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This is an archive of the results of all cases completed by the Arbitration Committee in 2004. There were a total of 35 cases closed in 2004.

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2004

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35 cases.

December

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November

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  • Eight cases
  • Cantus vs. Guanaco - Decided on 24 November, 2004. Cantus is limited to one revert per article per day and prohibited from editing Siberia or Clitoris. Guanaco must re-apply for adminship.
  • Irismeister 3 - Decided on 20 November, 2004. Irismeister is banned for one year. The personal attack parole on Irismeister is also altered: if he makes further personal attacks or legal threats, he may be banned for a period of up to one month, or up to one year in more extreme cases.
  • Avala - Decided on 17 November, 2004. Avala is required to follow majority opinion for one month, and required to cite sources supporting his claims for three months. Should he start to edit regularly again, he would be on probation for one year.
  • Rex071404 2 - Closed on 16 November, 2004, following his departure from Wikipedia.
  • Lance6wins - Decided on 12 November, 2004. Lance6wins is banned from editing any article relating to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and Zero000 is desysopped for two weeks and on probation for two months thereafter.
  • Rex071404 - Closed on 12 November, 2004, following his departure from Wikipedia.
  • Jimmyvanthach - Decided on 12 November, 2004. Jimmyvanthach, Celindgrenand, and Tran Van Ba are prohibited from editing any article related to the Vietnamese royal family and recent Vietnamese history/politics.
  • RickK vs. Guanaco (ab initio "The Matter of Michael") - Jimbo unbanning Michael made the matter mostly moot. The only remedy was to award Guanaco for creative problem solving.

October

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  • Four cases
  • RK - Decided October 14, 2004. RK is banned from Wikipedia for 4 months. Further, he is banned from all articles directly or indirectly related to Judaism for 1 year.
  • Orthogonal - Closed October 14, 2004, following his departure from Wikipedia. Subject to reactivation should he return.
  • JRR Trollkien - Closed October 2, 2004, with no findings of fact or decision. JRR Trollkien has long since left.
  • Kenneth Alan - Decided October 1, 2004, User:Kenneth Alan banned for one year. Enforcement provisions may be added before case is formally closed.

September

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  • Four cases
  • K1 - Closed on 28 Sep 2004 with an open verdict after.
  • ChrisO and Levzur Closed on 20 Sep 2004 with an open verdict; no ruling necessary, as Levzur has ceased contributing to Wikipedia.
  • User:PolishPoliticians - Decided on 18 Sep 2004, personal attack parole applied to PolishPoliticians and all new accounts on affected pages.
  • Lyndon LaRouche (Herschelkrustofsky, Adam Carr, John Kenney, and AndyL) - Decided on 12 Sep 2004, Adam Carr and Herschelkrustofsky are both banned for one day, and all editors of Lyndon LaRouche are warned regarding promotional material on that page.

August

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  • Four cases
  • User:Guanaco versus User:Lir - Decided on 30 Aug 2004 to warn sysops to follow proper blocking guidelines.
  • Mr-Natural-Health - Decided on 26 Aug 2004. There was an earlier partial decision on 25 June.
  • Lir - Decided on 23 Aug 2004, blocked for 15 days, revert parole applied, and other remedies.
  • Cantus - Decided on 01 Aug 2004, apply a revert parole to Cantus and other remedies.

July

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June

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May

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April

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  • One case
  • Anthony DiPierro - Decided on 25th April 2004 to instruct Anthony with regards to his VfD edits, and refer other issues to mediation. The vote was unanimous with 6 votes in favour and 4 de-facto abstentions. Note that the case was accepted solely to investigate use of VfD.

March

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February

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  • One case
  • Theresa knott vs. Mr-Natural-Health - Decided on 11th February 2004 that Mr-Natural-Health would be banned from editing for 30 days (i.e., until 12 Mar 2004). The vote was 6-2 in favor of banning, with 2 explicit and 1 de-facto abstention.

January

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No cases were closed in January.