Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee/CheckUser and Oversight/2018 CUOS appointments
Applications to serve as a functionary are being accepted until 23:59, 12 September 2018 (UTC).
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The Arbitration Committee is seeking to appoint additional editors to the CheckUser and Oversight teams.
Prospective applicants must be familiar with (i) policies relevant to CU and/or OS and (ii) the global privacy policy and related documents. They must have good communication and team-working skills. CheckUser candidates must be familiar with basic networking topics and with SPI tools and techniques, and preferably are willing to volunteer at ACC or UTRS. Applicants must also be:
- available to regularly assist with the workload;
- familiar with Wikipedia processes, policies, and guidelines;
- at least 18 years of age and have legal majority in their jurisdiction of residence;
- willing to disclose all other accounts they have operated to the committee;
- willing to agree to the WMF Access to Non-Public Information Policy.
We welcome all applicants with suitable interest to apply, but this year we have particular need of applicants who are:
- Familiar with common ISPs and editing patterns from Asia and Eastern Europe.
- Familiar with IPv6.
- Familiar with identification of factors that may change a result or block, such as ISP, location, activity, or type of network.
- Experienced in analyzing behavioral evidence for sockpuppetry investigations.
- Interested in mentoring editors who wish to become SPI clerks.
- Active users of non-standard venues, such as IRC, the account creation interface, OTRS, or the Unblock Ticket Request System
- Interested in handling sockpuppetry investigations related to paid editing.
- Available to handle oversight requests between 03:00 and 12:00 UTC.
Applicants must be aware that they are likely to receive considerable internal and external scrutiny. External scrutiny may include attempts to investigate on- and off-wiki activities; previous candidates have had personal details revealed and unwanted contact made with employers and family. We are unable to prevent this and such risks will continue if you are successful.
Appointment process
- Dates are provisional and subject to change
- Applications: 1 Sept to 12 Sept
Candidates self-nominate by email to arbcom-en-c
lists.wikimedia.org. Each candidate will receive an application questionnaire to be completed and returned to the arbcom-en-c mailing list before the nomination period ends. This should include a nomination statement, to a maximum of 250 words, for inclusion on the candidate's nomination sub-page(s).
- Review period: 12 Sept to 15 Sept
The committee will review applications and ask the functionary team for their feedback.
- Notification of candidates: 16 Sept to 18 Sept
The committee will notify candidates going forward for community consultation and create the candidate subpages containing the submitted nomination statements.
- Community consultation: 18 Sept to 29 Sept
Nomination statements will be published and candidates invited to answer questions publicly. The community is invited to ask questions and to comment on each candidate. Comments may be posted on the candidates' subpages or submitted privately by email to arbcom-en-c
lists.wikimedia.org. Editors are encouraged to include a detailed rationale, supported by relevant links where appropriate.
- Appointments: by 11 Oct
The committee will review community comments and other relevant factors, finalize an internal resolution, and publish the resulting appointments. Successful candidates are required to sign the Confidentiality agreement for nonpublic information prior to receiving permissions.