Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee/CheckUser and Oversight/2019 CUOS appointments

The community consultation phase is closed. The Committee has announced the appointments. The current time and date is.

The Arbitration Committee is seeking to appoint additional editors to the CheckUser and Oversight teams.

Prospective applicants must be familiar with (i) policies relevant to CU and/or OS and (ii) the global privacy policy and related documents. They must have good communication and team-working skills. CheckUser candidates must be familiar with basic networking topics and with SPI tools and techniques, and preferably are willing to volunteer at ACC or UTRS. Applicants must also be:


 * available to regularly assist with the workload;
 * familiar with Wikipedia processes, policies, and guidelines;
 * an administrator on the English Wikipedia;
 * at least 18 years of age and have legal majority in their jurisdiction of residence;
 * willing to disclose all other accounts they have operated to the committee;
 * willing to agree to the WMF Access to Non-Public Information Policy (L37) and the OTRS Users Confidentiality Agreement (L45).

We welcome all applicants with suitable interest to apply, but this year we have particular need of applicants who are:


 * Familiar with common ISPs and editing patterns from Asia and Eastern Europe.
 * Familiar with IPv6.
 * Familiar with identification of factors that may change a result or block, such as ISP, location, activity, or type of network.
 * Experienced in analyzing behavioral evidence for sockpuppetry investigations.
 * Interested in mentoring editors who wish to become SPI clerks.
 * Active users of non-standard venues, such as IRC, the account creation interface, OTRS, and/or the Unblock Ticket Request System.
 * Interested in handling sockpuppetry investigations related to paid editing.

Applicants must be aware that they are likely to receive considerable internal and external scrutiny. External scrutiny may include attempts to investigate on- and off-wiki activities; previous candidates have had personal details revealed and unwanted contact made with employers and family. We are unable to prevent this and such risks will continue if you are successful.

Appointment process

 * Dates are provisional and subject to change


 * Applications: 23 Sept to 29 Sept
 * 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 before the nomination period ends. This should include a nomination statement, to a maximum of 250 words, for inclusion on the candidate's nomination sub-page(s).


 * Review period: 30 Sept to 2 Oct
 * The committee will review applications and ask the functionary team for their feedback.


 * Notification of candidates: 2 Oct to 3 Oct
 * The committee will notify candidates going forward for community consultation and create the candidate subpages containing the submitted nomination statements.


 * Community consultation: 4 Oct to 10 Oct
 * Nomination statements will be published and candidates invited to answer questions publicly. The community is invited to participate. Please note changes from previous consultation phases:


 * Editors may ask a maximum of two questions per candidate;
 * Editors may comment on each candidate with a limit of 500 words, including replies to other editors. Discussion will be sectioned and monitored by the Arbitration Committee and the clerks;
 * Please refrain from bolded votes, as this is a consultation and not a community consensus.


 * Comments may be posted on the candidates' subpages or submitted privately by email to . Editors are encouraged to include a detailed rationale, supported by relevant links where appropriate.


 * Appointments: by 14 Oct
 * The committee will review community comments and other relevant factors, finalize an internal resolution, and publish the resulting appointments. Successful candidates are required to sign the Confidentiality agreement for nonpublic information prior to receiving permissions. Oversighters and CheckUsers who intend to work the OTRS paid editing queue must sign the OTRS Users Confidentiality Agreement.

=Candidates= To comment on candidates, please use section edit buttons to edit the appropriate candidate subpage(s).