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(.) (p) (w) Midnight Syndicate 12 Dec 2006  Sr
(.) (p) (w) Naming Conventions 11 Dec 2006  Ea
(.) (p) (w) Brahma Kumaris 10 Dec 2006  Sr
(.) (p) (w) Sex tourism 4 Dec 2006  Sr
(.) (p) (w) Waldorf education 23 Nov 2006  TT
(.) (p) (w) Iran-Iraq War Motion 16 Nov 2006  FN
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(.) (e) (w) RPJ 11 Dec 2006  TT
(.) (e) (w) Seabhcan 12 Dec 2006
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Hkelkar 10 Dec 2006  TT
Konstable 10 Dec 2006  Sr
ScienceApologist 8 Dec 2006  Sr
Elvis 5 Dec 2006  TT

This page will be used to facilitate communication between clerks.

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[edit] Conflict of interest

If a particular clerk has a serious conflict of interest regarding a user or a case it's probably a good idea if the clerk recuses from the case in favor of some other clerk. Conversely, the subject(s) of the case should understand that no clerk would be needed at all if the evidence to the case were presented in a clear and concise manner and that they should not unduly pressure a clerk to not do their tasks.

In any case, no clerk should have anything to do with a case in which he or she is a participant, except to the extent that he or she participates as a participant. Clerks who wish to make a statement in a case, or provide evidence, must refrain from acting as a clerk with respect to that case. This does not prejudice his right to perform cosmetic refactoring of evidence and workshop pages, as is the right of any editor. In unclear situations, the Arbitration Committee should be consulted.

A former Arbitrator acting as a clerk is not a "participant" in any case where he or she acted as an Arbitrator.

[edit] Procedures

A procedural reference for clerks (and Arbitrators) is here.

[edit] Calculation of majority

In opening a case we have to determine the majority for the case. This number goes in a statement at the head of Proposed decision.

Check for recent updates to the active list at Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee, and check for arbitrators recused from the case. A majority is half the number of active arbitrators, rounded up to the nearest whole number, or plus one if the number of active arbs is an even number. For example, if there are 8 or 9 active arbitrators, the majority will be 5.

Updating the majority The majority should be calculated when the case is opened, and updated when the case is listed for voting. After a case is opened for voting, do not update the number of active arbitrators if someone becomes active, as the arbitrator may not feel capable of casting an informed vote. However, if the arbitrator does cast a vote, then consider him or her active on the case and update the majority if necessary. If an arbitrator goes on the inactive list during voting, recalculate the majority unless the arbitrator has already voted.

As of December 8, there are 8 active arbitrators (less any recusals) and the majority is 5

[edit] Active

As of December 8, 2006

[edit] Templates

[edit] Please trim your statements

Recent arbitration applications have become so ridiculously long that I've farmed three or four open applications off onto subpages. On more recent applications, where it's reasonable to ask participants to trim their statements, I've made a new template with which to ask them to do so: Template:ArbComSize.

Usage: {{subst:ArbComSize}} --~~~~

Do remember to sign when using this template. --Tony Sidaway 13:13, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Adding motions and injunctions to a case

I have modified the {{Evidence}} template used on Template:ArbComOpenTasks. The following codes should be used to indicate when a case in Evidence has either a motion or injunction opened for voting.

{{Evidence|Case name|Date|m}} For a proposed motion, adds Motion to the template with a link to the proposed decision page.
{{Evidence|Case name|Date|mm}} For a passed motion, adds Motion to the template with a link to the preliminary decisions section of the main case page.
{{Evidence|Case name|Date|i}} For proposed injunction, adds Inj. to the template with a link to the proposed decision page.
{{Evidence|Case name|Date|ii}} For a passed injunction, adds Inj. to the template with a link to the preliminary decisions section of the main case page.

I was thinking of using m and M for proposed and passed motions, but since the capital I looks the same as the pipe used in the template, I used i and ii for injunctions and m and mm for motions to keep it consistent. Thatcher131 02:07, 3 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Applying article bans

I created a new template {{User article ban arb}} for applying article bans. There are 3 arguments, like so:

{{subst:User article ban arb|Jimbo Wales|one year|Jimbo}}

which makes

Notice: Jimbo Wales is banned from editing this article.
The user specified has been banned by the Arbitration committee from editing this article for a period of one year. The user is not prevented from discussing or proposing changes on this talk page. At the end of the ban, any user may remove this notice.

Posted by Thatcher131 03:10, 4 November 2006 (UTC) for the Arbitration committee. See Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Jimbo.

It could use a more felicitious name, and for more complicated decisions you may have to go back into the subst'd talk page and make manual adjustments, but its a start. Thatcher131 03:10, 4 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Pending Actions

Clerks and informal helpers, please coordinate your actions through this section, so that we don't have multiple clerks working on the same cases at the same time.


[edit] To be opened

[edit] Temporary injunctions

[edit] To be closed

Cases may be closed after after the fourth net vote to close, but generally wait at least 24 hours after the first motion to close. In cases where the arbitrators have disagreed and not all the findings or remedies have passed, wait at least 24 hours after the final close vote is cast to give other arbitrators a chance to raise objections.

Prior discussion on Seabchan mooted by events. When it is again near closure, we can Rochambeau for it. Thatcher131 23:05, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Already closed

Move cases here if you close them.


[edit] Other work

Basically if these have responses from arbitrators and have been dead for a week they can be archived on the talk page of the case by an uninvolved clerk.

Please also remember to patrol for arbitration applications that have been rejected. Currently, cases that are 10 days old with fewer than 4 net accept votes are considered rejected.

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