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Arbitration report

ArbCom to appoint CU/OS positions after dumping election results

The Arbitration Committee opened no cases this week, leaving two open.

Open cases

[Update: Shortly before this week's Signpost was published, Coren posted this proposed decision - the case is now in the proposed decision phase.]

Other

  • Early today, the Committee announced that it will continue to appoint CheckUser and Oversight candidates until the community comes to a strong consensus for a workable alternative election method. The Committee tried to justify this decision on the basis of its evaluation – that no strong consensus existed for any particular solution in the review into CheckUser and Oversight selection.
  • The Committee also announced that no further appointments will be made on the basis of the results of the May 2010 CheckUser and Oversight election; those results were deemed as unsatisfactory (see Signpost coverage) and appear to have been dumped. Instead, the Committee has made a call for CheckUser and Oversight applications from administrators only. Additionally, the Committee encouraged unsuccessful candidates from the election to reapply. The closing date for applications is July 30, and between August 13 and August 22, the community will be permitted to comment on users who are actively being considered for the role(s).