Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2008-05-26/Arbitration report

The Arbitration Committee closed one case this week and did not open any cases, leaving four currently open.

Closed case

 * CAMERA lobbying: A case involving lobbying by pro-Israel group Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America (CAMERA) on Middle East-related articles.  The main remedy imposed by the Commitee confirms the sanctions imposed by administrators (an indefinite ban of Gni, a one-year ban of Zeq, and a one-year ban on Arab-Israeli topics for Dajudem).  Other remedies provide a general amnesty for other editors who may have been involved in the lobbying group, urge community members to forward evidence about all forms of external group-lobbying to the Committee, and admonish Hypnosadist to "maintain an appropriate level of professionalism at all times, and to avoid misrepresenting Wikipedia policy to other editors."

Evidence phase

 * C68-FM-SV: A case involving Cla68, FeloniousMonk, SlimVirgin, and JzG.


 * Giovanni33: A case involving the accusation of sockpuppetry by Giovanni33. Giovanni33 and  Rafaelsfingers, who has been labeled as a sockpuppet of Giovanni33 by some, have denied the charges.

Voting phase

 * Homeopathy: A dispute involving a number of editors over the Homeopathy article. Remedies with the support of five to seven arbitrators include banning DanaUllman for one year, the creation of a "Sourcing Adjudication Board" regarding the inappropriate use of citations, and emphasizing the Committee's ability to issue subsequent sanctions in the case, based on reports of "inappropriate conduct" as judged by the Sourcing Adjudication Board.  Another remedy, with the support of five arbitrators, allows uninvolved administrators to impose sanctions on editors involved in Homeopathy-related articles, for various reasons.

Motion to close

 * Footnoted quotes: A case involving the use of quotes in footnotes, and general concerns with the biographies of living persons policy. Currently, one arbitrator supports closing the case, with none opposing.  Remedies supported by eight arbitrators encourage more enforcement of the BLP policy, and impose a one-year restriction banning Alansohn from making any edits judged to be "uncivil, personal attacks, or assumptions of bad faith".  The latter remedy allows his blocking, without warning, should he violate it.