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{{cot|Important: Appeals and administrator modifications of sanctions}}

Note: On 3 May 2014, theThe [[WP:Arbitration Committee|Arbitration Committee]] updated its [https[Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=&oldid=606947133#Motion:_Appeals_and_modificationsDiscretionary sanctions|procedures]] byrelating motion].to Thesemodifications of discretionary sanctions state thatthe following:<!-- Last amended 13 Dec 2018 -->

;Appeals by sanctioned editors

Appeals may be made only by the editor under sanction and only for a currently active sanction. Requests for modification of page restrictions may be made by any editor. The process has three possible stages (see "Important notes" below). The editor may:

# ask the enforcing administrator to reconsider their original decision;

# request review at the [[Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Enforcement|arbitration enforcement noticeboard]] ("AE") or at the [[Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard|administrators’ noticeboard]] ("AN"); and

# submit a request for amendment at the [[Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Clarification and Amendment|amendment requests page]] ("ARCA"]]). If the editor is blocked, the appeal may be made by email through [[User:Arbitration Committee|Special:EmailUser/Arbitration Committee]] (or, if email access is revoked, to {{NonSpamEmailNospam|arbcom-len|2=lists.wikimedia.org}}).

; Modifications by administrators

No administrator may modify or remove a sanction placed by another administrator without:

# the explicit prior affirmative consent of the enforcing administrator; or

# prior affirmative agreement for the modification at (a) AE or (b) AN or (c) ARCA (see "Important notes" below).

Administrators modifying sanctions out of process may at the discretion of the committee be desysopped. Nothing in this section prevents an administrator from replacing an existing sanction issued by another administrator with a new sanction if fresh misconduct has taken place after the existing sanction was applied.

Administrators modifying sanctions out of process may at the discretion of the committee be desysopped.

;Important notes:

Administrators modifying sanctions out of process may at the discretion of the committee be desysopped. Nothing in this section prevents an administrator from replacing an existing sanction issued by another administrator with a new sanction if fresh misconduct has taken place after the existing sanction was applied.

Administrators are free to modify sanctions placed by former administrators – that is, editors who do not have the administrator permission enabled (due to a temporary or permanent relinquishment or desysop) – without regard to the requirements of this section. If an administrator modifies a sanction placed by a former administrator, the administrator who made the modification becomes the "enforcing administrator". If a former administrator regains the tools, the provisions of this section again apply to their unmodified enforcement actions.

;'''Important notes''':

# For a request to succeed, either

::(i) the clear and substantial consensus of (a) uninvolved administrators at AE or (b) uninvolved editors at AN or

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::is required. If consensus at AE or AN is unclear, the status quo prevails.

# <li value="2"> While asking the enforcing administrator and seeking reviews at AN or AE are not mandatory prior to seeking a decision from the committee, once the committee has reviewed a request, further substantive review at any forum is barred. The sole exception is editors under an active sanction who may still request an easing or removal of the sanction on the grounds that said sanction is no longer needed, but such requests may only be made once every six months, or whatever longer period the committee may specify.

# These provisions apply only to discretionary sanctions placed by administrators and to blocks placed by administrators to enforce arbitration case decisions. They do not apply to sanctions directly authorisedauthorized by the committee, and enacted either by arbitrators or by arbitration clerks, or to special functionary blocks of whatever nature.

# All enforcement actions are presumed valid and proper, so the provisions relating to modifying or overturning sanctions apply, until an appeal is successful.

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