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For Arbitration Cases that go through the entire process here are the different phases

# '''Case Request''' ([[../Case request|guide]])''':''' the first step in the Arbitration Case process is for someone to request that there is a case. The person requesting the case is called the "filer". The filer will give the case a name and list potential parties. The name of the case and the parties are not yet finalized. Community members and parties can present further evidence and give a statement about the case. The Arbitrators will discuss the case and what to do. ArbCom must vote to open a case. If they do not, none of the remaining steps will happen. This is called declining a case.

# '''Case opening''' ([[../Introduction to cases|guide]]): There will normally be a delay between when the Arbitrators vote to open a case and when the case is opened. When the case is opened, pages that editors and arbitrators use will be created, a name, scope of the case, and deadlines for the phases will be declared, and a list of parties will be announced. All parties will be notified when the case is opened. There will also be talk pages created for the different phases of the case. These talk pages are a great place for parties to ask questions about how cases and ArbCom work.

# '''Evidence''' ([[../Evidence phase|guide]])''':''' During this phase editors and parties may submit evidence supported by diffs. There is normally a word and diff limit, but extension can be granted. This is the evidence that will be used by the arbitrators when deciding what actions to take.

# '''Workshop and analysis''' ([[../Workshop and analysis phase|guide]]): This phase is designed to help suggest how ArbCom should decide the case. In the workshop, editors and parties may suggest principles, findings of fact, and remedies (see Proposed Decision below for more information about these) and may also provide detailed analysis of the evidence. This is also the page Arbitrators will often use when they have questions they would like to see answered. Not every case will have a workshop phase; when this happens the analysis phase will sometimes remain a separate phase and sometimes will be merged with the evidence phase.

# '''Proposed decision''' ([[../Proposed decision|guide]]): This is the draft decision for the case. It will have three main sections:

#* Principles - highlight the key applicable provisions of policy, procedure, or community practice and, where appropriate, provide the Committee's interpretation of such provisions in the context of the dispute.

#* Findings of fact - summarize the key elements of the parties' conduct. Diffs (or other evidence) may be incorporated but are purely illustrative in nature unless explicitly stated otherwise.

#* Remedies - specify the actions ordered by the Committee to resolve the dispute under considerations. Remedies may include both enforceable provisions (such as edit restrictions or bans) and non-enforceable provisions (such as cautions, reminders, or admonishments), and may apply to individual parties, to groups of parties collectively, or to all editors engaged in a specific type of conduct or working in a specific area.

#:Each individual principle, finding of fact, and remedy will be voted on by Arbitrators. Arbitrators must also vote to close the case, at which time proposals that are passing become part of the final decision.

# '''Final decision''' ([[../Final decision and afterwards|guide]]): After Arbitrators vote to close the case, the clerks will post and enact the decision. Parties to the named in the decision will be notified when this happens.

# '''Enforcement of the decision''' ([[../Final decision and afterwards|guide]]): After the case, remedies such as topic bans may need to be enforced. If an editor is violating a remedy from a case, editors can go to the [[Project:AE|Arbitration Enforcement Noticeboard]] to ask that the remedy be enforced.

== Expectations of behavior during Arbitration proceedings ==