UDWiki:Administration/Arbitration
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 | |||
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. |
User:Iscariot versus User:Hagnat
For this edit.
Hagnat is attempting to stealth rule on future cases that highlight his own failures as a systems operator. Such behaviour is clearly contentious, but with the current climate I am forced to take this to arbitration rather than elsewhere. -- 
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. <== DDR Approved Editor 03:16, 13 January 2009 (UTC)
- You might as well add me to that there Boysenberry, and I would hazard a guess that you'll have to end up adding most of the rest of the Sysop's as well. The edit was not from "on high" and does not limit users such as yourself from filing said frivolous misconduct cases, but in good faith provide some guidelines based upon the recent trends in misconduct cases. In other words the inherent structure and function of the admin pages makes any sysop inherently connected to the admin pages themselves, ergo such an edit must be done by intrinsically connected user. Conndrakamod TAZM CFT 04:28, 13 January 2009 (UTC)
I dont accept this case, as iscariot has failed to even attempt to contact me about the nature of this edits. Also, the edit in question is one made by a member of the administration staff in an administration page, with an administration request backed out by another sysop. Its like we editing a group page which we belong to. --People's Commissar Hagnat talk mod 10:32, 13 January 2009 (UTC)
- Then a representative will be selected for you, amirite? --Pestolence(talk) 00:22, 14 January 2009 (UTC)
- It's nothing like a group page, Hagnat. You don't have any ownership rights over it -- boxy talk • teh rulz 11:02 13 January 2009 (BST)
- Yeah, it was a poor comparisson. --People's Commissar Hagnat talk mod 11:18, 13 January 2009 (UTC)
I can't find a user called User:Wiki Martyr or one called User:Protector of the Consensus. The header on this case is incorrect and misleading. You can not bring non existent users into arbitration. TO accurately reflect this case the headline needs to changed.--– Nubis NWO 13:40, 13 January 2009 (UTC)
- This case just got a whole lot more boring. Liberty 13:48, 13 January 2009 (UTC)
- yawn. douchebag. --xoxo 13:52, 13 January 2009 (UTC)
- Wouldn't go that far, but is did just lose a whole lot of flare. Liberty 00:11, 14 January 2009 (UTC)
Arbitration Cases in Progress
Umbrella Biohazard Containment Service vs Umbrella Corporation
| Involved Users | Umbrella Biohazard Containment Service, Umbrella Corporation |
| Arbitrator | Cheese |
| Created | 23:33, 9 January 2009 (UTC) by Haliman - Talk |
| Status | Undefined |
| Summary | An attempt to mediate the hostilies between UBCS and Umbrella as well as prepare a POV neutral war report page |
Kristi of the Dead vs. Recruitment
| Involved Users | Kristi of the Dead, Recruitment |
| Arbitrator | undefined |
| Created | 01:54, 19 November 2008 (UTC) by Kristi of the Dead |
| Status | Undefined |
| Summary | n/a |
St. Iscariot vs. Boxy
| Involved Users | Iscariot, Boxy |
| Arbitrator | WanYao |
| Created | 04:55, 21 December 2008 (UTC) by WanYao |
| Status | Concluded. |
| Summary | n/a |
