Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2010-08-09/Arbitration report

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

Open cases

 * Climate change (Week 9): This case, which is technically open, resulted from the merging of several Arbitration requests on the same topic matter into a single case, and the failure of a related request for comment to make headway. Special rules of conduct were put in place when this arbitration commenced. Two weeks ago, participants requested an update on when to expect a proposed decision, and a similar request was made again last week, but since July 19 (three weeks ago) when the workshop phase was [ closed], arbitrators have still not set any specific target date. This has sparked a large quantity of [ discussion] among participants, some of which was collapsed as "Extended content".
 * Race and intelligence (Week 10): This case concerns accusations of incivility, disruptive editing, and tag-teaming to control the content on articles related to race and intelligence. Following a number of delays (see Signpost coverage from June 28, July 5, July 12), the case moved to the proposed decision phase. The proposed decision that was drafted by Coren has sparked several concerns among participants and non-participants ([ example]). Other proposals by other arbitrators are being considered, however, [ more than six days] had passed since the proposed decision attracted any other votes or proposals from arbitrators.

Other

 * Applications for CheckUser and Oversight permissions have closed. Next week, The Signpost is likely to publish the names of applicants being actively considered for appointment.