Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard

The Arbitration Committee is considering a series of motions which would remove remedies which are no longer necessary.

In addition, a motion which would automatically sunset unused contentious topics is under consideration.

Your comments are welcome at Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Motions § Community discussion (Cleanup of old remedies).

For the Arbitration Committee, HouseBlaster (talk • he/they) 03:22, 17 February 2026 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 53 § Motions cleaning up old remedies and automatically sunset contentious topics

The Arbitration Committee has resolved by motion that:

For the Arbitration Committee, DatGuy^Talk_Contribs 09:47, 18 February 2026 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 53 § Arbitration motion regarding Iskandar323

The Arbitration Committee has resolved by motion that:

Remedies 1 and 2 of Israel-Lebanon ("Use of blogs" and "Editors cautioned", respectively) are rescinded.

Remedy 3.1 and special enforcement provision 1 of Israel-Lebanon are also rescinded. Any restrictions issued under remedy 3.1 remain in force, and are governed by and may be enforced via the contentious topic designation for the Arab–Israeli conflict.

Remedy 1 of Johnski ("Dominion of Melchizedek semi-protected") is rescinded. Johnski (talk · contribs) may appeal their block using the regular block appeals process.

Remedies 1 and 4 and enforcement provisions 1 and 3 of Lyndon LaRouche are rescinded. Actions previously taken in accordance with the remedy or enforcement provisions remain in force.

The post-decision motion passed from Lyndon LaRouche 2 is rescinded. Any blocks issued under that provision remain in force, and remain governed by the applicable appeals process as if this motion did not pass.

Following a long-running trial, remedies 1 and 2 of Midnight Syndicate are fully rescinded. All topic bans issued in accordance with remedy 2 are also rescinded. Additionally, the two bespoke enforcement provisions are rescinded.

Special enforcement 3 of the Race and intelligence case ("Review of topic-bans") is rescinded. Bans from the Committee may be appealed in the usual way at Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Clarification and Amendment.

Remedy 1 of Regarding The Bogdanov Affair ("Ban on editing Bogdanov Affair") is amended to read:

1) CatherineV (talk · contribs), EE Guy (talk · contribs), Laurence67 (talk · contribs), Luis A. (talk · contribs), ProfesseurYIN (talk · contribs), XAL (talk · contribs), and YBM (talk · contribs) are prohibited from editing Bogdanov affair (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) and its talk page.

Remedy 2 and enforcement provision 2 ("Notice" and "Additional combatants") are rescinded. Bans issued in accordance with enforcement provision 2 are also rescinded.

Remedies 2 and 3 of Sathya Sai Baba ("Removal of poorly sourced negative information" and "Removal of poorly sourced information", respectively) are rescinded.

Remedy 4 of Sathya Sai Baba 2 ("Prior remedies clarified") is also rescinded.

Remedies 5.1 and 8 of Scientology ("Single purpose accounts with agendas" and "Editors instructed", respectively) are rescinded.

Remedy 3 ("Scope of Scientology topic ban") is amended to read:

3) Editors topic banned by remedies in this proceeding are prohibited (i) from editing articles related to Scientology or Scientologists, broadly defined, as well as the respective article talk pages and (ii) from participating in any Wikipedia process relating to those articles, including as examples but not limited to, articles for deletion, reliable sources noticeboard, administrators' noticeboard and so forth. Appeals will be considered no earlier than six months after the close of this case, and additional reviews will be done no more frequently than every six months thereafter.

Remedy 6 ("Account limitation") is amended to read:

6) Any editor who is subject to remedies in this proceeding is restricted to a single current or future account to edit Scientology-related topics and may not contribute to the topic from a temporary account. They are to inform the Committee of the account they have selected, and must obtain the Committee's approval if they wish to begin using a different account.

Special enforcement provision 2 ("Uninvolved administrators") is rescinded. The normal rules of WP:INVOLVED continue to apply to administrators in the topic area.

Any sanctions issued in accordance with the rescinded remedies remain in effect until appealed. Time-bounded sanctions still expire as if this motion never carried.

Remedies 1, 2, 3, and 5 of Hunger ("Material from The Hunger Project itself", "Negative material", "Current editors", and "Continuing jurisdiction"; respectively) are rescinded. Note that the arbitration policy states The Committee retains jurisdiction over all matters heard by it, including associated enforcement processes, and may, at its sole discretion, revisit any proceeding at any time.

Remedy 2 of User:PolishPoliticians is rescinded.

Remedy 1 of Yoshiaki Omura ("Ban for disruption") is amended to read:

1) Richardmalter is indefinitely banned from editing Yoshiaki Omura or its talk page.

Enforcement provision 1 ("Enforcement by block") is amended to read:

1) Richardmalter may be blocked for up to a year if they edit Yoshiaki Omura or its talk page.

Enforcement provision 3 ("Enforcement by reversion") is rescinded. The policy on reverting banned editors continues to apply to Richardmalter's edits to Yoshiaki Omura–related pages.

All enforcement actions taken in accordance with the rescinded remedy and enforcement provisions remain in force and are to be appealed as if this motion did not pass.

Remedies 1 and 2.1 ("IP editing prohibited" and "Administrators instructed", respectively) are rescinded. The regular sockpuppetry policy and norms around moving pages apply.

Remedy 1.2 of the Climate change case ("Climate change: contentious topic designation") is rescinded. Any actions previously taken in accordance with the contentious topic designation remain in force and are governed by the contentious topics procedure.

Remedy 2 of Climate change ("Climate change sanctions noticeboard superseded") is amended to read:

2) Effective when this case closes, the community sanctions noticeboard for global warming issues should no longer be used for future sanctions discussions. Enforcement of restrictions issued in Climate change or under the contentious topic designation for climate change may be enforced at the standard location, Wikipedia:Arbitration enforcement (AE).

Remedy 2 of the Gun control case ("Contentious topic designation") is rescinded. Any actions previously taken in accordance with the contentious topic designation remain in force and are governed by the contentious topics procedure.

Remedy 6 of The Troubles case ("One-revert rule") is rescinded.

Enforcement provision 2 of The Troubles case ("Terms of probation") is rescinded.

For the Arbitration Committee, GoldRomean (talk) 20:38, 24 February 2026 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 53 § Motions to clean up old remedies

The Arbitration Committee has resolved by motion that:

For the Arbitration Committee, EggRoll97 ^(talk) 22:42, 1 March 2026 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 53 § Arbitration motion regarding Indian military history

An arbitration case regarding User:Pbsouthwood has now closed. The Arbitration Committee resolved by motion in December of 2025 to suspend the case, which could be unsuspended if Pbsouthwood requested it within three months. Because Pbsouthwood has not requested that the case be unsuspended, the case has been automatically closed. The motion which has now closed the case is Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Pbsouthwood#Pbsouthwood: Motion to suspend.

For the Arbitration Committee, EggRoll97 ^(talk) 00:15, 19 March 2026 (UTC)

Discuss this at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard § Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Pbsouthwood closed