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Final decision in TimidGuy ban appeal, one case remains open
The Arbitration Committee opened no new cases this week but closed one case, leaving one open.
Closed cases
TimidGuy ban appeal (Week 11)
This case was brought to the Committee by an editor to appeal a ban that was imposed by Jimbo Wales. The case was closed on 27 February after a week of voting by arbitrators. Passing principles include a statement of the jurisdiction of the Arbitration Committee, which includes a broad ability to hear the "appeals [of] blocked, banned, or otherwise restricted users". Additionally, the decision states that there is no opportunity for a further appeal to Jimbo Wales if the Committee is reviewing a ban originally imposed by Jimbo Wales.
Along with the principles discussed in the case, a long series of findings of fact are listed regarding the circumstances of the ban of TimidGuy, and the nature of his appeal. After finding that the basis for the original ban is likely invalid, the decision vacates Jimbo Wales' ban of TimidGuy. The administrator who originally sought the ban for TimidGuy, Will Beback, will be desysopped and banned as a result of his "disruptive conduct". This ban proposal divided the Committee as it passed by a vote of 8–4.
Open cases
Article titles and capitalization (Week 5)
This case was opened to review alleged disruptive editing on the Manual of Style and other pages to do with article naming. The workshop phase was extended by arbitrator AGK to 26 February. AGK stated that an outline of the proposed decision will be posted early this week with the final draft of the proposals to be posted by 4 March.
Other requests and committee action
- A Request for Arbitration concerning a dispute on Croatia-related articles has been filed.
- The structured community discussion that was mandated in the Abortion case has commenced. Located at Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Abortion article titles, the three closing administrators will be HJ Mitchell, Black Kite and EyeSerene.
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