Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2019-07-31/Arbitration report

After the Fram case was declined, Arbitration Committee decided to review reversion of office actions generally, with 121 comments by members of the community. The committee decided by motion to "note without comment" the events surrounding last month's office actions and subsequent flurry of ENWP blocks and unblocks. The committee in their motion has advised the community "that administrators and bureaucrats are normally expected not to act when they know they do not have all of the relevant facts, and that this is especially important with regard to office actions where those facts may be highly sensitive." The committee further warned that future "wheel warring may be grounds for removal of administrative rights by the committee".

The second case accepted, titled "Antisemitism in Poland", concerns articles like History of the Jews in Poland, but arbitrator AGK said in the opening phase "even we are not sure yet what the dispute entails" other than a clear clash between (primarily) two editors. The workshop phase closed 30 June, and the committee is now deliberating offline on a decision. As of writing deadline, there have been no principles, findings of fact, nor remedies for the case posted.

Cases

 * Declined: Fram - Special:Permalink/904188718
 * Declined: Disputed Signpost article – Disputed Signpost article
 * Closed: Rama - Arbitration/Requests/Case/Rama
 * Result: Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 12
 * Accepted: Antisemitism in Poland - Arbitration/Requests/Case/Antisemitism in Poland
 * Closed: Canadian politics - Special:diff/905003210
 * Accepted: Reversion of office actions - Arbitration/Requests/Case/Reversion of office actions
 * Resolved by motion: Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard

People

 * SQL appointed trainee clerk
 * Changes to Oversight team (-GB fan)
 * Resignation of CU and OS by Beeblebrox, BU Rob13, and DoRD

Motions

 * Level 1 desysop of Nv8200pa
 * Desysopping of Od Mishehu
 * Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard (per request for clarification and amendment)

Requests for clarification and amendment

 * Declined
 * Special:Permalink/906519058
 * Wikipedia talk:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Gun control


 * Accepted
 * Special:Permalink/906523263


 * Open
 * Arbitration/Requests/Clarification and Amendment
 * Arbitration/Requests/Clarification and Amendment

Other

 * Open letter to the WMF Board
 * Related update - Update from the Arbitration Committee