Wikipedia:Requests for comment/User conduct/Archive
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This page is for archiving user conduct disputes listed on Wikipedia:Requests for comment. Archived disputes should not be added to. Disputes should be archived under any of the following circumstances:
- If no additional complaints are registered for an extended period of time, and the dispute appears to have stopped.
- The parties to the dispute agree.
- The dispute proceeds to another method of dispute resolution, such as mediation or arbitration.
If the dispute is handled in mediation or arbitration, please make a note of where the dispute resolution process continued.
Archived disputes
- Newer entries towards the top
- This page only displays user RFCs from the most recent year and the current year, older discussions can be found in the archives, a search box is provided above
- As of March 25, 2013, the names of the certifiers are no longer a required field. You can find this information easily by clicking the link to the RFC itself.
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!Name!!Start date!!Description!!Notes |
| Atsme
| 24 October 2014 | Canvassing, Ownership of Articles, Battleground behavior | Closed due to lack of progress. |
| 30 SW
| 26 August 2014 | Copyright and sourcing issues | 30 SW has not edited since just before the RFC was filed. RFC indefinitely suspended due to inactivity. |
| Dan56
| July 29 2014 | Copyright concerns, ownership of articles | several participants blocked as socks, Dan56 reminded of relevant policies |
| Worldedixor
| 11 September 2014 | Worldedixor's problematic manner in handling disputes | Closed due to inactivity |
| Redrose64
| 15 October 2014 | Page protection of template | Page protection level reduced, RFC closed per request of filer. |
| Middayexpress
| 22 August 2014 | Alleged POV pushing, page ownership, cherry-picking of sources | Further discussion is recommended, possibly followed by a topic-ban request (at ANI) or arbitration if necessary. |
| 24.0.133.234
| 11 March 2014 | Inability for the IP to follow policy | Delisted for inactivity and very little comments, no edits since day 2 of RFC. |
| Scholarlyarticles
| 28 February 2014 | Aggressive lack of understanding and violations of various Wikipedia policies | Involved and outside views; no response; closed due to inactivity. Uncertainty regarding whether subject retired from Wikipedia or not; recommendation to escalate dispute if issues persist in any case. |
| Arzel.2
| 11 January 2014 | Issues | "Whitewashing" not firmly established, but likely NPA violations are. |
| QuackGuru2
| 26 January 2014 | Overzealous in efforts to stamp out what they consider fringe | No clear consensus that user is disruptive in what is already a contentious area. |
| PrivateWiddle
| 15 February 2014 | Dispute over user signatures | Nearly all comments occurred within a week of original complaint. Clear consensus was that the signature was not offensive |
| Colton Cosmic
| 9 February 2014 | Request for unblock, sockpuppetry issues | Consensus is to leave the user blocked. |
| Oranjelo100
| 20 November 2013 | Perform large numbers of edits, with relatively small amounts of actual changes to the articles and not using edit summaries. | Closed due to inactivity and low participation. |
| Joefromrandb
| 15 August 2013 | Long-term incivility, personal attacks, and edit-warring | No conclusive outcomes, Wikipedia is not a battleground, edit warring is unconstructive |
| Baboon43
| 22 June 2013 | Uncivil behavior, edit warring, and sock puppetry, mostly related to Islam topics | Discussion went stale after a few weeks, with Baboon43 refusing to participate, before the issue was taken to AN, resulting in an indefinite block. |
| Arzel
| 13 May 2013 | Talk page and behavioral issues | Withdrawn after discussion on talk page of RfC/U |
| Folken de Fanel
| 30 April 2013 | Problematic behaviour around AfDs and notability issues related to Dungeons & Dragons | There was consensus that Folken's approach needs to change. The closing admin suggested that he agree to a voluntary topic ban regarding deletion issues in the problem area. |
| Jax 0677
| 29 March 2013 | Problematic creation of navboxes and other content | Some progress, later apparenrlty reversed. a proposal for a formal topic ban is anticipated |
| Will Beback
| 23 March 2013 | To discuss whether Will should be allowed back to edit | No consensus to overturn Arbcom decision |
| CartoonDiablo
| 20 January 2013 | Tendentious editing/POV issues | All participants other than the certifiers felt that this dispute was about content, not conduct |
| Apostle12
| 21 December 2012 | Soapboxing, personal attacks, unreliable sources, canvassing | Closed due to inactivity |
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!Name!!Start date!!Description!!First two certifiers!!Notes |
| Cantaloupe2
| 31 January 2013 | Concerns about civility, battlegrounding, and related conduct issues | Serious and valid problems with Cantaloupe2's conduct exist. The matter might be taken up by ArbCom. |
| Epeefleche
| 15 January 2013 | Removal of unsourced content from articles | Epeefleche is broadly correct to remove unsourced content, and Danjel has often acted wrongly in restoring unsourced content. |