Stewards had meeting during the Wikimania. One of the conclusions is that we need Global arbitration committee as there are more and more cases which just stewards are able to solve somehow. And we are not elected to make decisions.
Please, add your ideas [1] and join the discussion [2]. Below is the initial page.
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During Wikimania 2010 in Gdansk [[stewards]] had meeting. They've concluded that there are more and more issues all around Wikimedia projects in which they have to make urgent decisions, which is according to the [[Steward policy]], but the number of needed decisions is above the comfortable limits. At the other side, as stewards are not able to make any non-urgent decision, conflicts remain unsolved.
Thus, the conclusion is that we need the body which would have mandate to make decisions in conflict resolution, mostly related to the projects which don't have their own arbitration committees or if it is about a dispute which involves at least one whole community (or majority of it). This body will be called "Dispute-resolution committee" or "DRC" below.
The other idea is that it would be good to have one global body which would deal with complains on decisions of other arbitration committees, including with complains on DRC's decisions. This body will be called "Global arbitration committee" or "GAC" below.
Feel free to [[Talk:Requests for comment/Global Arbitration Committee|discuss]] about it, as well as to edit this page by adding your proposals.
== Committees ==
=== Dispute-resolution committee ===
==== Scope ==== This body would have next responsibilities: * First level of dispute-resolution for the communities without arbitration committees. * First level of dispute-resolution which involves one or more communities as whole (or as majority).
==== Choosing members ==== Possible methods for choosing members: * Wikimedia-wide elections. * A group of stewards who are willing to volunteer for this purpose. (This is the suggestion of one of the Board members.) * Appointing the group by some other body. * Wikimedia-wide election for most of the members, and two or three stewards elected from and by the stewards (for fact-finding, etc.) * ...
=== Global arbitration committee ===
==== Scope ==== This body would have next responsibilities: * Defining requirements for having an arbitration committee inside of one project. * Accepting and solving complains on decisions of project-specific arbitration committees. * Accepting and solving complains on decisions of DPR. * Abuse and misuse of high-level access ([[checkuser]], [[oversight]], [[steward]]-rights, taking over the job of the [[Ombudsman commission]])
==== Choosing members ==== Possible methods for choosing members: * Wikimedia-wide elections. * Giving the authority to the [[Ombudsman commission]]. * Appointing the group by the community members of the [[Board]]. * ...
== Other ideas ==
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