Well, it looks like the case is closing, not with a bang but with a
whimper... it's got the four net support votes (with no opposing
votes) to close, so unless somebody votes against closing before the
24 hours runs out at 19:24 UTC, it's closed. What will be in the
final decision (if no votes change by then) is a whole heap of
principles (some of them with a degree of tension between them), a
few findings and remedies (none of which actually call for any flat
link bans) and absolutely no enforcement provisions. The community
is encouraged to develop a policy, and editors are "encouraged to
show due consideration for the feelings of other Wikipedians, and to
refrain from idly or frivolously making references to malicious
sites."
What it means is that, as the discussion of proposed policies
proceeds, nobody in it will have the opportunity for a cheap shot of
making an "Argument from Authority" that "ArbCom said it; I believe
it; end of argument", as has so often been the case for the last
year.
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