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Policy Proposal
This is a policy proposal for proposing the creation of a Arbitration Committee (ArbCom). This is proposed to avoid incidents, where discussion for consensus would be unreasonable, or is extremely serious in nature. '''Note to all Wikipedia Editors: This is NOT a copy and paste of the English Wikipedia policy. Please read. ''' If you would like to reject this policy due to a specific flaw, feel free to note down the flaw, and I would change it as soon as the RfC is over.

Purpose
The purpose of this committee is to avoid incredibly long arguments (6 hour incident), and to give a resolution quickly, in serious incidents. Both parties will submit evidence to the committee, and the committee will decide on a result, and deputize staff members to enforce the decision. They are responsible for:
 * To act as a final binding decision-maker primarily for serious conduct disputes the community has been unable to resolve;


 * To handle requests (other than self-requests) for removal of administrative tools;


 * To close extremely controversial RfCs, where there the consensus is extremely unclear.


 * To act as a alternative to consensus discussion, if it is deemed unreasonable.

Members
The members of this committee shall consist of all current administrators, and an equivalent number of regular members, plus one. The members shall be selected via a vote. Non-admin Arbitrators should serve for 6 month terms. There shall be 3 different voting options, each for every candidate, with Yes, Not Voting, and No. All member spots shall be filled after each election, and the results should be publicly announced. Out of all the candidates, the most popular ones, would enter the committee. Popularity should be calculated with yes/(yes+no).

Process of a case
For a case to begin, someone would post a message at the "ArbCom" category on the discuss pages. ArbCom then decides for which cases to hear, which requires 50% approval, and which to not. Afterwards, all the sides would be notified, and they would submit evidence to ArbCom. ArbCom would then vote, and, for a resolution to pass, would require 60-80% support, as determined at the beginning of each case, by the members, which requires a 50% approval to determine the amount of support that is necessary to complete the resolution.

Types of proceedings
Generally, ArbCom proceedings should be in public, because that they are elected. In certain circumstances where privacy is needed, it may be held in private.

Use of Discord
Most proceedings should be conducted through discord, with evidence posted by both parties on the wiki. There should be 3 channels. One for private conversations, for holding private proceedings, and a public channel, for most proceedings, and lastly, a private chat channel, for unrelated communication with arbitrators. For sensitive evidence, they should be DMed to the arbitrator, or emailed to them.

Appeals
The results of the proceedings are appealable, but only after 6-12 months have passed from the result. The exact length of time shall be decided and put with the resolution.

Bans
Bans may be implemented by the committee as a result of a decision. The a committee has a choice to make bans non-appealable, or to a certain group or persons after a set amount of time.

When arbitrators should not vote
Arbitrators should NEVER vote when either:
 * They have a conflict of interest with one of the involved editors and/or the incident/situation
 * Whenever as reasonable deemed by the arbitrator, themselves.