Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2009-03-23/Arbitration report

The Arbitration Committee opened one case this week, and closed none, leaving six cases open.

Motion

 * Aitias: A case decided using motions, and was never opened as a full case. Aitias invoked his right to vanish while an RfAr about him was pending. Although the case had the required number of votes and would have been accepted, the Committee felt that Aitias's retirement would render the case unnecessary. However, Aitias did not relinquish his administrator flag. The Committee voted, via motion, to suspend the flag for six months, during which time Aitias may request the flag back from the Committee if he returns to editing. After six months, he may only receive the flag back through an RfA. Aitias was also mandated to edit the English Wikipedia only under the Aitias username "until the issues in this dispute are resolved".

Evidence phase

 * Obama articles: A case opened to review behavior of editors of articles related to Barack Obama.
 * West Bank - Judea and Samaria: A dispute about editor behavior in discussions about naming conventions for certain Israel- and Palestine-related locations.
 * MZMcBride: A case brought after administrator MZMcBride deleted numerous "secret pages". This case is reviewing administrator conduct by MZMcBride only, and is not ruling on the appropriateness of the pages themselves. MZMcBride was admonished for his administrator actions in a previous Request for Arbitration.
 * Prem Rawat 2: A case concerning the continued behavioral problems on the pages about Prem Rawat, and related articles. A previous case, Prem Rawat, was closed in May of last year.
 * Date delinking: A case regarding the behavior of editors in the ongoing dispute relating to policy on linking dates in articles. An injunction has been issued prohibiting large-scale linking or delinking of dates until the case is resolved.

Voting

 * Scientology: A case regarding behavioral problems in Scientology-related articles; the case is related to the prior case Requests for arbitration/COFS.