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Arbitration report
The Report On Lengthy Litigation
The Arbitration Committee opened six cases this week, including one opened on Christmas Eve, and closed one case. For readers' information, arbitrators elected in the December 2006 elections (Flcelloguy, Kirill Lokshin, Paul August, UninvitedCompany, Jpgordon, FloNight and Blnguyen) will not participate in already-opened cases unless they specifically un-recuse themselves, while those whose terms have expired (Jayjg, Theresa knott, Sam Korn and The Epopt) will continue to participate in cases already opened.
Closed case
- John F. Kennedy Assassination. In response, he denies the allegations, and raised some "practical concerns about arbitration", which seem to regard the legitimacy of the Arbitration Committee bindingly to resolve disputes. Findings of fact have been approved to the effect that RPJ engages in original research and has few contributions that are not disruptive edits to Kennedy assassination articles, and a one-year ban, to be followed by probation, has been enacted.
New cases
- Derek Smart: A case involving a dispute over the inclusion of critical material in the Derek Smart article. Various editors on both sides of the dispute claim that the other has violated policy in promoting their case, and some suggest that various accounts (Supreme Cmdr and WarHawkSP inter alia) are in fact used by Smart himself, citing as evidence perceived similarities in their writing styles. These editors deny the allegations.
- WP:COI, as the executive director of the for-profit ACE LLC, which promotes the festival.
- WP:COIbecause he is one of Prechter's employees.
- -related AfDs, which Morwen considered to be "intimidating", and Husnock alleges that she stated that she was "in fear of her life", and that he has been investigated by real-world bodies regarding it.
- Yoshiaki Omurawhich was criticised by a New Zealand disciplinary tribunal as lacking scientific basis. However, Richardmalter denies that his pro-Omura edits were either biased or unsourced and claims that the mediation process has supported his position.
- WP:POINTin an "experiment" to determine possible prejudice towards edits from IPs and offers to request desysopping "if the community wills it".
Evidence phase
- Midnight Syndicate: A case brought by Durova involving an edit war on the Midnight Syndicate article. Dionyseus and Skinny McGee allege that GuardianZ has engaged in sockpuppetry and general disruption on the article. He denies the allegations and argues that Dionyseus and Skinny McGee have engaged in similar behaviour. A temporary injunction has been granted placing Dionyseus, Skinny McGee, and GuardianZ on revert parole.
- Never Kill a Boy on the First Date (Buffy episode). While about 80% of involved editors said in a straw poll that it should not be disambiguated, both sides allege that editors on the other have behaved disruptively.
- Iran-Iraq Warpage. Arbitrator Fred Bauder has proposed a motion dismissing the case for lack of evidence; this proposal has been supported by Dmcdevit and SimonP.
Voting phase
- reliable sourcespolicy. Fred Bauder has proposed remedies banning .244 for one year, placing him on probation, and placing the article on article probation.
- Sex Tourism: A case involving a revert war on the Sex tourism article. Remedies have been proposed banning KyndFellow from editing the article, and placing him on probation, with the support of two arbitrators.
- Waldorf education: A case on Rudolf Steiner, Waldorf education and related pages. Fred Bauder has proposed a remedy placing the articles on article probation and this has attracted the support of four other arbitrators.
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