Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee/Open matters/Devolution

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.

Preface

Some of the proposals below are extracted from several earlier documents (chiefly Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee/June 2008 announcements/Appeals Review List and Wikipedia:Devolution) as well as earlier discussion by the Arbitration Committee. No attempt has been made to replicate the full rationale for those proposals here.

Proposals

Appeal review devolution

Proposal variants:

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

Proposal variants:

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

Proposal variants:

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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Proposal variants:

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

Proposal variants:

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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Proposal variants:

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

Proposal variants:

1. III.1
2. Members of all ARCs shall be appointed by the Arbitration Committee.

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Membership

Proposal variants:

1. III.1.a
2. Membership of an ARC shall be open to any administrator.

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Proposal variants:

1. III.1.b
2. Membership of an ARC shall be open to any user in good standing.

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Removal

Proposal variants:

1. III.1.c
2. Members of an ARC may be removed by the Arbitration Committee.

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Appeal committee procedures

Submissions

Proposal variants:

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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Direct appeals

Proposal variants:

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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Arbitration sanctions

Proposal variants:

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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Public appeals

Proposal variants:

1. IV.1.c
2. All appeals to an ARC shall be public.

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Deliberations

Proposal variants:

1. IV.2
2. ARCs shall conduct all deliberations publicly.

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Final decisions

Proposal variants:

1. IV.2.a
2. ARCs shall produce a final decision by rough consensus.

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Proposal variants:

1. IV.2.b
2. ARCs shall produce a final decision by majority vote.

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Implementation of decisions

Proposal variants:

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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Acting party

Proposal variants:

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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Proposal variants:

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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Inability to decide

Proposal variants:

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.

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