Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard: Difference between revisions
Content deleted Content added
Arcticocean (talk | contribs) →Arbitration motion regarding Russavia-Biophys: new section |
Arcticocean (talk | contribs) |
||
Line 394:
:'''[[Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard#Arbitration motion regarding Russavia-Biophys|Discuss this]]'''
== Committee procedures relating to Ban appeals and to Discretionary sanctions ==
The following provisions have been added to the procedures of the Arbitration Committee:
<div style="border: 1px #AAA solid; padding: 1em;">
<big>'''Ban appeals'''</big>
An editor who is indefinitely topic-banned or otherwise restricted from editing in a topic area under an Arbitration Committee decision may request an amendment to lift or modify the restriction after an appropriate time period has elapsed. A reasonable minimum time period for such a request will ordinarily be six months, unless the decision provides for a different time or the Committee subsequently determines otherwise. In considering such a request, the Committee will give significant weight to, among other factors, whether the editor in question has established an ability to edit collaboratively and in accordance with Wikipedia policies and guidelines in other topic-areas of the project.
<big>'''Discretionary sanctions'''</big>
Administrators are reminded that:
#Discretionary sanctions are a fast-track procedure to tackle misconduct within defined topic areas and/or to prevent disputes from within the defined topic area overflowing freely into other areas of the encyclopedia;
#Discretionary sanctions may be imposed by any uninvolved administrator after giving due warning;
#Best practice includes seeking additional input prior to applying a novel sanction or when a reasonable, uninvolved editor may question whether the sanction is within the scope of the relevant case;
#Warnings should be clear and unambiguous, link to the decision authorising the sanctions, identify misconduct and advise how the editor may mend their ways;
#Notices of imposed sanctions should specify the misconduct for which they have been imposed as well as the appeal process;
#Discretionary sanctions have an established and clearly defined appeal process, which must be adhered to;
#Overturning arbitration enforcement actions out of process is strictly prohibited per longstanding principle;
#Discretionary sanctions should be used with caution where the community is already dealing with the specific issue through dispute resolution processes.</div>
The first new procedure was adopted by <span class="plainlinks">[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Amendment&oldid=427752811#Request_to_amend_prior_case:_Russavia-Biophys motion]</span> by 11 to 0 (with 1 abstention) on 6 May 2011. The second new procedure was adopted by decision in [[Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Arbitration Enforcement sanction handling#Administrators reminded|''Arbitration Enforcement sanction handling'']] by 11 to 0 (with 0 abstentions) on 5 May 2011.
For the Arbitration Committee,<br/>[[User talk:AGK|<font color="black">'''AGK'''</font>]]<small> <nowiki>[</nowikI>[[User:AGK|•]]<nowiki>]</nowiki></small> 13:08, 7 May 2011 (UTC)
| |||