Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2005-08-15/Arbitration report

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The Report On Lengthy Litigation

By Ral315, 15 August 2005

The Arbitration Committee has closed a case involving User:Trey Stone and User:Davenbelle. Both users were banned from "editing articles which concern politics, particularly articles which concern the foreign relations of the United States" for a period of one year. A series of edit wars involving numerous articles, including Allan Nairn, Amy Goodman, Death squad, Suharto, Isle of Youth, Corporate media, Henry Kissinger, and Fidel Castro led to the arbitration case, which both parties consented to.

The arbitration regarding Cantus was completed on August 8. This led to Cantus being banned from editing several pages due to "lengthy edit warring with respect to a number of articles". The pages in question are Developed country, Template:Europe, and Terri Schiavo. He could also be banned from additional pages if he exceeds a new revert parole, which would allow him only "one revert per article or other page per 30 day period." Cantus would then be subject to blocks of up to a week for editing articles from which he is banned, and if use of a sockpuppet to circumvent bans is verified, he could be blocked for a month.

Other cases

Cases involving Gabrielsimon and -Ril- are currently in the evidence phase. Each case received only 4 "accept" votes, the minimum needed to go to arbitration.

Discussion on December Arbitrator elections

Proposed alterations to the election process for December's Arbitration elections are currently going on here. Arbitrators whose current terms expire at the end of the year include:

Community involvement in these discussions is encouraged. It is assumed, at this time, that elections will run from December 4 until December 18, and elected arbitrators will take their seats on January 1, 2006. There are currently expected to be 4 open three-year seats, 2 open two-year seats, and 1 open one-year seat.

Also this week: Editor's note — Slate and VfD — News and notes — Press coverage — Features and admins — T.R.O.L.L.