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Arbitrator resigns

UninvitedCompany resigned from the Arbitration Committee on September 23, effective immediately. UninvitedCompany had not been active on arbitration cases since April. His position will be filled in the December 2008 election, for the remaining year left on his original term.

Military history WikiProject elects new coordinators

The sixth election for coordinators of the military history WikiProject concluded on September 30. As a result of the election, the following nine users were elected to a six-month term:

Five of the six incumbent coordinators standing for re-election (Davies, Eurocopter tigre, Dowling, TomStar81, Woody) were re-elected. The other coordinator, YellowMonkey, had enough votes to be elected, but subsequently chose not to take the position.

Also, as part of the election, the WikiProject recognized former lead coordinator Kirill Lokshin as a coordinator emeritus, a new designation recognizing him as an honorary coordinator.

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