• 21 Aug, 2019

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Wikipedia:ACN

As a reminder, the committee welcomes applications for these positions at any time but is keen to hold an appointments round in the next few weeks. Editors interested in becoming arbitration clerks, or administrators interested in the conflict of interest VRT queue, checkuser, or oversight are encouraged to email arbcom-en-cwikimedia.org before the end of Sunday 13 October. Thank you, HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 10:06, 3 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 52 § Call for applications: clerks, COI queue, checkuser, and oversight

Over the course of this year, my personal circumstances have changed profoundly and in ways I could not have anticipated at the time of the elections last year. I now painfully lack the time and energy to be a useful arbitrator and I do not expect that to change anytime soon; accordingly, I resign with immediate effect. I apologize that I was unable to complete my term. Maxim (talk) 13:37, 6 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 51 § Resignation of Maxim

The Arbitration Committee has received applications for CheckUser and conflict of interest VRT queue access and has reviewed them in consultation with the functionaries team. The Community is invited to evaluate the candidacies and comment at the CheckUser and COI VRT consultations until the end of 1 November 2024 (UTC).

On behalf of the Committee, Sdrqaz (talk) 02:57, 26 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Discuss this at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard § CheckUser and conflict of interest VRT consultations, October 2024

The Arbitration Committee has been informed that, following a request from an English Wikipedia editor, Stewards Johannnes89 (talk · contribs), EPIC (talk · contribs), and Yahya (talk · contribs) have volunteered to serve as scrutineers for the administrator elections being held this month using SecurePoll. The Committee notes that SecurePoll election scrutineers often use local CheckUser permissions in order to fully perform their functions.

The Arbitration Committee has been unable to locate community discussions that establish consensus for appointing Stewards from outside the English Wikipedia to serve as CheckUsers for this purpose, which would bypass the Committee's established procedures for functionary appointments in ordinary circumstances.

Nonetheless, the Committee has decided to appoint the three Steward volunteers as English Wikipedia CheckUsers for the duration of the election in order to facilitate the election process. In future cases, the Committee will request a showing of affirmative community consensus for selecting scrutineers from among Stewards outside the English Wikipedia before granting such access outside of the ordinary procedure.

Accordingly, the Arbitration Committee grants temporary English Wikipedia CheckUser permissions to Stewards Johannnes89, EPIC, and Yahya, solely for the purpose of their acting as scrutineers in the ongoing administrator elections.

For the Arbitration Committee, KevinL (aka L235 · t · c) 14:57, 28 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Discuss this at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard § CheckUser access for administrator election scrutineers

I am resigning from the Arbitration Committee, effective December 31, 2024. I am announcing my resignation now in order to allow the election of someone to complete the second year of my term through the upcoming election process.

It's painfully obvious to anyone with eyes and a brain that I've not had anywhere near the time I need to be an effective contributor (or even an ineffective one...!) in the latter half of this year. Long story short I picked up new responsibilities at work in the middle of the year, and while I thought it wouldn't have much of an impact on free time, it absolutely did on free energy.

I considered standing down before this point, but (a) we were close enough to ACE that I thought it best to align things, and (b) I always had just enough hope that next couple of weeks it'll be better and yet it never was. I apologise unreservedly for not being able to contribute effectively recently, and therefore live up to the expectations the community places on Arbitrators.

As I have said on-list, for the avoidance of doubt when the time comes I shall relinquish both CU and OS as I am unlikely to have the time to meet the activity requirements and don't want to waste ArbCom's time prodding me. I can always pick up CU again if (hopefully when!) I return to meaningful activity. firefly ( t · c ) 21:53, 5 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Discuss this at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard § Resignation of Firefly; effective Dec 31, 2024