Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Arbitration Committee Elections December 2012

The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section. A summary of the conclusions reached follows.

Please excuse me while I commit a massive plagiarism of the closers below.

  • Election: This year there will be 15 Arbitrators. The election will consist of eight 2 year terms. Any new vacancies that open before voting begins will be 1 year terms. Vacancies after voting begins will not be covered in this election. 50% support is minimum to be accepted as an arbitrator.
  • Candidates: Same requirements from last year: 500 edits, editor in good standing, not under block or ban, meets Foundations access to non public data and willing to identify, and has disclosed alternate accounts (or disclosed legitimate accounts to Arbcom)
  • Timeline:
    • Electoral Commission RFC: Now - Saturday 23:59, 17 November (see below)
    • Nominations: Sunday 00:01, 11 November - Tuesday 23:59, 20 November (10 days)
    • Fallow period: Wednesday 00:01, 21 November to 25 November (5 days)
    • Voting period: Monday 00:01, 26 November to 23:59, 9 December (14 days)
    • Scrutineering: Monday 00:01, 9 December - ??? (whenever the Stewards are finished)
    • No dealine for releasing or announcing the results.
  • Guides: Allowed but with some strong suggestions. See below.
  • Voting: A voter needs 150 mainspace edits by 1 November and registered an account before 28 October. The existing system (Support/No Vote/Oppose) will be used with percentages calculated via Support/(Support + Oppose). Secret ballots will be used.
  • (NEW) Electoral Commission: A RFC to be completed NLT 2nd week of Nov and closed by Jimbo and will determine 3 Electoral Commission officials who will solve disputes and problems during the election
  • Questions: While there does seem to be consensus to have a list of general questions, it looks like any specific work to be done on them needs to as yet take place at: Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections December 2012/Questions/General
  • Advertising: The upcoming election should be advertised through a watchlist notice and the traditional notices posted to various community noticeboards. Banners shouldn't be used.

Thanks.--v/r - TP 19:04, 2 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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This is a request for comment about the upcoming December 2012 English Wikipedia Arbitration Committee election.

Purpose of this request for comment: To try and gain at least a rough community consensus on structure, rules, and procedures of the December 2012 English Wikipedia Arbitration Committee election.

Structure: This RfC is divided into portions, each of which contains a question for the community to discuss. The standard RfC structure will be used, in which any user may make a general statement that other users may endorse if they so agree. The questions will be listed in the table of contents below, along with the users who have made statements.

The questions have been chosen from the comments from Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections December 2011/Feedback. More questions may be added if other concerns arise.

Duration: This RfC is scheduled to last for about 30 days; on or after 1 November 2012, it will be closed, and an uninvolved editor(s) will determine the result of the RfC. The results will determine the structure, rules, and procedures for the election.

12:00, 1 October 2012 (UTC)

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