Arbitration Committee Shortcuts WP:RFARWP:RFAR WP:A/RWP:A/R WP:ARB/RWP:ARB/R WP:ARBREQWP:ARBREQ A request for arbitration is the last step of dispute resolution...

name on zoophilia. Simultaneous to NLP (which reached RFArb) was also subject of independent 2nd RFArb under other aliases on Ted Kennedy et al, and active...

purpose of making attacks on Essjay (talk · contribs). Essjay has filed an RFArb involving Jeffrey O. Gustafson (talk · contribs); the case has not yet been...

taken up after another user, Fvw, offered to certify the basis for the RFArb (originally four users had done so, but three dropped their complaint after...

warring RFArb precisely because it hasn't been accepted or rejected yet. But I'll think this over and see if I can figure out a way to point to an RFArb where...

as a disruptive editor (or bad admin, or whatever) at WP:ANI, WP:AE, WP:RFARB or some other drama-board. Even cursory review of editorial interaction...

articles from each other. In addition, there's a relevant arbitration case (WP:RFARB page on "Armenia-Azerbaijan"), where Atabek apparently alleges that Mardavich...

tip: Assume that your post will be used as evidence at WP:ANI, WP:AE, WP:RFARB, or some other noticeboard. Are you sure you still want to click "Publish...

Compilation of policy violations due to content dispute that has lead to RfARB due to WP:NPA accusations. What methods of Dispute Resolution have you tried...

period of time and then it needs to either be filed at WP:RFC/USER or WP:RFARB or moved to their own hard drive or somewhere else other than leaving it...

buildup to one is already getting intolerable. I'm thinking of opening the WP:RFARB case myself at this point. Every time I look it's getting worse and worse...

how will you deal with it in the future? Yes I have. I was involved in an Rfarb shortly after my arrival. I also posted on the PAIN board more recently...

WP:AN3, WP:SPI (and previously WP:SSP and WP:RFCU), WP:AN/Δ, WT:ARBCOM, WT:RFARB, WP:AE, WT:AC/N, WT:RFC, WP:CHUU, WP:CHUS, WP:DELREV, WP:WQA, WP:CP, WP:ADCO/RFC...

or recourse except to itself at WP:AE, or to a bureaucratic morass at WP:RFARB, where ArbCom generally declines to contradict admins, and not punish bad-acting...

Mikalja (Giovanni Giove must explain his revert actions according to the RFARB decision), user Giovanni Giove gave no explanation till this very day, 30...

questions above, and no reason to believe that the candidate won't abide by RFARB. Cheers, This flag once was redpropagandadeeds 14:41, 9 June 2009 (UTC)...

Arbitration Committee Arbitration is the final step in Wikipedia's process for resolving conduct disputes. The Arbitration Committee considers requests...

another simply through a mass of precedent at WP:RM. I would recuse from an RfArb or ARCA that focused on MoS or AT, or involved "regulars" at the talk pages...

issue (same link) Example 3: {{rfarb|Jimbo Wales}} → There is no WP:RFARB page on "Jimbo Wales" Example 4: {{rfarb}} → WP:RFARB page on "Example" {{rfcuser}}...

Edit Warring [144] More[145][146][147][148] RFARB:[149][150][151][152][153][154][155] RFARB Admonishments:[156][157][158] Previous ArbCom: edit...

participants may be, of course, legitimate grounds for RfArb. John Reid 15:27, 17 October 2006 (UTC) This RfArb has been opened against my concerns; I see that...

September 2005 (UTC) Let me also note that the nominator is undergoing an RFArb right now, that, when passed, will ban him temporarily, because of a legal...

flareup of reverts while in the middle of an RfArb,[11][12] and in the very article whereby this RfArb may have been triggered, ([13][14]my original...

Wikipedia admin, there are other more appropriate forums (WP:RFC, WP:AN/I, WP:RFArb, etc.). Requests for Adminship is not part of Wikipedia's dispute resolution...

FeloniousMonk 15:19, 23 August 2006 (UTC) This is relevant to the current RFArb against me, and I ask it be (1) preserved till that process ends, or at...

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Dicklyon 06:01, 2 November 2007 (UTC) Geoeg has removed the RFArb claiming approval from Mike Godwin. He has also removed information from...

proposing a motion here (Clarifications and other requests section of the RFArb main page), and then announcing the proposed motion on AN. Since the precipitate...

Ryan Postlethwaite 01:26, 29 May 2007 (UTC) Oh, and to add to that, this RFArb submission in an attempt to get Dmcdevit infront of the panel, I question...

unblocking is in order, feel free to do so, and the case can be placed on RfC or RfArb. I have endeavoured to be open and communicative to the administrative community...

another simply through a mass of precedent at WP:RM. I would recuse from an RfArb or ARCA that focused on MoS or AT, or involved "regulars" at the talk pages...

this handled with community general sanctions (GS) and ANI, rather than RFARB and ArbCom's discretionary sanctions (DS), though perhaps GS wasn't sufficiently...

was possibly a misunderstanding - see everyone's comments at Wikipedia:RFARB#Anti-Dominicanism if interested. UnclePaco's version is somewhat of a WP:COATRACK...

relevant. Shoemaker's Holiday (talk) 23:15, 24 October 2008 (UTC) From my Rfarb comment pasted here. Nothing has changed since then, and I consider Shoemaker's...

protest otherwise, is indeed engaging in legal threats. I would support an RFArb over this issue, as I have supported others in the past. However, if Bhadani...

I have done. ≈ jossi ≈ (talk) 20:54, 4 September 2008 (UTC) As for this RFARB, I think it is unnecessary: Bring this back to WP:AN and get a wide number...

of stopping. Therefore, it's my personal opinion that it is time for an RFArb on this user, focusing specifically on his unacceptable behavior in evading...

then WP:MEDCABAL, then (if all discussions are at stalemate), go to WP:RFArb. Real96 04:42, 4 April 2007 (UTC) Oppose - user has poor understanding or...

object to the assertion that I am "unapologetic." Please see my statement at RfArb; I have repeatedly apologized to the community and acknowledged my wrongdoing...

from, as I can't locate any discussion about it. I'll ask about it on the RFArb talk page in a little bit, after I do some sleuthing. Frankly, I think it's...

at shortcuts starting WP:RF (e.g. WP:RFA, WP:RFB, WP:RFBOT, WP:RFC, WP:RFARB, etc.). There is no limit to how many shortcuts can exist and it's not likely...

excellent wikipedian. This RfArb only confirms for me one thing - if you edit Wikipedia for any length of time - having an RfArb started up against you (and...

years before that. Resolution of this is very long overdue, perhaps even WP:RFARB-overdue. 2) Some members of the wikiproject consider that project itself...

template for compromised accounts New template for deleted pages New templates rfarb, rfcuser, rfcn, and listuser New template rfcu New template ssp New template...

extension of the ban should probably be a Request for Clarification over at RFArb. TenOfAllTrades(talk) 16:15, 14 July 2005 (UTC) It edits from the same IP...

administrator User:JzG posted personal information (a real name) on WP:RFARB. [13] This, in my opinion, is unacceptable behavior for an admin, and I...

an EC. So I give up now. Lara❤Love 02:26, 3 June 2008 (UTC) File an RFC, RFARB, or similar. A block at this point is punitive as would be a desysopping...

ER • HD • New (Us • Pgs)• Prot (Log • PER • PP • PT • RFP • SPP) • RfA • RfArb • RfC • RFR • RM • SPost • SSP • UN • UTM • VP • WL...

2007 (UTC) I will not restore, as I don't want to get dragged into the RFArb 1ne seems hellbent on, but I have asked him. Proto ► 00:48, 17 February...

point.) 2. Begin dispute resolution at whatever level is appropriate (RFC, RFArb), and optionally... 3. Discuss in this space whether a community (or topic)...

get so bad (often not realizing they're being bad) until it goes to WP:RFARB. This is because WP:ARBCOM is the only body that can desysop at present...

the last mediation effort undertaken by a few arbs failed to prevent a RFARB resurfacing within a matter of days). Maybe this is a sign that more admins...

parties involved in the RFARB. A very clear example is this version, which taunts User:Rama's Arrow (another party involved in the RFARB). --Ragib 01:21, 17...

There are ample ways to deal with edit disputes, WP:ANB, WP:ANB/I, WP:RFArb, WP:RFM to name a few. Wikipedia is not a battleground, nor a blog, rather...

his precise understanding of both the mechanics and the purpose' of the RFArb process. I'm a better man because of Rob's intervention, and I look forward...

then? A Well i would think that given the situation laid out above, the RFArb would be rejected, I would continue to discuss with the parties and the...

summary of actual ArbCom findings and remedies relating to wheel warring. RfArb/Tony Sidaway: Tony Sidaway (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions ·...

that: Hornplease was blocked without any evidence, by Blgnuyen. During the RFArb on Hkelkar2, allegations had been placed about Blnguyen's conflict of interest...

these comments because he is unhappy with the outcome of the "Troubles RFArb" quite what he feels this has to do with this case or Tony Sidaway is beyond...

page or the objections raised on AN, only finally showing up to file this RFARB seven hours later.[6][7] All the commenting editors on AN, with the exception...

should be moved to - but if the RfArb case was taken on then a sub page of the case page would be appropriate). When the RfArb is finished or if it is rejected...

sort of editing has previously gone before ArbCom in the Date Delinking RFARB. ArbCom made this finding [82]: "Editors who collectively or individually...

Matthew Brown (Morven) (T:C) 22:24, 10 April 2007 (UTC) His comments on this RFArb's workshop page and talk pages cause me to support now. FloNight 22:36, 10...

Actually, GRider hasn't been banned; at least, not to my knowledge. The GRider RFArb stipulates only that he is barred from editing deletion-related pages for...

egregious violation of the 3RR. Since I have participated and commented on his RFArb (although I have never — knowingly — edited any of the articles he has been...

someone that I can recall. The situations listed in the filing of this RFARB do not actually show what they intended to show - but they do clearly show...

who is now the subject of an RfC and who was the subject of a rejected RfArb. Despite the many userboxes I have on a subpage of my userpage (click on...

restriction as it's written. However, you could request a clarification on the WP:RFARB page. PhilKnight (talk) 20:11, 23 August 2009 (UTC) A clarification seems...

reason. The user is a troll and I can only assume he's avoided an RFC or RFArb to this point because people are so tired of dealing with him. Sorry if...

the intent of the T-ban, and nothing in the ANI imposing it (or earlier RFARB+ARCA for the original version) could possibly suggest such an interpretation...

Radiant_>|< 02:44, 20 December 2005 (UTC) Let the Arbitrators examine the RFArb. Hopefully they'll find everything related to the case. talk to +MATIA 02:41...

Arbitration case. I'd appreciate it if any Arbs reading this would pop over to WP:RFArb and decide what to do about the case; it's been waiting for votes for the...

made to that editor in that topic, whether that was by ArbCom (including RFARB/ARCA/WP:AE) or by community noticeboards. That is, eliminate most of the...

have no authority to block other users for civility violations. If this RFArb is de facto a referendum on whether admins have the right to enforce web...

Kirill's User page principle. Charles Matthew's suggested wording copied from RFArb Clarifications and motions. FloNight♥♥♥ 18:37, 14 November 2008 (UTC) Comment...

tactics. Just to pick an example of one such tactic, perhaps we'd start an RFArb against him without trying to reach consensus first, either through conversation...

inappropriate. (There is also an amendment to their original ArbCom decision on WP:RFArb, expanding the terms of their probation to include all articles.) Moving...

with fewer checks and balances, specifically focused on the outcome of WP:RFARB cases (except where they inevitably scope-creep it to include more and more...

overturn the block, they are considered banned. Bans can result also from WP:RFARB. Indef blocks can be appealed by the user on their user talk page. Bans...

something like "Except where a specific process notes otherwise (e.g. at WP:RFARB), non-admins may assess consensus in and formally close any discussions...

information. Violetriga was previously admonished in the Badlydrawnjeff RfARB for undeleting potential BLP content without careful discussion first. Krimpet...

Agree with block, clear warning was given here; which is on top of this RFARB. Dreadstar † 21:23, 12 July 2008 (UTC) Also, good job templating someone...

statement: If I am understanding this correctly, Jareth is now saying that this RfArb was not about anyone but the original RfC, but an attempt to include all...

2006 (UTC) There's something called move fraud being discussed at this RFARB.—Ryūlóng (竜龍) 22:59, 31 December 2006 (UTC) Thanks. What should be done...

re-reverts section header to his version 06:53, 26 April Tony's first edit to RfArb talk The above seems to me to be wrong in a number of ways. Clerk's powers...

complaints raised by either side, I will again say that it is high time that an RFArb or RFC/U be filed regarding Caspian Blue. There's been, unless I'm mistaken...

arbcom for long term problematic conduct on a variety of articles. See WP:RFArb/Attachment Therapy/Evidence. Concerns include NPA, NPOV, OR, CITE, CIVIL...

their respective biographies of Chandrasekhar. As for my "lawyering" in the RfArb, I am afraid I never got around to doing it. Finally, my interest in the...

(UTC) There are several issues here. One is Swat's allegations, made on a Rfarb. That's being handled by ArbCom, and Lara should drop it and stop using...

specific problem. With a long history (18 months+) of this activity, two RFArb's, and having just been removed from two articles, there's little doubt he...

the same behavior, another block, rinse and repeat. I suppose yet another RfArb on the matter would be appropriate, but it would be nice if the community...

or to oppose his view. And then move on without moving to ANI, RFC. or RFARB.--Cube lurker (talk) 22:31, 5 April 2008 (UTC) Jeez, this place gets more...

blocking/banning arbitration (as in article content only in decision). WP:RFArb#Free Republic. It would be rare though. Prodego talk 03:33, 11 February...

Ben TALK/HIST 20:30, 26 April 2007 (UTC) I also note that you filed WP:RFARB#Category:Kurdistan earlier this month, only to have it declined as a content...

over the top. User:pschemp got involved as an unimplicated admin, but an RFARB took place almost immediately, and it's not fair to ask her to wade in further...

me not using much internet chasing down the specifics of that exact ANI/RFARB. Civility isn't a game of the "word police", where the first person driven...

support such a ban on such flimsy ground. If one wants to bring this to an RfArb, then please do - hopefully this will finally put an end to anti-Molobo...

re-raises the issue with him as and when he returns, rather than RFC or RFArb him (can they be used as verbs?) in his absence. Neıl 龱 10:54, 4 July 2008...

that the right place for this discussion in due course is going to be WP:RFArb. -- ALoan (Talk) 23:50, 1 May 2007 (UTC) It's the same people, doing the...

here."--SarekOfVulcan 17:23, 17 August 2007 (UTC) Update: I filed an WP:RFARB here.--SarekOfVulcan 17:23, 17 August 2007 (UTC) http://news.bbc.co...

been useful in MOS:INFOBOX-related disputes; that's come to separate WP:RFARBs, twice.  — SMcCandlish ☏ ¢ 😼  09:50, 23 June 2018 (UTC) @Callanecc: In...

arbitration comitte Benon 06:16, 23 January 2006 (UTC) While I do forsee an RfArb coming up in future, I don't think an RFC has even been filed yet. The ArbCom...

the dispute resolution procedure. Go through WP:RFC and, if necessary, WP:RFARB. However, understand that you do not come off looking good in this dispute...

post his statement on his talk page and someone will post it across to WP:RFArb for him. I personally think that for a user that isn't a massive threat...

of the ID CABAL like Filll, so I'm not neutral, at least until the darn Rfarb is declined or done. In short, I prefer to avoid the appearance of impropriety...

of almost every serious policy that POV warriors get up to. The case (WP:RFArb/Attachment Therapy) is in evidence phase but has not yet moved to voting...

the ArbCom is no doubt already aware of the issue I'm pretty sure your RFARB is more than a little pointless. User:Veesicle 13:47, 6 November 2007 (UTC)...

mentioning this here because I have some history with him - well I wrote on his RFArb. Though nothing on that article itself. So, please review the block if you...

going to happen". Also this issue is being discussed at both an RfC and an RFArb. Probably premature to seek a community ban before those two processes finish...

of a fellow admin. What am I supposed to do? This could be fodder for WP:RFARB, however I'm trying to find some other avenue in which these concerns are...

User:Bakasuprman is little too harsh. I for one, once (during Hkelkar's RFArb) had written about Baka's contentious editing and POV pushing. But certainly...

why I did it. The word was a repetition of a false charge from a RfArb. (That RfArb resulted in a banning of my accuser.) That charge was never proven...

edits should be made to this discussion. On the Workshop page for the WP:RfArb regarding West Bank - Judea and Samaria, Malcolm Schosha (talk · contribs)...

mediation. AN/I is not a court. The closest thing Wikipedia has to that is WP:RFArb, which is the very last step of dispute resolution. If you feel that further...

Carcharoth (talk) 21:03, 10 December 2007 (UTC) I said this at the WP:RFARB, which is permalinked from the RfC, and I'll repeat it here. RfA has always...

Documentation of requests, warnings, problems with edits, and blocks to date: WT:RFArb/Attachment_Therapy/Evidence#Blocks_pending_arbcom_case_decision Current...

and effort - so if my words end up deaf ears, then this will end up at RFArb, which is not good news for anyone. I'd like to make a criticism on Chris...

clearly, and as long as he is on break we should leave him in peace. Re the RFARB, the arbitrators weren't clear whether any block would have been bad, or...

this handled with community general sanctions (GS) and ANI, rather than RFARB and ArbCom's discretionary sanctions (DS), though perhaps GS wasn't sufficiently...

"uncommunicative"ness is an admin conduct-type thing because of recent RFARBs where admins were admonished to be communicative.) --Iamunknown 19:53, 9...

Carcharoth (talk) 13:08, 16 July 2008 (UTC) I suspect that at the moment, an RFARB might result in Beta being given a temporary immunity from blocks if the...

explain. Avruch T 12:08, 18 July 2008 (UTC) Someone, anyone, submit a further RFArb, linking to the old one ([9]) which was rejected until and unless CSCWEM...

WP:AN3, WP:SPI (and previously WP:SSP and WP:RFCU), WP:AN/Δ, WT:ARBCOM, WT:RFARB, WP:AE, WT:AC/N, WT:RFC, WP:CHUU, WP:CHUS, WP:DELREV, WP:WQA, WP:CP, WP:ADCO/RFC...

on it; this is the better way. Let's deal with this now. I'd propose an RfArb if I didn't think it was a waste of the ArbCom's time. --Golbez 21:49, 25...

--Newbyguesses - Talk 07:45, 15 March 2008 (UTC) Requests for clarification on WP:RFARB. -- Naerii · plz create stuff 20:17, 16 March 2008 (UTC) {{cough}} LessHeard...

all if the block is reduced. It might, however, be time to take this to RFArb, since ad hoc enforcement is having no apparently effect. Nandesuka 18:54...

pressed could change my mind), I could press the issue all the way to a major RfArb and thus get your censorship actions widely publicized. and was to rather...

May 2008 (UTC) I understand your concerns Ned, but please look at MB's RFArb subpage where he clearly documents that BC had his rollback revoked on one...

(UTC) I recommend everyone re-reads the statements of principle in the RfArb on MONGO that just finished[25]; I think it is indicative that "Participation...

it to RfArb if he wants to take it any further. Or anyone else who wishes could do so. After all you don't need to be an admin to file an RfArb. Once...

Subsequent reports should be made in a new section. Case in RFRAB. See Wikipedia:RFARB#Zeraeph ≈ jossi ≈ (talk) 22:51, 29 December 2007 (UTC) The unblock of Zeraeph...

disproportionate amount of pitched battles about POV, edit warring, RFCs, RFArbs, and so on, and has driven a number of good editors (and even some admins)...

has been discussed to death with God knows how much space here and on the RFArb page devoted to it. It has been community agreed, Kittybrewster is just...

for a long time. Hkelkar (post-block) had sent me emails about setting up RFARBs on "Anti-Hindus" Zora and Dbachmann, telling me to revert various Hindutva/Islamist...

endorsed my statements in both RfCs as well as express similiar view in this RfArb is proof enough that this is not a conflict limited only to the two us.-- Piotr...

point... it's getting ridiculous. Someone please take this whole mess to RFARb. //roux   20:54, 23 November 2008 (UTC) Roux, I thought you have been retired...

gratitude and make many friends. On a minor note: there was no Ghirla's RfArb, although there has been a Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Ghirlandajo which...

to open an RfArb to do that, i.e. I don't think there is any process by which someone can be even "temporarily desysopped" without an RfArb. I reluctantly...

that the next stage of dispute resolution would be an Arbitration case (WP:RFARB)? That might not get the result you are looking for. My advice would be...

morning after (depending on time zone differences) the "false" Drew filed an RFArb against several editors (including Jimbo) – a "new" Drew turned up and said...

should not inject themselves into these disputes, unless there is a formal RfArb filed by a party. ≈ jossi ≈ (talk) 18:25, 10 December 2006 (UTC) Process...

use of force. That is obscene. --Kizor 21:30, 24 February 2009 (UTC) The RFArb was a knee-jerk reaction by people who prefer a witch hunt to following...

Priveledged information is essential for ArbCom, which is why there's no WP:RFArbCom, but I worry about its long-term effects on admin-to-admin interactions...

promise you that there is at least one person recently active on this same RFArb who I would have been blocking for 3.6 minute stretches every 4 minutes...

--NYScholar (talk) 06:44, 7 September 2008 (UTC) I saw no such action on the RFArb page. please link to your already filed complaint there. ThuranX (talk)...

eye. Yeah that one. I have more, but that'll do it until the inevitable RFARB, right?  :) Dreadstar ☥ 01:00, 3 July 2011 (UTC) If that's a problem talk...

longer in place (although it was at the time of the offence), in that the RfArb has been closed. Anthøny 10:51, 28 October 2007 (UTC) I should have given...

this sort of dispute turns ugly again, it might actually be time for WP:RFARB. I already expended considerably energy trying to mediate between various...

22:58, 9 December 2005 (UTC) Comments: Although the subject of an ongoing RfArb, the anon earthlink user continually violates the 3RR. [6]. TDC 22:58, 9...

I suppose the second RfC doesn't make sence... so it is RfArb or community ban. I vote RfArb. --Dijxtra 15:19, 19 October 2006 (UTC) What in the world...

Grandmaster 06:55, 14 June 2007 (UTC) I have to agree with Dmcdevit; the previous RfArb, unfortunately, did not do enough to stop this stuff. -- tariqabjotu 15:14...

Porcupine (prickle me! · contribs · status) 16:20, 3 December 2007 (UTC) RFARB is the last step in dispute resolution, candidate has lots of dispute resolution...

it seems I've got you mixed up with someone else on the CharlotteWebb RFArb workshop page. I actually like what I see from you overall - you appear...

determined at AE or ARCA and does not require an RfARB. A long list of temporarily-ranty parties in an RfARB to just nit-pick at people for heat-of-the-moment...

respectful to each other. If NE2 doesn't correct his actions and it leads to RFArb, so be it, that is what he signed up for. —Imdanumber1 (talk • contribs •...

undeleted, I will mention it to all).. and with yet another contentious RfArb in front of me, I am a wee bit distracted, but eh. If I couldn't take a...

attempt at moderation) did not engage Reddi's reticence. Therefore The RfArb is what is left to appeal to. --Joshuaschroeder 20:34, 23 November 2005...

The following discussion is an archived report. Please do not modify it. Subsequent reports should be made in a new section. Tundrabuggy (talk · contribs)...

26 December 2008 (UTC) Hi Martijn, you need to post your request on WP:RfArb instead of here. PhilKnight (talk) 19:46, 26 December 2008 (UTC) Yeah, I...

Comments: Even though both anon editor as well as article is the subject of an RfArb, Anon continues to remove information from article as well as remove dispute...

He has been engaged long enough. Endorse block. I think it's time for an RfArb. — Nearly Headless Nick {C} 09:36, 28 February 2007 (UTC) On the other hand...

community.--Docg 02:58, 10 January 2008 (UTC) I agree. Maybe a general RfC or RfArb centred on developers might be useful. There was the shortlived Table namespace...

for mediation/Mao: The Unknown Story 2‎, which may be escalated into WP:RfArb if the mediation fails again. Those requesting for "parity" here should...

it in the hope that an uninvolved admin will look into the matter. The RFArb is not at all likely to be accepted and Communicat's disruptive conduct...

and the reason for the unblock (that he should be able to comment in the RfArb) still stand. If you all want to block him simply because he violated the...

ignores just about every attempt to engage (no comments at all to his second RfArb, and indeed blocked for violating the first ARbCom case sanction while being...

are added to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict RfArb, I think the conflict itself will end before the RfArb for it does. -- tariqabjotu 00:09, 10 January...

reading M.K's statement again and again, I fail to see the merit of the RfArb. This RfArb is nothing more than an attempt to slander an inconvenient content...

respect but the name. WP:AIV together with WP:ANI is enough with the WP:RfArb for the especially complex cases that need a thorough study. --Irpen 00:44...

behaviour on Ghirlandajo's part (as shown by this RfA from last year and this RfArb warning), and that Ghirlandajo has already been blocked once for incivility;...

―Mandruss ☎ 17:24, 28 February 2015 (UTC) I suspect this will end up at RFARB with Coffee's adminship on the line, but honestly, complaining about his...

Ncmvocalist. The proper venue for your concerns is an AFD. As stated in the RFARB on Noleander, 99% of the time ARBCOM rules on conduct, not content. Content...

obviously incapable of recognizing your own behaviour - and your draft RFARB will quite likely turn into the biggest WP:BOOMERANG on the face of the...

desysoping by Arbcom. Even an RFC is only a step in the process leading to an RFARB, (barring the sort of action that Arbcom deals with as an emergency desysop...

accomplishing anything helpful when it comes to Eric and civility. Try RFC/U, RFArb, nothing, something, anything but this. Please. Writ Keeper ⚇♔ 18:43, 5...

cross, the lines drawn by the edit restrictions imposed on him by this RfArb. He is very knowledgeable on the subject and I am not sure I really think...

probably indicative of problems that, finally, need to be addressed at RFARB, with regard to LOCALCONSENSUS and WP:OWN policies being skirted by certain...

"unhelpful" (I am not saying she's innocent) and would boil my blood, too. RfARB???--I'clast 00:15, 27 December 2006 (UTC) If the consensus is that this...

article being the subject of such determined and complex abuse (reaching RFArb twice, and without any complete resolution) would give rise to an atmosphere...

just file actions like that away for future reference at the inevitable RFArb. Resolute 23:15, 24 April 2014 (UTC) Classic. --Anthonyhcole (talk · contribs...

He has forum shopped all over Wikipedia today, from AN/3RR to here, to RFArb. It's becoming blockable in and of itself. (talk→ BWilkins ←track) 20:11...

Talk:Treblinka extermination camp), he immediately filed an RfC and an RfArb(here). There is no doubt, as every other editor who has encountered this...

(UTC) I'll note that his first Talk page post in the wake of his rejected RfArb request was to continue lobbying for his links. --Calton | Talk 11:08, 1...

heading for a year's ban pending confirmation of a motion to close the RfArb he's currently a part of so this 48 hours may be an early application of...

me attempted, even if it has no teeth. It may be an argument in a future RfArb, which, I believe, is not toothless. I gave it a start where you said, at...

conviction that SashiRolls is a net positive here. (That was evident in the WP:RFARB request as well). But maybe that's just my solipsism talking. I guess I...

have no objection, but on the other hand, it's such nice evidence for an RfArb, isn't it? I have the image saved, in any case. --khaosworks (talk • contribs)...

This looks more like evidence gathering in preparation for a mediation/RFC/RFArB than an attack page. Especially since the user is not disparaging anyone;...

biblical terminology. I have pondered many times over taking this issue to WP:RfArb, but previous experiences on that page lead me to believe that it will be...

as a disruptive editor (or bad admin, or whatever) at WP:ANI, WP:AE, WP:RFARB or some other drama-board. Even cursory review of editorial interaction...

August 2013 (UTC) The post here is probably TL;DR for ANI (maybe even for RfArb), but let me try to boil it down to what my own take is on it. Jytdog names...

to WP:ARBEE, or maybe the clerks would instruct the filing of a new WP:RFARB (I don't spend much time at ArbCom, so I'm not sure). That won't resolve...

articles. User:Jaakobou, who's editing behaviour was the initial cause for the RfArb, is back at his usual edit-warring, tendentious editing, POV-pushing and...

the same sentence from you again, it should be in an WP:RfC, WP:RfM, WP:RfArb, or other form of WP:DR. Those caveats aside, like I said I have no plans...

After that, ANI, where he at least didn't repeat the person's name, then RFARB. I dealt with it as BLP violation, rather than a topic ban breach, as I...

orignally offered at Talk:Atheism (and has since been added to the Dot6 RfArb) and on studying the contribs history for User:Ehrlich and User:Adrigo (whom...

bewildering and alarming. I do think these disputes, as a class, should go to WP:RFARB, because a) it's clear that that this is otherwise going to be a continual...

13 March 2019 (UTC) @Wumbolo: Well, if it came to that, take it to WP:RFARB first. Given the past history of WP:FAITACCOMPLI and WP:LOCALCONSENSUS extremism...

overbroad and vague discretionary sanctions, and possibly also request an RFARB separately to get the false warning expunged. Or I may simply quit Wikipedia...

alternative interpretations of physics principles (which was the trouble in the RfArb). I'm also willing to give a little bit of credit for honesty, as it was...

the reply. You are kind to help. PoolGuy 02:10, 30 April 2006 (UTC) Go to RfArb for more details. I find it astonishing that PoolGuy takes my comment as...

to compromise, and too much "I'm right, you're wrong" on both sides. The RfArb is apparently going to only last a little longer then a week, so believe...

bait. If the other editors cross the lines again, it'll be a WP:AE or WP:RFARB/WP:ARCA matter, since they have received Ds/alerts; ANI is not the appropriate...

continue to talk it out, or write up the behavior for RfC and eventually RfArb. I felt that we were making some progress on discussing this topic on the...

ArbCom has deliberated. Yes, I know this prevents this username from editing RfArb, but he shows no signs of abiding by the injuction, and has plenty of other...

pro-TERF activism; we've been over this many times before, including at RFARB.) However, even if they were right, it would simply lend further strength...

that you should feel the same way about uninvolved third parties filing RFArbs. Except, of course, that you failed to express such a sentiment in your...

BN. I researched the RfA itself, the candidate's history including his RfArb, and (indirectly) the semi-secret consultations that led to his unprecedented...

2006 (UTC) There is a motion at the ArbCom to ban him for a year. See WP:RfArb#SPUI. Carcharoth 14:44, 10 November 2006 (UTC) User:MarkThomas appears to...

02:02, 6 June 2006 (UTC) Since I was heavily involved in Freestylefrappe's RfArb, I won't take admin action against him, but I urge that he be blocked for...

the community's time in going through the whole long process of ANI, RfC, RfArb, etc. etc. etc. Meanwhile, this vile editor continues along his merry way...

else you deem necessary. Have we reached the stage of RfC or perhaps even RfArb here? AecisBrievenbus 22:38, 24 September 2007 (UTC) I think a full protection...

concerns about abuse of administrative tools (RfC or, in more pressing cases, RfArb) - if there is a real problem here, then those fora would be the appropriate...

We ought to look at damage-limitation here. From memory alone, the only RfArb case related to this article is Coolcat, Davenbelle and Stereotek, from...

this to arbitration for review. Mercury 20:51, 26 October 2007 (UTC) Maybe RfARb is the way to go, given the RfC findings and ongoing issues with talk-page...

17:20, 1 November 2007 (UTC) I've gone ahead an opened a request at WP:RfArb for ArbCom to look this over quickly and see if desysopping is warranted...

but it's really not a big deal. Further discussion can take place at the RfArb talk page. MastCell Talk 00:06, 10 January 2008 (UTC) I have made a staement...

(I have to convert time zones though, and could be out by an hour). The RfArb already looks into the issue of SPA in depth. Mark Chovain 03:42, 13 August...

enough; Piruz has to claim that Atabek is trying to sabotage the RfC. Their RfArb case from April 2007 – Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Armenia-Azerbaijan...

Merridew, and the little contact I had with White Cat was at the declined RfArb (where I pointed out that her ArbCom request looked to be on the wrong side...

think he should be immediately unblocked. I do, however, note that in the RfArb for The Troubles, as linked above, the same 'others back him up' problem...

2 April 2007 (UTC) Concur. Kirill Lokshin's statement in the rejected RfArb, "Wikipedia is not a free webhost, and user pages likely to bring the project...

the AE. I said I had a bunch of unsorted evidence half-prepared for an RFARB, at another page. AE admins chose to examine it anyway and found it convincing...

was unblocked by Zscout370 for the sole purpose of participating in his RfArb, but I can't work out why he was blocked in the first place. Can anyone...

had any stomach for all this legalistic roleplaying, we'd already be at RFARB with me as a plaintiff, on WP:HARASSMENT grounds, among others. But I have...

from the norm. (Not in the articles, of course, but in things like RfA or RfArb and the noticeboards.) Kyaa the Catlord (talk) 15:26, 10 December 2007 (UTC)...

incapable of doing so and instead of going even further with RfC/U and RfArb, this AN/I is one way to bring attention to a problematic editor so others...

watching out for more trouble. :) And I just noticed that he tried another RfArb just a week ago. *sigh* Sarah 06:12, 30 May 2008 (UTC) @Jayron, oh, I know...

MastCell Talk 17:45, 16 June 2008 (UTC) Forum shopping? I did not initiate the RfArb, RedSpruce did. After Arbcom refused to consider the ostebsible subject...

14:19, 25 October 2017 (UTC) I've learned not to come to ANI, AN, AE, or RFARB without doing thorough diffing. I also didn't presume to demand a specific...

XRV finds them to be misused; Repeated or egregious misuse of permissions may form the basis of an WP:AN, WP:ANI, or WP:RFARB report, as appropriate....

buisness on a mailing list, or anywher off-wiki. i will be filiong a formal RfArb, on the proepr page, since you wish this dealt with by the ArbCom. DES (talk)...

the topic ban to end in january, but it didn't work so well. (from the RfArb discussion, and the statement by Tznkai). Brews kohare knew that the sanction...

ArbCom sanction, so it should have been handled at ANI. Please read WT:RFARB#What belongs at AE for an explanation of why this is important. Looie496...

28 February 2016 Blocked for violating unblock condition related to WP:RFARB. 26 February 2016 Indef topic ban from Vladimir Putin - therefore insertion...

(edit conflict)This "made/passed" dichotomy seems needlessly unclear. The RfArb page clearly states when the motion was passed, and hence when Karl was...

preserved.  — SMcCandlish ☺ ☏ ¢ ≽ʌⱷ҅ᴥⱷʌ≼  15:19, 26 January 2016 (UTC)] for an RFARB case to examine Darkfrog24's editing behavior patterns with regard to style...

with Collect's editing mentioned in this RfC and the subsequently declined RfArb unfortunately still cloud the issue. Like SV, I don't see any relation to...

This bloody stupid dispute keeps popping up on WP:AN, AN/I, RfC, and now RfArb. Pick one convention – any convention that's not patent nonsense will do...

ground out from under me by effectively making policy in the Privatemusings RfArb, and I quit discussing that in dismay, but that's another matter.) What...

request sanctions at ANI for behavioral issues. There is nothing in that RfArb that says this is not allowed. I have warned this account multiple times...

trainwreck; Flyer22's defamation stress during her final days illustrates why RfArb rules-enforcement matters.] Insinuation ("Flyer's reported death") that...

request for arbitration appeal AND is being discussed on the talk page of RfArb. Given that parallel discussion are usually unhelpful, could we archive...

outright ban. --Doc 17:19, 11 August 2006 (UTC) Per Doc, I would suggest an RfArb over anything else. — FireFox (talk) 17:21, 11 August '06 Hi, everyone....

suggest everybody read Thebainer's suggestion of where the fault lies at WP:RfArb, where this issue is currently. This smacks of forum shopping and WP:IDIDNTHEARTHAT...

suggestions to take the ethical dispute with Wikipedia to the level of an RFARB case, and the behavioral issues with Sandstein to an RFC/U. Yet, if Sandstein's...

suggestion is right from the dispute resolution side of things (take it to RfArb). As for mentorship, I think this thread kind of puts a bit of a hole in...

never be applied, she should ask for an amendment on Giano's behalf on the RfArb page. Certainly, I don't think it's helpful to just unblock without any...

outright ban. --Doc 17:19, 11 August 2006 (UTC) Per Doc, I would suggest an RfArb over anything else. – FireFox (talk) 17:21, 11 August '06 Hi, everyone....

(UTC) This case brings back memories of Argyrosargyrou (talk · contribs) (RfArb). Could the two cases, GreekWarrior and Argyrosargyrou, be linked? Aecis...

Swarm we ♥ our hive 18:47, 1 April 2015 (UTC) All that this ANI topic and RfArb do is to draw attention to a silly, malicious publicity gimmick by a banned...

alternate account to evade scrutiny on his main account. The Privatemusings RfArb had this principle which would also seem to suggest that what ForesticPig...

Wikipedia:Speedy deletions#Non-criteria warns about ""Copyright violations" whose sources copied Wikipedia". But there seems to be another possible case...

be tolerated.  Sandstein  20:37, 18 May 2010 (UTC) Well, the door to WP:RfArb is open, needless to say, if folks want to bring it there. However, needless...

exhibited improper behavior or use of administrative tools and open an RfArb Personally, I am indifferent, as I believe I acted in accordance with policy...

him or where he'll pop up next. To me there is no call for a case, the RfArb should be turned down and Cla68 instructed to make an appeal here. This...

extremely difficult for the casual reader to determine if comments on an RfC or RfArb were from the subject if they obfuscate their username. —Malber (talk •...

Kite 11:32, 20 November 2009 (UTC) You know what, BK? Feel free to open an RfArb if you really want to. Until then, I will continue my practice of staying...

have retained their tools. I have mentioned the following proposal at the RfArb request on Nabla. A register is set up where admins may request that their...

their tools, I have not yet had the privilege of contributing to a RfC or RfArb. I would like the opinion of other uninvolved users here as to whether a...

temperament unsuited to adminship. If it continues, it will lead to an RfArb, since persistence in assuming bad faith and seeking to intensify instead...

Dicklyon (talk) 19:05, 3 January 2013 (UTC) Well, Hasteur did say this: AN or RfArb, but first see if Apteva will take on board the viewpoints (Apteva hasn't...

2012 (UTC) I consent to the close. I have enough material here to file a RfArb seeking Kww's desysop if that proves to be the route that he chooses. Jclemens...

clearly and demonstrably incorrect). Zero of these discussions (MfDs, ANI, RfArb, another on meta) resulted in a consensus for censure toward me or any Signpost...

assistance (Request)". That's here. The only other venue for conduct disputes is RfArb. Is that what you want? Are you going to file the case? If not, perhaps...

pronouns should be used, and the threads leading up to it. And the Flyer22 RfArb, and most everything else Newimpartial gets involved in within recent memory...

September 2012 (UTC) First off: I think the proper venue for this request is RfArb, not AE (there's no specific case to be enforced here, so this request is...

"conspiracy theories" was included in the name or request title given to the RfArb that interests us here, arbitrators actually authorized admins to issue...

users, it is suggested that this matter be brought to WP:3O or, finally, WP:RfArb. --Tristessa (talk) 18:41, 22 December 2015 (UTC) The following discussion...

to stand on protocol and let him fuck up again when he acted the same at RfArb as he did at the previous 17 venues. And Nenpog still has an out from this...

matter what you think of it personally, that it would be wise to speak on RfArb in support of it."--SarekOfVulcan (talk) 22:09, 2 June 2009 (UTC) Of course...

original). That was unmistakably the case here, given the ANI then the RfArb. While the editor clearly needs to obtain some additional clue (especially...

a "third party" was acting as a police officer in this case hot off WP:RfArb#Cold fusion, where a similar situation (though not involving any "outing"...

recalcitrance and game-playing indicate a high probability you'll end up at AE or RfArb soon enough, I've already started this diff research.  — SMcCandlish ☏ ¢ 😼 ...

the project and it has saved us from the inevitable drama-filled RfC or RfArb. Thank you. Sarah 17:01, 26 July 2008 (UTC) I question what you, and others...

but it is tempting. No matter if yinz decide to return to AE or go to RfARB, please take point 3 of the evidence section of my guide to arbitration...

behavior pattern: concurrent Fæ-focused ANI here, the one in March, and the RfArb in February, among other pages.) A game is being played here, of using WP's...

so-called "drama boards". This would include WP:ANI, WP:AN, WP:AE, and WP:RfArb. I do not believe this user is here to help, but rather is simply trolling...

RFARB request yet as if it were a salient fact when formulating his "uninvolved" response. I feel I'm left with little choice but to proceed to RFARB...

(UTC) Courtesy blank - why not just courtesy blank it unless/until the RFC/RFARB starts? That should make everyone happy. --B (talk) 01:29, 11 January 2009...

After raising these points repeatedly at ANI someone suggested i go to RFARB, so here I am. -- [ UseTheCommandLine ~/talk ] # _ 08:12, 4 May 2013 (UTC)...

could PallestineRemembered please be allowed to edit freely during this RfArb? He is currently not permitted to edit outside this case, and this is already...

CAT:RFU WP:AE WP:AIV WP:AN WP:ANEW WP:ARL WP:CP WP:DGFA WP:NAS WP:OP WP:RFA WP:RFARB WP:RFM WP:RFPP WP:RM WP:RSPAM WP:UAA BlockLog DelLog ProtectLog...

November 2009 (UTC) Yes, you are correct in remembering that I initiated the RFArb. Finding something about which we can agree is a constructive first step...

is always a very very bad idea. If you have problems, there is always WP:RFArb,WP:RFM, WP:ANB, WP:ANB/I to resolve them. But watchlisting a group of editors...

them). RfArb: ArbCom and it's clerks are pretty good at isolating problematic statements by disruptive users once it's gotten beyond a RfArb request...

User_talk:Ikonoblast (see there) has decided that he will send me to WP:RFARB so there is doubt as to whether I would be able to moderate the place much...

However, there is a convention that pages that have clerks assigned (e.g. RfArb, RfA, etc.) are only to be clerked by those clerks. Most folks simply wouldn't...

Support - with the exception of Church of Scientology addresses per that RfArb case. —A little blue Bori v^_^v Bori! 20:38, 24 April 2019 (UTC) This is...

gross, and Arbcom can apply conditions for re-sysopping. Otherwise, RfC and RfArb exist. I don't think we need further process as an unnecessary layer of...

complaints (which, for all its many faults, the labour required to lodge a RfArb does). There's a real risk that this will turn into an offshoot of ANI where...

for arbitration/FuelWagon v. Ed_Poor, closed Dec. 23, 2005 I bring this RfArb with a heavy heart. Ed has been an editor with Wikipedia far longer than...

relative to their usefullness. 2) I like that. For things like having had an rfarb or a refcom, when it is difficult to reach a conviction or an aquittal whether...

August 2007 (UTC) I'd also like to help out - I've been a spectator at RFARB for a long time now, but I've very rarely contributed, with regards to making...

dated Nov 15 (12 days after the article vote and 2 days after the formal RFArb posting), DaveRight adds the word "pseudoscience" or "pseudoscientific"...

would be prudent to wait for the outcome. I declare that as I started the RfArb, that I may have a conflict of interest. --Iantresman 19:49, 10 October...

cases where it makes sense to do so. The 'clarification' section of WP:RFArb is titled "Clarifications and other requests" (my emphasis). If a request...

--Dschwen 17:09, 15 May 2008 (UTC) Strong Oppose: They are often used in RFArb cases, so no hiding embarrassing edits. --Dragon695 (talk) 00:50, 23 May...

stuff for the last few times I clicked backwards in time. Agree that the RFArb should have been mentioned, although given that the great majority of it...

"neutral vote", or a "support vote" means at RfA, please see the RfA decoder) RfArb or RFAR n. A request for arbitration. It is recommended that you get into...

level-headed "voice of reason" in action in the Carnildo RFA and Giano II RFARB. He'll be a great admin and should be a bureaucrat too. --Richard 08:30...

editors who disagree with her seems to have actually worsened since the RFARB, e.g. [7]. In the next example, someone else was being a bit heavy-handed...

hurt me. TingMing 07:01, 24 April 2007 (UTC) I had been involved in the RfArb case for Nationalist that Vic226 was talking about. As a result, I know...

block record). Maybe there could be Arb's and Admins and we could make a RFArb. It seems like the admins now are the judge and jury, and that's not a good...

(largely inactive, subproposals largely rejected) add RfArb as sub of Protecting children's privacy (RfArb requested) John Reid 13:06, 15 October 2006 (UTC)...

RfC and the drafting of infobox inclusion criteria Short version: In two RFARBs, the Arbitration Committee has said that it can/won't resolve the perpetual...

2010 (UTC) Case in point, WillBeback has repeatedly used terms, in this RFARB, like 'TM editors', in order to make sweeping and inaccurate claims that...

RfC and the drafting of infobox inclusion criteria Short version: In two RFARBs, the Arbitration Committee has said that it can't/won't resolve the perpetual...

Proc • PRD) Dir • ER • HD • New (Us • Pgs)• Prot (Log • PER • PP • PT • RFP • SPP) • RfA • RfArb • RfC • RFR • RM • SPost • SSP • UN • UTM • VP • WL...

Options 3 and 4 are too short, especially for drawn-out processes like WP:RFARB and WP:ARCA, which can take months sometimes. 5 is closer, but even 60 days...

block, as is the norm on wikipedia. This was demonstrated during the recent RfArb concerning a cabal of extremist Pakistani Nationalists/Islamic Fundamentalists...

13 March 2019 (UTC) @Wumbolo: Well, if it came to that, take it to WP:RFARB first. Given the past history of WP:FAITACCOMPLI and WP:LOCALCONSENSUS extremism...

WP:WIKILAWYERs. Finally, many semi-noobs end up at ANI for some "schooling"; a WP:RFARB-styled legalistic approach is difficult even for long-term users to figure...

unblock. --Mel Etitis (Talk) 19:46, 26 March 2007 (UTC) With regard to this RfArb, I can only add that, like many editors, I've watched a series of problems...

actin outside of his arb role, admins are not his winged monkeys "non-arb" RFARB request that it be modified. (Diffs on request) [12] User:Moreschi turns...

adheres to Wikipedia policies.[5] The issue was addressed again in a recent RfArb clarification that opened on August 26 and was archived September 12. Seven...

motion. For Toddst1, it was 7 days from the filing of the first request on RfArb to the motion barring Toddst1 from using his tools. Overall, in the last...

17 February 2007 (UTC) Statements and listings of parties copied from RfArb at this time. Balancer 23:02, 18 February 2007 (UTC) What I desire from...

blocked user to see changes to, for example, pages like WP:AN, WP:AN/I, WP:RfArb, the talk pages of the blocking admin and other administrators, etc. Ongoing...

ArbCom case against an administrator that properly enforces policy. The RFArb case is accepted to examine the problem editor and not the administrator...

sufficient support. If Sandstein or ArbCom would rather it be a full WP:RFARB, well, "be careful what you wish for". Not every ARCA that involves someone...

contention is this: A wheel war did indeed take place. Per WP:WHEELWAR, RfArb is indeed the appropriate venue, per the wording "Wheel warring usually...

unacceptable idea. DES (talk) 22:07, 23 April 2007 (UTC) See also This new RfArb. DES (talk) 23:15, 23 April 2007 (UTC) Wikipedia is a collective project...

referring to Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Closed motions (linked from WP:RFARB). I also commented on the talk page here. Users who endorse this summary:...

specific WP:Notice board; or via our elected "judges" at ArbCom, either WP:RFARB for new matters or WP:ANEW for rehash of old disputes).  — SMcCandlish ☏...

Ben TALK/HIST 22:03, 24 March 2007 (UTC) Um, as I understand it, that means an RfArb clerk should copy the request from User talk:$$'s and sense#Unbanning to...

to gather some evidence on my user page. I didn't wanted this to end in RFArb and I've tried many other ways to solve these. I've asked in the past various...

see any real discussion of the topic ban either way on either the recent RFARB or AN unblock discussions.) (Thus subject to the AE routes of appeal, which...

me not using much internet chasing down the specifics of that exact ANI/RFARB. Civility isn't a game of the "word police", where the first person driven...

editor by real username. If the subject were to comment on their own RfC/RfArb, it wouldn't be apparent to the casual reader. Use of nick names is discouraged...

making irrelevant comments, and at worst may be a tactic for setting up an RfArb. That is the objection as I see it. Robert A.West (Talk) 20:26, 10 June...

miscounduct issue, and I am trying to resolve it with other methods than RfArb. Still, the main issue is the content one. Therefore I am asking about the...

proposing a motion here (Clarifications and other requests section of the RFArb main page), and then announcing the proposed motion on AN. Since the precipitate...

dispute resolution are being bypassed and being too quickly promoted to RfARB will become more apparent if there was a "lower house" for hearing such...

ultimately in control, but I do remember the "editor" who launched the RFArb seized rather gleefully (a little revealingly gleefully I thought [81])...

the levels of corruption. Travb (talk) 04:07, 1 November 2006 (UTC) An RfArb has been opened on the subject of the policy proposal Protecting children's...

informal dispute resolution (WP:MEDCAB), formal dispute resolution (WP:RFARB), rejected dispute resolution processes (WP:EDCO), deletion discussions...

these 2 editors (I have a horrible feeling one or other of them is going to RfArb if we can't put a firm break on the dispute). Thanks David Ruben Talk 03:02...

too often, most recently with this pointless request for clarification at RfArb that has been speedily archived. Ryan Postlethwaite 17:34, 5 April 2008...

If this RfArb were construed to be an ordinary tool like an adjustable spanner, then Coren's premise here might be understood as something to do with...

ultimately in control, but I do remember the "editor" who launched the RFArb seized rather gleefully (a little revealingly gleefully I thought [81])...

(and suspected sock [459]) user:Wallyj (not otherwise mentioned in this RFArb) from the 'vote' on fairly spurious grounds that differ from community consensus...

devotee Jimbo Wales, and to a lesser extent his various lieutenants". This RfArb is long overdue. There is also little dount that Lopez has used numerous...

about the content issue) and I understand the reasons for bringing this RfArb. However, I think it would be a mistake to view this as primarily a user...

(talk) 16:22, 17 May 2022 (UTC) Pardon me while I go run off to file an WP:RFARB.[FBDB] WaltCip-(talk) 17:48, 17 May 2022 (UTC) Userboxen, by analogy with...

several bold, fresh and plausible voices from outside the crowd of AN/I and RfARB regulars would step onto the stage. For the most part, they have not materialized;...

matter goes no further in the dispute resolution process (such as RFM or RFArb). --Uncle Ed 13:15, 1 June 2006 (UTC) Users who endorse this summary (sign...

taken up after another user, Fvw, offered to certify the basis for the RFArb (originally four users had done so, but three dropped their complaint after...

good. I really fear that giving him/her the tools will ultimately spawn an RFARB to take them away. Carlossuarez46 17:37, 13 September 2007 (UTC) Oppose...

handled poorly? I thought they dealt with the immensely complex "Trouble" RFARB extremely we;; and of course I thought the most recently Durova case was...

independently realized most of the users were socks and blocked them. This page RFarb entry#documentation of blocks and socks which just documents the sock issues...

why they wouldn't work" are other possibilities. RfC is very structured. RfArb is very structured. Is there any reason why community ban discussions need...

several bold, fresh and plausible voices from outside the crowd of AN/I and RfARB regulars would step onto the stage. For the most part, they have not materialized;...

forgetting the early few stages of this debacle here, and most of her RFC and RFArbs were without my presence completely. She has to go and as soon as my wiki-break...

this type of situation has been cited in the decision statements of other RFArbs as grounds for imposing remedies (albeit in conjunction with other causes)...

even removing the reference note (!). 28 Aug, at 16:07, he wrote on WP:RfARB (this topic!) that I, Kubura, deny the presence of the Italians in all Dalmatia...

article, other than their own opinions. [I have never participated in a RfArb before and am trying to respond and understand the process while my family...

That being said, it's clear Morwen, at least, didn't support promoting the RfArb on Twitter; I can't say the same for David, considering he posted a link...

this regularly, we'd be rid of a handful of admins who need to go to RFARB, less RFARBs would ever need to be filed for a desysopping, and the community sense...

I'd thought that route would be productive, I would have just opened an RfARB and named a bunch of parties [including all of the non-Arbs who have commented...

21:31, 2 June 2006 (UTC) Is that a block under one of the remedies in the RfArb? I don't see it. Remedy #1 applies to new user welcomes only, #2 to civility...

--InShaneee 03:44, 25 January 2006 (UTC) User RFCs are just dress rehearsals for RFArbs. -- nyenyec ☎ 18:30, 27 January 2006 (UTC) Agree. Some elements in arbcom...

examples on 28 Aug [41], [42]). Please, use talkpages for discussion, not RfARB. Giove, you should have discuss when was time to do so. Fifth, Same story...

progressed to the level of anyone seeking outside intervention (mediation, RfC, RfArb, ANI, etc.) Naturally, some of conflicts have been stressful, but the key...

content of its character and not by the slander of a superfluous RfArb. This is the second RfArb that Ian has submitted and the first one was roundly rejected...

dispute (after content discussion had ceased). Their involvement in this RfArb is virtually meaningless, except to prove how hostile that anti-polygamists...

restricted in that debate but has again started in the behavior that that RfArb found to be disruptive. There is also no indication that he checks if the...

needs further ArbCom review and clarification, if not a whole additional RfArb. (And I'm okay with being named a party, as I've been long-term involved...

My only concern, given the party in question and the real reason for the RfArb that lead to this result, is that such a tweak to the wording should not...

restricted as the result of a review. This remedy, passed on the Free Republic RfArb, unfortunately has lacked teeth, and the page has had to be protected for...

proposed principles, findings of fact, and remedies. In terms of Wikipedia RFArb, I have experience writing proposals on the workshop pages of arbitration...

article was accepted by other editors, and remains on the article. The RfArb comments were a good faith and balanced analysis (even if later shown to...

addition of a template to any article. It was never an issue at the Infobox RfArb case that there was a problem with Andy replacing one infobox with another...

more comments on Quackwatch, I suggest reading the discussion at the other RfArb Workshop page. -- Fyslee (talk) 02:16, 31 December 2008 (UTC) Response to...

re-extension for a few months just to "gently" re-affirm the point of the last RfArb. -- Y|yukichigai (ramble argue check) 15:32, 11 October 2008 (UTC) I would...

policy, practice, and precedent for filing a request for Arbitration. While RfArb is a process that has broader application than just desysopping, to assert...

Velikovsky, all seem OK to me, with no overstating of the facts. In my RfArb/Pseudoscience, Velikovsky is mentioned twice, but never as a criticism of...

Lugnuts, can you please link me to this RfC? I'm not au fait with the RfC-RfArb area. Bobo. 13:17, 18 January 2021 (UTC) Yep - Here is Fram's failed RfC...

not the place to settle content disputes, that's what WP:RfM, WP:RfC, WP:RfArb are for. ~ trialsanderrors 05:54, 26 January 2007 (UTC) Ukrainian-German...

(UTC) Agree TTN has been redirecting 20-100 articles per day while this RfArb was being considered. He's refused to make a response, and is not engaging...

light of the recent behavior by Deacon of Pndapetzim, both here and at WT:RFARB, I encourage ArbCom to consider sanctioning him. I also encourage ArbCom...

an ongoing WP:Requests for arbitration#Request to amend prior case:TTN RfArb DGG (talk) 06:16, 21 December 2008 (UTC) Keep Show some discussions, and...

settling disputes which requires compromise. The user's responses to this RfArb suggests that they will settle at nothing but "I'm right and they're wrong;"...

hasty blocks and even hastier unblocks). As I suggested in the previous RfArb, it is time for the committee to take this in hand and deal with the intransigent...

users need to take note that disruptive behavior will not be tolerated on RFArb case pages. This is going to be enforced after reminders are given and no...

cuwiki · SI) Code letter: B (User:Tajik has been banned indefinitely through RfArb: E104421-Tajik.) An anonymous contributor engaged in editing the same old...

Not wishing to expand the scope of this RFARB to disputes which are not currently the subject of this RFARB, I would simply suggest that this assertion...

February 2009 (UTC) I will be taking this case but it will be held until the RfArb is dealt with, however it turns out. For the Mediation Committee Seddσn...

or certify. I note that this is the third time Communicat has lodged a RfArb with these allegations without first engaging in dispute resolution, despite...

to do more detailed analysis of editor actions since the end of the last RFArb, but that takes time. ...well, intended anyway. It appears that other editors...

Trustworthy editor. Has clue. Sticks around despite witnessing the madness at RfArb everyday. Not big deal. ~ Riana ⁂ 12:11, 16 September 2007 (UTC) Support...

subject of Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Gundagai editor and the subsequent RfArb. Sarah Ewart (Talk) 11:17, 15 October 2006 (UTC) You may not delete comments...

issues back then. Unless something changes I do think we'll see them at RFArb again (although I obviously hope I'm wrong) but I'm in two minds about whether...

with no note or a misleading, saccharine one -- must be controlled. This RfArb is chiefly about one thing: Do we -- the Wikipedian Community -- control...

option to admins to keep (if consensus) or to keep relisting until the RfArb runs its course. EJF (talk) 10:55, 1 March 2008 (UTC) Note: This debate...

--Folantin (talk) 16:43, 1 August 2013 (UTC) On the contrary, the scope of the RfArb is defined by ArbCom and this one is about the problems that I and other...

(talk) 23:02, 28 December 2007 (UTC) It was mentioned to me at a certain RFArb that I should bring some points to the discussion at WP:PRIVATE. Immediately...

not the place to settle content disputes, that's what WP:RfM, WP:RfC, WP:RfArb are for. ~ trialsanderrors 05:54, 26 January 2007 (UTC) Ukrainian-German...

detract from the project, if for no other reason than the resulting RFC and RFARB soap operas are huge time sinks. --EJF (talk) 21:39, 2 March 2008 (UTC)...

have been aware of the various talk page threads, the ANI thread and the RFARB thread? Carcharoth (talk) 20:29, 1 January 2008 (UTC) I won't go into too...

- and like RM were just now blocked for 3RR violation, even after this RfArb case was already underway, and are issuing apparent legal threats for being...

be followed. Once again, as he and the others have throughout this RFC-RFArb attack, Joshua makes unfounded accusations. I wonder if he thinks no one...

encyclopedia, then be prepared to stand up and nominate WP:ANI,WP:AN,WP:VP,WP:RfArb, and WP:AE for similar reasons (Drama Sinks, Introspective navel gazing...

matter, I think it's still valid, especially given the in-some-ways-similar RFARB going on about Michael Hardy, whose adminship dates from the same era, and...

original case also involved canvassing of the same sort, and Fæ was at WP:RFARB again only a couple of weeks ago, also for canvassing in support of gender-related...

that no RfC was carried out specifically in relation to Ben prior to the RfArb. --- Responses to Chazz's talk page. Signed by Chazz @ 19:48, 4 January...

privileged; they cannot be used against the parties in later proceedings (e.g. RfArb/RfC). Why is that important? In order to put a dispute to rest, participants...

ArbCom soon enough, but for now, I don't believe we should suggest that this RfArb case was intended to help resolve the problems on those other articles as...

responding to AN, AN/I, AN3, WQA, RFC, RFARB cases brought by the other; Starting any AN, AN/I, AN3, WQA, RFC, RFARB cases or threads about each other without...

and for all (there is still, at the time of writing, an open motion at WP:RFARB about this case). I'm a bit conflicted here, as I said previously (see elsewhere...

gaps. At the top of User talk:Jaakobou, Jaakobou notes that during this RfArb case, he will refrain from participating in controversies on nineteen articles...

This is standard policy interpretation. Ask anyone. See Principle 3 at RFARB/Privatemusings; that was also the basis for the recent desysopping of Geogre...

hardly behavior befitting an arbiter, especially one currently hearing an RFArb against the user. — BrianSmithson 14:17, 9 January 2006 (UTC) Oppose per...

submoit to a specific AE process can be brought up at a user RfC (or at RfArb) just as is the case for refusing mediation today. It would also help separate...

cause real damage and to create a burden for other editors. Right now at RfArb a case is coming up, still active at last look though probably not to be...

noted are appropriate...not a short remark threatening to ban or start a RFArb. We need to make it clear that these discussions may include warning that...

apologise for the time it's taking to get an advocate. With this being an RfArb, we're going to have two advocates running the case, myself and one other...

privileged; they cannot be used against the parties in later proceedings (e.g. RfArb/RfC). Why is that important? {because disputes between users can lead to...

accusing me of misrepresentation is the above user. Again, have a look at the RfArb records for a good laugh. Note also this user's tendency towards useless...

and on one that later led to him filing a RFArb - even if that was a mistake, it was very costly, and the RFArb response was not the way to go in those...

through only several percent of this RFARB comments/statements/evidence. I am absolutely cool and neutral about this RFARB, and to be honest with you, I don't...

26 January 2009 (UTC) Reject this and Greg's proposal. I thought that Rfarb was for settling disputes, not throwing successively harder punches at each...

vote for me and did not solicit it. My 'stats' in the usual places (ANI, RfArb, miscellaneous people's 'shit lists') may speak for themselves, but that...

that; I'd initially pulled out conclusions from a few of the statements at RFArb, but I acknowledge the preference for evidence to come from other sources...

it's option, to forgo the rest of the process and instead to have a full RfArb case opened (during which, adminship would remain temporarily removed)....

October 21 2005 RfArb:Webcomics December 1 2005 RFC:Tony Sidaway 3 (Aborted) January 3 2006 RFC:Tony Sidaway 4 (Unofficial) February 1 2006 RfArb:Tony Sidaway...

Ben TALK/HIST 20:28, 26 April 2007 (UTC) I also note that you filed WP:RFARB#Category:Kurdistan earlier this month, only to have it declined as a content...

research assertions. Nonetheless, he has used RfC's, RfM's, and now an RfArb to attack the messenger of bad news, rather than examine the documents from...

devotee Jimbo Wales, and to a lesser extent his various lieutenants". This RfArb is long overdue. There is also little dount that Lopez has used numerous...

(UTC) Users who endorse this summary If I've got a right to jump into an RfArb (and nobody's thrown me out yet), you certainly have a right to jump in...

productive that having to go though 100 AN threads, 4 blocks, 3 RfCs, 2 RFARBs and the proverbial partridge to get someone to stop causing damage. We enable...

privileged; they cannot be used against the parties in later proceedings (e.g. RfArb/RfC). Why is that important? Because the discussions may not satisfy both/all...

good evidence can be presented) systematic abuse by an administrator is RFARB in the absence of a community desyoping process. I wish there was, but at...

an ongoing WP:Requests for arbitration#Request to amend prior case:TTN RfArb DGG (talk) 06:16, 21 December 2008 (UTC) Keep Show some discussions, and...

There's little recourse when an admin blocks you for 24 hours (enter a huge rfarb process that ends up taking more time than the block itself just to clear...

Even at such an extreme, none of these issues would come into play here at RfArb. The only question is whether there is or is not a user conduct issue and...

as confirmed by various other users. (Please see this statement on the RfArb talk page; also see my response in this bogus RfC, which discusses the affair...

limit third parties to ACRA or on perhaps rare occasions, as part of a RfArb. The ctte, for better or worse, are the only ones who can authoritatively...

presented as the mainstream, standard view, as his statement in this very RfArb indicates. Standard procedure for HKelkar and co. Thanks for the additional...

like this one. --Rednblu 23:10, 19 October 2006 (UTC) Nonwithstanding this RFArb, you're welcome to propose such. However, I a) don't think it would be adapted...

various failures that we are seeing here today. I guess it will be off to RfArb if this attempt to engage in dispute resolution is just sweep under the...

to help in any way possible. Recently, I have tried to help maintain WP:RfArb, only to get yelled at. However, I were acting by what it said "Clerk Helpers"...

internecine, drawn-out, intensely personalized dispute that's already been to WP:RFARB twice (the WP:ARBINFOBOX case and a rejected followup), and now to WP:ARCA...

block/unblock cycle of Mick eight months ago. That cycle formed part of a RFArb at the time, which the committee rejected. I'm quite sure an examination...

admitted by Davegnz himself here) Against User:Chrislk02 - [14] (baseless RfARB - retribution for voting against his desired outcome in an AfD - rejected...

in which they were engaged. If it is felt necessary, a separate RfC or RfArb could be filed regarding the wider issue of the Wikipedia foundership dispute...

alert not for an ANI report and certainly not rising to the level of an RFARB. I am not able to list all the articles that Noleander has worked on but...

such a break before, so Occam's Razor suggests his break is due to this RFArb). I would agree to postponing and seperating this, though, purely because...

point out that creating an rfC takes almost as much work as creating an RfArb, and is almost always typically drama filled by its very nature. This much...

wonder if the ice hockey compromise (which I was not aware of until this RfArb case) was hammered out with the participation or even awareness of WikiProject...

privileged; they cannot be used against the parties in later proceedings (e.g. RfArb/RfC). Why is that important? Because Its our job to mediate not give a final...

User:Aaron Brenneman/Requests for comment/Tony Sidaway 4 February 1 2006 RfArb RfArb:Webcomics December 1 2005 Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Tony Sidaway...

this RfArb, regardless of how any of the other matters are resolved. There are some other, minor issues I'd like to raise relating to this this RfArb, but...

of them went maybe once to a 3RR stuff). I got their words. If not, the RfArb is there to judge if someone is abusing their power. I trust Babajobu as...

privileged; they cannot be used against the parties in later proceedings (e.g. RfArb/RfC). Why is that important? By cutting off the idea or future retribution...

concerning the so-called "Tartu-based accounts" be struck out. The title of this RfArb has been modified from the original request. Is it now solely about Digwuren...

independently realized most of the users were socks and blocked them. This page RFarb entry#documentation of blocks and socks which just documents the sock issues...

articles in league with a notorious puppetmaster. During the subsequent RfArb Le Grand Roi des Citrouilles (talk · contribs) identified a new suspected...

support of the community, or we need to seek an involuntary desysop at RfArb. Sarah 01:36, 6 February 2008 (UTC) A good summary of the situation. There...

privileged; they cannot be used against the parties in later proceedings (e.g. RfArb/RfC). Why is that important? If parties go into mediation with the belief...

I'm not sure there is any point in keeping this open, and think that a RFARB is probably needed to affect any meaningful change here. AniMate 18:55,...

for on their talk pages or as part of formal dispute resolution (RfC or RfArb) (remedy recently extended to November 2007); Harrassment parole—he may...

privileged; they cannot be used against the parties in later proceedings (e.g. RfArb/RfC). Why is that important? Formal mediation discussions are privileged...

cold would be well advised to first consult this article talk page, this RfArb, and this digest of the issue before voting on this latest attempt at gaming...

Update: Found additional information prepared by another editor, used in an RfArb, suspecting this user is evading his block: User:MONGO/Ban evasion, Wikipedia:Requests...

editors to be able to contribute. Suffice is to say, that were this an RfArb, I would have strongly opposed any measure that would lead to his block...

particularly relevant here as it was a GA disagreement which prompted this RfArb. I believe Mattisse is widely regarded as an excellent WP:GAN reviewer who...

pending the conclusion of discussions about #wikipedia-en-admins at WP:RFARB – WjBscribe 00:18, 2 April 2008 (UTC) The following is an archived debate...

the one to file the RfArb, Nereocystis then deceptively lists their own secondary, reactionary RfArb first as if Nereocystis's RfArb was the legitimate...

libelous edit to Article X and a block war results. Warring admins come to RfArb; one or more parties demand that ArbCom see the edit, which has been deleted...

these accusations many times, even in the discussions regarding this WP:RfArb, was challenged every time to produce evidence, and failed to do so at every...

People bring other users many places -- including WP:AN, WP:ANI, WP:AIV, WP:RFArb, and the various WP:RFCs -- when they should be talking directly with the...

published on a high profile site, the diff is the cause of or part of an AN/ANI/RfARB thread or an Arbcom case. More discussion needed: The Streisand effect category...

this type of friendly advice belongs on our userpages, not on a bloated RfARb.--Docg 15:53, 10 June 2007 (UTC) Completely absurd. The fact that a grand...

Firstly RA’s “evidence” confirms the statements I have made through out this RfArb. There is no email from HKelkar to that mailing list, it was DesiGeek. First...

as an editing technique. Comment by Arbitrators: Drawn from the Ayn Rand RfArb, it nonetheless can be applied to non-article content. Der Wohltemperierte...

responds off page claim See 4.7 below. Canvassing Arbcom case Canvassing RfArb Maybe these. [216] [217] [218]. See 4.3 points 2 and 3 below. Collect -...

has nothing to do with this RfArb. I also request ArbCom to bring a speedy closure to the ridicules joke that this RfArb has become. Soon only Rama's...

It was RfArb/HKelkar. HKelkar has also taken to creating throwaway accounts, apparently. For background, I urge everone to read through the RfArb, as it...

sort of flippant attitude which can turn a successful RfA into a grisly RfARB. MtD (talk) 10:22, 22 October 2010 (UTC) Support with bells on. Bishonen...

it might be an idea to standarise this one way or another throughout the RFArb. Martinp23 17:17, 27 June 2007 (UTC) Fixed in this section; I'll change...

Comment by parties: Comment - (I think I qualify as a party, this is my first rfarb) - There is a different between blatant username blocks, and unobvious ones...

one's behavior regardless of incivility or provocation from others. In the RfArb case, my take is that one editor was goaded by another into behaving in...

have, why don't they quote (or at least 'diff') these explanations in the RFArb? --Uncle Ed 15:54, 23 August 2006 (UTC) One should not forget the problem...

I keep on saying - he is not permitted to edit articles other than his RfArb and his talk page. Are you arguing semantics, or do you genuinely believe...

block too. ElinorD (talk) 23:22, 16 July 2007 (UTC) Per my comments to RfArb, I support this block. Wikipedia should never have been allowed to become...

absolutist position. User:ElinorD here (re User:DennyColt) and here (this RfArb) It is my contention that my evidence points toward the conclusion that...

When the RfArb case was filed, the page should have been locked down immediately. Geogre and Ryulong would have been notified about the RfArb. Phil, can...

issues back then. Unless something changes I do think we'll see them at RFArb again (although I obviously hope I'm wrong) but I'm in two minds about whether...

associated with it, because I've long expected the matter to end up at WP:RFARB; it's not a "dirt list", and so naturally not everything on it is evidentiary...

for trying to discuss the situation, when he should have come straight to RFArb? -- ALoan (Talk) 17:39, 15 March 2007 (UTC) Following Tony's comments earlier...

editors. Also notable is that the article was brought up as part of a recent RFARB. Given these facts, I don't see why the article can't be in mainspace. The...

editor. Geometry guy 20:13, 13 May 2009 (UTC) The incident that sparked this RfArb began (I believe) with a misunderstanding. The compilation Ali's Smile:...

that y'all are upset about being attacked in such a way in RfC and this RfArb. I don't think banning is a lesson in civility and AGF; in fact, I feel...

proposal to me. Cinderella157's comments at several points (including the RfArb) were out of line. Nick-D (talk) 07:13, 21 June 2018 (UTC) 5) Auntieruth55...

be restricted to the often adversarial and difficult environment of WP:RFARB and that cases get handled in a timely manner. NYB noted that things had...

privileged; they cannot be used against the parties in later proceedings (e.g. RfArb/RfC). Why is that important? {Answer}Mediation processes are privaledged...

19 January 2017 (UTC). The idea of this is correct. The issue with this RFARB is that there is not consensus in these particular cases for the edits that...

4 years being hounded and harassed including 6 COIN's, an SPI, and two Rfarbs.-- — Keithbob • Talk • 04:41, 11 January 2012 (UTC) 6) TimidGuy has complained...

disruption of WP. They have also repeatedly tried to insinuate them into the RfARB process. The AMA process is no longer useful, if it ever was. SirFozzie...