Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee/CheckUser and Oversight/February 2009 election

The Arbitration Committee and English Wikipedia community have developed a process for the vetting and election of CheckUsers and Oversighters. The governing policy is at Arbitration Committee/CheckUser and Oversight elections. The archived discussion is contained at Arbitration Committee/CheckUser and Oversight appointments. Please note that as this is the first election of CheckUser and Oversight on the English Wikipedia, the policy may need to be tweaked in the future.

Both positions require great trust, integrity, and reliability. The applicable policies are: CheckUser and Oversight.


 * Election process
 * The February 2009 election will run for ten days, starting at 00:01 (UTC) on February 6 and ending at 23:59 (UTC) on February 15, 2009.
 * For this election: there are 3 open CheckUser slots with 6 vetted candidates and 4 open Oversight slots with 7 vetted candidates.
 * Voters can vote for as many candidates as they wish and must have made 150 mainspace edits by January 31, 2009.
 * Current arbitrators and former arbitrators from within the past year may not vote.