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While the wiki community attempts to work on the basis of encouragement and cooperation, there are occasions where wiki users find themselves unable to reach accord. In the event of this happening, the Arbitration Team may be called upon to intervene, and attempt to find a reasonable compromise that, while perhaps not satisfying both parties, may at least assist in defusing the situation, thanks to the unbiased third party.

Guidelines for Arbitration Requests

In assisting in Arbitration, we generally suggest that both parties agree to the Arbitration. This is not, by any means, a requirement, but we do require that both parties be represented in proceedings.

Any Arbitration request should provide at least the following:

• The aggrieved parties. Either person vs person, or [list of people] vs [list of people].
• The reason for the arbitration. This should very specifically be without reference to people, as that information has already been provided. It should be a short paragraph indicating the causes of the aggrievement, and why both parties feel it requires arbitration
• Any pages affected by the aggrievement. This should be a simple list of links.

Once the Arbitration commences, the Arbitrator will request statements from all parties involved. Any evidence to back up one's statement should be provided in link form. Each party will then have an opportunity to rebut their opponent's statement. After these two steps, the Arbitrator will then consider the case, and reach a conclusion, and determine the outcome that is required. It's the duty of the Arbitrator to move a case he accepted to a subpage of UDWiki:Administration/Arbitration, and to update the status of the arbitration case in the Arbitration Cases in Progress section.

As a note, by requesting an Arbitration, all parties are thus obliged to accept the outcome of the Arbitration. Not doing will be considered Vandalism, and such vandalism attempts will be treated as if the vandal has already received two warnings.

After the Arbitration is over, it will then be moved to an archive page. As publicly accessible pages, they may be used to establish precedent in further, applicable cases.

Current Arbitrators

For guidelines on how to arbitrate, see Arbitration Guidelines.

The following users have placed their hand up as users who are willing to be contacted to act as an Arbitrator. The role of Arbitrator is not restricted to the Administration Team; any user can be contacted as an Arbitrator (even if not listed below) and use this page for the arbitration, so long as both parties agree to the Arbitrator. Users who wish to place their hand up as an Arbitrator should place their name below on the list, using *{{usr|YourUserPage}}

Also note that not all listed Arbitrators are active on the Wiki.

edit Volunteer Arbitrators in Alphabetical Order
DanceDanceRevolution	Rosslessness

Arbitration Cases Currently Under Consideration

Administration Notice

Use this header to create new arbitration cases. Once all sides have chosen an arbiter, move the case to a sub-page of UDWiki:Administration/Arbitration and update its status in the Arbitration Cases in Progress section.

User:Misanthropy vs User:Axe Hack

I demand that Axe Hack put a link to my user page in his sig. I have no leverage and I have maybe been drinking. I will accept only users with obvious bias as arbitrators. I will offer remunerations in mudkipz, and quite possibly will create several hundred unnecessary user subpages if I can be bothered. I don't really know why I'm doing this. 02:51, 28 June 2010 (BST)

Not unless you put a link to my Userpage in your sig. And I demand there be a jury of 12 biased Arbitrators. --•▬ ▬••▬ • •••• •▬ ▬•▬• ▬•▬ ^{#nerftemplatedsigs} 02:54, 28 June 2010 (BST)

Deal. 02:57, 28 June 2010 (BST)

Wait, was that a deal to part one or part 2? Because I wasn't serious about part 1. --•▬ ▬••▬ • •••• •▬ ▬•▬• ▬•▬ ^{#nerftemplatedsigs} 03:00, 28 June 2010 (BST)

Damn to arbitration we go then. 03:02, 28 June 2010 (BST)

I still demand a trail by a jury of 12 Arbitrators, though. --•▬ ▬••▬ • •••• •▬ ▬•▬• ▬•▬ ^{#nerftemplatedsigs} 03:04, 28 June 2010 (BST)

I offer to arby.... -Poodle of Doom^{M! T} 03:32, 28 June 2010 (BST)

How biased are you? 03:57, 28 June 2010 (BST)

I'm so biased... I'd describe myself as being predisposed. -Poodle of Doom^{M! T} 04:09, 28 June 2010 (BST)

Hm...I think he could be the foreman of the jury. That works for me. --•▬ ▬••▬ • •••• •▬ ▬•▬• ▬•▬ ^{#nerftemplatedsigs} 17:33, 28 June 2010 (BST)

Gee... didn't think I'd actually get it. If you can find 11 other people now. -Poodle of Doom^{M! T} 17:39, 28 June 2010 (BST)

Volunteer to arby. I'm a sysop, so naturally I'm biased and intend to breed corruption wherever I go.--Yonnua Koponen ^{Talk ! Contribs} 17:45, 28 June 2010 (BST)

Exactly how biased? --•▬ ▬••▬ • •••• •▬ ▬•▬• ▬•▬ ^{#nerftemplatedsigs} 17:48, 28 June 2010 (BST)

So biased that the wiki software cannot express hwo biased I am.--Yonnua Koponen ^{Talk ! Contribs} 17:49, 28 June 2010 (BST)

If Mis agrees with you, we'll just need 10 more Arbitrators. --•▬ ▬••▬ • •••• •▬ ▬•▬• ▬•▬ ^{#nerftemplatedsigs} 17:50, 28 June 2010 (BST)

Yarp. 17:51, 28 June 2010 (BST)

Massively biased. --Rosslessness^{Want a Location Image?} 18:58, 28 June 2010 (BST)

You're perfect. If Mis agrees, we just need 9 more Arbitrators... --•▬ ▬••▬ • •••• •▬ ▬•▬• ▬•▬ ^{#nerftemplatedsigs} 19:07, 28 June 2010 (BST)

Yep. 19:13, 28 June 2010 (BST)

Just remember... I'm the foreman of the jury dammit! I can do what I want.... -Poodle of Doom^{M! T} 19:52, 28 June 2010 (BST)

I'm so biased I already know who I'm siding against... --THE Godfather of Яesensitized, Anime Sucks ^{Yalk | W! U! WMM| CC CPFOAS LOE ZHU | Яezzens} 23:07, 28 June 2010 (BST)

You're hired if Mis agrees. 8 more to go... --•▬ ▬••▬ • •••• •▬ ▬•▬• ▬•▬ ^{#nerftemplatedsigs} 23:46, 28 June 2010 (BST)

DO IT. Do it in huggies. 00:20, 29 June 2010 (BST)

Arbitration Cases in Progress

Yonnua Koponen vs Jorm

Involved Users	Yonnua vs Jorm
Arbitrator	Misanthropy
Created	19:39, 4 June 2010 (BST) by Yonnua
Status	Ongoing
Summary	Attempt to end edit war on Mayor of Malton page

Recently Concluded cases

Cornholioo vs DanceDanceRevolution

Involved Users	Cornholioo vs DanceDanceRevolution
Arbitrator	none
Created	14:30, 7 May 2010 (BST) by Cornholioo
Status	archived
Summary	Cornholioo wanted DDR off his talk page because of his swearing.

DanceDanceRevolution vs Boxy

Involved Users	DanceDanceRevolution vs Boxy
Arbitrator	none
Created	12:37, 7 June 2010(BST) by DanceDanceRevolution
Status	withdrawn
Summary	Argument over status of comments on main A/VB page

Archives

• List of Arbitration Cases