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<p>Imported page</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{shortcut|WP:COMMITTEE}}<br /> The English Wikipedia has a number of &#039;&#039;&#039;committees&#039;&#039;&#039;:<br /> <br /> ;Formal<br /> * [[Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee|Arbitration Committee]] – panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia [[Wikipedia:Arbitration|arbitration process]]<br /> <br /> ;Informal<br /> * [[Wikipedia:Birthday Committee|Birthday Committee]] – group of editors that wishes editors happy birthday to other editors on their talk pages<br /> * [[Wikipedia:Welcoming Committee|Welcoming Committee]] – group of editors who welcomes new users on their talk pages<br /> <br /> ;Wikimedia Foundation<br /> * See: [[meta:Wikimedia committees]]<br /> <br /> {{collapse top|title=Defunct/rejected}}<br /> * [[Wikipedia:Mediation Committee|Mediation Committee]] – panel of editors who resolve content disputes on Wikipedia articles by providing [[Wikipedia:Mediation|formal mediation]]<br /> *[[Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee/Ban Appeals Subcommittee|Ban Appeals Subcommittee]] – a former branch of the Arbitration Committee that heard appeals by email from users who are banned or blocked by community processes. It was dissolved by [[Special:Permalink/690747247#Motion:_BASC_disbanded|motion]] of the Committee on 15 November 2015.<br /> *[[Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee/Audit Subcommittee|Audit Subcommittee]] – branch of the Arbitration Committee which investigated complaints about the misuse or abuse of the advanced permissions CheckUser and Oversight<br /> * [[Wikipedia:Ombudsmen Committee/proposal|Ombudsmen Committee]] – failed proposal for a committee to look back on disputes and give recommendations how they could be handled better in the future<br /> **Not to be confused with the cross-wiki [[meta:Ombuds commission|Ombuds Commission]], the active group of Wikimedia users who conduct official investigations over violations of the [[:wmf:Privacy policy|privacy policy]] for the Wikimedia Foundation, especially with regards to CheckUser.<br /> * [[Wikipedia:Mentorship Committee|Mentorship Committee]] – informal, now-inactive committee that was set up to mentor users put on probation or mentorship by either the Arbitration Committee or the community<br /> * [[Wikipedia:Guidance Committee|Guidance Committee]] – now-defunct group of community members responsible for guiding the community to building an encyclopedia<br /> * [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia Committees|Wikipedia Committees]] – failed proposal for reforming Wikipedia governance through a system of committees based on arbitration, policy and appeals<br /> {{collapse bottom}}<br /> <br /> == See also ==<br /> * [[Wikipedia:Elections]]</div>

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