UDWiki:Administration/Misconduct

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This page is for the reporting of administrator (sysop) misconduct within the Urban Dead wiki. Sysops are trusted with a considerable number of powers, many of which have the capacity to be abused. In many circumstances, it is possible for a sysop to cause considerable havoc. As such, users are provided this page to report misconduct from the System Operators. For consistency and accountability, sysops also adhere to the guidelines listed here.

Guidelines for System Operator Misconduct Reporting

The charge of Administrative Misconduct is a grave charge indeed. If misconduct occurs, it is important that the rest of the sysop team be able to review the charges as necessary. Any charge of administrative misconduct must be backed up with evidence. The clearest evidence that can be provided for administrative misconduct is a clear discrepancy between the relevant action log (deletion, block, or protection log) and the archives of the relevant administration service page, and this is a minimum standard of evidence admitted in such a tribunal.

Misconduct is primarily related to specific Administrator Services, not standards of behavior. As such, situations including verbal attacks by sysops, while frowned upon, do not constitute misconduct. Sysops on a wiki are in theory supposed to have no more authority than a regular user - they merely have a greater scope of power. Personality conflicts between sysops and regular users should be treated just as a personality conflict between two regular users. If, in the course of such a conflict, a sysop abuses their administrative powers by banning a user, blocking or deleting a page without due process, that is misconduct, and should be reported to this page.

There is, however, an exception to this rule - excessive bullying, or attempts to treat the status of sysop as a badge of authority to force a sysop's wishes on the wiki may also come under misconduct. Any accusations of this should come with just as clear evidence, and for such an action to be declared misconduct, there should be a clear pattern of behavior across a considerable period of time.

All discussion of misconduct should occur on this page, not the talk page - any discussion on the talk page will be merged into this page once discovered. Once a misconduct case has been declared closed, a member of the sysop team other than the sysop named in the case will mete out the punishment (if deemed necessary), and then move the case to the Archive.

Administrative Abilities

For future reference, the following are sysop specific abilities (ie things that sysops can do that regular users cannot):

• Deletion (ie complete removal, as opposed to blanking) of pages (including Images and any other page-like construct on this wiki), through the delete tab on the top of any deletable construct.
• Undeletion (ie returning a page, complete with page history) of pages (including any other page-like construct on this wiki (Images are not included as deletion of an image is not undoable), through the undelete tab on the top of any undeletable construct
• Protection of pages (ie removing the ability of regular users to edit or move a particular page), through the protect tab on the top of any protectable construct.
• Moving of pages (ie changing a page complete with the page's history to a different namespace).
• Warning users reported in Vandal Banning.
• Banning of Users (ie removing the ability of a specific user to edit the wiki), through the Block User page.
• Editing of Protected pages by any means.
• Research IP activity using the CheckUser extension.
• (Bureaucrats Only) Promotion (providing the above abilities) of User to Sysop/Bureaucrat status.

If none of the above abilities were abused and the case doesn't apply for the exception mentioned above, then this is a case for UDWiki:Administration/Arbitration or UDWiki:Administration/Vandal Banning.

Example of Misconduct Proceedings

Sysop seems to have deleted Bad Page, but I can't find it in the Archives of either the Deletion or Speedy Deletion pages. The Logs show a deletion at 18:06, October 24th 2005 by a System Operator, but this does not seem to be backed up by a request for that deletion. I would like to know why this is the case -- Reporter 13:42, 28 Oct 2005 (BST)

The deletion was asked through my talk page. I give my Talk page as proof of this. -- Sysop 13:42, 28 Oct 2005 (BST)

It looks like the page that was deleted did not belong to the requesting user, so you were in no position to delete it on sight. -- Reporter 13:42, 28 Oct 2005 (BST)

You know the rules, Sysop. All deletion requests have to go through the Speedy Delete page. Next time, please inform the user where they should lodge the request. This is a clear violation, will you accept a one-day ban as punishment? -- Sysop2 13:42, 28 Oct 2005 (BST)

I'm not liking it, but I clearly broke the rules, I'll accept the ban. I'll certainly remember due process next time... Sysop 13:42, 28 Oct 2005 (BST)

As punishment for failing to follow due process, Sysop has been banned for a period of 24 hours. This will be moved to the Archive shortly. -- Sysop2 13:42, 28 Oct 2005 (BST)

Before Reporting Misconduct

Due to a the growing number of Non-Misconduct cases popping up on this page the Administration Staff has decided to compile a basic summary of what has been viewed as Not Misconduct in the past. Please read over UDWiki:Misconduct and make sure that what you are reporting is in fact misconduct before filing a report here.

Cases made to further personal disputes should never be made here, harassment of any user through administration pages may result in vandal escalations. Despite their unique status this basic protection does still apply to Sysops.

Misconduct Cases Currently Under Consideration

Rosslessness

“	3:45, 1 May 2011 Rosslessness (Talk contribs) blocked Deadman Walken (Talk contribs) with an expiry time of infinite (account creation disabled)	”
—User:Deadman Walken

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In regards to this case. Incorrect use of 3ER Rule, incorrectly report-banned user.

This should be a fairly straight forward and clear cut case with an unban and time served punishment. Please do not make this into some stupid needless dramashitfest. --Karek^{maps 2.0?!} 23:38, 2 May 2011 (BST)

Misconduct - ample precedent for enforcing the 3ER, user only made 2 edits, see aichon, etc etc. -- ϑ^anceϑ^anceℜ^evolution 00:59, 3 May 2011 (BST)

Btw I unblocked the account until others can rule on the case of impersonation etc. since the 3ER can't apply -- ϑ^anceϑ^anceℜ^evolution 01:00, 3 May 2011 (BST)

3ER didn't apply. Shouldn't have been perma'd. Ross jumped the gun. Misconduct. ~ _{01:11, 3 May 2011 (UTC)}

“	23:56 2 May 2011 DanceDanceRevolution (Talk contribs) unblocked Deadman Walken (Talk contribs) (does not fit 3ER)	”
—Blocklog

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For unfit ban time-frame purposes. --Karek^{maps 2.0?!} 02:04, 3 May 2011 (BST)

Ross, while you're not required to wait for other ops to rule, you'd better be right if you go ahead and do it. You were in the wrong; you get to wear that. Misconduct. ᚱᛁᚹᛖᚾᚨᚾᛏ 02:15, 3 May 2011 (BST)

*sigh* Misconduct with no ifs ands or buts. -- Spiderzed█ 03:29, 3 May 2011 (BST)

Misconduct As above. -- Thadeous Oakley Talk 06:34, 3 May 2011 (BST)

Fair Enough. Punishment? Vois mentioned a hat? --Rosslessness 10:27, 3 May 2011 (BST)

I humbly and ceremoniously dub thee with The Dunce Hat. It is yours to wear until the day the next rightful heir to The Hat has need of it. --Karloth Vois ^¯\(°_o)/¯ 10:36, 3 May 2011 (BST)

Thanks. How long am I banned for? --Rosslessness 11:07, 3 May 2011 (BST)

According to timeanddate.com it's 1 day, 20 hours, 11 minutes. without anything pressing appearing in the next hour or so I'll do it then. -- ϑ^anceϑ^anceℜ^evolution 13:03, 3 May 2011 (BST)

Nah I won't be here in an hour and it's pretty set atm. So I've Banned rosslessness for 1 day, 20 hours and 11 minutes, for misconduct. -- ϑ^anceϑ^anceℜ^evolution 13:05, 3 May 2011 (BST)

I miss the days when misconbitrations were handled with drama and perjury --People's Commissar Hagnat ^{[talk] [wcdz]} 17:41, 3 May 2011 (BST)