Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee

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Arbitration Committee

Any private material intended for the Committee's attention should be sent to arbcom-llists.wikimedia.org.

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The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to impose binding solutions to disputes between editors. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail.

In addition to its role in dispute resolution, the Committee determines which editors have access to CheckUser and Oversight permissions, and considers certain matters where exceptional factors such as privacy preclude a public hearing.

Arbitrators are neither Wikimedia Foundation employees or agents, nor Wikipedia executives. They are volunteer users—usually experienced editors and administrators—whom the community of editors at large elects to resolve the most complex or intractable disputes that may arise within the community, and to oversee the few areas where access to non-public information is a prerequisite.

Contents 1 Members 2 Subcommittees 2.1 Audit Subcommittee 2.2 Ban Appeals Subcommittee 3 Clerks 4 Contacting the Committee 4.1 Mailing lists 4.2 Individual arbitrators

Members

The current members of the Arbitration Committee are listed below. Arbitrators may be active or inactive. The inactive designation includes members who are on wikibreak, who have not participated in arbitration within the past week, or who have indicated their absence. The following list is accurate as of 14 March 2011:

The Arbitration Committee does not have a chair, but may designate one arbitrator to coordinate timely performance of tasks. The current coordinating arbitrator is Roger Davies, with Kirill Lokshin as his deputy.

Subcommittees

Audit Subcommittee

Shortcut: WP:ARBCOM#AUSC

The Audit Subcommittee investigates complaints concerning the use of CheckUser and Oversight privileges. It consists of three arbitrators (currently Xeno, Jclemens and Risker) and three additional editors elected by the community. Risker is the subcommittee coordinator.

Ban Appeals Subcommittee

Shortcut: WP:ARBCOM#BASC

The Ban Appeals Subcommittee considers appeals from banned or blocked users, generally when all other avenues of appeal have been exhausted. It consists of three arbitrators (currently Chase me ladies, I'm the Cavalry, PhilKnight and Cool Hand Luke). Shell Kinney is the subcommittee coordinator. Arbitrators typically spend three months on the subcommittee, with a staggered rotation; one member is replaced each month.

All requests or other material intended for the Ban Appeals Subcommittee should be sent to arbcom-llists.wikimedia.org. Please see the ban appeals procedures before contacting the subcommittee.

Clerks

The Committee's clerk team assists the Committee with procedural tasks, such as opening and closing cases, maintaining arbitration pages, and issuing notifications of decisions. Parties with questions about the arbitration process are encouraged to consult a clerk for assistance.

Contacting the Committee

The arbcom-l mailing list is the primary venue for internal Arbitration Committee discussion on all matters under the Committee's remit. The mailing list address is arbcom-llists.wikimedia.org. It may also be reached through the "Email this user" feature as "User:Arbitration Committee". All current arbitrators are subscribed to this list, as is project founder Jimbo Wales.

Mailing lists

In addition to the arbcom-l list, the Committee operates several other official mailing lists:

Mailing list	Description
functionaries-en	The functionaries-en mailing list is used for general discussion among current Arbitration Committee members, former members in good standing, advanced permission (CheckUser and/or Oversight) operators, and other editors with official Wikimedia Foundation status. Please see the functionary page for more details and a list of subscribers.
arbcom-audit-en	The arbcom-audit-en mailing list is used for internal discussion by the Audit Subcommittee. Please see the subcommittee page for more details and a list of subscribers.
clerks-l	The clerks-l mailing list is used for coordination by the Committee's clerk team. Please see the clerk page for more details and a list of subscribers.

Individual arbitrators

Some individual arbitrators have published their personal email addresses. These should be used sparingly as material intended for the Committee as a whole should instead be sent to arbcom-l at arbcom-llists.wikimedia.org.

Cool Hand Luke: User.CoolHandLukegmail.com Coren: marcuberbox.org Mailer diablo: kennethplanetkh.com

Newyorkbrad: newyorkbradgmail.com Roger Davies: roger.davies.wikigmail.com Chase me ladies, I'm the Cavalry: chasemewikigmail.com