Wikipedia talk:Arbitration/Requests

Question about the word limit

Do signatures, timestamps, etc. count toward the 500-word limit? I'm aware that this might be a dumb question, but I'm right up against the limit and I just want to make sure I'm in the clear. — SamX [talk · contribs] 23:18, 16 February 2023 (UTC)

@SamX, we give a little leeway on 500 (not much). Signatures and timestamps don't count, but everything else between the section header and your signature does. Izno (talk) 23:24, 16 February 2023 (UTC)

Noted, thanks. — SamX [talk · contribs] 23:25, 16 February 2023 (UTC)

Out of curiosity, has anyone asked Chapman if she has a consulting fee?

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I commented on the initial AN thread and expressed an opinion that I felt it was deeply troubling that we were being asked to consider some sort of sanction against an academic scholar for publishing a paper in their field of study in a respected, peer reviewed journal and have been following this case since- though I don't feel invested enough in the case to make any sort of statement and if I did it would be of little to no value considering I missed the years of 2011-2021 in their entirety on here which seems important for the backstory, but I do have a question. I'm relieved we don't appear headed towards that but there seems to be some interest in adding her as a party for some reason, mostly seeming to be about things she has published on. Since she would be answering questions and giving guidance about a field that she does professionally, it's usually expected that she'd be paid for that. Has anyone approached her to see what her consulting fee is? --(loopback) ping/whereis 14:21, 17 February 2023 (UTC)

No. That would not be appropriate. An involved party should not be hired as an expert. Jehochman ^Talk 20:51, 27 February 2023 (UTC)

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For the interested

Media coverage on the "Holocaust in Poland" case:Wikipedia’s ‘Supreme Court’ tackles alleged conspiracy to distort articles on Holocaust Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 09:15, 1 March 2023 (UTC)

When's it actually going to start? Buffs (talk) 20:58, 1 March 2023 (UTC)

I think the signal was "not very soon." They need to think about scope etc. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 21:13, 1 March 2023 (UTC)

I think we're close to having instructions ready for the clerks. Once that happens it'll likely take a couple of days to do the setup (as it's going to be a little non-standard as an experiment) and then we'll launch. So all told early next week? Barkeep49 (talk) 23:27, 1 March 2023 (UTC)

thank you. Buffs (talk) 15:08, 2 March 2023 (UTC)

Update:[1] Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 10:52, 4 March 2023 (UTC)