UDWiki:Administration/Arbitration

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While the wiki community attempts to work on the basis of encouragement and cooperation, there are occasions where wiki users find themselves unable to reach accord. In the event of this happening, the Arbitration Team may be called upon to intervene, and attempt to find a reasonable compromise that, while perhaps not satisfying both parties, may at least assist in defusing the situation, thanks to the unbiased third party.

Guidelines for Arbitration Requests

In assisting in Arbitration, we generally suggest that both parties agree to the Arbitration. This is not, by any means, a requirement, but we do require that both parties be represented in proceedings.

Any Arbitration request should provide at least the following:

• The aggrieved parties. Either person vs person, or [list of people] vs [list of people].
• The reason for the arbitration. This should very specifically be without reference to people, as that information has already been provided. It should be a short paragraph indicating the causes of the aggrievement, and why both parties feel it requires arbitration
• Any pages affected by the aggrievement. This should be a simple list of links.

Once the Arbitration commences, the Arbitrator will request statements from all parties involved. Any evidence to back up one's statement should be provided in link form. Each party will then have an opportunity to rebut their opponent's statement. After these two steps, the Arbitrator will then consider the case, and reach a conclusion, and determine the outcome that is required. It's the duty of the Arbitrator to move a case he accepted to a subpage of UDWiki:Administration/Arbitration, and to update the status of the arbitration case in the Arbitration Cases in Progress section.

As a note, by requesting an Arbitration, all parties are thus obliged to accept the outcome of the Arbitration. Not doing will be considered Vandalism, and such vandalism attempts will be treated as if the vandal has already received two warnings.

After the Arbitration is over, it will then be moved to an archive page. As publicly accessible pages, they may be used to establish precedent in further, applicable cases.

Current Arbitrators

For guidelines on how to arbitrate, see Arbitration Guidelines.

The following users have placed their hand up as users who are willing to be contacted to act as an Arbitrator. The role of Arbitrator is not restricted to the Administration Team; any user can be contacted as an Arbitrator and use this page for the arbitration, so long as both parties agree to the Arbitrator. Users who wish to place their hand up as an Arbitrator should place their name below on the list, using *{{usr|YourUserPage}}

Also note that not all listed Arbitrators are active on the Wiki.

Available Arbitrators in Alphabetical Order
Acoustic Pie Airborne88 Akule AnimeSucks Atticus Rex Axe Hack Blood Panther boxy Cheeseman Conndraka Cyberbob240 DanceDanceRevolution DarkStar DevilAsh Dragon fang Finis Valorum	Funt Solo Gus Thomas Galaxy125 hagnat Haliman111 Headless Gunner Honestmistake Iscariot Jed Jedaz JaredV Karek Kikashie Labine50 Matthewfarenheit MichaelRead	MikhailA Novascotia Nubis Ottari Pdeq Rosslessness Scotw Seventythree Sonny Corleone Studoku Suicidal Angel The Grimch Toejam V2Blast Xan Krieger Z. slay3r

Arbitration Cases Currently Under Consideration

Administration Notice

Use this header to create new arbitration cases. Once all sides have chosen an arbiter, move the case to a sub-page of UDWiki:Administration/Arbitration and update its status in the Arbitration Cases in Progress section.

Jorm and the MOB versus Zeug and Extinction

Despite being repeatedly told in many places that the Militant Order of Barhah will have nothing to with him or his group of zergers, he has continued to place our name among his list of supporters.

I want nothing less than to have him be forbidden to even *type* our name anywhere on this wiki. I want all references to us struck. I would like a public apology for speaking as our mouthpiece without authority.

Any other groups who wish to add themselves to this case may feel free to do so.--Jorm 21:13, 22 September 2008 (BST)

I offer to arbitrate. -- . . <== DDR Approved Editor 21:36, 22 September 2008 (BST)

As do I. -- Cheese 21:43, 22 September 2008 (BST)

I'll also raise my hand.--'BP^Tmz 02:52, 23 September 2008 (BST)

I make myself unavailable for this case. I want nothing to do with this petty drama fest. Dont even name me. --The Grimch ^{U! E!} 03:41, 23 September 2008 (BST)

Iscariot is totally inappropriate to arbitrate here, he's very much involved and is obviously being disingenuous. Krazy or Panther are fine by me. One note, this has nothing to do with Extinction! It's about an open access Zombie portal I'm offering as a community resource and the MoB is listed as one of the groups it accesses. As for 'zerging' I don't whereas barhah.com is an alt sharing site no different from the DEM. And as for being forbidden to type the term MoB anywhere on this wiki, well that's not only patently absurd it would also set a completely ridiculous wiki precedent. --Zeug 04:31, 23 September 2008 (BST)

I will accept Cheese.--Jorm 05:23, 23 September 2008 (BST)

Iscariot and The Order of Philosophe Knights versus Sarah Aline and The Upper Left Corner

This case is being brought over the location page for Southall Mansion. There is a dispute to the content of that page. The Order of Philosophe Knights have attempted to establish a consensus for the page and enter into dialogue to resolve the dispute. The Order has been ignored by the Upper Left Corner and its addition either summarily reverted or altered into a derogatory format.

Given the history of automatic reversions by the ULC and the lack of response to our attempts to amicably resolve the situation, the Order has decided to pursue arbitration in order to prevent the inevitable edit war and disruption to the community.

I am the Order's designated representative in this matter.

The Order will await the initial ULC response before beginning the arbitrator selection process, however given past dealings, the Order will not accept any member of the Administration team. -- . . <== DDR Approved Editor 21:43, 27 August 2008 (BST)

As the Upper Left Corner seem to show no interest in debating this in any form and thus ensuring harmony on this wiki, I have rendered the page in question as a basic entry, removing all content that caused arguments.

I will leave this case open if ULC decide to respond. -- . . <== DDR Approved Editor 17:38, 4 September 2008 (BST)

Although I'm a, somewhat, new arbitrator, if anybody from the ULC responds then I'd be more than glad to arbitrate this case. ----Ash  ^{|  T  |  яя  |} 14:04, 13 September 2008 (BST)

Arbitration Cases in Progress

Grimch vs. Conndraka

Involved Users	The Grimch versus Conndraka
Arbitrator	Honestmistake
Created	03:32, 29 May 2008 by The Grimch
Status	In progress
Summary	Grim wants the ruling Conndraka made against him removed and for Conndraka to cease ruling on adminitrative matters he brings.

Archives

• List of Arbitration Cases