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{{Short description|Panel of editors who conduct Wikipedia's arbitration process}}
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The '''Arbitration Committee''' is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the [[Wikipedia:Arbitration|Wikipedia arbitration process]]. It has the authority to impose [[WP:Active sanctions|binding solutions]] to disputes between editors, primarily for serious conduct disputes the community has been unable to resolve. The [[Wikipedia:Arbitration/Policy|arbitration policy]] describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail.

In addition to its role in dispute resolution, the Committee [[Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee/CheckUser and Oversight|determines]] which editors have access to [[Wikipedia:CheckUser|CheckUser]] and [[Wikipedia: Oversight|Oversight]] permissions, and considers certain matters where exceptional factors such as [[Wikipedia:Arbitration/Policy#Transparency and confidentiality|privacy]] preclude a public hearing.

Arbitrators are volunteer users—usually experienced editors and [[Wikipedia:Administrators|administrators]]—whom the community of editors at large [[Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee/History|elects]] to resolve the most complex or intractable disputes that may arise within the community, and to oversee the few areas where access to non-public information is a prerequisite.
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