Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2005-11-14/Arbitration report

The Arbitration Committee closed a record eight cases this week, marking over 40% of their workload.

A case against BigDaddy777 was closed on 9 November. BigDaddy777, who was blocked indefinitely by Redwolf24 on 10 October, is subject to a 2 month ban for modifying other users' comments, and an additional 12 month ban for badgering other users, should the indefinite block be removed. In addition, should BigDaddy777 be allowed to return (which at earliest, could occur in January 2007), an indefinite ban on the editing of articles relating to American politics would be enforced.

BigDaddy777, who joined Wikipedia in September, was accused of violating many policies, including

A case against Louis Epstein was closed on 12 November. It was ruled that Louis Epstein could be blocked for neglecting correct punctuation; however, in an attempt to avoid Epstein's being blocked, Babajobu offered to correct Epstein's punctuation himself. The blocks will not be enforced unless Babajobu removes himself from the agreement, and nobody else agrees to replace him.

A case filed against REX was closed on 14 November. As a result, REX, as well as Matia.gr and Theathenae, have all been placed on personal attack parole. The parole can be enforced by bans of up to a week. The dispute centers around the ongoing dispute on Macedonian and Albanian-related articles.

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Cases were accepted this week against Pigsonthewing (user page) and Xed (user page). Both are in the evidence phase.

Other cases against Ultramarine (user page), Maoririder (user page), Rangerdude (user page), numerous editors on Ted Kennedy, Copperchair (user page), and Silverback (user page) are in the evidence phase.

Cases against

Currently, there is a motion to close the Stevertigo case, which had been referred back to the arbitration committee following an aborted request for adminship.