Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2010-07-05/Arbitration report

The Arbitration Committee opened no cases this week, leaving two open.

Open cases

 * Climate change (Week 4): The case resulted from several Arbitration requests on the same topic matter being merged into one case, and a related request for comment on the matter failing to make headway. Special rules of conduct were put in place for this arbitration and a brief extension was granted earlier this week to submit last-minute evidence, but this phase has now closed. Currently in the workshop phase.
 * Race and intelligence (Week 5): This case concerns accusations of incivility, disruptive editing, and tag-teaming to control the content on articles related to race and intelligence. As reported in last week's Signpost, a proposed decision was expected by the end of June, but the drafting arbitrator failed to meet this expectation. More delays are expected as another arbitrator is now expected to ask the parties questions while the evidence phase has not been closed. Still in the evidence/workshop phase.

Motions

 * Eastern European mailing list: A motion was passed – the case remedy that banned Biruitorul from editing the Eastern Europe topic is no longer in force.
 * Tothwolf: A motion was passed to impose an enforceable 6-month civility restriction on JBsupreme – this replaces the earlier case remedy that warned him about incivility.
 * Pseudoscience: A motion was passed to remove the effect of the words "Time Cube" from this 2006 decision that was drafted by Fred Bauder. A successful argument was made that other than being unnecessary in the relevant principle and finding of fact, such "throwaway remarks" foreclosed any discussion concerning "whether or not Time Cube is pseudoscience".

Other

 * Community voting in the immediate options poll appears to have come to a halt in the review into CheckUser and Oversight selection. As reported earlier, this review was opened after the Arbitration Committee declared that the outcome of the May 2010 CheckUser and Oversight elections was "not satisfactory".