the richest WP:RS highbar resource bases existing, for the simple reason that:-
The Israel-Palestine issue has a strong claim to be the most closely studied conflict on earth. 'Voluminous' does not even begin to capture the sheer quantity of the material about it'.(Ian Black, Enemies and Neighbours: Arabs and Jews in Palestine and Israel, 1917-2017, Penguin UK. ISBN 978-0-241-00443-2 p.8 )
- A very large number of positions assumed to be contentious here are not so in that scholarly literature, where a large consensus on the historical realities exists. These however are relentlessly challenged by editors who don't care much for the ivory tower, but care deeply about a country to which they feel a profound emotional attachment (again, understandably, but love of country is not coterminous with love of any one particular government and/or its worldviews). To respin the disputes that arise as an irremediable clash between nationalist POVs is nonsense, but that is the temptation here. And, if this goes to ARBPIA5, the outcome is predictable. There will be two parties identified (regulars and nationalists/socks), and a number from each will be sanctioned, for wikipedia must not give the impression, particularly under the pressures over the last year, of siding with one 'side' or t'other. And why have we got to this? Because an innonative reading, impeccably 'behaviouralist' now takes all reverts, regardless of the rationales, to be on the same footing, and any series of reverts by different editors, regardless of the talk page or the RS literature (the contexts), as evidence of mutual tag-teaming. of course, there will also be a further tightening of the screws on 'behaviour', since everything else is considered a 'content issue' where it is presumed there are a variety of POVs that are, in any case, not up to admins to read up on or make judgments about. Nishidani (talk) 21:03, 29 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- And yes, seconding Zero, I really would like to see a minimum of evidence that the place has deteriorated to the point of requiring executive re-examination. What evidence we have is that there has been a massive investment of editors, a great many new, creating and working hundreds of articles since Oct.7. Personal experience is risible as evidence, but it was hell for the first decade of my working here, and I don't think growing senility accounts for my impression that over the last several years much of that heat has been significantly lowered, thanks to ARBPIA3. The only change I have witnessed is the sharp rise in newly registered accounts that behave oddly - my list has over a score, since Oct.7. That issue was what Levivich tried to address, and his reports somehow got transformed into assertions that they weren't the problem, the 'regulars' were, all based on hearsay circulating for at least a decade, hearsay drummed up by new off-wiki attack sites with a clear nationalist brief to go for wiki's IP jugular.Nishidani (talk) 10:14, 30 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- Finally, this Nishidani (talk) 14:05, 30 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- @Barkeep. Just out of curiosity, if Arbcom opens a case, who are the editors whose behaviour is to be examined. The list given by Red-tailed hawk, or is it larger? I say that because there is a massive imbalance in the people singled out, according to the usual perceptions of the IP area's POV-stand-off.Nishidani (talk) 21:29, 30 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- @Jéské Couriano. As far as I can see, your statistics do not note a deterioration over time of editing in the IP area. They only indicate that roughly half of the cases brought there are IP related, and that AE has efficiently sanctioned a large number of the editors reported. I could make many other inferences but leave a proper analysis to those competent in these matters.Nishidani (talk) 19:57, 31 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- BilledMammal BilledMammal I second Sean Hoyland’s remarks on your page. That is an excellent tabulation. I don't think it demonstrates anything of the sort, that 'pro-Pal' editors dominate the IP area. What it does show is that several editors you would include under that description devote more than half, or indeed in a few cases, most of their attention to the topic area. Greek studies are 'dominated' by people who've mastered the topic- That doesn't mean they are 'domineering' as the rumour-mill here is suggesting. Perhaps I'll have other observations later (here because I won't be participating in any Arbcome process)Nishidani (talk) 10:15, 2 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- Nableezy. The instance you provide, of BilledMammal classifying you as a supporter of the term 'massacre' when you did no such thing, confirms my wariness about drawing any conclusions from broad statistical charts like that. In the example where you are said to push 'massacre' (which is a reasonable preference anyway), what was going on won't be evident to the birds-eye perspective. The name-change was pushed by an old throwaway account by a NoCal sock User:Izzy Borden subsequently blocked on 21 July 2023. His view was supported by a suspected Icewhiz sock, User:Seggallion (38,036 edits). Another successful sock tagteaming operation since they did manage to change the name before being caught out. I don't know if it is proper to call this misrepresentation 'lying'. It is nonetheless the kind of error which can easily insinuate itself when one is applying to a massive data field algorithms that have no feel for context. Note that Icewhiz/User:Seggallion is missing from BilledMammal's chart unaccountably., comfortably slipping through the tool net despite 38,036 edits. Nishidani (talk) 12:38, 2 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- This isn't some pleas for myself, but a note to explain something about why the widespread enmity against 'longterm editors' who, several seem to believe, should be TNT'd so that the area can be rebuilt effectively, is a simpleton fantasy that can do enormous damage if taken seriously. Apart from the accrued area familiarity with its vivacious theatre of new editors who sound like oldtimers, and the RS literature one acquires, there is a dimension of experience, of what Polanyi called tacit knowledge that is wiped out by such bulldozing. Let me illustrate. I had a note on my page posed by an unfamiliar editor, Annette Maon. My instincts told me immediately that there was some echo in that voice I recognized from the past, and a few moments of thought prompted me to associate it with a prior editor, highly intelligent and articulate, very pro-Israel, but utterly unfamiliar with any of the scholarship. The name that popped up was Monochrome Monitor, with whom I engaged in at considerable length around 2016. But I had no, and do not have, and don't care to have, any proof that this intuition might be correct and indicate a dual account. What I did was reply alluding to the possibility the editor had a prior account. Whatever the truth, that editor desisted from further editing IP articles. Go figure. But only deep editing experience will give one the kind of informal knowledge (often subjective, but not infrequently spot on, though never mentioned) that helps one to assess things, beyond the issue of RS etc. If my informal hunch had been true, what followed would never show up in a statistical analysis like BM's. Nishidani (talk) 16:23, 2 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- As to the requested 'pro-Pal POV', that is inane language. I could give a long essay on the roots of my general outlook, from family tales of Irish dispossession (the genocidal consequences of (a) Cromwell's conquest (b) and the effect of the the great famine on our emigration to Australia; to the unusual circumstances of having a father and mother each with a very odd, in a racist Australian world, tradition of sympathy for Zulus and aborigines; to having a Downie as our youngest sister, to an adolescent reading of Holocaust memoirs; to reading Tsepon Shakabpa's political history of Tibet at 17; to specializing academically in the concepts of nationalist exceptionalism -all underdog stories and therefore a sense that any judgment must be grounded in universalist principles or logic. When I started reading wiki IP articles, Palestinian history was absent from most (so I rewrote Hebron) - there was a bias to just an israeli narrative of Jewish traditions there. So 'pro-Pal' is risible. Indeed, if I have an intellectual challenge reflected in my work here, it is to read to the end of trying to grasp how the universalism of the haskalah could morph into the nationalism of modern Israel, In that sense, Palestinians are incidental, to a much broader point-of-view. And lastly, there was this vast disparity between the cusp of scholarship and mainstream reportage, and editors were basically drawing on the latter, which is no way to write anything encyclopedic.Nishidani (talk) 20:09, 2 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- Billed Mammal.
looking at the top 20 editors at activity statistics, I believe that 13, collectively making 75,383 edits to the topic area since 2022, generally align with a pro-Palestinian position. I believe two, collectively making 5,832 edits, generally align with a pro-Israeli position.
- Look at it from another set of angles. What is the proportion of Palestinian (zero) vs (pro-)Israeli/Jewish editors in the IP area, for example? Or what is the proportion of bias in the mainstream sources we almost invariable regard as core RS. E.g.'33,000 news articles from 1987-1993 and 2000-2005 the article shows that anti-Palestinian bias persisted disproportionately in the NYT during both periods and, in fact, worsened from the First Intifada to the Second.' (Holly M Jackson, New York Times distorts the Palestinian struggle: A case study of anti-Palestinian bias in US news coverage of the First and Second Palestinian Intifadas Media, War & Conflict Volume 17, Issue 1 pp. 116-135)
- There is an extensive literature on this, not well covered in Media coverage of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict, and sometimes it may be quite disconcerting for those whose general information on the conflict comes from TV and mainstream newspapers to find that there is another, equally valid, perspective on events, and we must balance them for NPOV. There is absolutely no problem in finding massive coverage of events from a pro-Israeli perspective, but you have to frequently go to the scholarship to see the other side. And much of that scholarship comes from places like TAU and diaspora Jewish scholars (many also Zionist). 'Pro-Palestinian' implies 'anti-Israel' and that is why the term is totally unacceptable.Nishidani (talk) 21:01, 2 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- @Arkon. Whatever the outcome, I think this lengthy exchange of views, explorations of so many standard terms used to (mis)characterize what goes on in the putatively 'toxic' IP area, has been very useful. Instead of the intrinsic litigiousness of standard AE/ANI reports, this has been a productive (?hmm many will think TLDR perhaps) exploration in civilised dialogue, yeah with the odd edge of irritation or annoyance showing through, but that's picayune compared to the overall tone, of issues that we've never had quite the time to look into. The emergence of toolkit algorithmically generated evidence also was refreshing, an attempt, even if in my view, not quite as successful as one would like, to get a minimal empirical handle on what often is read as mere opinionizing. The rules of etiquette and strict topic focus all too often hinder discussions of what is really on editors' mind, before a community and its arbiters, and it is all to the good that we have been afforded this opportunity.Nishidani (talk) 22:07, 2 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
The terms just means that the editor sympathizes with that side more than the other.
- Good grief. What on earth has sympathizing with a 'side', presumably either collectively 'Israelis' or 'Palestinians' got to do with it. It's not a football match where people look on, 'rooting for' (that is extremely vulgar in Australia, where we say 'barrack') our side, and, in doing so, boo the other. Sympathy when partisan is tribal, and modernity teaches us that, though Hillel the Elder put it superbly in his dictum:'What is hateful to you, do not do to your fellow: this is the whole Torah; the rest is the explanation; go and learn,' which we have now in the form, 'Do not do unto others what you would not have them do to you.' To empathize along ethnic lines is to sap the very principle that underwrites this as a human virtue. So, what befell Jewish israelis in the kibbutzim, and the fate of the hostages elicits the same pain as one should feel at what befalls Palestinians. I admit that there are very strong drifts in representation which retribalize our principles, demanding that we showcase the tragedy of Israeli hostages, each with a photo and lifestory, while the parallel hostage-taking of Palestinians ( of the 9,170 arrested roughly 4000 are in administrative detention, i.e. held without trial, lawyers or due process, and probably without a skerrick of evidence like Khalida Jarrar) is systematically ignored. To state that, given the disparity, is not to espouse a pro-Palestinian perspective. It is simply to insist that our civilization in its laws and ethical principles commends our sympathies to go out to whoever suffers, regardless of the mean divisions of politics and ethnicity.Nishidani (talk) 22:43, 2 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
today, we've had an editor present evidence right here about the topic area and multiple others accuse that editor of lying about the evidence.Barkeep49
Translation: Billed Mammal presented a very abstract set of charts, and multiple editors stated that BM was lying about the evidence in them.
Your three interpretations are (BM) lied, by falsifying the facts; (b) that multiple editors replied by making personal attacks; (c) that bad faith is so deep that honest mistakes/normal editorial choices in summarizing information are read between the lines as malevolent.
I find that extraordinary, a wild caricature and misreading of several distinct reactions to BM’s chart. Perhaps that simply because I can't remember reading anything in a very long thread that might support it. Other than Nableezy’s use of the term ‘lying/dishonest’ – for which he said he would produce evidence if asked by ARBCOM, who are the multiple editors dismissing BM’s evidence as mendacious, as opposed to unconvincing, unfalsifiable, ergo to be interpreted rather than taken for granted as proof, of whatever?
It would take a very long time to work one’s way through that chart. Tomorrow I will be travelling for a month, so I won't be participating in the Arbcom deliberations, if they take place. But in a quick check in the little time I've had, I found that BM’s conclusion that there were only 2 ‘pro-Israeli’ editors as opposed to 13 aligning with a ‘pro-Palestinian’ position hard to reconcile with evidence on his chart of which makes him the lowest (10%) IP contributor - though he is the most familiar name to me on that list, - when it includes User:Marokwitz (72%); User:Tombah (53% permabanned); User:Drsmoo (48%); User:Personisinsterest (49%); User:Dovidroth (39% banned from IP);User:Mistamystery (70%, low edit count);User:XDanielx (89%);User:Eladkarmel (43%), User:האופה (43% low edit count); User:רמרום (76%, low edit count); User:טבעת-זרם (89% low edit count); User:Wagtail66, low edit count; User:Kentucky Rain24 (56%, NoCal100 sock); User:The Mountain of Eden (low edit count); User:Afdshah (63%) low editaccount; User:Bolter21 (69%); User:Greyshark09 (57% few edits); User:Onlineone22 low edit count; User:Izzy Borden, sock); User:Seggallion (sock) , to mention a few of the names I mostly recognize as coming under that kind of general category.But then, this kind of analysis is way out of my field of competence.Nishidani (talk) 03:52, 3 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- @*Barkeep. I had the distinct impression the line I quoted summed up (a) BM giving empirical evidence and (b) being attacked for doing so by several editors. My impression was that BM answered my solicitation for such evidence (on another page), came up with his charts and was immediately thanked by sean.hoyland and myself. Then Hoyland, Zero, with a professional competence in these things, questioned aspects of the chart, or the inferences BM drew from them as did SashiRolls. This was absolutely normal, consensual discussion. The only blip was Nableezy being upset at the way BM's chart distorted his comments. BM and Nableezy often collaborate and at times get annoyed at each other, but that is not 'multiple editors' getting at BM. What has been suggested is that his particular modelling of the data produces the kind of result he'd be comfortable with, and that is a point very frequently made of papers in population genetics and other fields. Confirmation bias works everywhere, but in no way implies duplicity.* Best Nishidani (talk) 16:37, 3 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- Though the query was twice raised with Levivich, the suggestion of using the Bible re Zionism was not shouted down, as implied, with injury to the editor making that proposal. The technical point is that such primary resources should be, where necessary filtered through pertinent high quality RS on Zionism. It would also help if commentators remembered that Zionism was proposed by someone unfamiliar with Judaism and Hebrew, and that the pronounced secular cast of the foundational movement horrified a large majority of orthodox Jews at that time. The bible arguably had a greater impact on the antisemitic Arthur Balfour's enabling of Zionism that it did on the founding fathers. Part of the ongoing problems in this area is reading back into the past, which is another country, perceptions and notions that consolidated themselves only much later.Nishidani (talk) 21:40, 25 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
should not feel that doing so means crossing a red line if they cite sources on a banned list, or that if they stray from say the Journal of Palestine Studies on matters relative to 1948 that they are going to be topic-banned
- Whatever the arrangements of the outcome, could some admin kindly write a short page (ARBPIA5 for dummies) so that people like myself who know little of these endless policy finesses can get their distracted heads around the practical results, with a few hypothetical examples illustrating what not to do, other than what one was obliged to avoid doing earlier? Thanks Nishidani (talk) 12:48, 1 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- [email protected] noticed this. A bit of ballistically mocking caricature is perhaps needed to lighten up the strange gloominess here. Since when has that journal, or its august Israeli counterpart, Israel Studies, counted much much generally for editors here, despite the efforts of a handful of contributors who advocate the use of both?(there is by the way quite a lot of overlap in many of their respective articles)Nishidani (talk) 12:48, 1 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- ARBPIA5. This is a hunch based on the ARBPIA1 case that had me permabanned in, was it, 2009. This invites the temptation to lay a bet on probable outcomes. Mine is that an equal number from the shortlist, 2 for 2, will be sanctioned, to underline the impartiality of judgment regarding the 'regulars', and the relatively new or resurfaced accounts (of which I have a list of over 50 with the same POV, all active in the last few months in the IP area). The 'balance' will totally ignore the massive discrepancy in the numbers involved. I hope I'm wrong, but this is my instinctive response to CaptainEek's extraordinarily dramatic language in their most recent comment. And all this will occur with the best of good faith and will, because the real underlying issues cannot be addressed within wiki terms, so perfect conduct criteria will as usual rule supreme.Nishidani (talk) 22:01, 7 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- I'll clarify with an anecdote why I am sceptical about the expectation that a functional fix to these issues can by the nature of our traditional approach achieve anything but damage. It's one that comes to mind whenever I'm dragged into these huge timewasting exercises. I first heard my father, a well-loved city figure, conservative, impeccably attentive to good form on any occasion, erupt with an angry 'Ah, for fuck's sake!!!,' when I was 14. A car swerved from behind us, trundling along at a moderate speed, overpassed and cut back in ahead of us just before the intersection of Burke Rd and Whitehorse Rd in Hawthorn. He had to brake hard to avoid a collision with the red-haired lout. Admins are like traffic cops, but the rules would say, adopting this simile, that two people were at fault: the larriken in his careering path overtaking us to gain a few seconds' edge, and my father for his incivility, esp. serious because the outburst occurred in the presence of impressionable boys. Both would be fined, as if cause and effect had nothing to do with, at least, my father's response. Worse still, had the speeder in the incident stopped to complain to a cop that he'd been yelled at abusively, my father, in an analogous wikipedia scenario, would have been proven guilty on his own admission and, were he to say, 'but the other chap caused me to lose my temper', he would be told, 'that is a separate issue. And you may take it up by opening a case for sanctions against that driver, where his behaviour will be examined.'
- All technical infractions are not only placed on a par, but considered as putting the flow of edits at dire peril. It's not the meticulous traffic code memorizer and applier who is at fault: the lack of commonsense discretion in reading what constitutes a systemic 'danger' to wikipedia is. The aim of an encyclopedia is to get jobs done (articles) in a worksite where swarms of gaming slackers and urgently hyperactive kibitzers vie with people who, beyond their own personal views, have been trained long at a tech school, and know how to fix things and if they don't they stop work and consult experts or go to a library, to mug up on the needed know-how, and then return to the job to apply the remedy). Though favours are not permitted I'd personally appreciate a slight delay at the ARBPIA5 Tyburn Tree proceedings until I totter over the 100,000 edits threshold, which should occur in little more than a month or so.(:-) Nishidani (talk) 09:05, 8 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- (a) Arbcom can look at the totality of evidence when it comes to editor behavior, POV pushing, propagandizing, incivility, battleground editing, and all the rest and make a decision on what editors should and should not be editing in the topic area. . . (b) There are plenty of actions I could take if they wouldn't all involve hours of investigation to build the case
- SFR. Anyonw can appreciate the high seriousness and intense scruple exercised by your extremely close work in the IP area. But if Arbcom or any other institution outside of God can 'look at the totality of the evidence' to make judgments about the elements that follow, I'll be a monkey's uncle, if only because of all those involved you are looking at over 500,000 contributions. Almost everything boils down to the single 'incivility' issue. As for hours spent, yes, but remember, just one poor edit involving the inclusion of bad sourcing, then vigorously defended on the talk page, can lead other serious editors, all the scumbags deplored in so many frivolous and (no doubt unintendedly) offensive characterizations in this massive conversation, to several hours of background reading just to get the text secured in excellent sourcing. Any one does that, day in, day out, for years, only to be told that one has an infractive 'battle-ground' 'POV-pushing' 'propagandizing' attitude. And I'm not speaking for myself here. The evidence mill here takes no account of the vast evidence about how 'regular' editors go to great lengths with huge expenditures in personal time to master the literature. All that is looked at is the niceties of their interactions with a mother-lode of new editors who show no such commitment, but an enormous earnestness.Nishidani (talk) 16:17, 8 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Statement by DMH223344
Can someone explain to me what this is all about? Specifically, how is this AE related to the previously closed one? And what am I being asked to do here?
Statement by M.Bitton
Statement by Buidhe
I really don't want to be involved in this business, but while there is a lot of suboptimal behavior in this topic area, it amazes me some of what can be described as an "edit war" or sanctionable conduct. If these standards were enforced across the board to all editors regardless of their content contributions and all topic areas, I'm quite convinced that there would not be much of an encyclopedia. I realize that Arbcom tries to clinically separate content and conduct, but IMO one should not lose sight of the goal of the entire project. And while productive, good faith editors can be driven away from contributing due to battleground behavior and general nastiness, it's also true that they can be driven away by excessive rules and (the fear of) overzealous ban-hammers. I do believe that editors who actually work on creating an encyclopedia should be distinguished from people who just show up to revert or argue on talk pages. (t · c) buidhe 01:51, 18 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Statement by Vanamonde
I saw several reports at AE that mentioned tag-teaming as a concern. I did not find anything actionable in the ones I investigated, but I agree with BK49 above that AE is less well-placed to investigate a sprawling multi-party dispute where the behavior of multiple editors may be of concern, than the behavior of a single editor. So I believe ARBCOM should look into this. In doing so, however, I encourage ARBCOM not to narrowly constrain which editors' behavior will be considered. AE is able to deal with the behavior of single editors. What ARBCOM needs to look at is whether the outcome of editors working together is actionably disruptive where any individual's actions in isolation may not be. I also encourage ARBCOM not to take a narrow view of what constitutes conduct. Mis-representing a source is, in my view, just as bad - and possibly worse for Wikipedia's long-term credibility - than any civility issue. It shouldn't be ignored just because it is easier to police language, though I am in no way suggesting that the expectations for collegial language be ignored. Vanamonde93 (talk) 17:48, 18 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- If this weren't very clear from my statement above, I don't think this ought to be handled by motion. The issues here aren't simple; they need to be disentangled with care. If civility and edit-warring were the only problems, we wouldn't need ARBCOM. We need an evidence phase, and for ARBCOM to dig into whether editors are editing within all the PAGs, not just the ones easy to assess. I also think it would be a mistake for ARBCOM to handle all the appeals. We shouldn't be spending the limited resource that is ARBCOM's time on appeals that aren't complicated. Vanamonde93 (talk) 21:03, 19 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- I fully endorse what Zero has to say about academic sourcing, but I disagree with the conclusion. There are editors here who are engaging constructively, and editors who aren't: and to determine who is in which category ARBCOM really needs to examine the content and the sourcing editors are discussing. There are previous cases - WP:ARBIRP and WP:ARBGWE come to mind - where ARBCOM needed to do something similar. Vanamonde93 (talk) 15:52, 22 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- The motions being considered may provide useful administrative tools in some cases, but to my mind they do not touch the heart of the problem. We are at ARCA because the disputes are too involved for AE to separate good-faith content dispute from bad-faith editing. I don't see how we can reach any sort of resolution here without a thorough examination of the conduct of the principal parties. Vanamonde93 (talk) 20:02, 16 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- Topic-wide enforced BRD is a bad idea. It is needed on some pages, and admins have the power to require it. Elsewhere, it just allows endless opportunities to stall constructive change. A hallmark of the ARBPIA disputes recently at AE is that editors were making reflexive reverts and not engaging substantively on talk pages. BRD cannot work when editors aren't discussing things in good faith. This is too much of a blunt instrument, and it does not get at the core issue brought here. Vanamonde93 (talk) 22:02, 23 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- @Aoidh: and others: I think a case is the right choice and the only alternative to doing nothing. Contra Levivich, I see nothing wrong with the list of parties, as a case is an examination of conduct, not a presumption of sanctions. That said, there's a problem created by the procedural differences between AE and ARBCOM. Much of the disruption in this area comes from editors less active than the proposed parties. I can understand why you cannot lengthen the list of parties or sanction non-parties. But to avoid the undesirable outcome of sanctioning the regulars just because they are regulars, I suggest you need options to handle disruption by non-parties that may be identified in the evidence phase. One idea that occurs is explicitly empowering admins to act on conduct by non-parties that becomes evident during the case. We are theoretically empowered already, but it is likely that we will otherwise hold off on acting against anyone involved in this conflict during the case. Vanamonde93 (talk) 18:25, 10 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- @ScottishFinnishRadish: ArbCom has in my experience avoided listing a lot of parties, and also has avoided adding parties after the evidence phase has begun. So we're in a bit of a Catch-22, wherein the evidence is needed to see which editors are involved, but once the evidence is provided, it is too late to add parties. I agree one possible solution would be to expand the list of parties after the evidence phase. Vanamonde93 (talk) 19:40, 10 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Statement by Tryptofish
I generally avoid editing in this topic area, and my involvement in it has been fairly minimal. But the one instance when I did get involved with it ([28]), led me to find the editing environment disturbingly toxic, and not due to some simple problem with a small number of easily identified editors. Rather, it felt like a fairly large number of experienced editors, together, were acting in a way inconsistent with a CTOP subject. That strikes me as something that AE is poorly equipped to deal with. And it fits exactly with the concept that ArbCom should accept cases where the community has tried, but been unsuccessful, to resolve. So I recommend that ArbCom accept this case, and do so with a large number of named parties. --Tryptofish (talk) 21:02, 18 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- (Added after some other editors have kindly said that they agree with me; I don't know if they will agree with what follows.) ArbCom should know that the problems with "the usual suspects" that cannot be handled by AE generally do not fall along the expected POV fault-lines of Israeli versus Palestinian POVs, or antisemitism or Islamophobia. (I'm sure there are POV pushers like that, but they can be handled at AE.) If anything, there's a divide between different lines of Jewish thought, with the most problematic editors favoring WP:RS-compliant scholarly work by largely-Jewish academics, but doing so with a massive-scale disregard for the ArbCom principle of WP:BRIE, and some other editors (sometimes more crudely) finding such source material to be contrary to popular political opinion. In my experience, getting caught in the middle of that can be quite unpleasant. --Tryptofish (talk) 23:18, 19 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- About what ToBeFree said, I suspect that the information that would be made available to ArbCom via the case request page would look incredibly similar to what you already have here, so it would just be a bureaucratic waste of time to start over from scratch. And as for any aspersions that everyone should just be removed from the topic area, that's what the Evidence phase of a case is supposed to correct. --Tryptofish (talk) 20:30, 29 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- Adding to that: Although numerous editors are asking where the evidence is, for starting a full case with multiple parties, the correct answer is that evidence will be presented, and critically evaluated for whether it is valid or not, on the Evidence page of the case. ArbCom should make it clear that being listed as a named party is not a predetermination of guilt, something that perhaps will be more important here than in many other cases. You have multiple AE admins telling you that a full case with multiple parties is needed, and they have given you a reasonable list of potential parties (including admins who are well-positioned to give useful evidence). This is not the time to get stuck on quasi-legalistic procedural details. --Tryptofish (talk) 18:19, 30 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- Responding now to Harry Mitchell's comment, I'm worried that ArbCom is starting to over-think this. Focus on conduct, not on which sources are definitive. Have an Evidence page. Editors will either provide evidence of misconduct, or they won't, and ArbCom can tell the difference. You've got enough people telling you here that there are conduct problems that have overwhelmed AE that you can be confident that it won't just be a fishing expedition, but it would just result in ongoing disruption if ArbCom punts for now. --Tryptofish (talk) 21:38, 1 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- @Tryptofish This would be fine, but it doesn't do anything about the topic area in general, and I'm not convinced that AE can't handle that. Possibly not as drive-by allegations in a thread about another editor, but if a separate complaint is filed with clear evidence on each editor for admins to evaluate, I have confidence that credible complaints will result in action and vexatious ones will be rejected. But if admins would prefer to refer a complaint against a specific editor to ArbCom, I'd be happy to hear that case. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 22:50, 1 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- What I'm trying to convince ArbCom to do is about fixing the topic area in general. Among the multiple impasses in the discussion here on this request page is that AE admins are telling ArbCom that AE is not able to handle it, and you and maybe some other Arbs are saying the opposite. Handing the problem back to AE with an admonition to do it better is what will do nothing about the topic area. From my limited experience, bringing a case about one editor at a time to AE results in walls of text that include attempts to demonize the editor who first filed the AE report. After one such experience, I gave up on AE for this topic area, and I gave up on trying to edit in this topic area. (And I know better than to name names here on this request page, as opposed to on an eventual Evidence page.)
- I agree with you that AE can handle stuff like sockfarms and newish accounts that POV-push.
- I can appreciate that ArbCom must find it baffling that so many editors on this request page are asserting things about the real nature of the problem, in ways that contradict one another, and that cannot possibly all be true. If that means that ArbCom is having difficulty envisioning what such a sprawling case would consist of, and lead to, that reflects what a mess this is. But not knowing ahead of time what the outcome will be is a feature, not a bug, because obviously you shouldn't prejudge the case. Let the community give you evidence. And this is one case where you should not skip the workshop. Perhaps the evidence will end up surprising you. If so, again, that's a feature and not a bug.
- I'm going to propose the case scope right here: "Ongoing disruption in the Israel-Palestine topic area, with a particular emphasis on factors that interfere with the ability of WP:AE to handle the topic area, and on ways to solve those impediments". Use Red-tailed Hawk's parties list, and make clear that, because it's a long list, being on the list is not a presumption of wrongdoing. Then do these three things:
- Focus on conduct.
- Focus on conduct.
- Focus on conduct.
- I predict you'll end up finding that this has a lot less to do with POV than some editors are claiming. And you won't have to judge source material the way that it happened in the Polish Holocaust case. Personally, I expect to present some evidence in the form of:
- "Brief quote from a source." ([link to source]). "What an editor put on the page." ([diff]).
- (Although, in my case, it might not show what you expect now.) I'd suggest other editors, with more experience in the content area than I have, consider doing that, too. Arbs might want to click on those source links to check them for yourselves, but that's as far into source material as I expect you will need to go.
- But the community expects ArbCom to solve the intractable problems that the community has failed to solve. ArbCom knows that this is one of them. To drop the ball on the basis that the request process wasn't good enough would be failing the community. --Tryptofish (talk) 22:58, 2 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- I'm gratified that Barkeep49 agrees with my idea about the scope, but I want to caution against narrowing the parties list too much. Barkeep49's suggestion definitely leaves out editors who need to be examined. --Tryptofish (talk) 23:48, 2 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- I'm very skeptical that the proposed motions will have a positive effect on the topic area. --Tryptofish (talk) 21:52, 15 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- I really think that ArbCom has an obligation to deal with these problems via full cases, and not simply motions. But if the difficulties of creating a named parties list are getting in the way of a single, large case, then the idea posed by several other editors, of having one case about the topic area and how it affects AE (but not getting ArbCom into reviewing source material!), followed by a second case focusing on editor conduct, might well be the most practical way to accomplish it. --Tryptofish (talk) 21:45, 16 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- In response to the question about how to avoid making the topic-area case into a mudslinging contest, limit the named parties only to AE admins. --Tryptofish (talk) 21:56, 16 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- (Perhaps I'm posting here too much, but ArbCom's near-silence creates a vacuum.) ArbCom, don't get distracted by outside publications claiming bias in our content. It's special pleading, and ArbCom shouldn't end up with another Polish Holocaust case. We've got a problem, apparently, with a bottomless well of newish accounts that make life difficult for good-faith editors, which is something that AE should be able to handle. And I believe strongly that we have a problem with experienced editors who make it too difficult for AE to do its job. --Tryptofish (talk) 18:26, 18 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- My reaction to Motion 5, establishing a full case, is that I hope ArbCom will indeed go that route. About the parties list, I think it would be very helpful to clarify further how, precisely, additional parties might be added. Where I'm coming from is that I, personally, feel that I can provide evidence about two editors, one of whom is on the proposed parties list, and one of whom isn't. I'm extremely disinclined to name names before the time comes for posting evidence on the Evidence page, because I don't want to subject myself to the predictable complaints about casting aspersions. I'm weighing how I might present evidence about the editor who is currently a potential named party, in such a way as to make it apparent that evidence could also be in scope for the editor who is not currently named, but I'm unsure about how well that would work. I can envision a bad scenario in which editors provide evidence in that way, following what we think is ArbCom's instruction to propose adding named parties, and then find themselves admonished for having, in good faith, presented evidence about editors who were not named parties. --Tryptofish (talk) 23:27, 11 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- I appreciate Primefac's recent comment about adding parties based on evidence that supports doing so, where the documented content parallels that of already-named parties. Perhaps that could work, if ArbCom will not bend to retaliatory demands to add the editor who posted the evidence as yet another named party. It also occurs to me that some of the most active AE admins should also be named parties, not because they are being scrutinized, but because they are particularly well-positioned to provide evidence and should have more generous word limits. --Tryptofish (talk) 21:41, 13 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Statement by AirshipJungleman29
I echo the comments of Tryptofish, Vanamonde93 and SFR. The topic area features a large number of experienced editors who have, whether consciously or not, decided to ignore CTOP protocols. This not only has the effect of turning the entire topic into even more of a WP:BATTLEGROUND than it needs to be, but also negatively affects the experiences and habits of newer editors who follow the combative, actively hostile methods of those they look up to. Editors of all sides appear to have an unspoken agreement that civility shouldn't really matter when discussing such controversial subject matter (e.g. nableezy's statement above). This is unacceptable. I strongly endorse implementing the actions outlined by SFR as immediate remedies. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 12:51, 19 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- Nishidani, while I don't particularly appreciate being snidely labelled a pro-Israel complainer, I do appreciate an immediate example of "experienced editors . . turning the entire topic into even more of a WP:BATTLEGROUND than it needs to be". So—on balance, notwithstanding its intention—I thank you for your statement! ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 13:55, 21 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Statement by Aquillion
I do urge ArbCom to particularly investigate the accusations of misrepresenting sources (an extremely serious one that takes time and effort to get to the bottom of) and of people taking inconsistent policy positions (a key component mentioned in WP:CIVILPOV, which is rarely enforced) as well as the battleground / aspersion / WP:AGF issues mentioned above. The edit-warring is important and is easy to see (hence why so many cases focus on it), but if that was enough to resolve this then we wouldn't be at ArbCom. The root cause is battleground mentalities and civil POV-pushing; misrepresenting sources and taking inconsistent policy positions point much more directly to that problem. (And, of course, I also urge people to present evidence to those things in the evidence phase, if it gets to that point, because ArbCom needs that - my past experience with cases like these is that both editors and ArbCom tend to focus on the "easy" aspects of WP:CIVIL and WP:EW, ignoring the underlying causes or more complex aspects.) --Aquillion (talk) 18:09, 19 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- I also want to second Loki's statement below that much of the problem is drive-by new editors or SPAs with few edits elsewhere - a lot of the other comments here have basically said "this is all about a few bad editors"; I don't think that's correct. In topic areas like this, where the disputes here reflect serious real-world divides, new / inexperienced users and blatant new SPAs are going to constantly flow into the topic area and require experienced editors who are willing to take the time and effort to keep an eye on a vast number of pages in order to maintain some semblance of balance or even just basic compliance with policy. We aren't going to solve the underlying A/I conflict on Wikipedia; the topic area is always going to be fraught. And the simple fact is that distinguishing between an experienced editor who eg. frequently reverts in a particular way because they're doing the necessary gruntwork of dealing with an endless tide of SPAs trying to blatantly add a particular bias an article, and an experienced editor who is performing WP:CIVILPOV-pushing themselves while WP:BITE-ing innocent new editors, is often not obvious. Part of the reason an ArbCom case is needed is because the community and AE aren't equipped for that; but this also means it's important to approach the case with an eye towards the drive-by / SPA problem, at least as context for the behavior of parties to the case, and not just "who are the bad people we can make go away in order to solve this." --Aquillion (talk) 18:37, 21 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Going over the motions, I don't think that any of them are likely to help. The core problems in the topic area are sockpuppetry, meatpuppetry, and canvassing, coupled with the scale and intensity of the underlying real-world conflict, which inevitably spills over into editing and leads to knock-on WP:CIVILPOV / WP:BATTLEGROUND issues; all of these are difficult to resolve in a single sweeping motion. But several of these are likely to actually make problems worse, not better.
- Motion 1, Appeals only to ArbCom doesn't really address any of the core problems; it isn't like revolving-door appeals are the problem here.
- Motion 2a / 2b, Word limits: Bludgeoning is certainly happening, so this is the one suggestion here that is at least aimed at what I'd consider the real problem... but it would probably be better to treat it as a WP:ROPE situation and just remove the people who are unable to stop themselves. Bludgeoning is a symptom of the real problem, not its cause. Also, it would make editing in the topic area even more stressful because you'd have to constantly keep track of your word count.
- Motion 3, Involved participants: This would reward sockpuppetry and canvassing, and silence contributions from editors with the most knowledge of the topic and the underlying dispute. Beyond that it's just not practical - would every editor only get to weigh in on one RFC in the topic, ever, after which they're involved and can never contribute to another? How would this even work? We'd rapidly run out of people willing to respond to RFCs (non-sockpuppets, anyway. I guess it could serve as a honey-trap for them but it's not worth it.)
- Motion 4, Enforced BRD: This would make editing in the topic area a glacial slog; it would also add a massive first-mover advantage to anyone who creates an article. Because the R in BRD can't be used to "uncreate" an article, someone could create a highly-biased article and then force extensive discussions on any attempt to balance it. And because events are moving quickly in the real world, this is a serious concern; there's constant new events that justify new articles, which often require fixes but which can't necessarily be summarily deleted. Beyond that, it's, again, not really aimed at the real problems here - revert-wars aren't the main issue (they're one of the things admins can easily spot and deal with.) I'm not a fan of enforced BRD in the best of times, but to the extent that it does work, it only really functions when there's a solid status quo and no need to update it quickly, which isn't the case during an active fast-moving real-world conflict like this one.
What we need are in-depth looks at individual editor conduct in order to catch sockpuppets / meatpuppets, identify canvassing, and remove civil POV-pushers. These things are hard, which is why they haven't been done yet, but sweeping from-above solutions aren't a substitute. --Aquillion (talk) 05:37, 18 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Statement by Swatjester
Tryptofish's experience here echoes mine. The tendentiousness, bludgeoning, and sealioning behavior from these battleground editors makes it exhausting and frustrating for non-battleground editors to participate. In any event, I see the "usual suspects" attempting to downplay or deny that there's any dispute, in contrast to the uninvolved parties saying, essentially: "It's you: you're the problem." I think that's rather telling. ⇒SWATJester Shoot Blues, Tell VileRat! 18:53, 19 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- @Huldra: While my user page has remained remarkably free of vandalism I have received death threats and threats to my family, specifically targeting me as a Jew, through Wikipedia that were so bad that WMF Legal had to be involved at one point. I'm not the cat you're looking for; please keep me out of your metaphors, thanks. ⇒SWATJester Shoot Blues, Tell VileRat! 03:11, 23 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- @Huldra: I appreciate the words written in support. With regard to the question of whether I think the "not so Israeli" side receives more threats than the Israeli side -- I don't know. I'm not sure how I *could* know as I wouldn't be privy to threats received in private much like you weren't privy to the ones I received. I'm also not sure why it matters -- neither side should be receiving death threats, but nobody "wins" by being more oppressed. As to my lack of having been targeted for on-wiki vandalism by one side or the other, as Nishidani pointed out, my "presence is very rare in the IP area" so not only would I have less visibility over other people receiving threats, logically I'm not going to be the target of abuse from that area either. And, I was considerably less active in editing from 2012 until 2023, which certainly bears on why my User Talk was not subjected to those kinds of attacks. Thus I believe I'm just not a good fit for your metaphor. ⇒SWATJester Shoot Blues, Tell VileRat! 23:40, 23 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- @Nishidani: thank you for bringing up an example that I did not remember from nearly two decades ago of your atrocious behavior within this topic area, in which you became so infuriated that I denied an unblock request from you, that you went on a rant about how my military service in Iraq (miscategorizing me as a Marine, as well as not realizing I'd been out of the military for over a year at that point) categorically disqualified from participating in the Israel topic area; made the same argument about a British military admin; and then proceeded to imply that we were tag-team coordinating while admitting that you had no evidence whatsoever to make that aspersion and that it was unlikely to be true anyway, before accusing me of "partisan" and "political" motivations, while repeatedly threatening to quit the project if you didn't get your way. Are you *really* sure this is the example you want to bring up? You're making my point about "It's you: you're the problem" quite well for me. But sure, you never hold grudges... except for the one you've apparently held for 17 years. ⇒SWATJester Shoot Blues, Tell VileRat! 16:00, 23 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
With regard to the proposed motions: I don't have confidence that they're going to fix the problem, but they're all pretty harmless so why not try them..... except Motion #3. That one seems quite dangerous to me, actually when read in conjunction with Motion #1. It creates the risk that an administrator who is not themselves involved, but who wishes to push their finger on the scale of the matter, could simply "knock out" any other admin (or non-admin editor) as being "involved" with the only recourse being (if Motion #1 also goes through) an Arbitration appeal. That seems highly unlikely to reduce the amount of heat on the topic, and I don't see how it leads to the goal of encouraging outside voices. If there's a concern over specific administrators taking actions while being involved, I think that should be raised individually on a case-by-case basis. ⇒SWATJester Shoot Blues, Tell VileRat! 00:28, 16 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- That said, Jeske+Barkeep's suggestion of splitting this into topic area and editor conduct halves I think merits further examination. Depending on how those two groupings relate to each other (e.g. if findings from the topic area can inform whether editor conduct issues exist), that could be a clean way of approaching at least part of this. It's at least the most workable suggestion I've seen thusfar. ⇒SWATJester Shoot Blues, Tell VileRat! 21:33, 16 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Statement by Number 57
I edit around the edge of this topic area, focussing on Israeli politics and civil society, and have had the misfortune over the years to have ended up in disputes with editors pushing both anti-Israel and pro-Israel POV on articles where our paths corss. I very much welcome the suggestion that long-term tag-teaming, POV pushing and the ineffectiveness of current tools to stop this should be looked at. From my nearly 20 years' experience, the main issue has always been that there is a core group of 10-15 editors in this topic area (many of whom have been with us for well over a decade) who are primarily on Wikipedia to push their POV – anyone can look at their contribution histories and see that their contributions are primarily adding things that make their side look good/the other look bad and deleting information to the contrary; in discussions such as RMs, RfCs or AfDs, their stances are easily predicted based on their editing history. A further issue is that for most of the last two decades the two sides have been seriously mismatched in terms of numbers and one side has been consistently able to push their POV through weight of numbers, either by long-term tag teaming or by swinging poorly-attended discussions (and in my view the 30/500 restriction has actively worsened this situation by giving the long-term problematic editors an advantage). Number 57 19:28, 19 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- Re LokiTheLiar's comment below that "a lot of the worst behavior is from new-ish users", I would say that is only partially correct. These users tend to be the worst in terms of edit warring and other more flagrant violations of Wikipedia rules. However, IMO the real issue here is the fact that the topic area is dominated by a relatively small number of long-term editors who rarely break rules such as 3RR etc, but (as said above) are purely here to push their POV and support other members of their group in doing so. They have been allowed to do this for years – the question is whether the community sees this as perfectly fine, or whether it wants to do something about it (which IO think can only be achieved by a mass handout of topic bans). Number 57 19:21, 20 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- A response to Bluethricecreamman's comments: NOTAVOTE (an essay, not a rule) is not really relevant; closes against the majority of views expressed only tend to occur when there is a clear right/wrong (e.g. alignment with a certain policy or guideline). In this topic area, most things are arguable, and therefore the number of attendees do swing discussion outcomes – while this isn't an issue as a one-off, when it is many discussions over many years, it is a problem.
- Re my views on 30/500 – my concern is that it is a deterrent to new editors entering the topic sphere, which is one of the issues preventing an equalisation in the number of POV pushers on each side (as I've said above, I would rather they were all topic banned, but if Wikipedia is going to tolerate POV pushers in contentious topic areas, at least allow them to contribute in roughly equal numbers). I've been here nearly 20 years and the dominant personalities in this topic sphere have barely changed in the last ten. Number 57 20:34, 20 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- And re Nableezy's comment about me – disingenuous at best. For context, what I objected to was including the same paragraph of text about the legal status of Israeli settlements in the introduction of every single article on a settlement – my view was that everyone knows they are illegal and simply saying it is an Israeli settlement makes that clear. And for those who have been here long enough to remember, my RfA was disrupted by canvassing by pro-Israel editors who considered me to be a problem because I was doing things like removing articles on settlements from "in Israel" categories. Number 57 23:23, 20 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- Nableezy, I had been calling people in the topic area POV pushers for years before the discussion you reference and my issues with you also started well before then as well. While I have been accused of bias, it has come from both sides, and that gives me reassurance that I must be doing something right. I was once even accused of being a friend of Nishidani, which I'm not sure either of us would agree is the case. Number 57 00:36, 21 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- For Huldra's information, unfortunately I have had numerous people wishing me death and other unpleasant things both on and off-wiki – most recently in June an IP left numerous edit summaries on articles saying I should be tortured, stabbed, beheaded, raped or "bullied to suicide". Number 57 00:35, 23 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- Huldra, I don't think it's appropriate to get into an argument about who has suffered the most abuse, particularly using a single metric like talkpage redactions – the fact is that no-one should receive any level of abuse for editing Wikipedia. And also worth noting that I have also been impacted as a result of removing "in Israel" from Israeli settlements (when I removed them all from "in Israel" categories back in 2007). Number 57 23:57, 23 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Statement by The Kip
Not to sound repetitive, but I'll echo the comments of Tryptofish, AirshipJungleman29, and Swatjester. I dabbled in editing within the topic area some months back, but quickly opted to mostly stay away - since December or so, my related editing has only been in the Current Events portal/ITNC and various admin/arbitration noticeboards. This pivot was due to the absurd levels of incivility, condescension, POV-pushing, bludgeoning, edit-warring, hypocrisy, and virtually every other type of WP:BATTLEGROUND editing humanly possible, from a core group of editors that perennially show up to scream at each other in every discussion; there's a level of toxicity that just makes me want to ignore the area entirely. This BATTLEGROUND issue is only compounded by the fact that virtually all of the culprits are WP:UNBLOCKABLE - they wholly disregard WP policies and prior warnings/sanctions, as most ARBPIA sanctions for experienced editors have effectively amounted to slaps on the wrist. I'd also like to specifically emphasize the point made by Swatjester of I see the "usual suspects" attempting to downplay or deny that there's any dispute
, as from both sides of the POV-war, there's a near-constant attitude of "my side is doing nothing wrong, if we just sanctioned the [pro-Israeli/pro-Palestinian] POV-pushers everything would be fine," rather than any introspection on the absolutely toxic environment created by nearly all participants.
In short, I strongly endorse both an Arbcom case and SFR's suggested remedies. I will openly disclose that I openly endorse nuking the topic area's userbase via mass TBANs, as I don't think starting from scratch could make things any worse than they currently are - that said, I understand that's a rather draconian/heavy-handed solution. The Kip (contribs) 22:25, 19 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- With regards to the core group/"usual suspects" claim, I'd also like to link this chart gathered by @Thebiguglyalien: some months ago for a different arb case. Some of the more active users noted on that chart are now TBANned, but it still serves as a solid chunk of data for the mass-scale POV-warring in the area. The Kip (contribs) 22:37, 19 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- I'd also like to say I politely disagree with Tryptofish's assessment of the main area of conflict; while that is a dispute in the area, and as they say, a particularly nasty one, I think the main issue is indeed the Israeli vs Palestinian POV-warring. While AE could in theory deal with that, in practice it's been reluctant to for one reason or another - many of the experienced editors in question often straddle a line of problematic behavior that AE has seemed unwilling to definitively bring down the hammer on (hence my WP:UNBLOCKABLE concerns mentioned above), and that Arbcom may be more open to conclusively dealing with. As a result of AE's apparent higher threshold needed for experienced editors, things like civil POV-pushing, bludgeoning, weaponization of process, less "blatant" incivility, and so on are difficult to definitively sanction - you have to badly cross multiple lines to receive anything more than a logged warning that is almost always disregarded by the receiver in the long run.
- That's not even to mention the specific reasons why this case was primarily brought here (in my understanding), that being AE is mainly intended to be an A reporting B case forum. When the issue at hand is tag-teaming, multi-party edit warring, multi-party incivility, etc, AE's not too well-equipped to deal with a case where A and B want to report C, D, and E, except A and B have also been engaging in the reported behavior themselves, and F probably was too but wasn't brought to the case until later due to a variety of reasons. The Kip (contribs) 00:14, 20 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- @LokiTheLiar the problem is those new-ish users are fairly easily dealt with via AE, if they haven't already violated ECR. On the contrary, AE has shown itself to be reluctant to heavily sanction any heavily-experienced, long-term editors - see how some of those named in this case pretty much receive only logged warnings and/or minor things such as revert restrictions for substantial incivility, abuse of AE process, edit-warring, etc that would've gotten a newer user swiftly blocked. The Kip (contribs) 18:49, 20 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- After further reading of comments here from multiple users on either side of the POV-war they either deny exists or insist it's mainly/only the other side that's toxic, I'd like to reiterate:
from both sides of the POV-war, there's a near-constant attitude of "my side is doing nothing wrong, if we just sanctioned the [pro-Israeli/pro-Palestinian] POV-pushers everything would be fine," rather than any introspection on the absolutely toxic environment created by nearly all participants.
- WP:RGW, WP:BRIE, et al. This complete lack of introspection/acknowledgement that "hey, maybe I'm part of the problem too" is exactly why many in the area, if not all its experienced users, deserve sanctions. The Kip (contribs) 18:43, 20 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I also want to make something very clear, just so my position on the area doesn't get grouped in by one side with the other side of editors here and at large (which may already be happening):
- Are there more pro-Palestinian problematic experienced editors in the area than pro-Israeli ones? Yeah, I kinda feel like that's an objective fact at this point - as berchanhimez or the aforementioned Swatjester have stated, just look at the number of experienced editors showing up to insist they're not the problem, everyone else is/"
there is no war in Ba Sing Se
"/their behavior is justified/etc. - Does that mean that the many problematic pro-Israeli experienced editors are any less of a contributor to the toxicity, policy violations, et al in this area, or that they deserve any lesser sanctions? Not at all (case in point) - I support coming down on them as hard as I do the former group, including more than a few editors in this very discussion whom I won't name. Hell, from the linked motion, part of the reasons one side is smaller in the first place is because many of the problematic users from that side already got themselves TBANned.
Some previous and later commenters seem to think that my idea of "nuking the topic area" means only mass-TBANning the problematic people from the aforementioned side with more editors (see there's a near-constant attitude of "my side is doing nothing wrong, if we just sanctioned the [pro-Israeli/pro-Palestinian] POV-pushers everything would be fine
yet again), thereby artificially enforcing "neutrality" by simply evening the numbers. That is not my view - mine is that all of the problematic editors be banned, POV be damned. The Kip (contribs) 23:11, 23 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- Also, with all due respect to @Sean.hoyland: - WP:SOCK will always be a problem in the area, nuke or not, but it's a problem that can be dealt with somewhat easily via SPI and sockpuppeteers having an almost comical tendency to accidentally out themselves. We shouldn't just put up with how much of a mess things currently are because there's the potential that it could get worse, and anyways, I disagree that the hypothetical "it could get really bad" is worse than the current reality of "it's a toxic disaster zone." The Kip (contribs) 23:25, 23 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- Don't really think I can come up with anything new to add w/r/t the proposals, so I'll just second @Thebiguglyalien:. Good-faith ideas that I appreciate, but not sure if they'd fully deal with the core issues of the ARBPIA area. The Kip (contribs) 23:00, 16 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Statement by Zanahary
It’s a small group of editors making this topic area hell for editors and a headache (I’d imagine) for administrators. I used to involve myself heavily in this topic area, and it’s the only such area where I’ve witnessed personal attacks, bullying, glaring dishonesty and hypocrisy in defense of violation of WP policy, and an apparent policy of assuming bad faith from anyone whom you believe you’ve sussed out to disagree with you go totally unpunished and be downright normalized—and it’s mostly coming from a handful of dominant editors. Something’s gotta give, and if that’s a rain of topic bans, then so be it. I see a few names listed that I believe do little more here than worsen the project. ꧁Zanahary꧂ 23:26, 19 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Statement by Ravpapa
Once an active editor in this topic area, I have for the last few years assiduously eschewed any involvement. But I would like, nonetheless to add this comment:
I think we are all looking at the wrong thing. We are discussing editor behavior, but we should be looking at the quality of the articles in the topic area. And, I think we can all agree, the articles are abysmal. They are bloated with polemics, they magnify ephemeral new items into international crises that change the course of history, they are often so full or quotes and counterquotes that they are practically unintelligible.
Will massive topic bans make the articles better? I doubt it. With the Middle East conflict, we have exceeded the limits of the possible with a cooperative open editing model, and we need to think of some other way to approach articles in this area. --Ravpapa (talk) 05:47, 20 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Statement by SashiRolls
ArbCom should be aware that the table BilledMammal has offered as evidence above (Bludgeoning statistics) is deeply flawed. Efforts to encourage him to include a disclaimer noting that his "methodology" does not control for the presence of bludgeoning sockpuppets in discussions (for example) were rebuffed. As a single example, Kentucky Rain24 made about 48 comments on Talk:Zionism#Colonial project? enticing several editors into responding.
Prior to my comments on the talk page there was no methodology section. Now, BM has added some clarifications, but as a quick roll-over of that link shows, he is controlling what page visitors are aware of.
I very rarely edit in this topic area and only looked into this table due to past experience with Billed Mammal and Kentucky Rain24 (NoCal100) working in concert here. This is also why I learned that 18% of BilledMammal's edits to mainspace have been reverted, which might be worth looking into. -- SashiRolls 🌿 · 🍥 11:07, 20 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- Just for the record... after further research I have been able to determine that it was the decision to set the cutoff at 20 comments rather than at 18 which kept Kentucky Rain24 (NoCal100) from appearing on BilledMammal's list. That said, and as others have already said on the talk page (or when it is was brought to ANI as an attack page), showing that people engaged in discussion, provided RS, debunked silly arguments, responded to sockpuppet provocation, etc. does not show that people "bludgeoned" anything. As the explanatory essay says: Participating fully isn't a bad thing. If there were any utility to a page which simply counts the number of times someone's signature appears on a page, I would ask him to rerun the data based on 18 comments in 4 discussions so that NoCal100 would appear in his list. -- SashiRolls 🌿 · 🍥 02:03, 27 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- It is worth noting that the data BilledMammal has assembled here show conclusively that known sockpuppets have made more changes to PIA than any single named user.
- This was determined by calculating changes to PIA made by those Billed Mammal listed in red, which is a partial list of sockpuppets in that table. My mentioning this in the methodology section bothered BM, who immediately deleted the mention of these 15,802 changes as being a datum apparently unrelated to disruption in the topic area. -- SashiRolls 🌿 · 🍥 12:38, 3 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Statement by Domedtrix
I am relatively new to this topic area on Wikipedia, though I have read around the topic offline over a number of years.
I would like to echo the points of many editors above, that there is a culture of bludgeoning, tag teaming and tendentious editing, particularly of the Righting Great Wrongs variety. @BilledMammal illustrated this excellently here, though that is not to say the same behavious doesn't occur across more than the two editors singled out in that diff. Though I have seen tendentious editing multiple times, I am very reticent to call it out, in part because such accusations add more fuel to the fire.
What makes this topic particularly tricky to deal with, however, is not that editors in this space are typically new to the site (although as I know from editing in the WP:FOOTBALL space, any current event will draw large crowds), as is often the case when we see these types of issues. Instead, editors here are often incredibly experienced, incredibly knowledgeable of processes, and thus how to make a contentious change stick. This enables Wikilawyering on a scale that I've frankly not encountered anywhere else on Wikipedia in my history of making active edits, though I accept I am far below the median in this discussion by this metric. This, in combination with a format for resolving disputes that often seems to favour the most mobilised side, despite WP:VOTE expressly stating this shouldn't be a factor, has resulted in a topic area where, as @ABHammad observes, Wikipedia is out-of-step with a large number of the reliable sources that we rely on for other topics across Wikipedia. In my view, this amounts to an abuse of Wikipedia's voice for political ends.
The consensus process has broken down because too many experienced editors seem to have no interest in finding any consensus. I agree with @Zanahary that Badgering and Wikilawyering particularly scares off many that would like to approach the topic, so we're left with the same faces over and over again, and also the same problems. It is very rare in these interminable discussions that I see people give an iota. There is no end in sight, because it seems the desired state of the articles in the topic area from one (or each) 'side' of this conflict will likely not be content until 'perfection' is achieved.
We have been too slow to act here. It has been public knowledge for some time that Discord servers are being used to WP:CANVAS people with specific viewpoints. As this is done off-site, it is hard to know the scale of the impact, but that should not prevent the implementation of measures to guard against this risk.
The more I read in this topic area, the more disheartened I become by the state of our collective actions as editors, and the more I find myself aligning with @The_Kip's suggestion of nuking the topic area with mass topic bans. This is a WP:BATTLEGROUND, and it's hard to imagine whatever fills this void being worse than what is already here. As @Ravpapa stated, it's not like we're protecting much of value here - this process has resulted in articles of fairly poor quality, a result of incessent pointscoring within articles. --Domeditrix (talk) 11:58, 20 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- @Number 57:
A response to Bluethricecreamman's comments: NOTAVOTE (an essay, not a rule) is not really relevant; closes against the majority of views expressed only tend to occur when there is a clear right/wrong (e.g. alignment with a certain policy or guideline). In this topic area, most things are arguable, and therefore the number of attendees do swing discussion outcomes – while this isn't an issue as a one-off, when it is many discussions over many years, it is a problem.
- History repeats itself. A contentious move is confirmed by @Amakuru:. The rationale? "
from a rough count, I see around 22 !votes endorsing the closure and 15 saying to overturn. I also don't see any kind of slam-dunk argument in the overturn !votes
". This is a repeating problem and is only leading to parties that are able to mobilise more effectively getting changes made. I'm not saying policy is being purposefully gamed here, but if it was, this is one way it might look. Tagging @Joe Roe: here as it would be rude not to, given I've mentioned one of their closes. For full disclosure, I opposed the original close. Domeditrix (talk) 22:09, 22 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Statement by LokiTheLiar
As an occasional participant in this topic area, I'd like to second Zero's suggestion that mass topic bans are not likely to be useful because a lot of the worst behavior is from new-ish users. ArbCom already got a taste of this earlier this year when it banned a bunch of pro-Israel meatpuppets.
Speaking of which, I'd also like to encourage ArbCom that, when it looks at editor behavior, to actually look at the behavior of every individual involved and not assume "both sides are at fault" without evidence. Loki (talk) 16:26, 20 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- I would also like to say that my assessment of the behavior of established editors is notably less negative than many other people here. I basically agree with nableezy: it's inherently a contentious topic area and so disagreements are common and will always be common. It's also unsurprising that many editors take editorial lines that lean towards one side or the other of the conflict: editors aren't required to have no POV, only articles are. None of this is that surprising to me for editing in a contentious topic area and I don't think that any of this per se is a problem.
- I do think it's a problem when editors edit war, or cross the bounds of civility, or bludgeon discussions, or bring your opponents to drama boards to try to get them removed from the topic area, or try to push a POV over what reliable sources support. And definitely some of that has been happening here, and I encourage ArbCom to look at the behavior of individual editors in this topic area. But I don't think this stuff coming from established editors is a systemic issue over and above the inherent fact that the Israel/Palestine conflict just is a contentious topic. It's fine to not want to edit in a contentious topic area but I don't think that a topic area being intimidating to edit in is by itself an issue. Loki (talk) 19:54, 20 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Statement by Thebiguglyalien
Given the pushback from regulars in this area, I'll add one more voice from someone who's only edited at the edge of the topic area and have felt dissuaded from contributing further. I can't say it better than Swatjester: "'It's you: you're the problem'". Whatever excuses the entrenched editors might have, their behavior is the worst of any topic area on Wikipedia. Everyone here knows which users I'm talking about and which sides they fall on, but we have to pretend we don't so as not to be accused of casting aspersions. I see an Arbcom case as the only way to turn this years-old "open secret" into something actionable.
The habit of always !voting in a way that benefits the same nation is a problem, and it becomes obvious when someone uses one reasoning to come to one conclusion but then uses the opposite reasoning when it's the other side up for discussion. This is commonly answered with the contradictory ideas that "they're the POV pushers, our side is just correct" and that "users are allowed to have their own POV", with the latter suggesting that it's okay to let POV dictate editing and !voting instead of following policies and sources. Call it battleground, tag-teaming, CPUSH, whatever you like, but in my opinion it should be a major focus when considering whether the editors in this area are here to build a neutral encyclopedia.
Contrary to what other statements here are arguing, I believe there are legitimate issues about editors who are only here to edit PIA. This is a strong indicator of WP:ACTIVIST/WP:SPA/WP:NOTHERE style editing, even when they have high edit counts or several years of experience. This will always be a contentious topic, but it is possible to prioritize the sources over your own beliefs when editing in contentious topics. The current regulars have forced out anyone who might be willing to do this.
- I like ScottishFinnishRaddish's suggestion that everyone who participated in an ARBPIA AE discussion since last October be considered involved.
- I agree with Ravpapa's points about low article quality, but these issues plague most current events articles (another area that could use cleanup, but it's not analogous to PIA).
- BilledMammal's list does produce some of the most active editors, and while there's plausibly a strong correlation, it doesn't prove bludgeoning on its own.
- Not only do I agree with The Kip and Zanahary that a significant number of topic bans should be on the table, but such bans are the bare minimum of what's necessary. At this point, topic bans aren't a drastic last resort. They're the first step of a slow, painful remedy.
Thebiguglyalien (talk) 22:47, 20 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
In response to the link provided by Nableezy: a reminder that WikiProjects cannot enforce their local consensus on articles. Conclusions reached by a WikiProject are recognized as essays. Thebiguglyalien (talk) 23:46, 20 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
HJ Mitchell, replying more so to you because you've provided the strongest argument against my own and have convinced me to some degree. The most critical issue, in my opinion, is tag-teaming. Which regular editors in the area are working together to !vote lockstep, always in a way that favors the same cause? Especially when they apply different rationales depending on which side benefits (articles making Israel look bad must always be deleted and making Palestine look bad must always be kept, or vise versa, even if they have the same merits).
Your definition of "behaving tendentiously" would be a huge step in the right direction, but we'd need to flesh it out in a way that might be impossible. I've raised the issue at AE before, but no one could provide an example of what diffs are necessary to demonstrate this. Even though—if we all choose not to insult each other's intelligence—it's public knowledge who the most prominent tag-teamers are.
Regarding the academic "baseline", I don't believe there is one on most aspects. The controversy and disagreement are inherent to the subject area, including academia and history studies. The standard to declare something as a baseline fact should be overwhelming agreement in reliable sources. People who assert academic consensus on a subjective controversial topic are at best victims of confirmation bias and at worst maliciously misrepresenting. The people who insist that it's "correct vs incorrect" as opposed to "pro-Israel vs pro-Palestine" should be given additional scrutiny here.
Encouraging people to avoid the use of news media and primary reporting in articles on current events
is something of a pet cause of mine in general (that I've elaborated upon in an essay), and such avoidance will almost always produce better results.
I see the sockpuppetry issue to be a red herring. That's not to say it's not a huge problem, but the current focus is established users, and there are factors that make this more urgent:
- The opinions of less established accounts are taken less seriously in discussions relative to more experienced users (this probably should be the case, but that just means it's all the more important that experienced users are above reproach on POV issues).
- ECR significantly increases the investment to create sockpuppets.
- ECR makes it easy to see who's acting in bad faith via EC gaming.
- Once discovered, a sockpuppet account is automatically blocked.
- AE can't address coordinated action nearly as well as it can address individual problem users (which is why we're here).
- Administrators don't give a second thought to blocking or tbanning newbies, while they often shrink away from sanctioning entrenched editors who do much worse much more often.
- Any administrator with the resolve to take action (or even mention the possibility) is hounded and abused by the user's tag-team buddies.
To stretch the cat analogy that's been raised, we're trying to build a home for mice. We've known the dangers of cats for a long time. Keeping entrenched editors to protect us from socks and newbies is like keeping cats to protect the mice from kittens. Thebiguglyalien (talk) 21:24, 1 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I appreciate that HJ Mitchell is doing what we elected him to do and trying to get solve the problem. With that said, I'm also not a fan of these proposals. They seem geared toward the "loud" disruption, when the accusations of "quiet" disruption are why it got referred to Arbcom. Just a few days ago, Arbcom reaffirmed Wikipedia:Arbitration/Index/Principles#Presumption of coordination. I would like to see a case in which the most frequent participants in the area are scrutinized, and that this will be proposed as a principle to guide any and all remedies. The repeated insistence from frequent participants that only newbies and socks are the problem has further convinced me that this is necessary. Thebiguglyalien (talk) 17:23, 16 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Statement by xDanielx
Number 57's point gets at the heart of the issue: the two sides have been seriously mismatched in terms of numbers
. This often leads to situations where there's an apparent consensus which goes against (the natural or customary interpretation of) our content policies. The result is passionate edit warring, with one side righteously enforcing consensus, and the other righteously enforcing content policies.
The Zionism edit war covered at AE is one example - there's an apparent consensus to state in wikivoice, in the first sentence, that Zionism is colonization. It's frankly very hard to see how such an unequivocal statement could comply with NPOV, given the long list of scholars who take issue with the characterization. But it's difficult to enforce policies against a majority, and four editors have been brought to AE for attempts to do, with another threatened.
Another example is Gaza genocide. If that isn't a WP:POVNAME, I don't know what is. Some editors argued that titles do not imply statements, effectively saying that POV names do not exist. Such arguments tend to be invoked selectively. The move received significant press ([29], [30], [31], [32], etc), damaging Wikipedia's credibility.
I don't think word count limits would help. A bright-line rule against bludgeoning might help avoid lengthy discussions filled with redundancies, but that isn't the core issue. Enforcing behavioral policies more rigorously might help attract a few more neutral editors. The real solution would be to warn or sanction editors who repeatedly promote unreasonable or inconsistent interpretations of content policies, but of course that's difficult since such policy matters aren't black and white. — xDanielx T/C\R 01:06, 21 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Suggestion for Radical Change by Ravpapa
So long as we remain in the realm of editor behavioral change, we will get nowhere. What is required is structural change. In this topic area, we need to abandon the open consensual editing model that has been at the heart of Wikipedia since its inception. Here is what I propose that we do:
We recruit a committee of five to ten senior editors, who have never edited in the topic area, who have no identifiable bias, and who are equally unacceptable to both sides. Only members of this committee will be allowed to edit in the topic area.
The committee will be charged with reviewing the entire corpus of Middle East articles, and making any editorial and structural changes that they see fit, including:
- deleting duplicate articles about the same topic, or merging articles closely related.
- drastically trimming down articles of marginal importance that have become bloated with polemics.
- rewriting main articles to present conflicting views in a concise and intelligible way.
The committee should look not only at individual articles, but at the corpus in its entirety, thinking creatively about the best way to present information. I give examples and suggest such structural changes in my essay User:Ravpapa/The Politicization of Wikipedia, which I wrote 15 years ago but is just as relevant today as then.
The committee will have the power to delete, merge and rename articles by consensus within their own group, without having to go through the regular article deletion. merge or rename processes.
Anyone can, of course, comment on the talk page and make suggestions. But only the committee can actually edit. This proposal preserves the heart of the consensual editing model (though not strictly open), but eliminates the possibility for contentious editing.
It is a huge task. I am not volunteering. --Ravpapa (talk) 05:12, 21 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Statement by Black Kite
A PIA5 case has the possibility to go completely FUBAR if it attempts to litigate the entirety of the topic area and regular editors in those areas. This is a stupidly contentious topic and I suspect if we looked at the complete records of every regular editor a well-meaning member of ArbCom could probably go all Portals on us and find a spurious reason to ban them. No, my idea would be to concentrate on the three areas which appear to causing the most issues at the moment.
- Sub-5000-edit accounts which are basically SPAs on the PIA area, some of which will inevitably be socks but even if they're not are equally disruptive
- Those attempting to weaponise AE by bringing multiple threads against ideological enemies
- Those holding up progress by causing endless circular arguments on talk pages (I'm not going to say "bludgeoning" because people may look at BilledMammal's subpage which IMO has a wildly flawed methodology for assessing this). A lot of these people are, again, new-ish accounts.
Also, per Rosguill below. That particular shambles of an RfC is quite revealing. Black Kite (talk) 14:21, 21 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Statement by Rosguill
Based on my vantage point of having only really participated in I/P topics by way of RSN and AE discussions, I am perplexed by various assertions made in this clarification request. Reading through discussions like the recent ADL RfC, the recent Al-Jazeera RfC, a recent discussion of +972 a recent discussion of general Israeli sources, there is a consistent group of editors that repeatedly accuse a list of sources they have deemed to be "anti-Israel" while also defending-ad-bludgeon advocacy sources like the ADL and categorically defining Israeli news media as reliable. These discussions do not display the converse: there is no bloc of editors that rejects Israeli sources out of hand while categorically insisting that pro-Palestinian sources are reliable (for further evidence, see the recent Electronic Intifada RfC). We do occasionally see editors pop up who reject Israeli sources out of hand on talk pages (usually alongside US and potentially even European sources), but I don't see anyone named in this report that exhibits this behavior. Such editors are shown the door. signed, Rosguill talk 14:24, 21 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Statement by Huldra
- PROBLEM: the cat-herding admins cannot manage herding all the cats
- Solution: slaughter all the cats (<- I love cats, and would never support this option!)
- Problem solved
- alternative solution: better cat-herders, or better cat-herding rules, are apparently not on the table, Huldra (talk) 18:49, 21 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- And then we have cat-herders who likes to play as a cat, at times,
- As for Number 57 view: "the 30/500 restriction has actively worsened this situation by giving the long-term problematic editors an advantage" As an editor who has been "credited" by off-wiki web-sites and blogs with bringing about this rule, I can say: "credit where credit is due", namely with the more unhinged of Israels' supporters. It was their incessant rape- and murder- threats which brought about this policy. AFAIK, Number 57 has never been threatened with murder for editing wiki, or seeing his loved ones being raped (And I am happy -and relieved- he hasn't!), but I wish he would try to imagine how he would have felt.
- As for Number 57 view: "is a core group of 10-15 editors in this topic area (many of whom have been with us for well over a decade) who are primarily on Wikipedia to push their POV I could also easily name such a group – but it would prabably be a totally different group from the one (I guess) Number 57 has in mind,
- I agree fully with Zero0000's asseccment: "There is a reason why many editors who enter the I/P area quickly decide that it is toxic and controlled by a cabal. It's because they come along armed with nothing except strong political opinions and a few newspaper articles, and don't like it when they meet experienced editors familiar with the vast academic literature. The small fraction of new editors who arrive with genuine knowledge of the topic have a much better time of it", I have met people with PhDs in the I/P-area, who knows far, far less about the history of the area, than some of my fellow wiki-editors.
- As for Guerillero' wish for better cat-herding rules; I was thinking of something like: scratch another cat's face: 1 month's automatic topic-ban. Of course "scratch another cat's face" has to be minutely defined ;/, I didn' think I scratched a cat's face here, but that cat apparently disagreed! Huldra (talk) 20:07, 22 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- Also, some cats have been more attacked than most, [33], [34],[35],[36], while others have managed to get by with hardly a single scratch; [37] [38] (and no: that isn't because our editing is that bad: some of the very worst abuse I have suffered was after I removed that the Western Wall was "In Israel" (It isn't, according to the International community.) Huldra (talk) 22:24, 22 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- Not to mention that some cats are the subject of off-wiki harassment and outing-attempts, while others are not. I cannot recall in all my years here that there has been a single attack-page aimed at the pro-Israeli editors, while there have been at least half a dozen attacking those editor not deemed pro-Israeli enough. And outing: apparently you will "help the state of Israel" if you make public my RN. Gosh, this cat had no idea that she was that important! Oh well, on the internet nobody knows you're a ......dog, Huldra (talk) 23:17, 22 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- User:Number 57 and User:Swatjester say they have received death treaths, and I have no reason to disbelieve them, and I am very sorry they have done so, BUT: Do you deny that the threats against "the-not-so-pro-Israli"-editors is far greater than against the "pro-israeli" editors? After all, your talk-pages are blissfully clean of Wikipedia:RD2 and Wikipedia:RD3, after nearly 20 years each for both of you.
- To re-iterate: some of the worst abuse I have recieved is over removing "in Israel" from places which have been occupied by Israel since 1967. This should have been totally uncontroversial, but apparently isn't. Likewise, I sometimes have to undo edits which place Arab cities in Israel in "Palestine"[39] others do so rutinely as well, [40][41]. All of these edits should have been uncontroversial. But I know that when I do the former (ie.removing "in Israel" from places which have been occupied by Israel since 1967) I can expect a tsunami of insults and threats, while when I do the latter (ie: placing Arab cities in Israel), I have *never* recieved any such reaction. Why this difference, I wonder?cheers, Huldra (talk) 22:58, 23 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Some comments after reading some of the other comment here:
- User:Thebiguglyalien: "Once discovered, a sockpuppet account is automatically blocked" No, they are not. I am 100% sure that a Tombah-sock is active at present, but he is still unblocked. And Nocal works in the tech/computer-industry and knows every trick in the book to avoid detection.
- " Keeping entrenched editors to protect us from socks and newbies is like keeping cats to protect the mice from kittens" I have no idea what this is supposed to mean.
- User:xDanielx: "...s Gaza genocide. If that isn't a WP:POVNAME, I don't know what is." That is the problem; you think you know "the Truth", but you obviously haven't read what genocide scholars say. And the scholars call it a genocide. I was once accused by a off-wiki website of "undermining the factual history of Israel on Wikipedia by creating false documentation that shows nearly 400 Arab villages were allegedly depopulated by Jews and Israel." Well, guess what: even Israeli scholars agreee that it was Jewish military groups/IDF that stood for the vast majority of the depopulation.
- AFAIK: only pro-Israeli groups actively recruits wp-editors, they have done so for at least 15 years, they come to wp. with lots of opinions and zero knowledge of scholarly work. And are bitterly dissapointed when they cannot convince others.
- User:Jehochman: I have given no such advice!!!!! Quite the opposite! Huldra (talk) 00:10, 3 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- Try clarifying the first few lines. I obviously got the wrong impression. Jehochman Talk 00:11, 3 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Statement by Arkon
Seeing many comments that should be saved for the Arb case over the last few days. Is there some threshold that needs to be passed before this case is opened?Arkon (talk) 20:56, 22 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- Closing in on two weeks since I commented the above, sheesh. Arkon (talk) 21:55, 2 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- lol. But not really. Arkon (talk) 05:53, 15 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- I almost forgot about the nothing being done here. pokes with stick Arkon (talk) 22:38, 22 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Statement by Shushugah
- Enforcement in this area has been largely ineffective. The net result is a hostile/toxic environment. Remaining editors face a dilemma to either disengage (probably the healthier option) or furiously engage (also bringing the worst side of all parties involved). This does not mean someone who furiously engages is necessarily disruptive. We should be careful not to draw a false equivalence between the two. Especially when one side focuses on policy based arguments, namely summarizing inclusively pro Israeli and Palestinian sources while other sides are pushing for singular/nationalist narratives.
- Cases are brought to ArbCom or ANI after obvious escalations, however what we need is stronger focus on preventive measures over enforcement after the fact.
- On a practical note, reducing the ability of individual editors to dominate a conversation by instituting either a limit on word count or percentage, would allow more voices to sustainably opine with succint policy based arguments without having to compete for eyeball attention and save clerks more time when closing a discussion. More clerks would be motivated to join in too potentially.
- The other thing that remains unacceptable is the presentation by some editors in this ArbCom request and general discussions as POV pushing by two sides, when the reality is it is POV pushing versus critically summarizing the state of different reliable sources. Having a much stricter enforcement of WP:SOAPBOX would clean up discussions.
- These remedies would be easier to resolve than the (possible) allegations of tag-teaming and or gamification of Wikipedia which will continue to be contested and or repeatedly brought here ~ 🦝 Shushugah (he/him • talk) 22:15, 22 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- [@CaptainEek] On one hand, if this becomes PIA5, more people would have given commented (if they wished) and existing editors might have presented evidence differently. On the other hand, a lot of time is wasted going in circular questions about the correct forum, when many of the issues raised are the same. If it is possible to refactor/raise a prepared PIA5 instead of starting from scratch, I would support a separate venue. Everyone should have a fair chance to bring input, but for most editors (myself included) ARCA is incredibly confusing and bureaucratic. ~ 🦝 Shushugah (he/him • talk) 17:11, 30 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Statement by berchanhimez
I haven't wanted to comment here because I feel that others are saying what I would have to say. But I feel it needs to be stressed that some editors are continuing to blatantly ignore policies and guidelines even in this request which concerns such behaviors. To quote The whole point of RSN deliberations, and you engage in them often, is to distinguish between narrow and wide bias in newspapers. A narrow bias doesn't imperil the general reliability of a source: a wide bias can lead to deprecation.
This flat out contradicts the applicable PAG pages of WP:BIASED and WP:NPOV § Bias in sources. However, Nishidani is correct that a wide bias can lead to deprecation
- I am unsure if this has actually happened (and if it has whether it's happened in the Israel-Palestine subject area), but it only takes a quick look through contentious topics on RSN to see that editors are engaging in civil POV pushing (and sometimes uncivil) through attempting to deprecate sources that have a bias towards opinions they disagree with. This is but one example of the experienced editors blatantly admitting to ignoring PAGs when they disagree with the inevitable outcome of them.
This gets at the root cause of the issues in this (and likely other) contentious topics. Those editors with experience have "practice" in using PAGs in discussions - which is great as discussions should be based on how to apply our PAGs to specific disputes. However, their experience also means they are good at abusing PAGs to further their point of view and ensure Wikipedia reflects what they think is "right". To be clear, I am not denying that contentious topics are likely to have more sockpuppetry or newer editors in the topic areas than a "tame" subject would. That does not, however, justify cherrypicking PAGs that support one side, and ignoring arguments to the contrary - and it especially does not justify bludgeoning discussions so that the closer has no choice but to find those arguments "stronger" simply because people either tire out of refuting the claims, tire out of pointing out the failures of the arguments made, or are threatened with administrative action by those who know they can be quick to take complaints to friends who are administrators or boards like AE without threat to themselves no matter what they did to fan the flames. Funnily enough, when one of these editors has their conduct called out, the others tend to show up and bludgeon that discussion - through deflecting focus on to the editor making the report or those supporting it, through calling into questions the motives of editors who are simply trying to remove bad behavior from the topic area, and ultimately through derailing any chance that the behavior is addressed. That is why this is back at ArbCom after what, 4 prior cases? And of course, many of the problematic experienced editors have already shown up to this request to bludgeon here with chants of "there is no war in Ba Sing Se" over, and over, and over again to try and deflect from and/or justify their own behavior.
A contentious topic does not need to have more heat than light in any discussion. I support this case being opened with a wide reaching list of parties - to the point that I would not feel it unreasonable for people like myself, whose editing in the area is limited to participation in a small number of discussions with a small number of comments. However, the root cause of these problems isn't the sockpuppetry (where it occurs), it isn't those who ask others to respond to their PAG based arguments, it isn't even bludgeoning or incivility by "one side". The problem is that experienced editors here (as elsewhere on the internet) tend to gravitate towards the same side, and via strength in numbers can continue to make systemic bias worse, silence opposition/alternative points of view, and ultimately control the topic area. One need only look at the significant number of experienced editors who are not a part of the "in group" who've commented here that they avoid this topic area because they have no hope of participating constructively against the other experienced editors - whether they're working in coordination or simply independently being disruptive. As such, I see the only solution being the indefinite removal (topic ban - not warning) of any and all experienced editors who have, even just once, turned the heat up.
There are more than enough editors who, if those whose only response to disagreement is to turn up the heat are removed, would be willing to contribute in the topic area to keep the encyclopedia running. The result of this case will determine whether I myself will feel like my contributions are welcomed in the topic area and that I won't have to spend time fighting bludgeoning from another side with no hopes of having my points ever refuted.
- Since this ARCA has been opened, there has been at least two more AE requests related to this topic area. ArbCom would do good to actually state their intentions on this issue - either open a case (or voice your intention to do so more clearly) so that AE admins can focus on other topic areas (outside obvious socks/SPAs/etc that AE can continue to handle), or resolve the issues in this topic area by some other means. As it stands, editors on the side with more experienced editors can continue to weaponize AE to remove editors they don't like from the topic area since AE admins feel obligated to continue reviewing reports with what ideally should be an impending case - and as they've said multiple times, AE isn't the right place nor equipped to handle reports regarding conduct that crosses over a plethora of editors. -bɜ:ʳkənhɪmez | me | talk to me! 01:07, 12 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- I see all motions being proposed as merely kicking the can down the road. The problems in this topic area are those like Levivich who have taken to making threats (as Barkeep points out) to other editors because they seem to feel they're immune to sanctions. By resolving this without any sanctions against the editors making this topic area contentious, that is only going to give those editors more reason to continue their disruption and "civil" POV pushing behaviors. A full case, with evidence, should be opened. If after the full case, ArbCom still feels those motions are the best way to resolve this, well fine. But an ARCA is not the place to expect to be given all the evidence, so we will just end up with a case eventually. -bɜ:ʳkənhɪmez | me | talk to me! 00:50, 16 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- I'm going to presume the evidence posted by Amayorov was something that would be best suited as private evidence in an ArbCom case. This is even more reason that a case should be opened rather than trying to dispense with this by motion(s). -bɜ:ʳkənhɪmez | me | talk to me! 06:18, 16 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- 1 - I haven't particularly seen evidence that there is an issue of AE time/capacity/capability being insufficient to handle the rare appeals made of AE actions in the area. However to quote HJ Mitchell
if this takes some of the workload off of AE or gives admins cover to make unpopular but necessary decisions
, and that sentiment is reflected by enough administrators who frequent AE in general (or in this topic area), then I have no problem with this being added to their toolkit. I am, however, skeptical that this will do much to improve the topic area. - 2 (generally) - I think limiting discussions from getting derailed is a good idea, but I don't think any of the current motions are the way to do it.
- 2a - I have a couple problems with this. First of all,
urged
is toothless. If a word limit is going to be imposed, sanctions need to be authorized for violating it - whether it's a universal word limit in the topic area, a discussion-specific word limit, or an editor-specific limit. Secondly, I don't think a flat word limit is going to reduce disruption/work - all it will do is cause arguments over what counts for the word limit, and why certain things shouldn't count. - 2b - This is reactive which causes a problem. If an uninvolved administrator notices disruption that is in part (but not wholly) due to three users (A B and C), and A has already written 1000 words, B has written 2500 words, and C has written 4000 words, what is the administrator going to do? They could impose a "no further words" on all three, but that would be unfair to A who, even if their comments were partially disruptive, at least kept them concise. They could impose a blanket 1000 word restriction on everyone, but then how are B and C to be punished for not following a restriction that wasn't in place when they made the comments? They also wouldn't likely be able to come into compliance since removing/editing comments that have been replied to would be unacceptable. So that leads to the first situation - A is being restricted and B and C would not be penalized for exceeding it.
- 2c - I don't think an automatic sunset is ideal. An automatic review of the current arbitration committee, sure, but if this is added for the topic area it should not go away until there is a clear consensus (either among arbitrators or AE admins) that it is no longer needed.
- 2 (my proposal) - Rather than allowing word limitations or anything similar, administrators should be given increased "clerking" abilities for formal requests for comment in this area. As part of those abilities, they would be able to prevent future comments by an editor if that editor is no longer adding anything useful but is repeating themselves ad nauseum, would be able to strike through, hat, or remove off topic/useless comments, and as another alternative to impose reply-restrictions that amount to a discussion-specific interaction ban (i.e. if editor B and C are going back and forth, they are no longer permitted to reply to each other or to others questioning each other's comments, but they would still be able to reply to A on issues neither B nor C had raised/commented on). This would be difficult but not impossible to implement in my opinion.
- 3 - I agree with those commenting that this should have no effect, since consensus is not based on bold !votes anyway, but on the strength of arguments. However, this does bring up a good point - contentious topics do somewhat frequently have to rely on !vote counting, because regardless of the strengths of the arguments, many users will be !voting based on their personal opinion. This can take the form of simply ignoring the PAG based arguments that others make entirely, or by claiming, without any logic/evidence, that the PAG doesn't apply/is being used improperly. This would also be resolved by clerking during the discussion - if an administrator observes a !vote or comment that disagrees with a PAG based argument by another and it does not actually explain why the user is of the opinion that the PAG does not apply, that comment can be struck through. That way the closing administrator doesn't have to sort through potentially hundreds or thousands of lines of text of opinion back and forth that don't have any helpful discussion on the why behind the reasoning.
- 4 - I don't share the concerns about circumventing verifiability/onus/burden/etc, but I do have a potential solution to them - rather than it being any revert must be discussed before it can be redone, have a safety switch if need be. I'd like to recommend a couple alternatives:
- 4 (suggestion A):
If content is significantly changed, altered, or added to an article and that change/alteration/addition is contested, the change cannot be remade until a discussion takes place on the talk page. An exception will be made for an editor making one further change to return the disputed and surrounding content and context to a past version that is either supported by prior consensus or had not been in dispute for (time period) before the change was made, as well as for enforcing arbitration remedies such as ECR violations or editor topic bans. An editor wishing to avail themselves of the exception for returning it to the status quo while it is being discussed must clearly identify their edit as such using the edit summary, and must immediately support their view on the talk page by identifying the last time the status quo content had been significantly disputed or was added to the article originally if there was no dispute. Alternatively, if there was a prior consensus for the content, a link to this discussion will suffice. Any uninvolved administrator may evaluate the veracity of the claim of status quo, and if it is insufficient or in bad faith may recommend removing the disputed content altogether, changing it to a more-stable version, or a reasonable alternative. Editors abusing this exception may be sanctioned at AE from making any reverts under this exemption in the future.
- 4 (suggestion B) -
If content is significantly changed, altered, or added to an article and that change/alteration/addition is contested, the change cannot be remade until a discussion takes place on the talk page. An exception will be made for reverts to enforce ECR or an AE remedy. Editors who feel there is a significant concern over the changed/altered/added content remaining in the article while it is under discussion can request an evaluation of uninvolved administrators at Arbitration Enforcement as to whether the claim is valid enough to support removing it while it is under discussion. Only uninvolved administrators may reply to such a request, the request will be solely over whether the concern is significant enough to remove pending discussion (and not conduct issues), and if a decision to remove the content or return to a different prior status quo in the meantime is made, that decision will stand until a consensus emerges on the talk page
.
- Both of these suggestions would work similar to how full protection of an entire page works now - but with the added protection that it wouldn't be a unilateral administrator replying to an edit request or making the determination of which version to protect - as per policies on full protection this does not result in an administrator becoming involved simply by
exercising discretion on whether to apply protection to the current version of an article, or to an older, stable, or pre-edit-war version
, nor by avoid[ing] protecting a version that contains policy-violating content, such as vandalism, copyright violations, defamation, or poor-quality coverage of living people
. Both of these would also avoid administrators having to fully protect an entire page - it amounts basically to a portion of the page being "protected" against further changes if a change is disputed, while giving uninvolved administrators the ability to enforce prior status quo and remove policy violating content as they would have if the page as a whole was fully protected.In fact, the protection policy already allows fully protecting an entire page as a response to an edit war - administrators have the discretion to temporarily fully protect an article to end an ongoing edit war. This approach may better suit multi-party disputes and contentious content, as it makes talk page consensus a requirement for implementation of requested edits.
However this is rarely used as it prevents edits to other parts of the page while the temporary full protection is in place, so perhaps this form of "partial full protection" may help.
Ultimately, I still think a full case would be ideal to determine if any editors need to be removed from the area altogether, and to evaluate the exact extra tools that will be helpful. -bɜ:ʳkənhɪmez | me | talk to me! 00:59, 27 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Statement by Amakuru
I don't have a huge amount to say about the general question here, although I do gravitate towards Buidhe's point of view above... while this is clearly a hugely emotive and contentious topic area for many and of course there are numerous disputes, my from-a-distance perspective is that conduct is actually a lot better than you might expect. While many editors fall into one of two "camps", the WP principles of compromise, respecting others and objective analysis still seem to be present in many debates. I'd urge ArbCom to be extremely cautious about imposing too many editing restrictions or topic bans in this area, on either side of the debate, I think that would lead to less good coverage of the subject rather than more.
Anyway, I'm primarily commenting here because I was mentioned above by Domeditrix, seemingly criticising my close of the move review for the Gaza genocide article. I'd like to know what I was supposed to do differently in that instance? Perhaps it could have instead been a "no consensus" close, but the effect of endorsing the RM close would have been the same. It's been long-established that consensus building on Wikipedia takes place by viewing comments through the lens of policy, but equally closers almost always find consensus for the majority vote if there isn't a lot to choose between the strength of arguments. Bluntly, there isn't an objective policy that says Gaza genocide is a disallowed title, the closer of the original RM found consensus for that title, and many seasoned editors agreed. If Domeditrix and others think we should be evaluating discussions in a fundamentally different way from how we've historically done so, for example by not counting votes at all, then they need to run that by the community and get some sort of procedural update in place so we know exactly how to assess these things. — Amakuru (talk) 10:52, 23 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Statement by Doug Weller
I'm not here to comment on the case but to draw attention to a blog by a probably banned editor concerning this case and attacking a number of the editors here, specifically Number 57, Nableezy, Nishidani, Huldra, Black Kite, Sean.hoyland and Rosguill.[42] It also says "Only a technique called "semi-protection" (prohibiting people not logged in from editing) can stop crazy people from coming onto user pages and threatening editors. Huldra's Wikipedia user pages are not semi-protected." Doug Weller talk 14:54, 26 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Statement by Jéské Couriano
Looking at my current group of AE archives (April 2024 - present)[a], of 75 threads (discounting the two duplicates) 38 of them are PIA-related. And of 94 threads from Oct. 2023 (and the Re'im massacre) to this past March, 41 of them are PIA related.
I get the sense that the ongoing Israel-Hamas war is a major driver of the increased (mis)conduct in the area given its grossly outsized invocation at AE over the past ten months, and while I do agree that PIA5 is all but necessary at this point, I would handle it as a separate matter to this, akin to COL/AP2. Have one case to handle the editor conduct issues highlighted at the AE thread here (focusing on individuals) and then a second one to address the climate in the topic area writ large (focusing on policy changes to the topic). Trying to conflate the two a la The Omnibus Case is just going to be a bigger timesink than just doing them separately. —Jéské Couriano v^_^v threads critiques 17:39, 31 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- @HJ Mitchell: The Arab-Israeli conflict's Arbitration history well predates the first PIA case; PIA1 is simply the first time ArbCom turned its gaze on the situation as a whole rather than just hitting individual editors only. —Jéské Couriano v^_^v threads critiques 22:01, 2 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Notes
- ^ This figure does not count the (incomplete) Archive 339, nor does it count any unarchived threads at Enforcement, including the one referred here
Statement by RAN1
Speaking of the AE request about האופה, there's also the AE request about PeleYoetz which was closed as moot because of this referral (diff), so that should be reviewed too. RAN1 (talk) 09:20, 2 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Statement by Hydrangeans
Without the context, I'm not convinced BilledMammal's User:BilledMammal/ARBPIA_RM_statistics page is on its own illuminating. Contributing to discussions about moving articles intersects with the policy on titling articles which includes all sort of guidance about using a common name, neutrally naming articles with the exception of non-neutral common names, etc., and deciding how to note-vote ought to involve basing one's decision on what sources say. Without that context, it's presuming too much to look at information presented in this manner and conclude something about an editor's "pro"-ness of X or Y or what have you, which is implicitly assuming editors are contributing to those move discussions based on something like whims rather than on sources and PAGs. Looking at User:BilledMammal/ARBPIA_RM_statistics, if I see that editor A supported move B for an article about C, it feels a bit superficial for me to think, 'aha, editor A is a pro-C partisan' instead of thinking, 'I had better immerse myself in the relevant literature and see if I agree that the secondary sources support move B for topic C'. To the extent that POV pushing is the animating concern of this referral, it rather matters that we know what perspective is expressed by the highest quality sources. Otherwise we're just going by feel and will have every chance of producing a false balance.
And all that, the original request for enforcement is practically forgotten. Like, it's been two weeks. Seems like all that's left to do is dismiss in light of האופה not editing since the report. Hydrangeans (she/her | talk | edits) 16:48, 2 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Statement by Personisinsterest
[Replying to this mention. Reply moved from Statement by Nishidani.]
- Don’t know what’s happening, but keep me out. If the argument is that I’m bias, true, but I try as hard as I can to be neutral, and I can provide examples of this. Personisinsterest (talk) 09:59, 3 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Statement by Figureofnine
More needs to be done to improve the civility of the I/P pages, because the current atmosphere in these pages is simply unacceptable. Editors and administrators both too often disregard that civility is not a suggestion, not a behavioral guideline, but is policy. Last month I proposed the revival of an intermediary civility board at the Village Pump. [43] The discussion is useful less for the particulars of whether such a board is useful than it is for the cross-section of attitudes on display, which vary from concern to not giving a damn about civility. Note also that some of the most active I/P editors involved in this discussion participated there and aired their views on the subject of civility.
Civility simply is not taken seriously anymore anywhere in the project, is lackadaisically and usually not enforced at all, and is a sad memory in the I/P pages. WP:CIVIL needs to be strictly enforced especially in contentious topic areas. If editors cannot show respect for other editors they should not be allowed to edit there. Administrators need to act and I believe that Arbcom has a responsibility in this area as well. Figureofnine (talk • contribs) 23:13, 12 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Motions: The recent motions are well-intentioned efforts to deal with the issues presented by this situation without dealing with the editors involved. While that approach is tempting and understandable, I believe that, as some have pointed out, that they might make things worse, promote tag-teaming and offsite canvassing, and constitute a failure to act if not worse. Figureofnine (talk • contribs) 13:39, 16 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- Specific views on the motions:
1. Appeals only to Arbcom: I see some merit to this. It can prevent bludgeoning of administrators who venture into the subject area.
2. Word limits: On the surface it seems to address the problem that we face of repetitive discussions and "IDONTHEARTHAT" bad faith hounding that can drag out discussions. But it is a process answer to a behavior issue.
3. Excluding involved participants. Again, a process answer to an editor behavior issues. Not all involved editors are creating problems, tag-teaming and so on. This "throws out the baby with the bathwater."
4. "Enforced BRD" Another process answer to an editor behavior issue, and I don't believe that it would have any positive impact on the subject area whatosever.
- ---Figureofnine (talk • contribs) 20:27, 16 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Biased by default? I think that Amayorov has come up with an intriguing solution below: label the articles in this and other contentious topic areas as biased and unbalanced by default, "explicitly mark them as such to readers with an appropriate banner," and so on. I agree insofar as this topic area is concerned. Others, I do not know.
We are here because of a widespread belief, both on and off-wiki, that these articles are biased. Let's tell the public: "In this subject area, neutrality is not a given. Enter at your own risk." I think that would restore faith in the project that many do not have, or have lost. Figureofnine (talk • contribs) 22:35, 17 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Levivich: Yes, one can argue that all articles in controversial subject areas will be viewed as biased by both sides of the controversies. That is certainly true with these articles. It is also true that these articles have the potential for bringing the project into disrepute. Is an article too pro-X? Is it too pro-Y? Is there canvassing by editors for X? Is there canvassing by editors for Y? Let's not be naive or sanguine. Canvassing is the elephant in the room. There is canvassing, without a doubt, by all parties in this and other controversial topic areas no matter what they are, in which the off-wiki fighting is intense and Wikipedia is just one area in a wide-ranging conflict. Wikipedia is not equipped to deal with such situations adequately. Hell we can't even keep the discussions civil. We have failed at that. Administrators have failed. Arbcom has failed. We, the editors, have failed. We need to admit that we haven't done a good job of keeping these articles free of bias. We need to concede that in these subject areas we cannot prevent bias from creeping into and even overwhelming articles. We need to say that loud and clear, without being mealy-mouthed or equivocal. Figureofnine (talk • contribs) 13:03, 18 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Statement by Amayorov
No sure if this has been raised already, but there is evidence circulating online of potential WP:TAGTEAMing and WP:CANVASSing by bad-faith editors from both sides. (Redacted) Here’s one example. Amayorov (talk) 01:01, 16 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- The sources I previously posted, and which have since been redacted, reported that a group of editors had been coordinating using third-party tools (e.g. Discord) to fight “on the Wikipedia front the information battle for truth, peace and justice.” According to the articles, their activity included publishing how-to videos, organizing edits, and compiling lists of "work in progress" pages they aimed to modify.
- As one published material that I referenced put it, "Wikipedia is not just an online encyclopedia. It’s a battleground for narratives." Amayorov (talk) 20:31, 17 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
A naive proposal: Would it be useful to treat all articles on specific contentious topics as biased and unbalanced by default, and explicitly mark them as such to readers with an appropriate banner? To remove this banner, we could introduce more stringent criteria requiring a wider consensus, including input from uninvolved editors. Articles that fail to pass these reviews would remain marked as "potentially biased". It would also be easier to re-introduce a banner if needed.
This approach would be less disruptive to the usual editing process, as the added rules would only relate to the article banner, while the content itself would continue to be edited according to the existing rules. Amayorov (talk) 11:17, 17 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Statement by Springee
I'm not active in this area but I do see some serious issues with the Gaza Genocide page move. Part of this is the issue associated with very close/questionable closes being hard to change. This was an example where the !vote split was near 50/50 between the current title which reads as genocide is given, and the two alternatives which both made it clear this was an accusation/disputed claim. This is the sort of situation where a closer, while acting in good faith, can create issues with a questionable close. In this case, editors had good reason to question the close of POVTITLE grounds. However, with a basically 50/50 split between editors who were happy/unhappy with the move the review was closed as no-consensus. I feel in cases like this if we can't endorse the close then the close needs to be reverted (perhaps for a panel close). Note that this isn't specifically a problem for this topic area.
I would also suggest that within contentious topic areas it would be good to rule that POV neutrality is more important than ever. If Wikipedia is seen to be taking sides it undermines the credibility of the whole project. It also is more likely to create fights etc. I would encourage the committee to look not just at editor behavior but structural ways we can try to avoid these problem in the future. There are many good editors on both sides of this topic and even more who likely aren't on either side but who just want to do good work in this area. I think some rules based reforms vs finger pointing at editors might be helpful here. Springee (talk) 12:20, 16 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Statement by starship.paint
I wasn't intending to comment, but then I read #Motion 3: Involved participants as originally written by HJ Mitchell, which allows only uninvolved editors to vote. I believe this motion would greatly benefit sockpuppets and meatpuppets at the expense of experienced editors. starship.paint (RUN) 13:42, 16 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- I wholeheartedly endorse the proposal by Sean.hoyland to more liberally employ CheckUser in this topic to deal with potential ban evasion. If so you can start by checking Sean and myself. starship.paint (RUN) 12:28, 23 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
A decision has now been rendered on the proposals (1, one of the 2s, 3 and 4). Shall we bring this matter to a close? starship.paint (RUN) 00:46, 7 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Statement by Vice_regent
I'd like to request the admins below kindly consider "moderated discussion" as a way to achieve consensus, and consider Talk:Jerusalem/2013 RfC discussion as a good example. The pre-RfC discussion involved some very lengthy analysis of sources. This is unavoidable given the volume of scholarship involved. But it was largely kept out of the RfC (WP:RFC/Jerusalem) itself. The RfC itself was orderly. And finally, it was closed by a panel with a detailed rationale.VR (Please ping on reply) 15:01, 18 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- Motion 4
HJ Mitchell and CaptainEek, with respect to Motion 4: Enforced BRD, I personally felt that this provision became fairly unworkable in the case of WP:ARBIRP. There was lots of very lengthy discussion on who reverted what (eg see this lengthy discussion and this request for clarification). In small discussions (2-4 people) this motion effectively gives every participant a veto, which leads to WP:STONEWALLING. Everything had to be resolved by RfCs, which take a month to discuss and then maybe another month to wait to be closed.
Can I suggest that this remedy be applied similar to 2b: i.e. imposed by an uninvolved admin on a particular article for a particular time period (eg. imposed on all edits to X recent event article for 30 days).VR (Please ping on reply) 15:36, 24 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- Motion 2
CaptainEek for motion 2c, can I suggest it only apply to RfCs for which a WP:RFCBEFORE has been given adequate time? I find most RMs don't have a pre-discussion done, so if a change is being proposed for the first time, it can take longer than 1,000 words to do sufficient source analysis.VR (Please ping on reply) 15:43, 24 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Statement by Supreme Deliciousness regarding Motion 4: Enforced BRD
This is a very bad idea because it will give editors the tool to lock out any material they dont like for any reason. They can then filibuster at the talkpage and make it virtually impossible to reinstate the material because "no consensus has been reached". Recently something very similar happened at the Golan Heights article where well sourced and relevant information was removed without any valid reason whatsoever. Certain editors will use this to disrupt articles within the area of conflict. --Supreme Deliciousness (talk) 06:16, 24 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Statement by Super Goku V
Regarding a potential Motion 3b, maybe it is better to split the negatives from the motion? Maybe something like: Editors may designate themselves involved in the entire topic area or a subset of it, or may be designated by an uninvolved admin (on a user's talk page / by being logged at the Arbitration enforcement log). Designations by administrators may be appealed in the same way as sanctions. (Self-designations may be requested to be reviewed for removal after a year.) Designation is not a suggestion that an editor's contributions are problematic.
Then a potential Motion 5 could go into restrictions in place on those involved, such as unable to close discussions, only one new discussion a day, twenty comment limit a day for talk pages under ARBPIA, 1RR limit, must have 2.5k edits to participate outside edit requests, any and all other suggestions, etc. --Super Goku V (talk) 07:01, 24 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Barkeep49, Hydrangeans, L235, Nishidani, RAN1, and ToBeFree: Just to give a heads up, האופה (HaOfa) has resumed editing with 2024 Hezbollah headquarters strike on the 29th and has submitted a statement above as of a couple of hours ago. (Pinging those who discussed האופה) --Super Goku V (talk) 09:34, 1 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@ToBeFree: Regarding Motion 5, I would be more disappointed in a lack of a case than a case that doesn't have solutions for the future. The AE thread and this discussion has shown that there are multiple editors whose behavior and actions should be looked into, regardless of the attempts to try to fix the problem. --Super Goku V (talk) 08:18, 19 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Statement by Coretheapple
Seems that I've come here as this C&A is sunsetting. I am not sure about whether the motions will have an impact, but I imagine they are worth trying. Generally I agree with the comments made by Tryptofish, Swatjester and Number 57. I've reviewed the charts that have been proffered here, and I don't find them useful or probative of anything whatsoever. I suggest that the Committee go ahead, pass whatever you want to pass as motions, but also go ahead with a case as there is a need for one as the topic area needs help. I believe the source of the problems is that due to various reasons, the Wikipedia community as a whole has avoided this subject area. Thus the very basis of the project, which is the genius of crowds, has gone, and the result has been detrimental to both the community and the reader. These points were made early on by the three users I mentioned and others, but the point has been lost by the usual swamp of verbiage and deflection.Coretheapple (talk) 16:27, 24 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Amayorov afraid what you're suggesting would take the project off the hook in not just this case but in scores of contentious articles on every conceivable subject, whether officially designated as "contentious" or not. The project is an ongoing effort, and surrendering on that basic principle is inadvisable. Coretheapple (talk) 19:37, 24 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Supreme Deliciousness Not necessarily. If it has that effect, it can be put in reverse. I don't see the harm in trying to improve matters in these articles, even with a not-insignificant chance of failure. My guess is that the chance of failure if this BRD motion is passed is at least 50%. Coretheapple (talk) 19:42, 24 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Reading through the arbitrator comments, I may be wrong but it appears to me that a full case is not by any means off the table, and that the motions are not necessarily going to be a substtitute for a full case. It might be clarifying if the committee would formally vote up or down on that, with the arbs stating their reasons for or against the idea of opening a full case. Coretheapple (talk) 22:21, 24 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@CaptainEek As I said above, I see the virtue of at least attempting to bring order to the subject area by motions, even though I don't believe most would work and some may acdtually be harmful. But I do think arbcom has to do something unless it's clearly a bad idea. I think that the RS proposal, with a carve-out for "recent" events, is clearly a bad idea. What makes it so is that the reliability of the sourcing itself is a matter of contention. In the Zionism article, "the Bible" arose in this discussion, the reaction to which was so vociferous that the editor who raised the issue was blocked. Not taking sides in that particular discussion, in which I was not involved, it's plain that what is and is not a reliable source was not really the issue in that discussion. The editor simply raised the Zionist roots as being in antiquity and that Zionism is implicit in religious observances and in the history of the Jewish people. Editors need some freedom and leeway in discussing these fraught subjects. Therefore I would point to that discussion not as a reason to impose an RS restriction but rather to not impose one. And the carve-out for recent events makes little sense. Coretheapple (talk) 16:30, 25 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I appreciate Levivich clarifying what he means by "recent events" and his sourcing idea generally regarding use of contemporary newspapers etc. as pertains to historical events. This is I think not a constructive idea, and would unduly handcuff editors in sourcing articles. We have a fine array of contemporary sources available through the Wikipedia Library and we should use more of them, not less, subject of course to discussion as to their appropriateness, rather than hand down a blanket prohibition. Coretheapple (talk) 17:13, 25 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Nishidani, you may very well be right (re Balfour etc.) and I'm not going to argue the point here. But those who would (not here but in the relevant locations) should not feel that doing so means crossing a red line if they cite sources on a banned list, or that if they stray from say the Journal of Palestine Studies on matters relative to 1948 that they are going to be topic-banned. We simply can't have that kind of heavy-handed and unwarranted restriction. The idea is to bring editors into this topic area not to repel them. Now as for the editor in question, who I alluded to concerning that discussion, he was initially blocked for two months, which was converted to a block from editing the Zionism article or contributing to its talk page for two months. This is an extremely serious penalty, far worse than I usually see doled out on AE after lengthy discussions, and we don't even have the kind of restriction being advocated here. We don't want good-faith editors walking on eggshells. Coretheapple (talk) 21:57, 25 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Statement by Izno
Motion 2b would be clearer if the two kinds of restrictions suggested there were sorted into either page restrictions or editor restrictions. Particularly, whether "all participants" is a page restriction as I believe is intended. Izno (talk) 22:03, 24 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Statement by SPECIFICO
(Comment moved from below, regarding to motion No. 4) This appears to be functionally equivalent to the Consensus Required restriction that's already available. SPECIFICO talk 02:11, 25 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Statement by Valereee
I second Levivich's suggestion that a RS consensus required restriction would be a helpful tool. These weren't new editors trying to source to dictionaries, the Bible, and Wikipedia. All had thousands of edits; one had 100K+ edits. Valereee (talk) 12:41, 25 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Statement by isaacl
Regarding word-limit restrictions: I think a limit per discussion will unduly hamper the ability for discussion to reach a conclusion. Earlier participants will no longer be able to work towards a greater common understanding as they hit their limits. For longer discussions, the set of editors able to comment will keep shifting. Also managing the word count would be time consuming. I suggest having a moderated round-robin discussion phase, possibly with word limits per contributor in each discussion round, would help manage discussions from being swamped by some editors and enable more people to be heard from, while still allowing earlier participants to continue to contribute. isaacl (talk) 22:03, 26 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Regarding suggestions from third parties: I don't know if the arbitrators have considered the idea of using round-robin discussion phases that I suggested. The obvious drawback of course is the need to have a moderator to decide when the next round starts and when the process can productively end. If this can be done, though, I think it has the potential to streamline discussion, thus making it more efficient and effective. isaacl (talk) 22:08, 7 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Statement by Robert McClenon (PIA4.5)
I have a nomenclature suggestion and some comments on the proposed remedies. I propose that the remedies that will be implemented, which are not a PIA5 case, but build on PIA4, be referred to in short as PIA4.5.
I haven't edited in the subject area, partly because it is so contentious, and I didn't comment earlier on the AE referral, because I thought that there were at least two reasonable alternatives for ArbCom, a PIA5 case, or guidance to Arbitration Enforcement administrators. I see that ArbCom is planning to give stronger tools to administrators, which I concur with. Proposal 1, appeals only to ArbCom, is a good idea. I would suggest that ArbCom strengthen it with advice that administrators use it frequently, and advice that administrators use the topic and site ban hammers frequently, with appeals only to ArbCom.
Giving administrators the power to impose word limits is an excellent idea, better than trying to have one size fit all.
I don't think that any rule against bludgeoning is necessary, because bludgeoning is tendentious editing, which is already sanctioned. However, guidance to administrators to use both word limits and the ban hammers against editors who bludgeon or filibuster is a good idea.
Ensure that administrators know that ArbCom will back them up, and that they are encouraged to deal strongly with difficult editors, as PIA4.5.Robert McClenon (talk) 21:25, 27 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Statement by Chess
I dislike broad word limits because they make it difficult to analyze sources in-depth. In the G&K paper on Wikipedia's (alleged) distortion of the Holocaust [44], word count restrictions made it impossible to quote sources and argue about what they were saying.
An editor can also say "this source says 'x'" in 4+ words and I might spend 50 words explaining exactly how it doesn't. I've had this happen to me in a recent WP:RSN discussion on The Telegraph, where I was both criticized for posting a wall of text in rebuttal to a much shorter !vote and commended for analyzing sources in a way the original comment didn't.
Hard word counts make it easy to waste someone else's word count on a rebuttal by throwing a bunch of sources into the discussion at once.
We should enforce stricter threading and discussion organization like how ArbCom splits evidence from proposals. Word limits can be applied to the main discussion and relaxed in ancillary sections related to sourcing. Alternatively an editor can be given the chance to hat/collapse sections of their own comments so as not to violate word count restrictions. Chess (talk) (please mention me on reply) 01:47, 2 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- @HJ Mitchell: Do you foresee word limits being imposed before a discussion begins, or afterwards?
- If word limits are expected to be justified by admins based on discussion, there's a first-mover advantage for those that get in a lot of words first. Administrative action could be seen as a punishment or advantage to a certain side.
- Pre-emptive word limits would be more neutral. There's a trend on wiki towards having a WP:RFCBEFORE (pre-RfC discussion) for especially contentious RfCs, and the motion should be interpreted to make word count restrictions something that can imposed ahead of time. Chess (talk) (please mention me on reply) 17:59, 8 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Statement by Andrevan
If I'm not allowed to leave this comment here, please remove it. The problem is not too many words, but which words. Civility is a first-class citizen in our policy and extends to insinuating a political motivation without evidence, something that happens all too frequently, not to mention other forms of WP:NPA such as questioning whether someone read the link, questioning their knowledge or credentials, or other types of ad hominem. Sadly, a low tolerance for this type of behavior is not enforced. Some editors and even admins at times, routinely get away with improper attacks, biting newbies and assuming bad faith. Wikipedia is emphatically supposed to be friendly and forgiving, but in this topic area that seems to be ignored. To quote a 2023 study in the peer-reviewed open-access journal PNAS Nexus, "Toxic comments are associated with reduced activity of volunteer editors on Wikipedia. The effects of toxic comments are potentially even greater in the long term, as they are associated with a significantly increased risk of editors leaving the project altogether. Using an agent-based model, we demonstrate that toxicity attacks on Wikipedia have the potential to impede the progress of the entire project. Our results underscore the importance of mitigating toxic speech on collaborative platforms such as Wikipedia to ensure their continued success.
" [1] Andre🚐 21:02, 5 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- I think some of the recent comments show the problems with accusations of bad faith, propaganda, WP:ASPERSIONs without diffs and so on that richly characterize this topic area, not to mention self-indulgent WP:TEXTWALL and substituting one's own opinion for a balanced, WP:NPOV of reliable source material, including Wikipedia:Writing for the opponent. Everyone has blind spots and makes mistakes, present company included, but some people have trouble moderating their worst impulses, which contributes to the inappropriate communication and WP:BATTLEGROUND environment. Anyway, since someone mentioned me, if you add me as a party I expect you to triple my current salary, and I want to be able to use the company car on weekends, and expense my Grubhubs. Also, regarding the HJ Mitchell suggestion:
We may well end up removing some of the more prominent participants from the topic area but I don't envisage that having much effect—the most likely scenario is that they are simply replaced by other editors and everything continues much as it was because this is an emotive topic area not short of editors with strong, heartfelt opinions held in good faith but vehemently opposed by others with different opinions held equally strongly and in equally good faith. We can't solve the real-life Arab-Israeli conflict on Wikipedia
I think this is an insightful point. We can't solve the problem, and if some of the worst repeat actors are dealt with, that conflict will continue to rage on. However, one person does make a difference. We all know those people who have an outsize impact on their work or their collaborators. If we actually dealt with and enforced the standard rules of decorum, while we'd still have plenty of agitation on each side, we could do it civilly and respectfully and actually create some amount of balance and fair play. I do believe it's not a pipe dream. So whether it's a long-time, magisterial 100k+ edits editor making personal attacks or a fresh new, maybe-sock account making a naive and good-faith comment, why can't we just enforce the rules and not grant infinite strikes to bad actors? Andre🚐 23:53, 7 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]- FWIW, I agree with Tryptofish. Andre🚐 23:31, 11 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- I saw User:Arkon asking if the case will be opened. It seems that the case request needs 5 support and it has 2, maybe 3 or 4, at most, so the case won't be opened and the request fails. IMHO, that would be a bad thing for this topic area and the project. Andre🚐 23:25, 22 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
References
- ^ Smirnov, Ivan; Oprea, Camelia; Strohmaier, Markus (2023). "Toxic comments are associated with reduced activity of volunteer editors on Wikipedia". PNAS Nexus. pp. pgad385. doi:10.1093/pnasnexus/pgad385. PMC 10697426. PMID 38059265. Retrieved 2024-10-05.
Statement by Mikeblas
Clerk note: Split from § Statement by IOHANNVSVERVS above. Please remember to comment in your own section :) HouseBlaster (talk • he/they) 03:21, 14 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- 1) This should be done site-wide. But who would review them? What happens when they're not accurate? What if there's a dispute about accuracy or interpretation?
- 2) Seems like this would lead to gaming -- racing to thirty by making trivial edits all over, cosmetic changes that are kind of disruptive and spammy. Build bots to do it, sell the pre-confirmed accounts at auction. This has happened with practically every other site with whatever "scoring" mechanism is used.
- These don't seem like particularly helpful suggestions to me. -- mikeblas (talk) 02:49, 14 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Statement by {other-editor}
Other editors are free to make relevant comments on this request as necessary. Comments here should address why or why not the Committee should accept the amendment request or provide additional information.
Palestine-Israel articles (AE referral): Clerk notes
- This area is used for notes by the clerks (including clerk recusals).
Palestine-Israel articles (AE referral): Implementation notes
Clerks and Arbitrators should use this section to clarify their understanding of which motions are passing. These notes were last updated by an automatic check at 03:40, 31 January 2023 (UTC)
- Notes
Palestine-Israel articles (AE referral): Arbitrator views and discussion
- Thank you to the AE admins for submitting this referral. As a procedural note I would suggest that we limit the parties to this request to האופה and other users whose behavior is under consideration here (perhaps the editors listed under "Other editors whose behavior was directly mentioned in the AE thread", though even that list may be too long). @האופה: It would be quite helpful to have your perspective here. I would also appreciate hearing further from the uninvolved admins as to what you'd like ArbCom to do — I see two buckets of possibilities: (1) Hold a full case or case-like structure to resolve the complex multiparty questions here, and/or (2) Remedies that only ArbCom can impose (e.g.
Maybe even everyone is limited to 500-1000 words in any ARBPIA discussion.
as ScottishFinnishRadish suggests). Best, KevinL (aka L235 · t · c) 18:39, 17 August 2024 (UTC)[reply] - After reading the AE thread and the above statements, I think ArbCom will need to take some sort of action. I agree with L235 that I would like admins, both those involved in the AE and those that were not, to comment on whether it should be a full case or, if we are to resolve by motion, describe what ArbCom should enact to help admin find solutions to editor conduct issues. In response to how to refer a case to AE: instead of a magical incantation suggested by SFR, an admin can use a bolded vote at the beginning of a statement (something like "Refer to ArbCom", in bold) or as was done here, an uninvolved admin can determine that action as the consensus of the admin conversation. Z1720 (talk) 14:40, 19 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- @Barkeep49: A bold vote isn't necessary, but it is an option. Since the question came up at AE here (in a humourous context that I chuckled at), and referrals to ArbCom from AE have not been common, I wanted to make sure there was clarification. Z1720 (talk) 15:07, 19 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- @Barkeep49: Your answer was "correct" because it gave one path to refer an AE case to ArbCom/ARCA. My comment above was to highlight a second path to get the same result. Z1720 (talk) 15:14, 19 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- Support accepting this as a full case. Z1720 (talk) 16:41, 26 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- @Barkeep49: Sorry that I did not answer your question sooner, as the ping was lost on my end. As the instructions are written, the admin that closes the AE discussion determines the consensus of admin who commented on the case. If the closing admin determines that the consensus is an ARCA referral or a case request, it is the closing admin's responsibility to post the request at the appropriate venue. Bolded !votes sometimes help the closing admin determine the consensus. I would not rely on the clerks to open cases at ARCA because I am not sure how closely the clerk team is monitoring AE. Z1720 (talk) 18:27, 27 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- @Red-tailed hawk: You are correct: since the request is coming from AE, it would go through ARCA, not a case request. Z1720 (talk) 15:21, 29 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- I agree that action from ArbCom is necessary, and having reviewed everything over the past couple of days, looks like it may need to be a full case based on the complexity of the issue. - Aoidh (talk) 23:26, 19 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- This isn't much of an update, but I don't want to give the impression that this matter isn't being considered. I've been following the statements here and I am convinced a case is needed. At the latest, once the Historical elections Proposed decision is posted I intend to make this issue my primary focus as much as possible. I agree with User:Black Kite that the scope is important, though I'm not committed to any particular scope just yet. - Aoidh (talk) 03:33, 27 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- @BilledMammal: To your first question, while I have a good idea of what these issues are based on the statements and preliminary examinations of some of the articles/talk pages, evidence that certain issues are substantially more common and disruptive than others would be helpful in determining the scope. To the second question, I'd like to see parties decided on case creation, with parties added in the evidence phase only with compelling reason to do so. - Aoidh (talk) 20:25, 27 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- I'm open to SFR's suggestion that ArbCom handle the appeals. As to the word limit suggestion, it would at minimum have to be reworded before I'd support something like that. Short of possible scripts or off-wiki websites (most of which give inconsistent word count results), there's no easy way for a reasonable person to tell if an editor has contributed a given percentage of a discussion, especially if they're using a mobile device. - Aoidh (talk) 00:35, 12 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- @HJ Mitchell: A more effective route in handling this may be to have a case that focuses specifically on resolving the complex editor interaction issues that caused this to become an ARCA referral rather than jumping to a broader case that goes beyond those issues, or motions that do not address all of the issues in that AE discussion. A case with a set number of named parties that led to this arriving at ARCA would allow us to more thoroughly examine those issues and determine if this is something specific to those editors that might require sanctions, or if there may be more general actions that can be taken, in which case we can do so with a more thorough examination of the facts via a case. - Aoidh (talk) 19:55, 16 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- That sounds an awful lot like "let everyone throw mud at the wall and see what sticks". The combination of that approach and ArbCom feeling pressured to be seen to be doing something has historically led to poor or ineffectual outcomes. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 20:09, 16 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- The reason this was referred here was because the interaction between a specific group of editors and any issues caused by this was deemed too complex for AE to examine and address. A proper examination is needed to adequately address any issues, and if we're going to make a decision based on this request, a more fully informed decision is going to be a more effective one. - Aoidh (talk) 20:22, 16 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- I was hoping when I first joined ArbCom that we would not need to hold WP:PIA5, but it is starting to sound inevitable. Primefac (talk) 12:35, 20 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- Regarding adding parties to a case already underway - I cannot speak for the drafters, but I suspect that if a reasonable amount of evidence is provided that includes a non-named editor, they should probably be added as a party if their behaviour is shown to the similar to other named parties goes. Primefac (talk) 12:36, 13 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- We probably need to hold PIA5. --Guerillero Parlez Moi 18:08, 20 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- @Huldra: I invented ECP, so I am 100% with rule changes to make the cat herding easier -- Guerillero Parlez Moi 06:48, 22 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- There has been an enforcement request against האופה / HaOfa, 2024-08-11, 20:50 UTC. The reported user has not edited since. During their absence, the report became a discussion about general behavior of multiple users in the area, then expectably too much to handle at AE, and now we're here with multiple arbitrators indicating an interest in opening a case. What I personally don't entirely get is how all this happened without a single statement from the single reported editor, and why ArbCom's task in this situation isn't to evaluate only האופה's conduct and close the original AE report with or without a sanction against האופה. If we aren't able to evaluate a single party's conduct, we aren't able to hear a case either. And if we are, a case can be requested at WP:ARC, with a list of desired parties, evidence of disruptive behavior of each, evidence of prior dispute resolution attempts about each, and without a general unenforceable aspersion-casting "we need to remove everyone from the topic area". ~ ToBeFree (talk) 23:26, 28 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- I'm very thankful for האופה's statement. As the discussion has moved completely away from האופה's individual behavior, I am also fine with none of the motions below being about האופה directly. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 09:55, 1 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- I find SFR's proposals to be exciting ideas and suggest that at a minimum we propose them as structural reforms in the area, and pronto. I think there's an immediate problem that needs to be solved: this AE report. Resolving it is our necessary goal. I'm not opposed to holding a case here, and think that we probably should given that AE has done exactly what we told them they could and should do: refer cases to us. As much as I'm remiss to hold PIA5, it seems increasingly unavoidable. The world's most intractable problem continues to be our most intractable problem. Should this AE become PIA5 though? That's where I'm undecided and would be interested in more feedback on whether we can resolve the narrow origins of this AE report without also having to make it PIA5. It may benefit us to consider PIA5 independent of this AE request. CaptainEek Edits Ho Cap'n!⚓ 20:36, 29 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- A good number of you continue to urge us to accept a case so as to hear PIA5. But I don't think we're in a great place to do that right now. With the loss of Barkeep, and generally low activity, I'm not sure we're cut out for the gargantuan task of PIA5. I think passing some motions at the moment is an effective stopgap measure. In a perfect world, I would have PIA5 be heard by next year's committee, as either its second or third case of the year. That way, the new members are seasoned enough to know the process and contribute, but we haven't yet lost participation to the mid-year slump. That also has the benefit of giving these motions a chance to work and see if that helps. CaptainEek Edits Ho Cap'n!⚓ 20:53, 24 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- @Levivich I like your idea for applying the RS restriction. But why a recent events carve out? And how would you suggest defining recent? Such a simple word, and yet now twice in one discussion we find ourselves having definitional problems :/ CaptainEek Edits Ho Cap'n!⚓ 15:53, 25 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- I apologise for the tardiness of my comments; I've been reading and thinking all along but I've had limited time to type out my thoughts, which requires a proper keyboard. I am reluctant to hold a PIA5, at least at this time and via this vehicle. I thought it was likely to come up and is one of the reasons I stood for ArbCom last year. It's likely we will end up holding it in some form but we need a clear scope and a clear question that ArbCom can answer. This is our most troublesome topic area and has already been through this process four times, so ArbCom may not have any tools left in its toolbox, having already created ARBECR out of whole new cloth. The Wikipedia dispute is a microcosm of the real-world dispute and a baker's dozen Wikipedia editors cannot resolve the entire Arab-Israeli conflict. On Wikipedia, the topic heats and cools with the real-world conflict and we are currently in a very large flare up due to horrific real-world events. I am sympathetic to the view that we have reached the limits of what can be achieved with the open, collaborative model given the proliferation of sockpuppetry in the area.
A case with a sprawling scope and no clear question that ArbCom can answer is likely to be an enormous time sink and end up producing little long-term benefit. Instead, I think SFR's suggestions have merit for maintaining some semblance of order, even if it means ArbCom playing a more proactive role than it's used to and hearing appeals of CTOP sanctions or acting as AE admins en banc. I would also welcome direct case requests or AE referrals if there are allegations that a particular editor is behaving tendentiously (ie, the sum of their contributions is disruptive even if no one diff in isolation is sanctionable) and AE admins are unable to reach a conclusion. And something that stood out to me from AHJ (and which I've been reminded of, reading some of the comments above about how knowledgeable many Wikipedians are on their chosen subject) was the analysis of sources; I didn't think it was ArbCom's place to be doing that analysis itself, but but it could be valuable to have an agreed baseline of what the academic literature says, which (aside from being useful in itself) would then support (or refute) allegations of source misrepresentation. One final thing we could do is avoid the use of news media and primary reporting in articles on current events (this could potentially be done by consensus, or ArbCom writ, or part of the suite of sanctions administrators have available and applied article by article).
Tl;dr: we need to do something, and we should welcome new ideas but a sprawling ARBPIA5 is unlikely to resolve anything satisfactorily. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 19:29, 1 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Palestine-Israel articles (AE referral): Arbitrator motions
Trying something different to see if we can break the deadlock without spending months on a case. I think we can have concise community feedback on individual motions to help with readability. These are all without prejudice to a case, now or at a later date. I'm also open to other ideas. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 21:20, 15 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- Just noting that I have seen these motions and am considering them along with all of the feedback from the community. Primefac (talk) 12:23, 17 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Motion 1: Appeals only to ArbCom
- For this motion there are 10 active arbitrators. With 0 arbitrators abstaining, 6 support or oppose votes are a majority.
- Support
- More than happy to give AE another tool in the toolkit. CaptainEek Edits Ho Cap'n!⚓ 03:53, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- --Guerillero Parlez Moi 07:05, 23 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- Primefac (talk) 14:56, 23 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- I wouldn't support making all appeals to ArbCom by default, but if this takes some of the workload off of AE or gives admins cover to make unpopular but necessary decisions, I'm happy to take on some of that burden. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 15:07, 23 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- Okay. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 19:30, 24 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- Z1720 (talk) 19:38, 1 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- Oppose
- Abstain
- Arbitrator discussion
Motion 2a: Word limits
All participants in formal discussions (RfCs, RMs, etc) within the area of conflict are urged to keep their comments concise, and are limited to 500 words per discussion.
- For this motion there are 10 active arbitrators. With 0 arbitrators abstaining, 6 support or oppose votes are a majority.
- Support
- Oppose
- I don't think an automatic 500 word limit would be beneficial. - Aoidh (talk) 15:03, 16 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- In favour of 2c. Primefac (talk) 14:56, 23 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- prefer 2c ~ ToBeFree (talk) 19:29, 24 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- Z1720 (talk) 19:38, 1 October 2024 (UTC) prefer 2b[reply]
- Abstain
- Arbitrator discussion
Motion 2b: Word limits
Uninvolved administrators may impose word limits on all participants in a discussion, or on individual editors across all discussions, within the area of conflict. These word limits are designated as part of the standard set of restrictions within the Arab-Israeli conflict contentious topic. These restrictions must be logged and may be appealed in the same way as all contentious topic restrictions.
- For this motion there are 10 active arbitrators. With 0 arbitrators abstaining, 6 support or oppose votes are a majority.
- Support
- Seems reasonable. There is many a discussion where an editor goes on to bludgeon a conversation by dint of replying endlessly and exhausting a books worth of words. Since bludgeoning can be quite hard to handle, I think a wordlimit is a useful tool that can be imposed on editors for whom that has been a problem. CaptainEek Edits Ho Cap'n!⚓ 03:49, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- --Guerillero Parlez Moi 07:06, 23 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- Primefac (talk) 14:56, 23 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- I prefer this slightly more targeted approach over blanket word limits. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 15:09, 23 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- ~ ToBeFree (talk) 19:27, 24 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- While I don't think a broad word limit that is implemented by default is the most effective way to deal with issues, there is benefit in allowing uninvolved administrators to implement this as needed. - Aoidh (talk) 23:21, 24 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- I think admin discretion is best instead of trying to preempt it. Some discussion might need more or less words. Z1720 (talk) 19:38, 1 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- Oppose
- Abstain
- Arbitrator discussion
Motion 2c: Word limits
All participants in formal discussions (RfCs, RMs, etc) within the area of conflict are urged to keep their comments concise, and are limited to 1,000 words per discussion. This motion will sunset two years from the date of its passage.
- For this motion there are 10 active arbitrators. With 0 arbitrators abstaining, 6 support or oppose votes are a majority.
- Support
- As I say below, given the alarm bells being rung above, and the threat of PIA5, I think we have to consider drastic measures. I have added a sunset clause because I really do think this is an extreme measure that shouldn't be in effect in perpetuity. CaptainEek Edits Ho Cap'n!⚓ 04:07, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- --Guerillero Parlez Moi 07:07, 23 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- Primefac (talk) 14:56, 23 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- Okay, I think this might be the most useful proposal. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 19:24, 24 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- Oppose
- Even with a sunset provision, a word restriction across the entire area of conflict is not something that should be done by default. - Aoidh (talk) 23:45, 24 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- Prefer admin to set the limits, not us. Z1720 (talk) 19:38, 1 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- Abstain
- Arbitrator discussion
Motion 3: Involved participants
Editors designated "involved" in the area of conflict may not register a bolded vote in formal discussions but may offer opinions and are encouraged to offer sources. Editors may designate themselves involved in the entire topic area or a subset of it, or may be designated by an uninvolved admin. Designations by administrators may be appealed in the same way as sanctions. Designation is not a suggestion that an editor's contributions are problematic.
- For this motion there are 10 active arbitrators. With 0 arbitrators abstaining, 6 support or oppose votes are a majority.
- Support
- Oppose
- While I understand the intention behind this, in practice I don't think this would improve anything in the CTOP area. - Aoidh (talk) 18:38, 16 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- Ideally, the bold formatting has no effect anyway and it's all about the arguments. Restricting the use of formatting does not reduce (but perhaps increase) the amount of words people use to explain their position. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 22:27, 16 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- There is no register of whom is involved --Guerillero Parlez Moi 10:05, 19 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- That would only drive away the existing editors, some of whom are quite valuable in the topic area. CaptainEek Edits Ho Cap'n!⚓ 03:50, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- Primefac (talk) 14:56, 23 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- No. Editors who are involved need to voice their opinion. Otherwise, this will create more arguments, socking, and other concerns. Z1720 (talk) 19:38, 1 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- Abstain
- Arbitrator discussion
- This may need some workshopping but the idea is to prioritise outside voices over the so-called "regulars". HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 21:20, 15 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Motion 4: Enforced BRD
Where a recent edit within the area of conflict is reverted for a substantive reason, it may not be reinstated by any editor until a discussion on the talk page reaches a consensus. Reverts made solely to enforce the extended-confirmed requirement are excluded from this requirement. This motion will sunset two years from the date of its passage.
- For this motion there are 10 active arbitrators. With 3 arbitrators abstaining, 4 support or oppose votes are a majority.
- Support
I understand this will slow the topic area down and be a general barrier to editing. But given the alarm bells being rung above, and the threat of PIA5, I think we have to consider drastic measures. I'd also vote for a time limited version of this; i.e., with a sunset clause of a year, and we'd have to renew it or just let it return to the status quo ante. CaptainEek Edits Ho Cap'n! ⚓ 03:57, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Worth trying for 2 years --Guerillero Parlez Moi 07:08, 23 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Noting that I will likely support any tweaks and changes to clarify "recent". Primefac (talk) 14:56, 23 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- Yes this will slow editing down (though I hope admins will exercise common sense when it comes to honest mistakes) but to a certain extent that's what we want. Reducing the urgency might help to lower the temperature. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 15:20, 23 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- Oppose
- WP:ONUS and WP:BURDEN are important to me, and as "reverting" includes the restoration of content where verifiability is disputed, I can't support this. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 19:34, 24 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- User:ToBeFree makes a good point. That this as written could be used to circumvent Wikipedia:Verifiability is a very valid concern. - Aoidh (talk) 23:31, 24 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- Agree with TBF. Z1720 (talk) 19:38, 1 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- Abstain
- Given that community voices strongly feel this is a bad idea, I remove my earlier support. CaptainEek Edits Ho Cap'n!⚓ 20:01, 1 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- Per CaptainEek. Primefac (talk) 13:05, 5 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- Per Eek --Guerillero Parlez Moi 18:08, 5 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- Arbitrator discussion
- A version of this that admins can impose on individual articles might also work. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 21:20, 15 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- HJ Mitchell, I've added "within the area of conflict" above to avoid any possible impression of the motion applying to all edits wiki-wide. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 22:29, 16 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- Seeing as I'm the first to vote for this, I've boldly added my suggested sunset provision. CaptainEek Edits Ho Cap'n!⚓ 04:10, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- SFR has raised a good point: "recent" is a vague definition. I'm thinking we could clarify it as either 1) reverting any edit made within the last 24 hours or 2) reverting the most recent edit to an article if it hasn't been edited in more than 24 hours. But that definitely adds a level of complexity. CaptainEek Edits Ho Cap'n!⚓ 07:14, 23 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- Tying it to the normal 3RR definition of 24 hours does seem like a good idea, but I also like the idea of "most recent edit" as well. Primefac (talk) 14:56, 23 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- I deliberately kept it vague because "recent" means different things in different contexts. In the context of the ongoing war where information changes rapidly and articles are edited to keep up, an edit from an hour ago might be outdated and buried in the history but some of the higher-level articles can stay stable for weeks or months. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 15:17, 23 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- TarnishedPath 3RR currently uses 24 hours? What would you suggest as a definition? CaptainEek Edits Ho Cap'n!⚓ 16:05, 23 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- Given the extensive feedback on this, which seems to generally feel this is a bad idea, I am reconsidering my vote. CaptainEek Edits Ho Cap'n!⚓ 21:04, 24 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Motion 5: PIA5 Case
Following a request at WP:ARCA, the Arbitration Committee directs its clerks to open a case to examine the interaction of specific editors in the WP:PIA topic area. Subject to amendment by the drafting arbitrators, the following rules will govern the case:
- The case title will be Palestine-Israel articles 5.
- The initial parties will be:
- Aoidh will be the initial drafter
- The case will progress at the usual time table, unless additional parties are added or the complexity of the case warrants additional time for drafting a proposed decision, in which case the drafters may choose to extend the timeline.
- All case pages are to be semi-protected.
- Private evidence will be accepted. Any case submissions involving non-public information, including off-site accounts, should be directed to the Arbitration Committee by email to Arbcom-enwikimedia.org. Any links to the English Wikipedia submitted as part of private evidence will be aggregated and posted on the evidence page. Any private evidence that is used to support a proposal (a finding of fact or remedy) or is otherwise deemed relevant to the case will be provided to affected parties when possible (evidence of off-wiki harassment may not be shared). Affected parties will be given an opportunity to respond.
- For this motion there are 10 active arbitrators. With 1 arbitrator abstaining, 5 support or oppose votes are a majority.
- Support
- Having looked through what has been discussed so far, this seems to be warranted. - Aoidh (talk) 19:51, 7 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- --Guerillero Parlez Moi 12:45, 11 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- Oppose
- I don't think a case would be likely enough to have a more helpful result than the motions above, but it is almost guaranteed to require the parties and the committee to spend an unreasonable amount of time on reaching that result. And at the end of the case, the committee would be investing a lot of thoughts and discussions into presenting something else than "we didn't find a real solution" to the community, mostly unsuccessfully. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 00:30, 11 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- Abstain
- I am genuinely not sure what new remedies can come about from PIA5 that have not already been tried, or proposed above, but there is clearly an appetite from the community to hold a full case. I will of course participate if a case is run, but I do not feel strongly enough about not holding a case to stand in the way of my colleagues and the opinions of those who have commented above. Primefac (talk) 14:40, 8 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- Arbitrator discussion
- This is being proposed as an attempt to directly address the issue that brought this here: the interaction between these editors was a complex issue that could not be handled at AE. AE turned to us to address this specific interaction issue and it would behoove us to examine it in detail rather than passing broad motions that do not address the substance of the referral. PeleYoetz was not part of the initial AE discussion but was the subject of the secondary discussion that was closed because it was seen as a companion thread. - Aoidh (talk) 19:45, 7 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- @Levivich: The referral came to us because the interaction between a group of editors was deemed too complex for AE to properly address. This list is the result of those users discussed. As to your second question, RFAR would have also been a valid approach. However, this was brought to us via ARCA
to refer the dispute to the full arbitration committee for final decision
. I do not believe the other motions will adequately address the reason for the referral and a case would allow for the opportunity to make a more fully informed decision. I don't think a case was ever a foregone conclusion just because the issue was referred to us, but in this circumstance I think it's the better option we have in terms of examining and attempting to address the dispute AE referred to us. - Aoidh (talk) 17:50, 10 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]- @Levivich: It was deemed such by the administrators at AE, with comments by Barkeep49 on 13 August, SFR on 13 August, and RTH on 16 August as examples. A lack of sanctions does not preclude involvement in a potential ArbCom case, especially in a situation where the interactions between these editors were deemed too complex for AE to address. I also echo User:Vanamonde93's comments about the proposed named parties. - Aoidh (talk) 18:44, 10 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- @Selfstudier: The proposed list was based on a reading of the discussion and is not intended to preclude others being named parties, including administrators. - Aoidh (talk) 02:48, 14 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- I was also leaning towards a case, and had in fact written up an accept of the case but hadn't posted it yet. My thoughts are slightly different than the motion though, so below is my acceptance as previously written. I think the key difference is that I would want the case to open in like a month, so that we could stretch it into next year and gain the double committee bonus. Also, I'd want to probably see a bigger party list.All of what follows is what I previously wrote: Accept, insofar as this is a de facto case request. SFR's latest comment reflects and refocuses me on my earlier musing that there is an immediate issue to resolve. It is clear that AE has run out of steam to handle the morass of editor conduct issues in PIA. Of course, the committee seems to have run out of steam as well, since we are now down to a paltry 12 members, and 10 active. That is what led me to say that we aren't in a good place to accept right now because, well, we aren't. But doing nothing isn't helping either. PIA is a Gordian knot; and AE has run short of knot detanglers. I think many will be unhappy with our Alexandrian solution though.Above I said that this would be best as a case heard early next year. But there is one other solution. If we open the case before the year is up, and it runs into next year, the outgoing members can stay on the case, thereby swelling the number of members who can address this gargantuan task.As an additional logistical matter, I would have us open a fresh case request at ARC under the name PIA5, and solicit new statements, so as to focus discussion on who should the parties should be. I will volunteer to draft. I still want the reform motions to pass, and think that they will be helpful nonetheless. But the real issue before us, the one we are elected to hear, is of chronic editor misconduct. CaptainEek Edits Ho Cap'n!⚓ 20:46, 7 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- In case folks didn't see my preamble, this was previously unposted because it was not my final thought on the subject; I was still ruminating. I wrote up an accept to see if I could make a strong argument in favor, and indeed I could. But I was sitting on it because I wasn't sure that was the right path. I know it's rare to post a "draft" vote, but given that my idea of a case didn't quite align with the motion, I wanted to put it out there as part of the conversation. CaptainEek Edits Ho Cap'n!⚓ 23:37, 7 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- @Levivich You question why this is being brought at ARCA and not ARC. This is coming to us as a referral, and I want AE to feel like they can refer cases to us. We said we were willing to take AE referrals, so this is a test of our commitment. But I agree that this referral as brought has not created a particularly thorough list of parties. My thought on how to fix that would be to say okay, well how about we as ArbCom open an ARC based on an AE referral, and we call it PIA5, and aim it at soliciting thoughts on parties. That avoids one of the real issues that ARC has: it's a thankless and unforgiving task to start a case request. CaptainEek Edits Ho Cap'n!⚓ 19:22, 10 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- If there is to be case, I'd be willing to be a co-drafter. My main concern is that I'm still not convinced that there is a lot that ArbCom can do that will actually improve editing conditions in the topic area. Some of the motions I proposed above might go some way to alleviating some of the problems, but a case is likely to take several months and produce tens of thousands of words. We may well end up removing some of the more prominent participants from the topic area but I don't envisage that having much effect—the most likely scenario is that they are simply replaced by other editors and everything continues much as it was because this is an emotive topic area not short of editors with strong, heartfelt opinions held in good faith but vehemently opposed by others with different opinions held equally strongly and in equally good faith. We can't solve the real-life Arab-Israeli conflict on Wikipedia—that will continue to rumble on with occasional spikes in activity (like the one we've been experiencing for the last year) until the politicians decide to do something to fix it—we can only attempt to enforce site policy and maintain some sense of order. That said, a case with a scope like Aoidh proposes might strike the balance between major time sink and producing actionable evidence of long-term misconduct (and alleviating some of the problems at AE), so I'm undecided at present. I'll wait a few days for feedback from the proposed parties, AE admins, and any third parties who have helpful suggestions. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 21:43, 7 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- I am leaning no. Has there been a major change in this topic area since the motions above have been posted? Z1720 (talk) 00:00, 8 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- I don't believe the issues have become stale or that the motions will substantively address the reasons this request came to us from AE. I initially wrote this motion around the time the other motions were first posted and wanted to post it at that time, but have only today confirmed that I will be able to dedicate the time required to be a drafter in this. I agree that something like this should have been posted sooner and for that I apologize, but I didn't want to volunteer to draft without being able to fully commit. - Aoidh (talk) 00:13, 8 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- Wouldn't extended-confirmed protection be more fitting for a case in this topic area than semi-protection? ~ ToBeFree (talk) 22:10, 11 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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- 9 April 2023 After the above edit was reverted, they restored it.
- 9 April 2023 Then restored it a third time. A minute later they recieved the GENSEX warning on their profile.
- 21 September 2024 After a year of not touching GENSEX topics they edited Kellie-Jay Keen-Minshull three times in a row with WP:TEND editing (see additional comment).
- 21 September 2024 ^ second edit
- 21 September 2024 ^ third edit
- 22 September 2024 They then add their POV to the QnA section a few hours after it was reverted (see additional comment).
- 22 September 2024 Shortly thereafter they post their reasoning on the talk page.
- 22 September 2024 More explanation.
- If contentious topics restrictions are requested, supply evidence that the user is aware of them (see WP:CTOP#Awareness of contentious topics)
- Alerted about discretionary sanctions or contentious topics in the area of conflict, on 9 April 2023
- Otherwise made edits indicating an awareness of the contentious topic. (See additional comments below)
- Additional comments by editor filing complaint
Me refiero a las ediciones en el artículo de KJKM como WP:TEND y en violación de GENSEX debido a los 22 temas diferentes donde se ha discutido esa edición específica de 'defensor anti-trans' en la página de discusión [63] [64] [65] [66] [67] [68] [69] [70] [71] [72] [73] [74] [75] [76] [77] [78] [79] [80] [81] [82] [83] [84] y la página de discusión de QnA [85] que agregaron en diff #7 mostrando que estaban al tanto de este consenso previo. Justo encima del segmento de QnA en la página de discusión está el aviso de recursos de arbitraje. Esta es la primera vez que utilizo este proceso, así que me disculpo por cualquier error en mi comprensión o formato. Relm ( discusión ) 17:40, 21 de octubre de 2024 (UTC) [ responder ]
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Discusión sobre Invaluable22
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- Esta sección debe ser editada únicamente por administradores no involucrados. Los comentarios de otros se moverán a las secciones anteriores.
- Esto es bastante obsoleto, y esta diferencia presentada con el informe es razonable en el sentido de que no deberíamos llamar a alguien neonazi. El uso incorrecto del término género hace un año y medio es malo, pero me preocupa menos la discusión sobre los derechos de las mujeres frente a los derechos de las personas transgénero. La mayoría de los editores nuevos con ~25 ediciones probablemente no estén al tanto de un historial de discusiones, los requisitos de fuentes, etc. Con el estado de obsolescencia, es más probable que opte por una advertencia registrada que por una prohibición de tema, pero no me interpondré si otros piensan que una prohibición de tema para un editor con esta experiencia es la acción correcta. ScottishFinnishRadish ( discusión ) 18:50, 21 de octubre de 2024 (UTC) [ responder ]
- Las primeras diferencias son malas pero muy obsoletas, y las recientes no alcanzan el nivel de sanciones para mí. Esto es lo que más me preocupa y registraría una advertencia específicamente por la adición de material polémico sin fuentes. Los usuarios no están obligados a estar de acuerdo con el consenso de la comunidad. Están obligados a respetarlo, pero aún no he visto evidencia de que Invaluable22 lo haya hecho. Vanamonde93 ( discusión ) 22:12 21 oct 2024 (UTC) [ responder ]