Wikipedia:Arbitration/Policy/Proposals/Deferring matters

Please direct preliminary discussion to the talk page.

Summary of proposal
If the Arbitration Committee is going to only preside over a certain area, it must have the ability to defer matters appropriately elsewhere. Although not really necessary to add anything to this effect, just a nice thing to include. --AllyUnion (talk) 08:17, 15 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Jurisdiction
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 * 7. The Committee has jurisdiction over the official mailing list "WikiEN-l" and the English Wikipedia only; its jurisdiction does not cover the IRC channels, private email exchanges, nor any other arena of conflict or dispute.

...to either:
 * 7. The Committee may consider contributions made to the official mailing list "WikiEN-l" and the English Wikipedia only; it may not consider disuccsions on the IRC channels, private email exchanges, nor any other arena of conflict or dispute. The Committee shall defer all matters regarding all other Wikimedia Foundation projects that is not in its scope to the appropriate equivalent Arbritration Committee(s).

..or:
 * 7. The Committee may consider contributions made to the official mailing list "WikiEN-l" and the English Wikipedia only; it may not consider discussions on the IRC channels, private email exchanges, nor any other arena of conflict or dispute. The Committee shall defer all matters not in its scope to an appropriate authority or authorities.

..or:
 * 7. The Committee may consider contributions made to the official mailing list "WikiEN-l" and the English Wikipedia only; it may not consider discussions on the IRC channels, private email exchanges, nor any other arena of conflict or dispute. The Committee shall defer all matters regarding all other Wikimedia Foundation projects that is not in its scope to the appropriate authority or authorities in place on that project.

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