Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2011-02-14/Arbitration report
Proposed decisions in Shakespeare and Longevity; two new cases; motions passed, and more
The Committee opened two new cases during the week. Four cases are currently open; two of which have posted proposed decisions.
Open cases
Monty Hall problem (Week 1)
Opened on 12 February 2011, this case involves allegations of problematic behavior relating to the Monty Hall problem article. During the week, one editor submitted under 2 kilobytes of content as on-wiki evidence. A deadline for evidence submissions has not yet been set.
Kehrli 2 (Week 1)
Opened on 11 February 2011, this case involves allegations of disruptive editing to the Kendrick (unit) and Kendrick mass articles. The case is following on from the 2006 case concerning Kehrli (talk · contribs). During the week, two editors submitted over 10 kilobytes of content as on-wiki evidence. A deadline for evidence submissions has not yet been set.
Shakespeare authorship question (Week 4)
On 10 February 2011, drafters Newyorkbrad and SirFozzie posted a proposed decision for arbitrators to vote on. Proposals which are being voted on include "standard discretionary sanctions"(see Signpost coverage: 20 September 2010) and rulings concerning two editors. Yesterday, arbitrators Cool Hand Luke and Elen of the Roads added a new principle to the proposed decision; the principle builds on the proposals made in the workshop. A motion to close was then adopted on 14 February, ending the case.
Longevity (Week 12)
On 7 February 2011, drafter Kirill Lokshin posted a proposed decision in the workshop; the proposals, consisting of 14 kilobytes, attracted comments from arbitrators, parties, and others. During the week, more than 50 kilobytes of content was added to the workshop, of which more than 15 kilobytes was contributed by a single party. On 12 February 2011, the drafter submitted a proposed decision for arbitrators to vote on. Proposals being considered include "standard discretionary sanctions", an evidence subpage remedy, rulings concerning two editors, a specific ruling that affiliation with the Gerontology Research Group does not in itself constitute a conflict of interest when editing longevity articles, as well as a proposal that urges WikiProject World's Oldest People to seek experienced editors as mentors to the WikiProject.
Motions
Date delinking
As reported last week, arbitrator Newyorkbrad proposed two motions to amend this case. The motions were passed this week with two recusals:
- Lightmouse (talk · contribs) is permitted to use a separate bot account for any bot task(s) approved by the bot approvals group.
- Ohconfucius (talk · contribs) is permitted to use a separate bot account for any bot task(s) approved by the bot approvals group.
Other matters
The Committee conditionally suspended the indefinite ban of Lyncs (talk · contribs) (formerly Justanother (talk · contribs) or Justallofthem (talk · contribs)). The conditions are such that Lyncs is subject to a single account limitation, an interaction ban, and a Scientology topic ban.
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