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This noticeboard is for announcements and statements made by the Arbitration Committee. Only members of the Arbitration Committee or the Committee's Clerks may post on this page, but all editors are encouraged to comment on the talk page.
Arbitration Policy - Community Ratification
The community has ratified the following amendment to the Arbitration Policy.
Any arbitrator who repeatedly or grossly fails to meet the expectations outlined above may be suspended or removed by Committee resolution supported by two-thirds of arbitrators.
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Any arbitrator who repeatedly or grossly fails to meet the expectations outlined above may be suspended or removed by Committee resolution supported by two-thirds of all arbitrators excluding:
- The arbitrator facing suspension or removal, and;
- Any inactive arbitrator who does not respond within 30 days to attempts to solicit their feedback on the resolution through all known methods of communication.
This provision is now reflected in the policy and is in full force. -- Amanda (aka DQ) 06:50, 16 April 2019 (UTC)
- Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 40#Arbitration Policy - Community Ratification
Motion: Amendment to the standard provision for appeals and modifications (April 2019)
The Arbitration Committee has resolved by motion that:
The following text is added to the "Important notes" section of the standard provision on appeals and modifications, replacing the current text of the fourth note:
All actions designated as arbitration enforcement actions, including those alleged to be out of process or against existing policy, must first be appealed following arbitration enforcement procedures to establish if such enforcement is inappropriate before the action may be reversed or formally discussed at another venue.
For the Arbitration Committee, Kevin (aka L235 · t · c) 00:23, 19 April 2019 (UTC)
- Discuss this at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard#Motion: Amendment to the standard provision for appeals and modifications (April 2019)
Bradv appointed as clerk
The Arbitration Committee is pleased to appoint Bradv (talk · contribs) as an arbitration clerk. Bradv has been in training since December 2018.
The arbitration clerks often need new team members. Any editor who would like to volunteer as an arbitration clerk is welcome to apply by e-mail to clerks-l
lists.wikimedia.org.
For the Arbitration Committee, AGK ■ 17:22, 23 April 2019 (UTC)
- Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 40#Bradv appointed as clerk
Change to CheckUser team
The Arbitration Committee is pleased to welcome back Reaper Eternal (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) to the CheckUser team. Reaper Eternal voluntarily relinquished the CheckUser permission in June 2017. They have been reappointed as a CheckUser following a request to the Committee for return of the permission.
For the Arbitration Committee, ~ Rob13Talk 20:27, 29 April 2019 (UTC)
Administrator account security
ArbCom would like to apologise and correct our mass message sent to administrators regarding account security, in light of the response from the community.
Since November 2018, six administrator accounts have been compromised and temporarily desysopped. In an effort to help improve account security, our intention was to remind administrators of existing policies on account security — that they are required to "have strong passwords and follow appropriate personal security practices." We have updated our procedures to ensure that we enforce these policies more strictly in the future. The policies themselves have not changed. In particular, two-factor authentication remains an optional means of adding extra security to your account. The choice not to enable 2FA will not be considered when deciding to restore sysop privileges to administrator accounts that were compromised.
We are sorry for the wording of our previous message, which did not accurately convey this, and deeply regret the tone in which it was delivered.
For the Arbitration Committee,
– Joe (talk) 21:11, 4 May 2019 (UTC)
An arbitration case regarding Enigmaman has now closed and the final decision is viewable at the link above. The following remedy has been enacted:
Enigmaman (talk · contribs) is desysopped for repeated misuse of administrative tools and the administrative logs, inadequate communication, and generally failing to meet community expectations and responsibilities of administrators as outlined in WP:ADMINACCT. He may regain the administrative tools at any time via a successful request for adminship.
For the Arbitration Committee, – bradv🍁 13:19, 6 May 2019 (UTC)