Arbitration Committee/lt

On Wikimedia Foundation projects, an Arbitration Committee (sometimes abbreviated as "ArbCom") is a small group of trusted users who serve as a means of dispute resolution that have been initiated on some individual Wikimedia Foundation projects. Rulings, policies and procedures differ between projects depending on local and cultural contexts. According to the Wikimedia Terms of Use, users are not obliged to have a dispute solved by an ArbCom.

The first Wikimedia project to use an arbitration committee was the Swedish Wikipedia.

The English Wikipedia ArbCom was created by Jimmy Wales as an extension of the decision-making power he formerly held as CEO of site-owner Bomis Inc., to take over his role in resolving complex disputes between users.

Arbitration Committees are now used on 12 Wikipedia versions.

Composition

Committees typically have five to fifteen members, who are known as Arbitrators. Terms vary in length, with some as long as three years.

Projects with Arbitration Committees

Wikipedia projects

Project	Native name	Established	El. paštas	Private wiki	Pastabos
cs – čekų	Arbitrážní výbor	2006 m.	arbcom-cslistswikimediaorg	arbcom-cs.wikipedia.org
de – vokiečių	Schiedsgericht	2007 m.	arbcomde-llistswikimediaorg	arbcom-de.wikipedia.org
en – anglų	Arbitration Committee	2004 m.	arbcom-enwikimediaorg	arbcom-en.wikipedia.org
fa – persų	هیئت نظارت	2010 m.			Limited purview, mainly a supervisory council for complaints against admins
fi – suomių	Välityslautakunta	2007 m.		arbcom-fi.wikipedia.org
hu – vengrų	Wikitanács	2009 m.
it – italų	Commissione arbitrale	2024 m.	wikipedia-it-arbcomlistswikimediaorg	wikipedia-it-arbcom.wikimedia.org	Deals with complaints regarding the UCoC enforcement and appeals to block following a community procedure for problematic users (note: this procedure applies also to admins and could lead to deflag by community)
nl – olandų	Arbitragecommissie	2007 m.	arbcom-nllistswikimediaorg	arbcom-nl.wikipedia.org
pl – lenkų	Komitet Arbitrażowy	2007 m.	wikipedia-pl-arbcomlistswikimediaorg
ru – rusų	Арбитражный комитет	2005 m.	arbcom-ruwikimediaorg	arbcom-ru.wikipedia.org	New every half-a-year
uk – ukrainiečių	Арбітражний комітет	2009 m.
zh – kinų	仲裁委员会/仲裁委員會	2025 m.	wikipedia-zh-arbcomlistswikimediaorg		The idea was rejected for several times, until the recent discussion in 2024 which reached a consensus to establish it, and the first election of its members was held in November 2024

Projects with inactive, trial or dissolved Arbitration Committees

Wikipedia versions

• Arabic (inactive)
• Bulgarian (there is a page on arbitration policy; an ArbCom hasn't been established yet)
• Croatian (inactive)
  • (First version) An ArbCom that was proposed (and discussed) in May 2007, never reached consensus
  • (Second version) Existed from 7 June 2009 to 23 January 2010
• Spanish (dissolved April 2009)
• Korean (No arbitrators elected since December 2015, arbcom function suspended as of 18 March 2017.)
• Occitan (A setting up was proposed in 2006, an election has been planned in December 2008 but was never realized)
• Portuguese (dissolved January 2012)
• Swedish (inactive)
• Slovenian (deleted, with a redirect to Wikipedija:Mediacija). The page exists only as a framework for eventual setting up. The mediation wasn't needed so far, so the rules for the election process haven't been established yet.
• Thai (term expired in January 2016, no elections held since)
• prancūzų (No arbitrators elected since September 2021)

Wikivoyage versions

• Ispanų Vikikelionės (proposal rejected)

Wikinews versions

• Anglų Vikinaujienos (established in 2006, inactive since 2021)

Taip pat skaitykite

• Arbitration Committee/Election processes
• Arbitration Committee/Cross-wiki arbitration committee
• wikt:arbitration, wikt:committee

References