Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2008-07-07/Arbitration report



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

Closed case

 * Giovanni33: A case involving the accusation of sockpuppetry by Giovanni33. The Committee has named at least fifteen accounts as likely sockpuppets of Giovanni33.  As a result of the case, Giovanni33 and his proxy accounts were banned for one year.  A proposed remedy that would have automatically renewed the ban every year, absent a decision by ArbCom to vacate the ban, was rejected; jpgordon called it "an end-run against our usual maximum one-year ban".  Giovanni33 has, however, been banned indefinitely by the community as well.

New case

 * Geogre-William M. Connolley: A case involving wheel warring between Geogre and William M. Connolley.  William M. Connolley inappropriately extended a block on Giano II, while Geogre inappropriately reversed the block, and reversed page protection on Giano's talk page.  The case is currently in the voting phase; remedies targeting the behavior of Geogre, William M. Connolley and Avruch, and potentially modifying remedy 2.2 in IRC are still under discussion.

Voting phase

 * Yorkshirian: A case involving perceived incivility from Yorkshirian.  A remedy to ban Yorkshirian for one year has the support of five arbitrators, with none opposing.

Motion to close

 * C68-FM-SV: A case involving disputes between Cla68, FeloniousMonk, SlimVirgin, JzG, and others.  The case, which has seen little-to-no public input from arbitrators, is currently subject to a motion to dismiss, with the support of one arbitrator.