The Arbitration Committee did not open or close any cases this week, leaving four currently open.

Evidence phase

• Piotrus 2: A second case involving alleged edit warring and other misconduct by Piotrus and other editors. Piotrus denies the allegations against him, and suggests that the case may be a deliberate attempt to drive him from the site.

• Sarah Palin protection wheel war: A case involving allegations of wheel-warring on the Sarah Palin article, over a dispute as to the merits of page protection being applied in respect of it.

• SlimVirgin-Lar: A case brought by Thatcher, asking the committee to review the use of checkuser by Lar, in the light of comments by SlimVirgin ( here, inter alia), alleging that he misused the tool. Evidence is to be submitted privately to the committee by e-mail, and voting will presumably occur privately as well.

Motion to close

• C68-FM-SV: A case, which has lasted for over four months, involving disputes among Cla68, FeloniousMonk, SlimVirgin, JzG, and others. If closed, a decision would be enacted which sets out a number of principles and findings of fact, and instructs the parties to review and abide by them, giving a number of prohibited courses of conduct by way of example. FeloniousMonk would also be desysopped.