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The '''Ban Appeals Subcommittee''' (or '''BASC''') |
The Arbitration Committee is the final body of appeal<ref>See [[Wikipedia:Arbitration/Policy#Scope and responsibilities]].</ref> for Wikipedia users who have been blocked, banned, or sanctioned. In order to improve efficiency, the Arbitration Committee has formed the '''Ban Appeals Subcommittee''' (or '''BASC''') to decide appeals from indefinitely blocked or banned contributors to Wikipedia. The subcommittee hears appeals by e-mail.<ref>See [[Wikipedia:Arbitration/Policy#Forms of proceeding.</ref> You may only appeal your block or ban to BASC as a last resort, and if you have used the Wikipedia community's other methods of receiving block and ban appeals. These other methods of appeal are described at [[Wikipedia:Appealing a block]], which you must read before submitting an appeal. |
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If you: |
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BASC does not hear appeals of arbitration enforcement actions under the [[WP:AC/DS|discretionary sanctions]] system; under the Appeals procedure of that system, final appeals of discretionary sanction actions are heard by the full committee (usually on the committee's public hearings pages). |
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#Are banned from Wikipedia entirely, or you are blocked indefinitely; and |
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#Have tried to appeal your block by using the {{tl|unblock}} template on your talk page or the [[WP:UTRS|UTRS]] interface, |
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Then you may submit an appeal to BASC. Please read [[Wikipedia:Appealing a block]] and the next section of this page before doing so. |
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If a Wikipedia administrator has sanctioned you (with a topic, namespace, or single-account restriction), or blocked you for a short period of time, you may ''not'' submit an appeal to BASC. |
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Ban appeals are not usually accepted in relation to temporary blocks or bans, nor limited bans (like topic or namespace bans). |
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== Procedure == |
== Procedure == |
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To appeal your block or ban, send an e-mail to [[Special:EmailUser/Ban Appeals Subcommittee]]. the banned editor's Wikipedia username and any other usernames he or she has used to edit Wikipedia in the past two years. The appeal should clearly but succinctly explain the reasons the editor feels the ban should be overturned, such as what lessons the editor has learned since the ban or block was imposed, how the editor would conduct himself or herself differently in the future if allowed to resume editing, or why the editor believes the block or ban was unfair or erroneous. The editor should also include links to any relevant on-wiki (or UTRS) discussions, and any other information necessary to understanding the grounds for the appeal. |
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The subcommittee is concerned only with [[Wikipedia:Banning policy|bans]] and long [[Wikipedia:Blocking policy|blocks]] of accounts on the English Wikipedia. ''Blocks'' and ''bans'' [[Wikipedia:Banning policy#Difference between bans and blocks|are distinct]]. The subcommittee is a body of final appeal, and most blocked editors should have exhausted the usual process (which is comprised mainly of [[Template:Unblock|talk page appeals]] and [[Wikipedia:UTRS|UTRS appeals]]) before submitting an appeal to BASC. Most banned editors should have been banned for more than six months before submitting an appeal to BASC. Premature, inappropriate, or incomplete appeals will be summarily declined. |
The subcommittee is concerned only with [[Wikipedia:Banning policy|bans]] and long [[Wikipedia:Blocking policy|blocks]] of accounts on the English Wikipedia. ''Blocks'' and ''bans'' [[Wikipedia:Banning policy#Difference between bans and blocks|are distinct]]. The subcommittee is a body of final appeal, and most blocked editors should have exhausted the usual process (which is comprised mainly of [[Template:Unblock|talk page appeals]] and [[Wikipedia:UTRS|UTRS appeals]]) before submitting an appeal to BASC. Most banned editors should have been banned for more than six months before submitting an appeal to BASC. Premature, inappropriate, or incomplete appeals will be summarily declined. |
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#All appeals may be included in periodic statistics released by the subcommittee. Confidential information will not be included in these statistics. |
#All appeals may be included in periodic statistics released by the subcommittee. Confidential information will not be included in these statistics. |
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== Notes and links == |
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{{Reflist}} |
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* [[Wikipedia:Guide to appealing a block]] |
* [[Wikipedia:Guide to appealing a block]] |
Revision as of 15:38, 17 March 2013
The Arbitration Committee is the final body of appeal[1] for Wikipedia users who have been blocked, banned, or sanctioned. In order to improve efficiency, the Arbitration Committee has formed the Ban Appeals Subcommittee (or BASC) to decide appeals from indefinitely blocked or banned contributors to Wikipedia. The subcommittee hears appeals by e-mail.[2] You may only appeal your block or ban to BASC as a last resort, and if you have used the Wikipedia community's other methods of receiving block and ban appeals. These other methods of appeal are described at Wikipedia:Appealing a block, which you must read before submitting an appeal.
If you:
- Are banned from Wikipedia entirely, or you are blocked indefinitely; and
- Have tried to appeal your block by using the {{unblock}} template on your talk page or the UTRS interface,
Then you may submit an appeal to BASC. Please read Wikipedia:Appealing a block and the next section of this page before doing so.
If a Wikipedia administrator has sanctioned you (with a topic, namespace, or single-account restriction), or blocked you for a short period of time, you may not submit an appeal to BASC.
Procedure
To appeal your block or ban, send an e-mail to Special:EmailUser/Ban Appeals Subcommittee. the banned editor's Wikipedia username and any other usernames he or she has used to edit Wikipedia in the past two years. The appeal should clearly but succinctly explain the reasons the editor feels the ban should be overturned, such as what lessons the editor has learned since the ban or block was imposed, how the editor would conduct himself or herself differently in the future if allowed to resume editing, or why the editor believes the block or ban was unfair or erroneous. The editor should also include links to any relevant on-wiki (or UTRS) discussions, and any other information necessary to understanding the grounds for the appeal.
The subcommittee is concerned only with bans and long blocks of accounts on the English Wikipedia. Blocks and bans are distinct. The subcommittee is a body of final appeal, and most blocked editors should have exhausted the usual process (which is comprised mainly of talk page appeals and UTRS appeals) before submitting an appeal to BASC. Most banned editors should have been banned for more than six months before submitting an appeal to BASC. Premature, inappropriate, or incomplete appeals will be summarily declined.
To appeal a block or ban to the Ban Appeals Subcommittee, please e-mail arbcom-appeals-enlists.wikimedia.org. Please ensure you have read and understood all the guidance in this section before you send your appeal.
About the subcommittee
Membership
The subcommittee is a sub-panel of the Arbitration Committee and is composed only of elected members of the full Committee. The Ban Appeals Subcommittee is staffed by four arbitrators (and one co-ordinating arbitrator). Many other arbitrators also observe the appeals process and participate in appeals at their discretion.
- Subcommittee members
- AGK (talk · contribs)
- SilkTork (talk · contribs)
- Timotheus Canens (talk · contribs)
- David Fuchs (talk · contribs) is the subcommittee co-ordinator.
- Other arbitrators
- Carcharoth, Coren, Courcelles, Kirill Lokshin, Newyorkbrad, NuclearWarfare, Risker, Roger Davies, Salvio giuliano, and Worm That Turned.
The primary difference between subcommittee members and the other arbitrator members is that the subcommittee members take a greater role in communicating with appellants and co-ordinating the subcommittee's workload. Other arbitrators usually take a lesser role in the subcommittee's business, but are subscribed to the mailing list and assist with acknowledging appeals, offering opinions when the subcommittee is divided, and providing research (like checkuser results) about open appeals. Appeals are usually decided summarily, by one or a small group of subcommittee members and/or arbitrators; occasionally, appeals are decided based on the consensus of an ad hoc group of arbitrators who opine on the appeal; and rarely, appeals are referred to the community for consultation before the subcommittee makes a decision. Appeals may be referred from the subcommittee's mailing list to the attention of the full committee, through a full vote, at the discretion of any arbitrator (though this is exceedingly rare, and the result of appeals is usually decided through discussion and debate).
Mailing list
The arbcom-appeals-en mailing list is used by the subcommittee to conduct ban appeals. The appeals mailing list replaced the older system of conducting appeals on the full arbcom-l mailing list on 30 July 2012.
The interface page for the mailing list is located here, and the mailing list address is arbcom-appeals-enlists.wikimedia.org. Messages sent to the list by non-members will initially be held for approval by the list administrators. Your email will only be distributed to the subscribers listed, but the content of the mailing list may be shared with the entire Arbitration Committee when necessary, is available to any sitting arbitrator on request, and will be made available to future subcommittee members through the list archives.
Standard practices
The Ban Appeals Subcommittee acts on behalf of the Arbitration Committee as a panel of final appeal for site-bans and long blocks. Subcommittee decisions are unanimous; where the subcommittee cannot unanimously decide an appeal, it defers the appeal to the wider Arbitration Committee for a full vote among all the arbitrators (although this rarely happens). The subcommittee is governed by the committee procedure on "Handling of ban appeals", and also honours the following rules in most cases:
- Appeals are never accepted from one editor any more often than once in every six months. When an appeal is decided, it will not be re-opened except on the initiative of an arbitrator.
- Appeals are decided as promptly as possible, and in under three weeks if possible. If an appeal is not decided after three weeks, the appellant is welcome to ask for (and will be supplied upon request with) an update on the status of their appeal.
- Successful appeals will be announced on the appellant's user talk page, and may be announced on a public noticeboard at the subcommittee's discretion.
- Unsuccessful appeals may also be announced on the appellant's user talk page, so that the community is aware the editor has unsuccessfully appealed their block to BASC.
- All appeals may be included in periodic statistics released by the subcommittee. Confidential information will not be included in these statistics.
Notes and links
- ^ See Wikipedia:Arbitration/Policy#Scope and responsibilities.
- ^ See [[Wikipedia:Arbitration/Policy#Forms of proceeding.