WikiQueer:Arbitration Committee

The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the WikiQueer arbitration process. It has the authority to impose binding solutions to disputes between editors, primarily for serious conduct disputes the community has been unable to resolve. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail.

In addition to its role in dispute resolution, the Committee determines which editors have access to CheckUser and Oversight permissions, and considers certain matters where exceptional factors such as privacy preclude a public hearing.

Arbitrators are neither Aequalitas Project employees or agents, nor WikiQueer executives. They are volunteer users—usually experienced editors and administrators—whom the community of editors at large elects to resolve the most complex or intractable disputes that may arise within the community, and to oversee the few areas where access to non-public information is a prerequisite.

The Arbitration Committee does not have a chair, but may designate one arbitrator to coordinate timely performance of tasks.