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The line sub-template displays information about a current arbitration proceeding, be it a request for a new case, clarification or amendment of a previous case, an open case (or review), or motions of an arbitrator. For different types of proceedings (declared using the |mode= parameter), this template will return different output. If a case is suspended, set the parameter |suspended=true at the beginning of the suspension.
Meaning of parameters for a given mode (if blank, the parameter is ignored for that mode)
mode value
name
link
date
motion
request or caserequest
The name of the request as it's posted on RFAR
The URL-encoded version of the request name, if the link provided doesn't work. Defaults to name
The date the request was posted
Name of the section in which motions have been posted for this request
case or review
The name of the case (or case being reviewed)
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Name of the section in which motions have been posted for this request
closed or closedcase
Name of the closed case
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Date on which case was closed
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clarification or amendment
The name of the request section for the link
The name of the case being clarified/amended
The date the request was posted
Name of the section in which motions have been posted for this request. Piped text is motion. Declare |motionplural=s to display motions.
motion
The name of motion section
The URL-encoded version of the request name, if the link provided doesn't work. Defaults to name
You must change |mode=case to |mode=review if you are opening a Review rather than an independent case.
Notes
For almost any proceedings (except case requests), some previous decision needs to be cited. Ordinarily, the previous decision will be an arbitration case; by declaring the |case= parameter, the template will automatically link to an Arbitration/Requests/Case or Requests for arbitration page with the same sub-page name.
Alternatively, the |nolink= parameter can be used to link to the relevant previous decision. This should only be used if the decision was made outwith a case final decision. See this change for an example of this parameter being used. In that example, the amendment request related to the terms of unblock set down by the Ban Appeals Subcommittee for an un-banned user; the |nolink= parameter was used to link to the diff in which a BASC member published the original terms to the unbanned user's talk page. This parameter requires you to surround the link with (brackets), so that the format is consistent with the automatic link.