Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2009-11-16/Arbitration report

The Arbitration Committee opened two cases this week, and did not close any, leaving five cases open.

Tothwolf
The Tothwolf case was opened this week. The case, which concerns a long-standing dispute between Tothwolf and several other editors, was filed by third party Jehochman. A draft decision, to be written by arbitrator Wizardman, is expected by 6 December.

Ottava Rima restrictions
The Ottava Rima restrictions was also opened this week. The case was filed by Ottava Rima to appeal an editing restriction imposed following a community discussion on the administrators' noticeboard. A number of proposals have already been made on the workshop page; a draft decision, to be written by arbitrators Wizardman and Rlevse, is expected by 1 December.

Socionics
The Socionics case has entered its sixth week of deliberations. The case was filed by rmcnew, who alleged that Tcaudilllg has engaged in edit-warring and personal attacks. Tcaudilllg has denied the allegations, calling them "ad hominem attacks on [his] character". No significant drafting has yet taken place; a draft decision, to be written by arbitrator Carcharoth, was expected by 14 November.

Asmahan
The Asmahan case has entered its ninth week of deliberations. The filing editor, Supreme Deliciousness, alleges that Arab Cowboy has engaged in a variety of disruptive behavior on the "Asmahan" article; Arab Cowboy denies the allegations, and claims that Supreme Deliciousness is pursuing a disruptive agenda of his own. The drafting arbitrator, John Vandenberg, has posed a number of questions to the parties, and has drafted a number of proposals on the case workshop. A draft decision in the case is expected by 19 November.

Eastern European mailing list
The Eastern European mailing list case has entered its ninth week of deliberations, and its fifth week of voting. The case concerns a set of leaked mailing list archives which are alleged to show an extensive history of collusion among numerous editors of Eastern European topics. Standard workshop procedures have been suspended for the case, so normal drafting of proposals by the parties and other editors has not taken place.

The proposed decision, written by arbitrator Coren, would strip Piotrus of his administrator status, ban him for three months, and place him under a topic ban for one year; ban Digwuren and Martintg for three months and also place them under year-long topic bans; and issue a number of admonishments and reminders, as well as an amnesty for all participants of the mailing list not otherwise sanctioned. Additional proposals made by other arbitrators include bans for Tymek, Jacurek, and Radeksz, as well as more nuanced topic bans for Piotrus and Digwuren. Voting on the proposals is divided.

Other announcements
This week, the Committee announced the results of the Audit Subcommittee elections. The top three candidates (Dominic, Jredmond, and Tznkai) were each appointed to the subcommittee. Unexpectedly, the Committee also appointed the fourth-place candidate, MBisanz, as an "alternate member", citing the unusual closeness of the vote. Community reaction to the announcement was mixed.