Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2008-06-23/Arbitration report

The Arbitration Committee closed one case last week, leaving three cases currently open.

Closed case

 * Footnoted quotes: A case involving the use of quotes in footnotes, and general concerns with the biographies of living persons policy. Remedies enacted encourage more enforcement of the BLP policy, and impose a one-year restriction restricting 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.

Evidence phase

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

Voting phase

 * 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.


 * 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.