Biocrawler:Arbitration Committee

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The Arbitration Committee exists to impose binding solutions to Biocrawler disputes. This solution may be anything up to and including a ban from editing Biocrawler for a period of time.

The Arbitration Committee is the last step in the dispute resolution process — it is a last resort to be turned to when all else has failed. Other steps, including discussion between users and, where appropriate, mediation, should be tried first. The Arbitration Committee exists to deal with only the most serious disputes and cases of rule-breaking.

Dispute Resolution
Dispute resolution processes Negotiation: Current Surveys Requests for Comment | Third Opinion Mediation: Mediation Committee Requests for Mediation Arbitration: Arbitration Committee Requests for Arbitration
Member Associations Association of Members' Advocates

Until the beginning of 2004, Jimbo Wales, the founder of Biocrawler, dealt with all serious disputes and was the only person with the authority to ban users who were not engaging in simple vandalism (straightforward vandals can be blocked by any administrator). This role has now largely been passed to the Arbitration Committee. Jimbo wrote:

"The Arbitration Committee [...] can impose a solution that I'll consider to be binding, with of course the exception that I reserve the right of executive clemency and indeed even to dissolve the whole thing if it turns out to be a disaster. But I regard that as unlikely, and I plan to do it about as often as the Queen of England dissolves Parliament against their wishes, that is, basically never, but it is one last safety valve for our values."

• To request Arbitration, see Biocrawler:Requests for arbitration.
• The Arbitration policy details the rules involved.

Contents

1 Members 1.1 Active 1.2 Away 1.3 Inactive 2 Selection process 2.1 Tranche β 2.2 Tranche γ 2.3 Tranche α 3 Former members

Members

The number of active AC members affects the number of AC members needed to reach a ruling. For example, if seven AC members are active, then four votes are needed to reach a majority decision. If ten are active, then six votes are needed, etc. If an even number of members are active and there is a tie, then we will ask Jimbo Wales to give the tie-breaking vote.

By choice, we don't have a chair.

AC status: Active (has participated in an AC case in the last month), Away (on a temporary leave of absence), Inactive (has not participated in an AC case in the last month).

Active

As of 29 Apr 2005

1. Daniel Mayer, aka Maveric149 -- maveric149 at yahoo.com
2. Fred Bauder -- fredbaud at ctelco.net
3. Sean Barrett, aka The Epopt -- sean at epoptic.org
4. Rebecca, aka Ambi - misfitgirl at gmail.com
5. Sannse - sannse at tiscali.co.uk
6. David Gerard - dgerard at gmail.com
7. Mark, aka Raul654 -- mapellegrini at comcast.net

Away

since March 27 due to ill health

1. Theresa Knott -theresaknott AT gmail DOT com

since April 8; away indefinitely, and will likely resign once we figure out how that works

1. Mark, aka Delirium -- delirium at hackish.org

out of town for 28 days (for details see userpage)

1. Ben, aka Neutrality

indefinitely

1. Steven Melenchuk, aka Grunt -- crazyr2 at shaw.ca

Inactive

As of 29 Apr 2005

1. David Friedland, aka Nohat -- david at nohat.net

Selection process

The original Arbitration Committee was appointed by Jimbo Wales, primarily chosen from people who volunteered to help with the mediation and arbitration processes. Since that time, Arbitrators have been chosen for appointment after being selected through elections.

Arbitrators serve three-year terms on a rotating schedule, so that four positions are up for election each year. (In case of early departures, new Arbitrators may be selected to fill the balance of unexpired terms.) The current schedule on which positions will be up for election is as follows:

Tranche β

Terms expire 31 December 2005

1. Mark (Delirium)
2. Fred Bauder
3. Daniel Mayer
4. David Gerard

Tranche γ

Terms expire 31 December 2006

1. Sean Barrett
2. David Friedland
3. Theresa Knott
4. Steven Melenchuk

Tranche α

Terms expire 31 December 2007

1. Mark (Raul)
2. Ambi
3. Sannse
4. Ben

Former members

1. UninvitedCompany (left, February 2004)
2. James Forrester, aka Jdforrester (unsuccessful in re-election bid, December 2004)
3. James W. Rosenzweig, aka Jwrosenzweig (did not seek re-election, December 2004)
4. The Cunctator (unsuccessful in re-election bid, December 2004)
5. Gutza (stepped down, December 2004)
6. Martin Harper, aka MyRedDice (stepped down, December 2004)
7. Lee Pilich, aka Camembert (stepped down, December 2004)fr:Wikipédia:Comité d'arbitrage

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