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This noticeboard is for announcements and statements made by the Arbitration Committee. Only members of the Arbitration Committee or the Committee's Clerks may post on this page, but all editors are encouraged to comment on the talk page.
Resignation of SilkTork
Effective immediately, SilkTork (talk · contribs) has resigned from the Arbitration Committee. He has also relinquished the CheckUser and Oversight permissions. The Committee sincerely thanks SilkTork for his service and wishes him well.
For the Arbitration Committee,
WormTT(talk) 07:45, 23 September 2019 (UTC)
- Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 44#Resignation of SilkTork
CheckUser and Oversight appointments 2019
The Arbitration Committee is accepting applications for appointments as CheckUser and Oversight team members. GorillaWarfare and KrakatoaKatie are the arbitrators overseeing this process. The names of all applicants will be shared with the Functionaries team, who will be asked for assistance with vetting candidates.
- Applications: 23 September to 29 September
- Review period: 30 September to 2 October – the committee will review applications and ask the functionary team for their feedback
- Notification of candidates: 2 October to 3 October – notification of candidates
- Community consultation: 4 October to 23:59 UTC, 10 October – candidates' statements published, community is invited to comment
- Appointments: by 14 October
For the Arbitration Committee,
Icewhiz banned
The committee has resolved by motion that:
The Arbitration Committee has received convincing evidence that Icewhiz has engaged in off-wiki harassment of multiple editors. Consequently, he is indefinitely site banned from the English Wikipedia.
Supporting: GorillaWarfare, Joe Roe, KrakatoaKatie, Opabinia regalis, Premeditated Chaos, Worm That Turned
Opposing:
Did not vote: AGK, Mkdw
- For the Arbitration Committee
WormTT(talk) 13:53, 1 October 2019 (UTC)
- Discuss this at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard#Icewhiz banned
Palestine-Israel articles 4 arbitration case commencing
In August 2019, the Arbitration Committee resolved to open the Palestine-Israel articles 4 arbitration case as a suspended case due to workload considerations. The Committee is now un-suspending and commencing the case.
- The primary scope of the case is: Evaluating the clarity and effectiveness of current remedies in the ARBPIA area. More information can be found here.
- Evidence that you wish the arbitrators to consider should be added to the evidence subpage at Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Palestine-Israel articles 4/Evidence. The evidence phase will be open until 18 October 2019 (subject to change).
- You can also contribute to the case workshop subpage at Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Palestine-Israel articles 4/Workshop. The workshop phase will be open until 25 October 2019 (subject to change).
- For a guide to the arbitration process, see Wikipedia:Arbitration/Guide to arbitration.
- To receive case updates, add your name to the notification list.
For the Arbitration Committee, Kevin (aka L235 · t · c) 21:15, 6 October 2019 (UTC)
2019 CheckUser and Oversight appointments: Candidates appointed
The Arbitration Committee is pleased to welcome the following editors to the functionary team:
- L235 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) is appointed as a CheckUser and Oversighter.
- Mz7 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) is appointed as a CheckUser and Oversighter.
- SQL (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) is appointed as a CheckUser.
- ST47 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) is appointed as a CheckUser and Oversighter.
- Stwalkerster (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) is appointed as an Oversighter.
- The Blade of the Northern Lights (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) is appointed as an Oversighter.
- Xaosflux (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) is appointed as an Oversighter.
The Committee thanks the community and all candidates for helping to bring this process to a successful conclusion.
The Committee also welcomes the following user back to the functionary team:
- Ivanvector (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log), who resigned his CheckUser permission in May 2019, is reappointed as a CheckUser following a request to the committee for return of the permission.
The Committee also thanks Timotheus Canens (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) for his long history of contributions to the functionary team. Timotheus Canens voluntarily resigned his CheckUser and Oversight permissions in September 2019.
For the Arbitration Committee,