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Good article as always, and thanks for wading through the Arbcom minutiae to highlight the main points. In passing, much as I like the mind-meld idea there have actually been a fair few updates to the "German War Effort" case since 19 May. Further evidence and/or commentary welcome at Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/German_war_effort/Evidence -- Euryalus (talk) 07:14, 25 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Euryalus, I should have said "no updates from Arbcom members", but before I do is this correct? I looked closely and ignoring an errant click by RickinBaltimore, saw no contribs on Evidence nor Proposed remedies. ☆ Bri (talk) 01:04, 31 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, thanks for the reply. Apologies that the following delves into the weird arcana of arbitrator engagement with case pages, and apologies also if I'm passing on things that are already well-known.

Arbs don't usually comment directly on the /Evidence page. It's principally for editors to bring forward the building blocks of the dispute, and to highlight with diffs where they see the issue occurring. Where arbitrators are expected to publicly engage with the evidence is on the /Evidence talkpage here. It's mostly procedural re word limits and transparency issues - rebuttal and in-depth questioning is usually held over to the Workshop. However since the case opened around half the active Committee have commented on different aspects, which is what I was reflecting in my comment above.

Once the /Evidence phase closes, anyone is welcome to propose possible remedies at the /Workshop. It's generally expected that arbitrators will offer views on proposals that get listed there, and its good practice for at least the arbs drafting the case to also post their own proposals for discussion. In some cases the workshop is shamefully under-utilised by the Committee - here, for example. The workshop for this case is technically open, but it won't get properly busy until /Evidence closes.

After the /Workshop closes, the case drafters compile a proposed remedy and post it on the PD page. This is an arbitrator-only space, though community comments are welcome on the associated talk page. There'll be nothing at all here until this phase commences, unless for some reason we decide to close the case by motion ahead of time (won't happen here, just mentioning it as a hypothetical).

That's the long answer, the short one is the current arb engagement is at the /Evidence talkpage, which is where it probably should be at this point. And as always, everyone very welcome to stop by and post evidence in this dispute. -- Euryalus (talk) 02:00, 31 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Silly article. Doesn't say what the whole fuss is about. Runs a photo of a German soldier with no indication who he is. BeenAroundAWhile (talk) 07:44, 5 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]