Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard

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Arbitration motion regarding Paradise Chronicle

The Arbitration Committee has resolved by motion that:

Paradise Chronicle (talk · contribs) is indefinitely site-banned.

For the Arbitration Committee, KevinL (aka L235 · t · c) 17:03, 1 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 50 § Arbitration motion regarding Paradise Chronicle

ToBeFree promoted to full clerk

The Arbitration Committee is pleased to announce that ToBeFree (talk · contribs) has been appointed a full clerk, effective immediately, concluding his successful traineeship.

The arbitration clerk team is often in need of new members, and any editor who would like to join the clerk team is welcome to apply by e-mail to clerks-llists.wikimedia.org.

For the Arbitration Committee, KevinL (aka L235 · t · c) 22:58, 2 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 50 § ToBeFree promoted to full clerk

Change to the Functionary team

Following a request to the Committee, the CheckUser and Oversight permissions of bradv (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) have been restored.

For the Arbitration Committee, Primefac (talk) 19:49, 17 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 50 § Change to the Functionary team

Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/SmallCat dispute closed

The SmallCat dispute arbitration case has been closed, and the final decision is viewable at the case page. The following remedies have been enacted:

BrownHairedGirl (talk · contribs) is indefinitely banned from Wikipedia. This ban may be appealed twelve months after the enactment of this remedy, and every twelve months thereafter.
Laurel Lodged (talk · contribs) is indefinitely banned from Wikipedia. This ban may be appealed twelve months after the enactment of this remedy, and every twelve months thereafter.
Laurel Lodged is indefinitely topic banned from maintaining categories. In addition to discussing categories and their maintenance, this includes – but is not limited to – directly adding or removing categories from pages, and moving or renaming categories.
Nederlandse Leeuw (talk · contribs) is warned about their behavior during conduct discussions.
Editors participating in XfD, especially those forums with a small number of regular participants, are reminded to be careful about forming a local consensus which may or may not reflect the broader community consensus. Regular closers at an XfD forum may also want to note when broader community discussion, or changes to policies and guidelines, would be helpful.

For the Arbitration Committee, KevinL (aka L235 · t · c) 02:12, 26 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Discuss this at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard § Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/SmallCat dispute closed

Change to the Checkuser team

Following a request to the Committee, the CheckUser permission of ferret (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) has been restored.

For the Arbitration Committee, Barkeep49 (talk) 12:51, 1 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Discuss this at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard § Change to the Checkuser team