Exhibit 1042 ยท Arbitration record
Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Eastern European mailing list (principles and findings)
using external channels for coordination of activities that, on-wiki, would be inappropriate is also improper.
The Committee examined an archive of a private mailing list sent to it in September 2009, found the archive appeared authentic (8 to 0, 1 abstention), and found that much of the traffic involved members coordinating on three-revert-rule limits, commenting along 'party lines' and supporting each other in disputes, with tactics that included baiting and vexatious complaints. It passed a principle that using external channels to coordinate activities that would be inappropriate on-wiki is improper (9 to 0) and imposed bans and restrictions on named editors. Names are omitted here.
- Source
- English Wikipedia Arbitration Committee
- Date
- 22 December 2009
- Quoted from
- Principles, 9 (Off-wiki communication); passed 9 to 0
- Grade
- Primary record
- Document
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Eastern_European_mailing_list
- Accessed
- 2026-11-10
- Cited by
- Findings citing this exhibit
- Note
- The case records the authenticity of leaked list archives by the Committee itself, not a court or regulator; the page uses only the Committee's principles. No claim about any member's identity or motive is made.