It seems the English Wikipedia community is concern with whether WMF has jurisdiction to ban a user in a single project with active arbitration committee and if they may do so without any obligation to notify the project Arbitration committee or the community.
Well, I don't know the specifics of this particular ban but I believe WMF took the best decision in banning Fram considering the Foundation has acted approximately in dealing with similar issues in the past. Regards, Isaac On Tue, Jun 11, 2019, 2:58 PM Paulo Santos Perneta <paulospern...@gmail.com wrote: > Lack of transparency from the WMF, whatelse is new. > I'm currently under a funding ban secretly decided (by who?) based on a > false accusation, without providing any evidence. Until now I'm waiting for > an explanation from the WMF. So, this sort of attitude doesn't surprise me > at all. > It is very unfortunate that the WMF apparently thrives in this kind of > medieval obscurity, the opposite of the values of the Wikimedia Movement. > Matter for Roles & Reponsibilities. > > Best, > Paulo > > > Benjamin Ikuta <benjaminik...@gmail.com> escreveu no dia terça, 11/06/2019 > à(s) 05:45: > > > > > > > > > Thanks for this. > > > > I'm glad to see I'm not the only one dismayed by the unilateralism and > > lack of transparency. > > > > > > > > On Jun 10, 2019, at 8:25 PM, Techman224 <techman...@techman224.ca> > wrote: > > > > > Forwarding to WIkimedia-l since WikiEN-l is relatively dead. > > > > > > Since this message, an Arbcom member (SilkTork) stated that they > weren't > > consulted, nor did this action was the result of Arbcom forwarding a > > concern to the office. [1] > > > > > > The only non-response excuse from the WMF [2] was that "local > > communities consistently struggle to uphold not just their own autonomous > > rules but the Terms of Use, too.” even though there were no complaints > > on-wiki nor to Arbcom privately. > > > > > > The on-wiki discussion is taking place at the Bureaucrats and the > Arbcom > > noticeboards. > > > > > > > > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Bureaucrats%27_noticeboard#User:Fram_banned_for_1_year_by_WMF_office > > < > > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Bureaucrats'_noticeboard#User:Fram_banned_for_1_year_by_WMF_office > > > > > > > > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Arbitration_Committee/Noticeboard#Request_for_ArbCom_to_comment_publicly_on_Fram's_ban > > > > > > [1] > > > https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk:Arbitration_Committee/Noticeboard&diff=prev&oldid=901300528 > > < > > > https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk:Arbitration_Committee/Noticeboard&diff=prev&oldid=901300528 > > > > > > [2] > > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Bureaucrats%27_noticeboard#Statement_from_the_WMF_Trust_&_Safety_Team > > > > > > Techman224 > > > > > >> Begin forwarded message: > > >> > > >> From: George Herbert <george.herb...@gmail.com> > > >> Subject: [WikiEN-l] Fram en.wp office yearlock block > > >> Date: June 10, 2019 at 8:54:34 PM CDT > > >> To: English Wikipedia <wikie...@lists.wikimedia.org> > > >> Reply-To: English Wikipedia <wikie...@lists.wikimedia.org> > > >> > > >> In case you're not following on-wiki - Office S&T blocked English > > Wikipedia > > >> user / administrator Fram for a year and desysopped, for unspecified > > >> reasons in the Office purview. There was a brief statement here from > > >> Office regarding it which gave no details other than that normal > policy > > and > > >> procedures for Office actions were followed, which under normal > > >> circumstances preclude public comments. > > >> > > >> > > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Bureaucrats%27_noticeboard#User:Fram_banned_for_1_year_by_WMF_office > > >> > > >> Several people on Arbcom and board have commented they're making > private > > >> inquiries under normal reporting and communication channels, due to > the > > >> oddity and essentially uniqueness of the action. > > >> > > >> There was an initial surge of dismay which has mellowed IMHO into "Ok, > > >> responsible people following up". > > >> > > >> I understand the sensitivity of some of the topics under Office > actions, > > >> having done OTRS and other various had-to-stay-private stuff myself at > > >> times in the past. A high profile investigation target is most > unusual > > but > > >> not unheard of. > > >> > > >> I did send email to Fram earlier today asking if they had any public > > >> comment, no reply as yet. > > >> > > >> > > >> -- > > >> -george william herbert > > >> george.herb...@gmail.com > > >> _______________________________________________ > > >> WikiEN-l mailing list > > >> wikie...@lists.wikimedia.org > > >> To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: > > >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > > > New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > > New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>