Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2007-05-07/Arbitration report

The Arbitration Committee opened two cases this week, and closed four cases. One requested case was not accepted, following the desysopping of an involved administrator.

Not accepted

• ChrisGriswold: A proposed case involving the actions of ChrisGriswold. A checkuser request confirmed that ChrisGriswold had been operating sockpuppet Superburgh, in an editing dispute on Taylor Allderdice High School. Unrelated to the dispute, ChrisGriswold also operated sockpuppet Truth in Comedy. Once the allegations were brought to the Arbitration Committee, ChrisGriswold resigned his adminship, and the case was subsequently rejected.

Closed cases

• Certified.Gangsta-Ideogram: A case involving the actions of Certified.Gangsta and Ideogram, both of whom Durova and others alleged to have been involved in edit-warring on Taiwan-related articles. Ideogram, who had also been accused of improper behaviour on the community noticeboard, denied the allegations. Certified.Gangsta presented evidence, in which he alleged that Ideogram has engaged in canvassing, wikistalking, and orchestrating an anti-Certified.Gangsta campaign. He also denies Durova's allegiations. As a result of the case, both parties were placed on revert parole, and Ideogram was admonished to "fully adhere to all Wikipedia policies".

• bot approvals group
  . Betacommand noted that he makes numerous username-related blocks, and that most of his blocks were appropriate. Whether Betacommand used his administrative account for bot-related activity, whether he is unique in doing so, and whether such an action should be allowed or not, were also questioned. As a result of the case, Betacommand was desysopped.