Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2010-12-20/Arbitration report
Motion passed in R&I case; ban appeals, amendment requests, and more
The Arbitration Committee opened no new cases this week, leaving two cases open.
Open cases
World War II (Week 3)
At the time of writing, 12 editors – including recused arbitrator Kirill (talk · contribs) – have submitted 13,000 words in evidence on the evidence page, including some 6,900 words from Communicat (talk · contribs). While Communicat continues to maintain that dispute centers on the appropriate weight that ought to be given to "majority viewpoint in many non-Western and non-aligned sovereign states", the evidence from at least 7 editors appears to be focused on Communicat's conduct on Wikipedia. Several proposals have also been made on the workshop page.
Longevity (Week 4)
Eight editors have so far submitted evidence since the case was opened on 22 November. One of the main parties, Ryoung122 (talk · contribs), has not yet submitted any evidence or comments on the arbitration pages.
Closed cases
On 14 December 2010,
So far, no other editors have commented. However, arbitrator Carcharoth (talk · contribs) has requested supplementary information and arbitrator SirFozzie (talk · contribs) would like to see more comments and statements from others.
A request was filed last week to
Motion
On 29 November 2010, a request for clarification was filed concerning the topic ban that was imposed on
Arbitrator Roger Davies (talk · contribs) formally proposed a motion to terminate the topic ban, and the motion was passed this week.
Other
The Committee decided to:
- lift the block that was imposed on Jahnbon (talk · contribs)
- conditionally suspend the ban that was imposed on Wiarthurhu (talk · contribs) by the Community. The conditions are such that Wiarthurhu is subject to a 1RR restriction, and is specifically banned from editing articles or talk pages relating to automobiles/aircraft.
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