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class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-added"><div>==== [[Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Motions#Motion on annotating changed usernames in arbitration decisions|Motion on annotating changed usernames in arbitration decisions]] ====</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" class="diff-empty diff-side-deleted"></td> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td> <td class="diff-addedline diff-side-added"><div>Arbitrator [[User:Kirill Lokshin|Kirill Lokshin]] proposed a motion requiring the alteration of any instances of an editor's previous username in arbitration decisions to reflect their name change(s). Any instances appearing within the:</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" class="diff-empty diff-side-deleted"></td> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td> <td class="diff-addedline diff-side-added"><div>* enforcement log may be updated by any uninvolved administrator on request;</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" class="diff-empty diff-side-deleted"></td> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td> <td class="diff-addedline diff-side-added"><div>* text of a finding or remedy may be updated by the clerks on request; and</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" class="diff-empty diff-side-deleted"></td> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td> <td class="diff-addedline diff-side-added"><div>* evidence submissions of a case or other preliminary documents may be updated by the clerks with the committee's prior approval.</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-deleted"><br /></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td 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class="signpost-author">By <a href="/wiki/User:M.O.X" title="User:M.O.X">James</a></span></div> <p>For the second time this year and the fourth in the history of the Arbitration Committee, there are no requests for arbitration or open cases. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="No_pending_cases" data-mw-thread-id="h-No_pending_cases-signpost-article-title"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-No_pending_cases-signpost-article-title"></span>No pending cases<span data-mw-comment-end="h-No_pending_cases-signpost-article-title"></span></h3></div> <p>The closure of <i>Fæ</i> last week marked the closure of the last open case before the Arbitration Committee. 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