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Malik Shabazz arbitration case
I am sending this to users involved in an arbitration case. I am not aware of too many details of the case. I also don't know how these cases work.
However I noticed that Malik Shabazz also violates Sockpuppeting rules.
He has two users: Malik Shabazz and User:MShabazz
He claims that User:MShabazz is a WP:DOPPELGANGER account.
However, not only does he use the account for editing (which violates the WP:DOPPELGANGER policy -), he also uses the account together with his Malik Shabazz account for edit warring. For example when he was harassing me and laughing at me for my mistake of editing another user's talk page he [[1]]
- First he undid my edit with user Malik Shabazz [2]
- Then He used his sockpupet user MShabazz to undo my edit the second time: [3]
(Then he harassed me and laughed at me and wrote: "PS: I'm sorry it took you half an hour to figure out why I gave VanEman a barnstar more than a year ago. I hope your reading skills improve." )
Is there anything that could be done now? Caseeart (talk) 05:37, 20 September 2015 (UTC)
- (talk page stalker) Caseeart – I would suggest you to launch an investigation against both usernames at WP:SPI and then a Checkuser will determine whether the both usernames are used by same individual or not. Even if he claims that he uses WP:DOPPELGANGER, Since he used both accounts abusively that he was clearly involved in vandalism then he may not become entitled for use of WP:DOPPELGANGER account. At the moment, Ceradon doesn't have administrative tools in this account, you may need to seek someone's help at Checkuser. ♔ MONARCH Talk to me 00:12, 23 September 2015 (UTC)
- If you check the history of MShabazz it has been a declared alternate account since at least 2009. No point running a check for sockpuppetry or indeed accusing someone of using an undeclared alternate account when it was clearly a declared one. ϢereSpielChequers 13:51, 23 September 2015 (UTC)
- WereSpielChequers, I guess you're right, That user Malik Shabazz was previously served as an administrator and his mop was removed due to misuse of administrative tools. Now it appears he is using both accounts to engage in vandalising the articles like what Caseeart asserted. ♔ MONARCH Talk to me 00:40, 24 September 2015 (UTC)
- No comment as to why he is no longer an administrator, but I can understand why he has a separate account to edit from a smartphone - having tried editing from a smartphone you really don't want extra buttons such as Rollback on such a device. Vandalism is a serious accusation that you'd need to strike or supply a diff for, at the moment there are only two difs [4] [5] of his on this page and both look good to me. ϢereSpielChequers 05:50, 24 September 2015 (UTC)
- WereSpielChequers To me it doesn't look good. He reverted entire message left by Caseeart on VanEman's talk page. I think you should deal with this issue as i don't have administrative powers to deal with these kind of issues, I only got a “rollbacker” option that might not help to resolve this kind of issue. Maybe Caseeart or you should report this to WP:ANI and seek the opinion(s) from other sysops. That would be the best place to discuss this issue. As of now Malik Shabazz and MShabazz have declared the actual relationship between two accounts, but i suspect both accounts are used for engage in vandalism (i.e reverting edits and harassing Caseeart) is a serious violation of policies and guidelines. ♔ MONARCH Talk to me 09:22, 24 September 2015 (UTC)
- No comment as to why he is no longer an administrator, but I can understand why he has a separate account to edit from a smartphone - having tried editing from a smartphone you really don't want extra buttons such as Rollback on such a device. Vandalism is a serious accusation that you'd need to strike or supply a diff for, at the moment there are only two difs [4] [5] of his on this page and both look good to me. ϢereSpielChequers 05:50, 24 September 2015 (UTC)
- WereSpielChequers, I guess you're right, That user Malik Shabazz was previously served as an administrator and his mop was removed due to misuse of administrative tools. Now it appears he is using both accounts to engage in vandalising the articles like what Caseeart asserted. ♔ MONARCH Talk to me 00:40, 24 September 2015 (UTC)
@Alpha Monarch: What facts lie behind your repeated assertions that I engage in vandalism? You were told that unfounded allegations of vandalism should be struck, and yet you persist. Please read and try to understand WP:VANDALISM (and WP:ASPERSIONS). Thank you. — Malik Shabazz Talk/Stalk 05:41, 26 September 2015 (UTC)
- Malik Shabazz You have harrased that user by removing the contents from VanEman's talk page, This clearly highlights the sentence of “VANDALISM”. Where you removed this, and then you used the alternative account to remove this. This is serious violation of use of abusing multiple accounts. You have also been accused of misusing the administrator tools and got your tools removed. I don't think you're a honest editor. ♔ MONARCH Talk to me 06:08, 26 September 2015 (UTC)
- Your inability to understand what you read is frightening. I have never harassed Caseeart (and how is my removal of his "gravedancing" from another editor's Talk page harassment or vandalism, anyway?), nor have I ever abused multiple accounts. You really should learn how to read a page's edit history as well as WP:VANDALISM and WP:ASPERSIONS. — MShabazz Talk/Stalk 21:30, 26 September 2015 (UTC)
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Hey admin person, there's a COI thingie etc. on Chinese knotting. Tks. Lingzhi ♦ (talk) 05:01, 8 October 2015 (UTC)
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Hi Ceradon. A decision has been proposed in the Palestine-Israel articles 3 arbitration case, which you are listed as a party to. Please review this decision and draw the arbitrators' attention to any relevant material or statements. Comments may be brought to the attention of the committee on the proposed decision talk page. For a guide to the arbitration process, see Wikipedia:Arbitration/Guide to arbitration. For the Arbitration Committee, L235 (t / c / ping in reply) 20:41, 14 October 2015 (UTC) (via MediaWiki message delivery (talk))
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LondonArt2010 is asking me about revisiting the possibility of Lorenzo Belenguer. He presented a lot of links. I think some of them may be unhelpful, but I notice some Spanish newspapers did write articles with Belenguer as the main subject (Example: "Lorenzo Belenguer conquista Londres" by Las Provincias). Do you know a Spanish editor and/or an editor interested art and/or biography articles who is willing to take a closer look? (I can post the specific article if need be). I would like for another party unfamiliar with the case to check if this subject meets WP:GNG and/or biography criteria.
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Vonnegut
I reverted your removal of the self-assessment section, which you stated was because "Wikipedia uses reliable, third-party sources, therefore Vonnegut's on assessment of his work is largely irrelevant." Per Wikipedia:Identifying_reliable_sources, self-assessment (and more generally, self-published sources) is allowed provided
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I believe that this section meets all of these requirements. If you disagree, we should discuss and/or get a third party to serve as arbiter.
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- hey. I hope things are going well. You seem to have paused on Edwin Stanton. Let me know if I can chip in a spot of help tho. Lingzhi ♦ (talk) 20:15, 16 February 2016 (UTC)
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The Signpost: 2 May 2016
- In the media: Wikipedia Zero piracy in Bangladesh; bureaucracy; chilling effects; too few cooks; translation gaps
- Traffic report: Purple
- Featured content: The best ... from the past two weeks
The Signpost: 17 May 2016
- Op-ed: Swiss chapter in turmoil
- In the media: Wikimedia's Dario Taraborelli quoted on Google's Knowledge Graph in The Washington Post
- Featured content: Two weeks for the prize of one
- Traffic report: Oh behave, Beyhive / Underdogs
- Arbitration report: "Wikicology" ends in site ban; evidence and workshop phases concluded for "Gamaliel and others"
- Wikicup: That's it for WikiCup Round 2!
stanton and ubox
- I probably can't participate in a FAC because I wanna work on my own very long-term project, but I fixed some things for you, and I'll chip in more in the future. You have many books that are not {{cite book}}. I find this userbox to be extremely useful: {{User:Yunshui/Userbox citeconverter}}. It's the bottom-most ubox on my upage. If you just copy the book info from the Stanton page and search for it on Google books, you can copy/paste the url into the ubox and get a pretty {{cite book}}. The very last field is usually a page range; I usually delete that and replace it with |ref=harv. Cheers! Lingzhi ♦ (talk) 07:24, 26 May 2016 (UTC)
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The Signpost: 28 May 2016
- News and notes: Upcoming Wikimedia conferences in the US and India; May Metrics and Activities Meeting
- Special report: Compensation paid to Sue Gardner increased by almost 50 percent after she stepped down as executive director
- Featured content: Eight articles, three lists and five pictures
- Op-ed: Journey of a Wikipedian
- Arbitration report: Gamaliel resigns from the arbitration committee
- Recent research: English as Wikipedia's Lingua Franca; deletion rationales; schizophrenia controversies
- Traffic report: Splitting (musical) airs / Slow Ride
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The Signpost: 05 June 2016
- News and notes: WMF cuts budget for 2016-17 as scope tightens
- Featured content: Overwhelmed ... by pictures
- Traffic report: Pop goes the culture, again.
- Arbitration report: ArbCom case "Gamaliel and others" concludes
- WikiProject report: WikiProject Video Games
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The Signpost: 15 June 2016
- News and notes: Clarifications on status and compensation of outgoing executive directors Sue Gardner and Lila Tretikov
- Special report: Wikiversity Journal—A new user group
- Featured content: From the crème de la crème
- In the media: Biography disputes; Craig Newmark donation; PR editing
- Traffic report: Another one with sports; Knockout, brief candle
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The Signpost: 04 July 2016
- News and notes: Board unanimously appoints Katherine Maher as new WMF executive director; Wikimedia lawsuits in France and Germany
- Op-ed: Two policies in conflict?
- In the media: Terrorism database cites Wikipedia as a source
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The Bugle: Issue CXXIII, July 2016
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The Signpost: 21 July 2016
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- Arbitration report: Script writers appointed for clerks
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The Signpost: 04 August 2016
- News and notes: Foundation presents results of harassment research, plans for automated identification; Wikiconference submissions open
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- Traffic report: Summer of Pokémon, Trump, and Hillary
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- Recent research: Easier navigation via better wikilinks
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The Bugle: Issue CXXIV, August 2016
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The Signpost: 18 August 2016
- News and notes: Focus on India—WikiConference produces new apps; state government adopts free licenses
- Special report: Engaging diverse communities to profile women of Antarctica
- In the media: The ugly, the bad, the playful, and the promising
- Featured content: Simply the best ... from the last two weeks
- Traffic report: Olympic views
- Technology report: User script report (January–July 2016, part 2)
- Arbitration report: The Michael Hardy case
The Signpost: 06 September 2016
- Special report: Olympics readership depended on language
- WikiProject report: Watching Wikipedia
- Featured content: Entertainment, sport, and something else in-between
- Traffic report: From Phelps to Bolt to Reddit
- Technology report: Wikimedia mobile sites now don't load images if the user doesn't see them
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The Bugle: Issue CXXV, September 2016
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Military history WikiProject coordinator election
Greetings from the Military history WikiProject! Elections for the Military history WikiProject Coordinators are currently underway, and as a member of the WikiProject you are cordially invited to take part by casting your vote(s) for the candidates on the election page. This year's election will conclude at 23:59 UTC 23 September. For the Coordinators, MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 06:00, 16 September 2016 (UTC)
The Signpost: 29 September 2016
- News and notes: Wikipedia Education Program case study published; and a longtime Wikimedian has made his final edit
- In the media: Wikipedia in the news
- Featured content: Three weeks in the land of featured content
- Arbitration report: Arbcom looking for new checkusers and oversight appointees while another case opens
- Traffic report: From Gene Wilder to JonBenét
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The Bugle: Issue CXXVI, October 2016
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The Signpost: 14 October 2016
- News and notes: Fundraising, flora and fauna
- Discussion report: Cultivating leadership: Wikimedia Foundation seeks input
- Technology report: Upcoming tech projects for 2017
- Featured content: Variety is the spice of life
- Traffic report: Debates and escapes
- Recent research: A 2011 study resurfaces in a media report
The Signpost: 4 November 2016
- In the media: Washington Post continues in-depth Wikipedia coverage
- Wikicup: WikiCup winners
- Discussion report: What's on your tech wishlist for the coming year?
- Technology report: New guideline for technical collaboration; citation templates now flag open access content
- Featured content: Cream of the crop
- Traffic report: Un-presidential politics
- Arbitration report: Recapping October's activities
The Bugle: Issue CXXVII, November 2016
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ArbCom Elections 2016: Voting now open!
Hello, Ceradon. Voting in the 2016 Arbitration Committee elections is open from Monday, 00:00, 21 November through Sunday, 23:59, 4 December to all unblocked users who have registered an account before Wednesday, 00:00, 28 October 2016 and have made at least 150 mainspace edits before Sunday, 00:00, 1 November 2016.
The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to impose binding solutions to disputes between editors, primarily for serious conduct disputes the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the authority to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail.
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The Signpost: 4 November 2016
- News and notes: Arbitration Committee elections commence
- Featured content: Featured mix
- Special report: Taking stock of the Good Article backlog
- Traffic report: President-elect Trump
The Bugle: Issue CXXVIII, December 2016
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The Signpost: 22 December 2016
- Year in review: Looking back on 2016
- News and notes: Strategic planning update; English ArbCom election results
- Special report: German ArbCom implodes
- Featured content: The Christmas edition
- Technology report: Labs improvements impact 2016 Tool Labs survey results
- Traffic report: Post-election traffic blues
- Recent research: One study and several abstracts
Merry Christmas
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Happy New Year, Ceradon!
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Have a prosperous, productive and enjoyable New Year, and thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia.
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Happy New Year Ceradon!
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Have a prosperous, productive and wonderful New Year, and thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia.
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The Bugle: Issue CXXIX, January 2017
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The Signpost: 17 January 2017
- From the editor: Next steps for the Signpost
- News and notes: Surge in RFA promotions—a sign of lasting change?
- In the media: Year-end roundups, Wikipedia's 16th birthday, and more
- Featured content: One year ends, and another begins
- Arbitration report: Concluding 2016 and covering 2017's first two cases
- Traffic report: Out with the old, in with the new
- Technology report: Tech present, past, and future
The Signpost: 6 February 2017
- Arbitration report: WMF Legal and ArbCom weigh in on tension between disclosure requirements and user privacy
- WikiProject report: For the birds!
- Technology report: Better PDFs, backup plans, and birthday wishes
- Traffic report: Cool It Now
- Featured content: Three weeks dominated by articles
The Bugle: Issue CXXX, February 2017
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March Madness 2017
G'day all, please be advised that throughout March 2017 the Military history Wikiproject is running its March Madness drive. This is a backlog drive that is focused on several key areas:
- tagging and assessing articles that fall within the project's scope
- updating the project's currently listed A-class articles to ensure their ongoing compliance with the listed criteria
- creating articles that are listed as "requested" on the project's various task force pages or other lists of missing articles.
As with past Milhist drives, there are points awarded for working on articles in the targeted areas, with barnstars being awarded at the end for different levels of achievement.
The drive is open to all Wikipedians, not just members of the Military history project, although only work on articles that fall (broadly) within the military history scope will be considered eligible. More information can be found here for those that are interested, and members can sign up as participants at that page also.
The drive starts at 00:01 UTC on 1 March and runs until 23:59 UTC on 31 March 2017, so please sign up now.
For the Milhist co-ordinators. Regards, AustralianRupert (talk) & MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 07:24, 26 February 2017 (UTC)