Following
a case that closed on 16 October 2017,
Arthur Rubin 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
Fram, other involved party
Ymblanter – 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
TonyBallioni; other involved parties
Salvidrim! and
Soetermans – 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
Zoyetu – declined <0/4/0/3>, opener
topic banned on 7 November
Joefromrandb request: Request opened 20 October 2017 by
TomStar81 – declined <3/7/2>
Conduct at Reference Desks request: Request opened 30 October 2017 by
Robert McClenon – declined <0/9/0>
List of unofficial users of Iranian rial request: Request opened 31 October 2017 by
John N Smith – unanimously declined
Nathan B. Forrest request: Request opened 6 November 2017 by
Azarbarzin – declined <0/8/0>
List of European islands by population – Island of Ireland countries editing dispute: Request opened 9 November 2017 by
PompeyTheGreat – declined <0/7/0>
In brief
Elections: 2017 elections kicked off with
Wikipedia: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.
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