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An appeals process exists, but overturn is unlikely except in cases of blatant misrule. One might naïvely expect that among the hundreds of administrators, a disputant might find some Admin that would find their protests worth consideration. However, shopping for any opinion (even neutral opinion) is
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There is no attempt here to assess the merits of how editing disputes are handled on WP, nor even whether in fact disputes are handled according to the precepts laid out by the WP documentation. The object is to present the situation as WP describes it, without intruding opinion or a particular point
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Although Knowledge (XXG) does not employ hard-and-fast rules, Knowledge (XXG) policy and guideline pages describe its principles and best-known practices. Policies explain and describe standards that all users should normally follow, while guidelines are meant to outline best practices for following
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expressly to prevent any Admin from overturning a prior action by another Admin under the threat of immediate stripping of powers (deSysOpping). Consequently, any Admin protest over another Admin's actions is subject to a potentially tendentious review with a downside that strongly discourages such
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As a result, rulings and actions are free be taken that have no bearing upon the original matter brought for adjudication and instead, to the amazement of those making the appeal, result in actions concerning other issues entirely, never envisioned by the litigants. When ArbCom introduces issues of
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and is "looked at more negatively" than contact via user talk-pages. Despite such restrictions upon finding support, it was found that indeed Admin support for litigants occasionally did occur, especially in cases of egregious abuse of authority. As a result of several wars between Administrators,
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This article describes the editing environment on Knowledge (XXG), as described in various documents on Knowledge (XXG), with links to the appropriate articles governing its jurisdiction. Described in particular are the facts about arbitration. This information can be helpful to WP contributors in
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in adjudication, as indicated by the following freedoms: ArbCom is free to divert a case to any subject of their choosing. They are empowered to rule preemptively based upon their conjectures about possible future activities. They are free to ignore guidelines and policies in reaching a decision;
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on down. These blocking or banning actions tend to be hotly contested, and frequently are sought by contributors that have run into irresolvable conflict over content, or over personalities. It then falls upon individual Admins, or upon a consensus of Admins, or possibly upon ArbCom, to invoke a
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Any uninvolved administrator may, on his or her own discretion, impose sanctions on any editor working on a page within the area of conflict (or for whom discretionary sanctions have otherwise been authorized) if, despite being warned, that editor repeatedly or seriously fails to adhere to the
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Appeals to Admins or to ArbCom do not result necessarily in narrow consideration of direct issues at hand. Rather, the scope of deliberations may be enlarged, or even diverted to interests of Admins and of ArbCom quite apart from community concerns. Knowledge (XXG) describes its concept of
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has declined steadily with time, and the number of cases accepted for hearing has dropped to about a dozen per year. The reason for the declines are unclear. One explanation is that both arbitrators and litigants are becoming disenchanted with arbitration cases. In any case, the decline in
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that safeguards fact finding and organized discussion. In particular, ArbCom may focus their ruling upon their own ideas of "a person's general manner" and/or the "impressions of them by reasonable people", quite apart from community opinion and not necessarily tied to specific events.
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policy relieves rulings from strict requirement that they be based upon guidelines or policies. In other words, administration is not a "rule of law". In addition, no requirements exist to insist upon in-depth explanation of rulings, and requests for clarification can be ignored.
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It is encouraged that nontrivial changes in content of articles be discussed on the article Talk page to iron out wrinkles without huge numbers of changes back and forth on the Main page. Some behavioral rules are intended to protect the main page, the most obvious one being the
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to argue too much on the Talk page as well, especially by contributors not inclined to discussion, or finding themselves on the short end. For example, an expert's effort to persuade the unversed editors that their consensus is misplaced might be viewed as an action that
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arbitration cases, which use a formal proceeding, means that more reliance is placed upon the large number of bans/blocks exercised by individual administrators without formal arbitration. (In the first six months of 2012, Administrators applied an average of 350 blocks
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A "how-to" manual that besides mechanics of use, includes sections on dispute resolution over both content (Chapter 10: Resolving content disputes) and personal attacks (Chapter 11: Handling incivility and personal attacks). This book is available on WP as the article
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an on-line article Talk page possibly will require long discussion. Talk-page participants may become impatient with explanations important to the expert, but seemingly counter-intuitive or not of obvious significance to others, and that may lead to
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In other words, ArbCom is at liberty to rule based not upon "who said exactly what in the past", nor upon what is before them, but preemptively, based upon ArbCom predictions of hypothetical future behavior that could affect the project.
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Although almost anyone can edit articles on Knowledge (XXG), sanctions result in exceptions: certain individuals are blocked partially or completely, temporarily or permanently, through actions of the Knowledge (XXG) administration from
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when interpreting and applying policies and guidelines; there will be occasional exceptions to these rules. Conversely, those who violate the spirit of a rule may be reprimanded even if no rule has technically been broken."
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With neither built-in safeguards nor standards, proper administration of Knowledge (XXG) depends 100% upon the integrity, good judgment, and responsiveness of its Administrators, particularly those in ArbCom.
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Although wise, these admonitions and processes do not always suffice, and content issues become mixed up with conduct issues. Talk pages may use policies as weaponry in battles over changes, exchanges called
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to ArbCom or to Wales. It may be observed that ArbCom may be ruling upon an appeal of its own ruling, and Wales has little time to dig into disputes: "it is exceedingly unusual for him to intervene".
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A detailed discussion by some believers in the project of how WP works, including the arbitration processes, with many links to WP documentation about itself. Some subsidiary web links are found
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This discussion is based entirely upon documentation from the English language version of Knowledge (XXG). Its applicability to other language versions have not been taken into consideration.
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In principle, this authority extends only to certain subject areas, but in practice it is used more widely, for example, using an Administrator's personal assessment of having achieved
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based upon the "rule of law". They can consider or ignore facts selectively, and are free instead to adopt the mere opinions of those whose judgment they happen to value.
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The difference between edit warring as disruptive behavior and as an attempt to straighten out what an article says may depend upon who is considering the issue.
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Essays may represent widespread norms or minority viewpoints. Consider these views with discretion, especially since this page is still under construction.
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are intended to "describe its principles and best-known practices", but are not "hard-and-fast rules". In fact, one of the policies of Knowledge (XXG) is
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A person's general manner, past actions or incidents, and the impressions of them by reasonable people, may all be used to guide the Arbitrators.
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It most often is wise to avoid the deliberations of Administrators, and simply abandon article improvement when faced with continued opposition.
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a topic ban covers all pages (not only articles) broadly related to the topic, as well as the parts of other pages that are related to the topic
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of view. The hope is that, by reading the following, a contributor will be able to handle controversy with a clear idea of what to expect.
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Forward by Jimmy Wales. An enthusiast's attempt at a history of Knowledge (XXG), faulted for some gaffes by reviewers on Amazon.
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functioning not so much to resolve disputes and make peace between conflicting editors, but to weed out problematic editors...
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In foreseeing the future as a basis for preemptive action, Arbitrators play the role of 'precogs' in the science-fiction work
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How is editing on Knowledge (XXG) governed? What happens when content disputes 'boil over' into accusations of bad conduct?
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Of course, a topic ban involves a judgement by some Admin(s) whether that topic has in fact arisen. Has a discussion of
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Knowledge (XXG) articles can be edited anonymously by anyone, and contributed by anyone with an account (and anyone can
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The rules are principles, not laws, on Knowledge (XXG). Policies and guidelines exist only as rough approximations...
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those standards in specific contexts. Policies and guidelines should always be applied using reason and common sense.
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Besides this source of sanctions, a formal arbitration procedure exists. As shown to the right, the number of
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of sources to support conclusions they do not contain verbatim, or violating a precept of Knowledge (XXG) to
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In these circumstances "community" refers to those participants involved in a specific discussion on the
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Expert opinion may be, and often is, challenged on WP. Attempts by an expert to educate the unversed
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Arbitrators are not subject experts and the Arbitration Committee avoids ruling on content disputes.
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This article also contains a listing of many other published reviews of facets of Knowledge (XXG).
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The Knowledge (XXG) revolution: How a bunch of nobodies created the world's greatest encyclopedia
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purpose of Knowledge (XXG), any expected standards of behavior, or any normal editorial process.
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result, requesting that the opposing parties be sanctioned. Once arbitration is invoked,
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all actions and general conduct, not merely the direct issue, may be taken into account
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A statement of Jimmy Wales' and ArbCom's jurisdiction and limitations upon appeals.
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Arbitrators or Clerks may summarily remove or refactor discussion without comment.
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David A. Hoffman; Salil K Mehra (August 26, 2009). "Wikitruth through Wikiorder".
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Arbitrators focus on the risk and benefits for the future, not on past issues.
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It contains the advice or opinions of one or more Knowledge (XXG) contributors.
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Arbitrators focus on the risk and benefits for the future, not on past issues.
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Knowledge (XXG):WikiProject Arbitration Enforcement/Standards and principles
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Article content is not judged in arbitration cases, only editor behavior
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For information on the administrative structure of Knowledge (XXG), see
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in principle refers to Main-page editing, in practice it is considered
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guideline that says "Just do it", but adds "...but please be careful".
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Knowledge (XXG): Rules and laws governing content and editor behavior
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The role of policies and guidelines is described by Knowledge (XXG):
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Requests by contributors for formal arbitration by year. (Data from
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concerning the treatment on WP of the 1886 trials related to the
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The role of arbitrators is further described by Knowledge (XXG):
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A basic "how-to" manual for readers and first-time contributors.
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Knowledge (XXG):Arbitration/Requests/Case/TimidGuy ban appeal
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Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License
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Average number of blocks/day each month in 2012. Data from
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Knowledge (XXG):An uncivil environment is a poor environment
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How Knowledge (XXG) works: and how you can be a part of it
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How Knowledge (XXG) works: and how you can be a part of it
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How Knowledge (XXG) works: and how you can be a part of it
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The liberty for Admins to exercise "common sense" and the
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understanding the editing process on WP, and the role for
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Knowledge (XXG): Policies and Guidelines: Basic Overview
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Yasseri T, Sumi R, Rung A, Kornai A, Kertész J (2012).
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Knowledge (XXG):Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents
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A cautionary experience by an expert is detailed in
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That leaves a litigant with only a 252:"present facts, not to teach subject matter" 1722:Knowledge (XXG) essays about administration 1717:Knowledge (XXG) essays explaining processes 1348:"Knowledge (XXG):The rules are principles" 791:"Knowledge (XXG):The rules are principles" 191:Polling is not a substitute for discussion 1658: 1649: 1631: 1616:"Dynamics of conflict in Knowledge (XXG)" 1442:Help: Knowledge (XXG): The Missing Manual 880:"Knowledge (XXG):Policies and guidelines" 730: 728: 693: 691: 1545:Knowledge (XXG):WikiProject Women in Red 906: 904: 902: 900: 898: 896: 683:Knowledge (XXG) does not have firm rules 613:The usual result of a topic ban is that 313: 260:arbitration by the Arbitration Committee 164:that blocks contributors that engage in 769:Knowledge (XXG):Policies and guidelines 670: 289:Knowledge (XXG) policies and guidelines 1533:Knowledge (XXG) is a volunteer service 1610:A summary of the article linked next. 1137:Timothy Messer-Kruse (Feb 17, 2012). 405:(Italics in original documentation.) 351:requests for formal arbitration cases 7: 1712:Knowledge (XXG) essays about editing 1587:. Knowledge (XXG). 27 February 2012. 602:strayed into "politics"? Is citing 1683:Knowledge (XXG)#Editing_environment 1425:Knowledge (XXG): the missing manual 1141:. The Chronicle of Higher Education 815:. Knowledge (XXG). 19 February 2012 591: 587: 549: 545: 456: 431: 427: 398: 305: 32:Knowledge (XXG):Formal organization 1335:Arbitration is not a legal process 1227:Knowledge (XXG):Disruptive editing 1218:Rejects or ignores community input 1196:Knowledge (XXG):Disruptive editing 1112:. Knowledge (XXG). 16 January 2012 982:Knowledge (XXG):Dispute resolution 980:. This statement also is found at 865:A list of blocks is maintained at 14: 912:"Arbitration is not a court case" 174:Five "pillars" of Knowledge (XXG) 1469:Dan Woods; Peter Thoeny (2007). 1053:"Knowledge (XXG):Banning policy" 503:Knowledge (XXG):Expert retention 444:Administrators are not referees. 90: 40: 1685:", which is licensed under the 1326:Arbitration is not a court case 1004:. Knowledge (XXG). 2 March 2012 842:articles on community probation 582: 540: 452: 422: 401:all actions and general conduct 396:Arbitration is not a court case 391: 301: 200:unacceptable Talk page behavior 1527:Knowledge (XXG) is a community 1515:The essence of Knowledge (XXG) 1032:Knowledge (XXG):Administrators 699:"Conduct and content disputes" 491:formal submission of an appeal 446:" According to the WP article 18:Knowledge (XXG):Administration 1: 1223:"Signs of disruptive editing" 1192:"Attempts to evade detection" 677:This policy is linked to the 358:on English Knowledge (XXG).) 266:is no longer the issue, only 256:arbitration by Administrators 170:"What Knowledge (XXG) is not" 1651:10.1371/journal.pone.0038869 1249:Content and conduct disputes 937:"Requests for clarification" 600:LBJ's pulling his dogs' ears 1170:. No starch Press. p. 403. 1079:. No Starch Press. p. 399. 978:Administrators' noticeboard 128:create an anonymous account 1738: 500: 64: 29: 22: 15: 1572:Knowledge (XXG): Signpost 1106:"Expertise of the ArbCom" 232:POV (point-of-view) forks 1521:The rules are principles 974:What these pages are not 389:arbitration as follows: 196:Talk page good practices 98:This page in a nutshell: 23:Not to be confused with 1593:Devin Coldewey (2012). 1428:. O'Reilly Media, Inc. 1422:John Broughton (2008). 998:"Arbitration committee" 534:, but just persists in 332:English Knowledge (XXG) 320:English Knowledge (XXG) 185:WP is not about winning 138:, and less established 109:guidelines and policies 1707:Knowledge (XXG) essays 1257:disputes about content 720:disputes about content 335: 323: 295:More about arbitration 1253:user conduct problems 972:This is a quote from 867:List of blocked users 838:articles on probation 716:user conduct problems 625:, not disputes about 532:doesn't get the point 340:"community consensus" 329: 317: 1560:(28 February 2011). 1503:Editorial discretion 666:References and notes 536:beating a dead horse 1642:2012PLoSO...738869Y 1448:Andrew Lih (2009). 1403:. 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Index

Knowledge (XXG):Administration
Knowledge (XXG):An uncivil environment is a poor environment
Knowledge (XXG):Formal organization
essay
Shortcut
WP:EDITENV
guidelines and policies
create an anonymous account
policies
guidelines
essays
Ignore all rules
Be bold
three-revert rule
edit warring
"What Knowledge (XXG) is not"
Five "pillars" of Knowledge (XXG)
No personal attacks
WP is not about winning
Polling is not a substitute for discussion
Talk page good practices
unacceptable Talk page behavior
Wikiquette
noticeboard
formal resolution
mediation
wikilawyering
soapboxing
POV (point-of-view) forks
original research

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