Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2017-11-24/Arbitration report

Administrator desysopped
Following a case that closed on 16 October 2017, was desysopped "for repeatedly not meeting the community expectations and responsibilities of administrators as outlined in WP:ADMINACCT". Specific incidents included removing permissions from a user during an ANI discussion – which reversed another admin's administrative action without prior notification or discussion – and failing to provide evidence for claims made against another user.

Current requests

 * Crosswiki issues request: Request opened 31 October 2017 by, other involved party – motion for discussion closed 22 November probably looking at an RfC about "whether and how information from Wikidata should be used on English Wikipedia"
 * Mister Wiki case: Request opened 21 November 2017 by ; other involved parties and  – vote reached 6/0/0 on 23 November and very likely to result in a case

Declined requests

 * Zoyetu request: Request opened 16 October 2017 by – declined <0/4/0/3>, opener topic banned on 7 November
 * Joefromrandb request: Request opened 20 October 2017 by – declined <3/7/2>
 * Conduct at Reference Desks request: Request opened 30 October 2017 by – declined <0/9/0>
 * List of unofficial users of Iranian rial request: Request opened 31 October 2017 by – unanimously declined
 * Nathan B. Forrest request: Request opened 6 November 2017 by – declined <0/8/0>
 * List of European islands by population – Island of Ireland countries editing dispute: Request opened 9 November 2017 by – declined <0/7/0>

In brief

 * Elections: 2017 elections kicked off with Arbitration Committee Elections December 2017. There are eight vacant seats with two-year terms. Self-nominations are closed; voting will commence Monday 00:00, 27 November until Sunday 23:59, 10 December, UTC.