Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2009-08-17/Arbitration report
The Report on Lengthy Litigation
The Arbitration Committee did not close any cases this week, and opened one new case, leaving two cases open.
Requests for arbitration
A request for arbitration concerning the contents of Jimbo Wales' user page was filed by Drew R. Smith, and then withdrawn after it was discovered that the filing account had been compromised.
Two additional requests for arbitration, concerning
Open cases
The 194x144x90x118 case was opened this week. The filing editor, Erik9, alleges that 194x144x90x118 has engaged in a variety of disruptive conduct, despite an RFC on the matter. 194x144x90x118 has so far refused to respond to the allegations. Evidence has been presented by several editors, but no substantial drafting of proposals has taken place. A draft decision, to be written by arbitrator Wizardman, is expected by 24 August.
The
Clarifications, amendments, and motions
In response to the request for clarification regarding the Obama articles decision filed by Wikidemon, arbitrator Carcharoth has proposed a motion extending ChildofMidnight's topic ban to include related discussions in all namespaces. The motion currently stands at five arbitrators supporting and one recused, with seven votes necessary for adoption.
A request that the Falun Gong decision be amended was filed by Olaf Stephanos. Olaf argued that the six-month topic ban he had received was unwarranted, and asked the Committee to rescind it. At present, no arbitrators have commented on the substance of the request.
The Committee has enacted a
The motion proposed by arbitrator Newyorkbrad in response to Greg L's request to amend the Date delinking decision appears to have passed, but has not yet been published. The motion reduces the various editing restrictions related to style and editing guidelines imposed by the decision to apply only to topics specifically related to the linking or delinking of dates.
The Committee enacted an
Other announcements
Following the conclusion of the
and Oversight rights would be granted to nine editors:
The Ban Appeals Subcommittee
The Committee
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