Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2009-12-07/Arbitration report

The Arbitration Committee did not open or close any cases this week, leaving five cases open.

Tothwolf
The Tothwolf case has entered its fourth week of deliberations. The case, which concerns a long-standing dispute between Tothwolf and several other editors, was filed by third party Jehochman. Some preliminary workshop drafting has taken place, though no arbitrators have yet responded to any of the proposals; a draft decision, to be written by arbitrator Wizardman, is expected by 13 December.

Ottava Rima restrictions
The Ottava Rima restrictions case has entered its fourth week of deliberations. The case was filed by Ottava Rima to appeal an editing restriction imposed following a community discussion on the administrators' noticeboard. A large number of proposals have already been made on the workshop page; a draft decision, to be written by arbitrator Wizardman, is expected by 7 December.

Asmahan
The Asmahan case has entered its 12th week of deliberations, and its first week of voting. 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 proposed decision, written by arbitrator Wizardman, would impose topic bans and editing restrictions on both Supreme Deliciousness and Arab Cowboy, as well as placing the "Asmahan" article on probation. No other arbitrators have voted on the proposed remedies.

Socionics
The Socionics case has entered its ninth week of deliberations, and its second week of voting. 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".

The proposed decision, written by arbitrator Carcharoth, would ban both rmcnew and Tcaudilllg for one year, as well as indefinitely banning them from all Socionics-related topics, pages, and discussions. The remedies are currently passing unanimously, and the case is expected to close in the near future.

Eastern European mailing list
The Eastern European mailing list case has entered its 12th week of deliberations, and its eighth 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 remains divided.