The following contains one or more matters being considered for adoption by the Arbitration Committee. The final decision regarding these items will be made by the Committee, but comments from all editors are encouraged.
1. I 2. The Arbitration Committee shall delegate routine review of editor appeals (such as appeals of blocks or imposed sanctions) that are brought before it to one or more subsidiary appeal review committees (ARCs).
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Appeal review committees
Sanction Appeal Review Committee
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1. II.1 2. A Sanction Appeal Review Committee (SARC) shall be created to review appeals of any administrative measures taken under the provisions of an Arbitration Committee ruling (including, but not limited to, article probation and discretionary sanctions).
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Block Appeal Review Committee
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1. II.2 2. A Block Appeal Review Committee (BARC) shall be created to review appeals of any blocks and bans imposed by administrators.
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1. II.2.a 2. The BARC shall not address matters within the scope of the SARC.
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Administrative Action Appeal Review Committee
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1. II.3 2. An Administrative Action Appeal Review Committee (AAARC) shall be created to review appeals of all administrative actions.
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1. II.3.a 2. The AAAC shall not address matters within the scopes of the SARC and BARC.
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Appeal committee composition
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1. III.1 2. Members of all ARCs shall be appointed by the Arbitration Committee.
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1. III.1.a 2. Membership of an ARC shall be open to any administrator.
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1. III.1.b 2. Membership of an ARC shall be open to any user in good standing.
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1. III.1.c 2. Members of an ARC may be removed by the Arbitration Committee.
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Appeal committee procedures
Submissions
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1. IV.1 2. Any editor subject to an administrative action for which there exists an applicable ARC may appeal to that ARC for review of the action.
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1. IV.1.a 2. Editors who believe that the applicable ARC will be unable to properly consider their appeal may request that the Arbitration Committee review it directly.
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1. IV.1.b 2. Sanctions imposed directly by the Arbitration Committee as part of an arbitration case shall not be subject to appeal to an ARC.
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1. IV.1.c 2. All appeals to an ARC shall be public.
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Deliberations
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1. IV.2 2. ARCs shall conduct all deliberations publicly.
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1. IV.2.a 2. ARCs shall produce a final decision by rough consensus.
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1. IV.2.b 2. ARCs shall produce a final decision by majority vote.
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Decisions
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1. IV.3 2. When deliberations are complete, an ARC shall confirm, modify, or reverse the administrative action which was appealed.
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1. IV.3.a 2. An ARC shall take the appropriate action directly. Further appeals may be made to the Arbitration Committee directly.
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1. IV.3.b 2. An ARC shall make a recommendation to the Arbitration Committee, which may choose to accept the proposed action or to hear the appeal directly, at its discretion.
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1. IV.3.c 2. If an ARC is unable to come to a decision, for whatever reason, it shall make a statement to that effect to the Arbitration Committee.
