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| In the wake of criticism that the ] was falling behind on their caseload, a wave of sweeping changes were made. Two new mediators, ] and ], were admitted to the committee; in addition, there are also five new applicants wishing to join the committee. Redwolf24 also took over as temporary committee chair, replacing ], who has temporarily become inactive due to scheduling problems. The requests for mediation page's backlog has now cleared, and new cases are being actively assigned and mediated. |
In the wake of criticism that the ] was falling behind on their caseload, a wave of sweeping changes were made. Two new mediators, ] and ], were admitted to the committee; in addition, there are also five new applicants wishing to join the committee. Redwolf24 also took over as temporary committee chair, replacing ], who has temporarily become inactive due to scheduling problems. The requests for mediation page's backlog has now cleared, and new cases are being actively assigned and mediated. Redwolf24 commented that the Mediation Committee hopes to take work off both the ], which has been mediationing in a unique manner while the MedCom was bogged down, and the ], which is at present overwhelmed with cases. Since the reorganization of ], seven cases have been assigned, one to each ]. In addition, the chair contacted each inactive mediator, inquiring if the mediator would be returning anytime soon. Redwolf24 was also criticized for assigning all the active mediators a case before taking on a case himself; however, Redwolf24 states that he mediated a case on IRC. ] is doing an email mediation, and the other disputants have chosen to do their mediations publicly. All the cases are moving forward without problems at this time. | ||
| ===Wikiversity vote continues=== | ===Wikiversity vote continues=== | ||
Revision as of 23:11, 3 October 2005
News and notes
Mediation changes
In the wake of criticism that the Mediation Committee was falling behind on their caseload, a wave of sweeping changes were made. Two new mediators, Redwolf24 and Flcelloguy, were admitted to the committee; in addition, there are also five new applicants wishing to join the committee. Redwolf24 also took over as temporary committee chair, replacing MacGyverMagic, who has temporarily become inactive due to scheduling problems. The requests for mediation page's backlog has now cleared, and new cases are being actively assigned and mediated. Redwolf24 commented that the Mediation Committee hopes to take work off both the mediation cabal, which has been mediationing in a unique manner while the MedCom was bogged down, and the arbitration committee, which is at present overwhelmed with cases. Since the reorganization of RFM, seven cases have been assigned, one to each active mediator. In addition, the chair contacted each inactive mediator, inquiring if the mediator would be returning anytime soon. Redwolf24 was also criticized for assigning all the active mediators a case before taking on a case himself; however, Redwolf24 states that he mediated a case on IRC. Improv is doing an email mediation, and the other disputants have chosen to do their mediations publicly. All the cases are moving forward without problems at this time.
Wikiversity vote continues
The Wikiversity project, which currently resides on Wikibooks, started a vote on September 15 to move to wikiversity.org, which currently hosts a near-dormant German Wikiversity project. The vote will last until November 1. Currently, the vote is about 76% in favor of the project (a two-thirds majority and board approval is required to start a project beta period)
Briefly
- The English Misplaced Pages has reached 750,000 articles.
- The Simple English Misplaced Pages has reached 5,000 articles.
- The Ukrainian Misplaced Pages has reached 20,000 articles.
- The Kapampangan Misplaced Pages has reached 100 articles.
- The Polish Misplaced Pages has reached 120,000 articles.
Also this week: Copyvio CSD — ArbCom election — ArbCom resignation — Wikimania bids — News and notes — Press coverage — Features and admins — T.R.O.L.L.