Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2009-04-27/Arbitration report

The Committee officially adopted their proposed policy for temporary removal of permissions. They also appointed Mackensen, Thatcher and Tznkai as interim members of the Audit Subcommittee until elections are held.

The Arbitration Committee opened two cases this week, and closed none, leaving nine cases open.

New cases

 * Abd and JzG: A case brought regarding a dispute between Abd and JzG about the latter's use of administrative tools on Cold fusion.
 * Macedonia 2: A case about naming disputes at the Macedonia article, and ChrisO's use of administrator tools in the dispute.

Evidence phase

 * Aitias: A case regarding Aitias's use of his administrator tools.
 * Tang Dynasty: A case about editing conflicts on Inner Asia during the Tang Dynasty.
 * Ryulong: A case regarding Ryulong's use of his administrator tools.
 * 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.
 * 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.