Beruflich Dokumente
Kultur Dokumente
Contents
1 History
2 Attention and controversies
3 Arbitration Committees on sister projects
4 References
History
In October 2003, as part of an etiquette discussion on Wikipedia, Alex
T. Roshuk, then legal adviser to the Wikimedia Foundation, drafted a
1,300 word outline of mediation and arbitration. This outline evolved
into the twin Mediation Committee and Arbitration Committee, formally
announced by Jimmy Wales on December 4, 2003.[2][7] Over time the
concept of an "Arbitration Committee" was adopted by other
communities within the Wikimedia Foundation's hosted projects.
When founded, the Committee consisted of 12 arbitrators divided into
three groups of four members each.[1][8] As of 2008, it had decided
around 371 conduct cases, with remedies varying from warnings to
bans.[9][10][not in citation given]