Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee/Audit Subcommittee/2013 appointments

The Arbitration Committee is seeking to appoint three non-arbitrator members to the Audit Subcommittee ("AUSC"). The Committee is comprised of six members and is tasked with investigations concerning the use of CheckUser and Oversight privileges on the English Wikipedia. The AUSC also monitors CheckUser and Oversight activity and use of the applicable tools. The current non-arbitrator members are Avraham, MBisanz, and Ponyo, whose terms were to expire on February 28 but were extended with their agreement until April 30 by the Committee.

Matters brought before the subcommittee may be time-sensitive and subcommittee members should be prepared and available to discuss cases promptly so they may be resolved in a timely manner. Sitting subcommittee members are expected to actively participate in AUSC proceedings and may be replaced should they become inactive. All subcommittee members are subject to the relevant local and global policies and guidelines concerning CheckUser and Oversight.

The subcommittee is made up of three arbitrators (who typically serve six-month terms) and three at-large members appointed for one-year terms. Applicants must be at least eighteen years old and must identify to the Wikimedia Foundation. Active subcommittee members are given the CheckUser and Oversight permissions for the duration of their term, and have access to the Arbcom-audit-en, Functionaries-en, Checkuser-l, and Oversight-l mailing lists as well as the oversight-en-wp OTRS queue.

Details on the appointment process may be found below.

Appointment process

 * Dates are provisional and subject to change


 * Applications: 16 March – 1 April Candidates self-nominate by email to . Each candidate will receive an application questionnaire to be completed and returned to the arbcom-en-c mailing list. The completed application should include a nomination statement, to a maximum of 250 words, for inclusion on the candidate's nomination sub-page(s).


 * Review period by the Arbitration Committee: 1–8 April During this period, the Arbitration Committee will review applications, notify the candidates going forward for community consultation, and create candidate sub-pages as necessary. The pages will be transcluded to the Candidates section below prior to the community consultation period.


 * Community consultation: 9–17 April The nomination statements are published and the candidates invited to answer standard questions and any additional questions the community may pose. Simultaneously, the community is invited to comment on the suitability or unsuitability of each candidate. These comments may either be posted publicly on the candidates' pages or submitted privately by email to . Editors are encouraged to include a detailed rationale, supported by relevant links where appropriate.


 * Appointments: by 28 April The committee shall review all the comments submitted and other relevant factors before finalizing an internal resolution, at which point the appointments will be published. The successful candidates will be required to identify to the Wikimedia Foundation prior to receiving the permissions.

Appointments motion

 * Copied from the committee noticeboard:

Support: AGK, Carcharoth, Courcelles, Newyorkbrad, NuclearWarfare, Risker, Salvio giuliano, Timotheus Canens, David Fuchs

Not voting: Kirill Lokshin, Roger Davies, SilkTork, Worm That Turned

For the Arbitration Committee, Risker (talk) 01:13, 30 April 2013 (UTC)

Note to stewards: Appointment to the AUSC includes granting of CheckUser and Oversight permissions to its members, specifically and.


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