Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2009-06-22/Arbitration report

The Arbitration Committee this week announced that there will be another Checkuser and Oversight Election in August, and outlined a schedule for the election.

The Arbitration Committee opened no cases and closed one this week, leaving four open.

Evidence phase

 * Seeyou: A case examining the conduct of user Seeyou.
 * ADHD: A case examining the dispute on the ADHD article and the conduct of the editors involved therein.

Voting

 * A Man In Black: A case brought to examine the conduct of administrator A Man In Black.
 * Mattisse: A case, brought when a recent Request for Comment failed to abate concerns regarding her behavior, examining the conduct of User:Mattisse.

Closed

 * Obama articles: The Committee mandated that "a group of involved and non-involved editors and administrators" will review the current article probation on Barack Obama and report on its effectiveness, with recommendations for the future. Several editors were admonished for their behavior and placed under editing restrictions. A full summary is available here.