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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.
An arbitration case regarding User:Pbsouthwood has now closed. The Arbitration Committee resolved by motion in December of 2025 to suspend the case, which could be unsuspended if Pbsouthwood requested it within three months. Because Pbsouthwood has not requested that the case be unsuspended, the case has been automatically closed. The motion which has now closed the case is Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Pbsouthwood#Pbsouthwood: Motion to suspend.
For the Arbitration Committee, EggRoll97 (talk) 00:15, 19 March 2026 (UTC)
- Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 53 § Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Pbsouthwood closed
OS rolling appointment application – March 2026
The Arbitration Committee has received an application for oversight permissions from Kj cheetham (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) and has reviewed it in consultation with the functionaries team. The committee invites the community to evaluate the candidacy and comment on the talk page of this noticeboard until 23:59, 28 March 2026 (UTC). For the Arbitration Committee, HouseBlaster (talk • he/they) 22:45, 21 March 2026 (UTC)
- Discuss this at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard § OS rolling appointment application – March 2026
Appeals of COIVRT blocks
There is currently a proposal to change the Arbitration Committee's procedures to clarify when the Committee hears appeals from editors blocked as part of the conflict of interest VRT queue. Your comments are welcome at Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Motions § COIVRT block appeals. For the Arbitration Committee, HouseBlaster (talk • he/they) 21:26, 24 March 2026 (UTC)
Arbitration motion regarding the standardization of "broadly construed" wording
The Arbitration Committee has resolved by motion that:
Because contentious topics and the extended-confirmed restriction are broadly construed unless otherwise specified, the following are amended by removing the words broadly construed
:
- Remedy 3 of Armenia-Azerbaijan 2 ("Contentious topic designation")
- Remedy 4.1 of Abortion ("Contentious topic designation")
- Remedy 1.2 of American politics 2 ("Contentious topic designation")
- Remedy 1 of Article titles and capitalisation 2 ("Manual of Style and article titles contentious topic scope amended")
- Remedy 2 of Acupuncture ("Contentious topic designation")
- Remedy 1 of COVID-19 ("Contentious topic designation")
- Remedy 12 of Eastern Europe ("Contentious topic designation")
- Remedy 1 of Genetically modified organisms ("Contentious topic designation")
- Remedy 1 of Iranian politics ("Contentious topic designation")
- Remedy 1 of Kurds and Kurdistan ("Contentious topic designation")
- Remedy 14 of Pseudoscience ("Contentious topic designation")
- Remedy 1c of Indian military history ("Arbitration Committee assumes WP:GSCASTE and unifies South Asian WP:CTOPS")
- Remedy 5 of The Troubles ("Contentious topic designation")
- Remedy 7 of Antisemitism in Poland ("Extended confirmed restriction")
- Remedy 3 of Indian military history ("Caste-related topics in South Asia extended-confirmed restriction")
- The contentious topic designation in Horn of Africa
Remedy 4 of Palestine-Israel articles 4 and remedy 14 of Pseudoscience ("Definition of the 'area of conflict'" and "Contentious topic designation", respectively) are amended by removing the words broadly interpreted
.
This motion is for the sake of consistent language only. It does not change what is covered by the above remedies and motions.
For the Arbitration Committee, GoldRomean (talk) 19:22, 27 March 2026 (UTC)
- Discuss this at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard § Arbitration motion regarding the standardization of "broadly construed" wording
Temporary injunction concerning Maghreb
The Arbitration Committee has enacted the following temporary injunction:
With the exception of arbitration pages, Bananakingler (talk · contribs), M.Bitton (talk · contribs), and Skitash (talk · contribs) are topic banned from the Maghreb region and banned from interacting with one another, both broadly construed. This temporary injunction automatically expires when this case is closed.
For the Arbitration Committee, HouseBlaster (talk • he/they) 03:36, 28 March 2026 (UTC)
- Discuss this at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard § Temporary injunction concerning Maghreb
Changes to the functionaries team, March 2026
Following private and public consultations, the Arbitration Committee is pleased to appoint Kj cheetham (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) to the oversight team.
The committee thanks the editors who participated in the consultation.
Additionally, at their request, the checkuser and oversight permissions of Giraffer (talk · contribs) are removed. The Arbitration Committee sincerely thanks Giraffer for their service as a checkuser and oversighter.
For the Arbitration Committee, Izno (talk) 03:06, 31 March 2026 (UTC)