Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2009-05-04/Arbitration report

The Committee revised their proposed re-organization of Arbitration-related pages in light of comments received on their earlier proposal. They also released a "redacted and anonymised" report on Checkuser usage.

The Arbitration Committee opened no cases this week, and closed none, leaving nine cases open.

Evidence phase

 * 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.
 * 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.
 * 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

 * West Bank - Judea and Samaria: A dispute about editor behavior in discussions about naming conventions for certain Israel- and Palestine-related locations.
 * Scientology: A case regarding behavioral problems in Scientology-related articles; the case is related to the prior case, COFS.