Arbitration Committee/ks-arab

A short explainer of how Arbitration Committees work

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.

مَضموٗن نِگٲری

کٔمیٖٹیَن چھِ پرؠتھ دۄہ پٲٹھی پانژھ(۵) تا پَنٛدہ(۱۵) رُکُن، یِمہٕ زاننہٕ یوان چھِ "آربِٹریٹٲرٕز". معاملہٕ چھِ تبدیٖل گژھان زیچھرَس منٛز، کُنہِ سٕتی صِرف ترؠن(۳) ؤریَن تام.

Projects with Arbitration Committees

وِکیٖپیٖڈیا ؤرجَنٕز

مَنصوٗبہٕ	ناو	Established	اِیٖی-ڈاک	پوٗشیٖدٕ وِکی	Governing document	نوٹٕس
cs – چیک	Arbitrážní výbor	2006	arbcom-cs listswikimediaorg	arbcom-cs.wikipedia.org	Pravidla arbitráže ("Arbitration Rules")
de – جٔرمَن	Schiedsgericht	2007	arbcomde-l listswikimediaorg	arbcom-de.wikipedia.org	[Schiedsgericht] Regeln ("[Arbitration Committee] Rules")
en – اَنگیٖزؠ	Arbitration Committee	2004	arbcom-en wikimediaorg	arbcom-en.wikipedia.org	Arbitration Policy
fi – فِنِش	Välityslautakunta	2007		arbcom-fi.wikipedia.org	Välityskäytäntö ("Arbitration Policy")
fr – فرانسیسی	Comité de nomination	2020	wikipedia-fr-comite-nomination listswikimediaorg		[Comité de nomination] Règlement ("[Nominating Committee] Rules")	Limited purview. Not for arbitration. Serves only the ArbCom function of appointing CheckUsers and Suppressors, as stated in the policies. The French Wikipedia has another ArbCom for arbitration, but it is inactive.
hu – ہَنگیریَن	Wikitanács	2009			Policy set within the committee's main page
it – اِطالوی	Commissione arbitrale	2024	wikipedia-it-arbcom listswikimediaorg	wikipedia-it-arbcom.wikimedia.org	Policy set within the committee's main page	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 – ڈَچ	Arbitragecommissie	2007	arbcom-nl listswikimediaorg	arbcom-nl.wikipedia.org	[Arbitragecommissie] Reglementen ("[Arbitration Committee] Regulations")	Due to a U4C case, it's currently unclear whether nlwiki ArbCom is still active or not
pl – پالِش	Komitet Arbitrażowy	2007	wikipedia-pl-arbcom listswikimediaorg	wikipedia-pl-arbcom.wikimedia.org	Polityka arbitrażu ("Arbitration Policy")
ru – روٗسی	Арбитражный комитет	2005	arbcom-ru wikimediaorg	arbcom-ru.wikipedia.org	Принципы работы арбитража ("Principles of Arbitration")	New every half-a-year
uk – یوٗکرینیٲیی	Арбітражний комітет	2009	wikipedia-uk-arbcom listswikimediaorg		Арбітражний регламент ("Arbitration Rules")
zh – چیٖنی ﴿ترجمع اِشارٕ: خاص طور، مینڈارن چیٖنی۔﴾	仲裁委员会/仲裁委員會	2025	arbcom-zh wikimediaorg	wikipedia-zh-arbcom.wikimedia.org	仲裁方針 ("Arbitration Policy")	Idea rejected several times, until the recent discussion in 2024 which reached a consensus for establishment, and the first election of its members held in November 2024, with the members assuming office on January 1, 2025.

Projects with inactive, trial, or dissolved Arbitration Committees

وِکیٖپیٖڈیا ؤرجَنٕز:

• عربی (نا عملی)
• Bulgarian (there is a page on arbitration policy; an ArbCom hasn't been established yet)
• کروایٚٹِین (نا عملی)
  • (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
• سِپینِش (اپریل ۲۰۰۹ مکلِیامُت)
• 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)
• پورتُگیز (مکلِیامُت جنؤری ۲۰۱۲)
• سِیوڈِش (بے عملی)
• 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.
• تھایی (جنؤری ۲۰۱۶ ہَس منٛز چھےٚ یہِ ٹٕرٔم مکلِیامٔژ، پتہٕ گوۄ نہٕ کانٛہہ تہِ چُناو)
• فرانسیسی (Composition lacks quorum since September 2021)
• فارسی (formed in 2010 with limited purview, mainly a supervisory council for complaints against admins; not been in session since 2024)

Wikinews:

• English Wikinews (established in 2006, inactive since 2021, project closed in 2026)

بییہٚ وُچُھو

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

References