The
Arbitration Committee opened five new cases this week, and did not close any cases, leaving eight currently open.
New cases
John Gohde 2: A case involving alleged misconduct by
John Gohde, which he denies. Kirill Lokshin has proposed a remedy, with the support of two other arbitrators, banning Gohde for one year.
Jim62sch: A case involving alleged off-wiki harrasment by
Jim62sch, possibly involving reporting of potential on-wiki violations of the
Uniform Code of Military Justice. A remedy instructing Jim62sch to "refrain from making any comments to another user that could reasonably be construed as harassing, threatening, or bullying" has the support of seven arbitrators.
Zeraeph: A case involving alleged misconduct by
Zeraeph, in response to what she sees as harrasment by
SandyGeorgia. A remedy banning Zeraeph for one year has the support of three arbitrators.
Voting phase
IRC: A case involving an alleged personal attack by
Tony Sidaway on
Bishonen on
#wikipedia-en-admins, which led to an edit war on
WP:WEA, involving page protection and unprotection by
David Gerard,
Geogre and others, and a block of
Giano II, which was quickly undone. Various findings of fact have been proposed relating to the editors in dispute, but no remedies have yet been proposed by arbitrators.
John Buscema: A case involving editing of the
John Buscema article by editors including
Tenebrae and
Skyelarke. A variety of proposals restricting both parties' editing of the article have the support of one to seven arbitrators.
Dbachmann: A case involving alleged misconduct on the part of administrator
Dbachmann and editing by other users on several race-related articles. Arbitrator Kirill Lokshin has proposed remedies banning
Bakasuprman and
Deeceevoice, admonishing Dbachmann not to use administrator tools in editing disputes, and placing
Afrocentrism on article probation. These remedies have the support of four to eight arbitrators.
Case suspended
Matthew Hoffman: A case involving controversial blocks of
MatthewHoffman by a
vanished user. Various remedies were proposed including either desysopping or admonishing the
vanished user and annotating Matthew Hoffman's block log to reflect the arbitrators' view that the blocks were unjustified. A motion has been passed suspending the case for 30 days (until approximately 20 January , 2008) to allow for community input at a request for comment.
The
Arbitration Committee opened five new cases this week, and did not close any cases, leaving eight currently open.
New cases
John Gohde 2: A case involving alleged misconduct by
John Gohde, which he denies. Kirill Lokshin has proposed a remedy, with the support of two other arbitrators, banning Gohde for one year.
Jim62sch: A case involving alleged off-wiki harrasment by
Jim62sch, possibly involving reporting of potential on-wiki violations of the
Uniform Code of Military Justice. A remedy instructing Jim62sch to "refrain from making any comments to another user that could reasonably be construed as harassing, threatening, or bullying" has the support of seven arbitrators.
Zeraeph: A case involving alleged misconduct by
Zeraeph, in response to what she sees as harrasment by
SandyGeorgia. A remedy banning Zeraeph for one year has the support of three arbitrators.
Voting phase
IRC: A case involving an alleged personal attack by
Tony Sidaway on
Bishonen on
#wikipedia-en-admins, which led to an edit war on
WP:WEA, involving page protection and unprotection by
David Gerard,
Geogre and others, and a block of
Giano II, which was quickly undone. Various findings of fact have been proposed relating to the editors in dispute, but no remedies have yet been proposed by arbitrators.
John Buscema: A case involving editing of the
John Buscema article by editors including
Tenebrae and
Skyelarke. A variety of proposals restricting both parties' editing of the article have the support of one to seven arbitrators.
Dbachmann: A case involving alleged misconduct on the part of administrator
Dbachmann and editing by other users on several race-related articles. Arbitrator Kirill Lokshin has proposed remedies banning
Bakasuprman and
Deeceevoice, admonishing Dbachmann not to use administrator tools in editing disputes, and placing
Afrocentrism on article probation. These remedies have the support of four to eight arbitrators.
Case suspended
Matthew Hoffman: A case involving controversial blocks of
MatthewHoffman by a
vanished user. Various remedies were proposed including either desysopping or admonishing the
vanished user and annotating Matthew Hoffman's block log to reflect the arbitrators' view that the blocks were unjustified. A motion has been passed suspending the case for 30 days (until approximately 20 January , 2008) to allow for community input at a request for comment.
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