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<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">On Wikimedia Foundation projects, an '''Arbitration Committee''' (sometimes abbreviated as "ArbCom") is a small group of trusted users who serve as a means of dispute resolution that have been initiated on some individual [[Special:MyLanguage/divWikimedia Foundation|Wikimedia Foundation]] projects. Rulings, policies and procedures differ between projects depending on local and cultural contexts. According to the Wikimedia Terms of Use, users are not obliged to have a dispute solved by an ArbCom.</span><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Terms_of_Use/en#13._Disputes_and_Jurisdiction |title=Wikimedia Terms of Use - # 13 Disputes and Jurisdictions |access-date=November 14, 2022 |archive-date=March 18, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210318221122/https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Terms_of_Use/en#13._Disputes_and_Jurisdiction }}</ref> <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">The first Wikimedia project to use an arbitration committee was the [[Swedish Wikipedia|Swedish Wikipedia]].</span><ref>{{cite journal |title=Wikitruth Through Wikiorder |journal=Emory Law Journal |year=2010 |first=David A. |last=Hoffman |author2=Salil Mehra |volume=59 |issue=2010 |ssrn=1354424}}</ref> <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">The [[Special:MyLanguage/English Wikipedia|English Wikipedia]] ArbCom was created by [[User:Jimbo Wales|Jimmy Wales]] as an extension of the decision-making power he formerly held as CEO of site-owner Bomis Inc., to take over his role in resolving complex disputes between users.</span><ref name='Wales1'>{{cite web |url=https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/[e-mail]/message/MOI6255G4Y4XYXOSQFN6QJDZF45O6GG6/ |title=[WikiEN-l] Wikiquette committee appointments |access-date=November 14, 2022 |last=Wales |first=Jimmy |date=December 4, 2003 |website=lists.wikimedia.org |publisher=[[Wikimedia Foundation]] |archive-date=June 29, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210629154748/https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/[e-mail]/message/MOI6255G4Y4XYXOSQFN6QJDZF45O6GG6/ }}</ref> <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">Arbitration Committees are now used on 12 Wikipedia versions.</span>

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On Wikimedia Foundation projects an '''Arbitration Committee''' (sometimes abbreviated as "ArbCom") is a small group of trusted users who serve as a means of dispute resolution that have been initiated on some individual [[Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia Foundation|Wikimedia Foundation]] projects. Rulings, policies and procedures differ between projects depending on local and cultural contexts. According to the Wikimedia Terms of Use, users are not obliged to have a dispute solved by an ArbCom.

</div><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Terms_of_Use/en#13._Disputes_and_Jurisdiction |title=Wikimedia Terms of Use - # 13 Disputes and Jurisdictions |access-date=November 14, 2022 |archive-date=March 18, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210318221122/https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Terms_of_Use/en#13._Disputes_and_Jurisdiction }}</ref>

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The first Wikimedia project to use an arbitration committee was the [[Swedish Wikipedia|Swedish Wikipedia]].

</div><ref>{{cite journal |title=Wikitruth Through Wikiorder |journal=Emory Law Journal |year=2010 |first=David A. |last=Hoffman |author2=Salil Mehra |volume=59 |issue=2010 |ssrn=1354424}}</ref> <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">The [[Special:MyLanguage/English Wikipedia|English Wikipedia]] ArbCom was created by [[User:Jimbo Wales|Jimmy Wales]] as an extension of the decision-making power he formerly held as CEO of site-owner Bomis Inc., to take over his role in resolving complex disputes between users.</span><ref name='Wales1'>{{cite web |url=https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/[e-mail]/message/MOI6255G4Y4XYXOSQFN6QJDZF45O6GG6/ |title=[WikiEN-l] Wikiquette committee appointments |access-date=November 14, 2022 |last=Wales |first=Jimmy |date=December 4, 2003 |website=lists.wikimedia.org |publisher=[[Wikimedia Foundation]] |archive-date=June 29, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210629154748/https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/[e-mail]/message/MOI6255G4Y4XYXOSQFN6QJDZF45O6GG6/ }}</ref>

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Arbitration Committees are now used on eleven Wikipedia versions and the English Wikinews.

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=== <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">Wikipedia projects</span> ===

{| class="wikitable sortable"

! <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">Project</span>

! <span class="mw-translate-fuzzy">નામ</span>

! <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">Established</span>

! <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">E-mail</span>

! <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">Private wiki</span>

! <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">Notes</span>

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| cs – [[:cs:Wikipedie:Arbitrážní výbor|Czech{{#language:cs|{{PAGELANGUAGE}}}}]]

| Arbitrážní výbor

| {{DateT|2006}}

| {{nospam|arbcom-cs|lists.wikimedia.org}}

| arbcom-cs.wikipedia.org

|

|-

| de – [[:de:Wikipedia:Schiedsgericht|German{{#language:de|{{PAGELANGUAGE}}}}]]

| Schiedsgericht

| {{DateT|2007}}

| {{Nospam|arbcomde-l|lists.wikimedia.org}}

| arbcom-de.wikipedia.org

|

|-

| en – [[:en:Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee|English{{#language:en|{{PAGELANGUAGE}}}}]]

| Arbitration Committee

| {{DateT|2004}}

| {{Nospam|arbcom-en|wikimedia.org}}

| arbcom-en.wikipedia.org

|

|-

| fa – [[:fa:ویکی‌پدیا:هیئت نظارت|Persian{{#language:fa|{{PAGELANGUAGE}}}}]]

| هیئت نظارت

| {{DateT|2010}}

|

|

| <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">Limited purview, mainly a supervisory council for complaints against admins</span>

|-

| fi – [[:fi:Wikipedia:Välityslautakunta|Finnish{{#language:fi|{{PAGELANGUAGE}}}}]]

| Välityslautakunta

| {{DateT|2007}}

|

| arbcom-fi.wikipedia.org

|

|-

|fr hu – [[:frhu:Wikipédia:Comité d'arbitrageWikitanács|{{#language:hu|French{{PAGELANGUAGE}}}}]]

| Wikitanács

|Comité d'arbitrage

| {{DateT|2009}}

|2013

|{{Nospam|car-fr-l|lists.wikimedia.org}}

|

| <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">No arbitrators elected in last elections. Inactive until next elections.</span>

|-

|hu – [[:hu:Wikipédia:Wikitanács|Hungarian]]

|Wikitanács

|2009

|

|

|

|-

|nl it – [[:nlit:Wikipedia:ArbitragecommissieCommissione arbitrale|{{#language:it|Dutch{{PAGELANGUAGE}}}}]]

| Commissione arbitrale

|Arbitragecommissie

| {{DateT|2024}}

|2007

| {{Nospam|arbcomwikipedia-nlit-arbcom|lists.wikimedia.org}}

| wikipedia-it-arbcom.wikimedia.org

|arbcom-nl.wikipedia.org

| <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">Deals with complaints regarding the UCoC enforcement and appeals to block following a community procedure for problematic users (note: this procedure applies also to admins and could lead to deflag by community)</span>

|-

| nl – [[:nl:Wikipedia:Arbitragecommissie|{{#language:nl|{{PAGELANGUAGE}}}}]]

| Arbitragecommissie

| {{DateT|2007}}

| {{Nospam|cararbcom-fr-lnl|lists.wikimedia.org}}

| arbcom-nl.wikipedia.org

|

|-

| pl – [[:pl:Wikipedia:Komitet Arbitrażowy|Polish{{#language:pl|{{PAGELANGUAGE}}}}]]

| Komitet Arbitrażowy

| {{DateT|2007}}

| {{Nospam|wikipedia-pl-arbcom|lists.wikimedia.org}}

|

|

|

|-

| ru – [[:ru:Википедия:Арбитражный комитет|Russian{{#language:ru|{{PAGELANGUAGE}}}}]]

| Арбитражный комитет

| {{DateT|2005}}

| {{Nospam|arbcom-ru|wikimedia.org}}

| arbcom-ru.wikipedia.org

| <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">New every half-a-year</span>

|-

| uk – [[:uk:Вікіпедія:Арбітражний комітет|Ukrainian{{#language:uk|{{PAGELANGUAGE}}}}]]

| Арбітражний комітет

| {{DateT|2009}}

|

|

|

|}

=== <span class="mw-translate-fuzzy">વિકિસમાચાર</span> ===

{| class="wikitable"

!<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">Project</span>

!<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">Native name</span>

!<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">Established</span>

!<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">E-mail</span>

!<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">Private wiki</span>

!<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">Notes</span>

|-

| zh – [[:zh:Wikipedia:仲裁委员会|{{#language:zh|{{PAGELANGUAGE}}}}]]

|en - [[n:Wikinews:Arbitration Committee|English Wikinews]]

| 仲裁委员会/仲裁委員會

|Arbitration Committee

| {{DateT|2025}}

|2006

| {{Nospam|arbcom-zh|wikimedia.org}}

|

| wikipedia-zh-arbcom.wikimedia.org

|

|<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">The idea was [[:zh:Wikipedia:常年提案#仲裁委员会|rejected several times]], until the [[:zh:Wikipedia:徵求意見/2024年管理人員制度改革#議案4A：引入仲裁制度|recent discussion in 2024]] which reached a consensus to establish it, and the first election of its members was held in November 2024</span>

|

|}

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==Projects with inactive, trial or dissolved Arbitration Committees==

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; <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">Wikipedia versions</span>:

* [[:ar:ويكيبيديا:مجلس التحكيم|અરબી]] ([https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=ar&tl=en&u=https%3A//ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%25D9%2588%25D9%258A%25D9%2583%25D9%258A%25D8%25A8%25D9%258A%25D8%25AF%25D9%258A%25D8%25A7%3A%25D9%2585%25D8%25AC%25D9%2584%25D8%25B3_%25D8%25A7%25D9%2584%25D8%25AA%25D8%25AD%25D9%2583%25D9%258A%25D9%2585 નિષ્ક્રિય])

* <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">[[:bg:Уикипедия:Арбитражен комитет|Bulgarian]] (there is [[:bg:Уикипедия:Политика на арбитриране|a page on arbitration policy]]; an ArbCom hasn't been established yet)</span>

* <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">[[:hr:Wikipedija:Arbitražni odbor|Croatian]] (inactive)</span>

*:* <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">(First version) [[:hr:Wikipedija:Arbitraža|An ArbCom]] that was proposed (and discussed) in May 2007, never reached consensus</span>

*:* <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">([[:hr:Wikipedija:Arbitražni odbor|Second version]]) Existed from 7 June 2009 to 23 January 2010</span>

* <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">[[:it:Wikipedia:Arbitrato|Italian]] ([//it.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Speciale%3ARegistri&type=&user=&page=Wikipedia%3AArbitrato page deleted]).</span>

*: <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">An ArbCom was proposed in 2006, never reached consensus.</span>

* <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">[[:es:Wikipedia:Comité de Resolución de Conflictos|Spanish]] (dissolved April 2009)</span>

* <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">[[:ko:백:중재위원회|Korean]] (No arbitrators elected since December 2015, arbcom function suspended as of 18 March 2017.)</span>

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* <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">[[:sl:Wikipedija:Arbitražni komite|Slovenian]] ([[:w:sl:Wikipedija:Arbitražni komite|deleted]], with a redirect to [[:sl:Wikipedija:Mediacija|Wikipedija:Mediacija]]). The page exists only as a framework for eventual setting up. The mediation wasn't needed so far, so the rules for the election process haven't been established yet.</span>

* <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">[[:th:วิกิพีเดีย:คณะอนุญาโตตุลาการ|Thai]] (term expired in January 2016, no elections held since)</span>

* [[:fr:Wikipédia:Comité d'arbitrage|{{#language:fr|{{PAGELANGUAGE}}}}]] <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">(Composition lacks quorum since September 2021)</span>

; <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">WikivoyageWikinews versions</span>:

* [[voyn:esWikinews:Wikiviajes:ComitéArbitration de ArbitrajeCommittee|<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw{{int|Project-contentlocalized-name-ltr">Spanish</span>enwikinews}}]] ([[voy:es:Wikiviajes:La posada/Archivos/2013/01#Comité de Arbitraje{{int|parentheses|2=<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">Proposalestablished rejectedin 2006, inactive since 2021</span>]])}}

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== આ પણ જુઓ ==

* [[Special:MyLanguage/Arbitration Committee/Election processes|<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">Wikimedia Arbitration committees electionCommittee/Election processes</span>]]

* [[Special:MyLanguage/Arbitration Committee/Cross-wiki arbitration committee|<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">[[Cross-wikiArbitration arbitration committee|Committee/Cross-wiki arbitration committee]]</span>]]

* [[wikt:arbitration]], [[wikt:committee]]

* <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">[[Cross-wiki arbitration committee|Cross-wiki arbitration committee]]</span>

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== સંદર્ભો ==

==References==

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