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Wikipedia:Arbitration/Guide to arbitration/Draft

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The Arbitration Committee was established in 2004 and has the following responsibilities:

  1. To act as a final binding decision-maker primarily for serious conduct disputes the community has been unable to resolve;
  2. To hear appeals from blocked, banned, or otherwise restricted users;
  3. To handle requests (other than self-requests or routine removal for inactivity) for removal of administrative tools;
  4. To resolve matters unsuitable for public discussion for privacy, legal, or similar reasons;
  5. To approve and remove access to (i) CheckUser and Oversight tools and (ii) mailing lists maintained by the Arbitration Committee.
Wikipedia:Arbitration/Policy#Scope and responsibilities

The committee is composed of fifteen members (known also as arbitrators) who are elected by the English Wikipedia community in annual elections.

Nomenclature

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  • Requests
    • Cases
    • Amendment
    • Clarification
    • Motions
  • Cases
  • Noticeboard
  • Enforcement

Requests

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Case requests

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Clarifications

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Amendments

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Cases

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Enforcement

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Further information

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Ban appeals, desysopping, assignment and removal of advanced permissions, and other committee business that is not related to the arbitration process is not dealt with by this guide.

See also

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