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====Arbitration Committee====
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Members of the '''[[Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee|Arbitration Committee]]''' (referred to as '''''ArbCom''''' or '''''Arbs'''''), are '''volunteer editors''' who act in concert or in sub-groups imposing  [[Wikipedia:Arbitration/Active sanctions|binding solutions]] on  [[WP:CONDUCTDISPUTE|conduct disputes]] the community has been unable to resolve. ArbCom has very wide latitude in adjudication with the authority to impose  [[Wikipedia:General sanctions|general sanctions]] and/or [[Wikipedia:Editing restrictions|personal sanctions]]  on editors or groups of editors. They impose sanctions, either as a result of remedies accepted during cases, or during requests for clarification or amendment, or as a result of motions. The arbitration process exists exclusively for Wikipedia '''conduct disputes''' (i.e., not content disputes that may require mediation). The committee also resolves issues by private hearings if factors such as privacy may preclude public consideration.

Arbitrators are [[Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee elections|elected annually]] in one-year or overlapping two-year terms. The original Committee was appointed by Jimmy Wales in December 2003 from a group of volunteers. Subsequently, elections were held on a yearly basis with Wales ratifying the results, but this role evolved into a purely ceremonial one and he has not been involved at all since 2013. The Wikimedia Foundation supports the technical side of the electoral process and requires that candidates meet the Wikimedia Foundation's [[M:Access to nonpublic information policy|criteria for access to non-public data]] and sign the Foundation's non-public information [[Meta:Confidentiality agreement for nonpublic information|confidentiality agreement]].

The [[Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Arbitration Committee Elections December 2011|election rules]] are debated each year. Although nomination is subject only to rather [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Arbitration_Committee_Elections_December_2011&diff=469383785&oldid=468842468#Timeline broad criteria], in practice only Administrators have succeeded in being selected as Arbitrators.