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'''Functionaries''' are users who perform specialised roles and have [[Wikipedia:User_access_levels#Functionary_user_levels|privileged technical access]] on the Wikimedia projects. Examples include users with [[Wikipedia:Oversight|Oversight]] or [[Wikipedia:CheckUser|CheckUser]] access and current and past members of the [[Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee|Arbitration Committee]]. Functionary access must be authorised by the Arbitration Committee or the Wikimedia Foundation and requires that the user sign the [[Wikipedia:Access to nonpublic information|confidentiality agreement for nonpublic information]]. This is in contrast to users such as [[Wikipedia:Administrators|administrators]], [[Wikipedia:Bureaucrats|bureaucrats]], or members of the [[Wikipedia:Bot Approvals Group|Bot Approvals Group]], which are 'community' positions.

Functionaries whose permissions and responsibilities are confined to the English Wikipedia are under the jurisdiction of the Arbitration Committee. These functionaries include:

* Current members of the Arbitration Committee
* Former members of the Arbitration Committee
* Other users to which the Arbitration Committee has [[Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee/CheckUser and Oversight|granted CheckUser or Oversight permissions]]

Functionaries are held to a higher standard of behavior than non-functionaries, especially in issues related to their area of responsibility. Users who demonstrate a lack of judgment in an area related to their special access may have their status as functionaries revoked, whether or not an explicit abuse of their privileged access has occurred. As functionaries have a high profile within the project and are the face of Wikipedia both to its editors and to the wider world, it is damaging to the integrity of the encyclopedia as a whole if these users are repeatedly embroiled in controversy. Functionaries may be removed from their position by the Arbitration Committee.

== Mailing list ==
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The ''[[mail:functionaries-en|functionaries-en]]'' mailing list is a venue for general discussion among current Arbitration Committee members, advanced permission operators (CheckUser and/or Oversight), all former members of the list in good standing, and other editors with official Wikimedia Foundation status. The mailing list address is ''{{NonSpamEmail|functionaries-en|lists.wikimedia.org}}'', but non-member emails are automatically rejected.

Although current arbitrators are subscribed to ''[[Wikipedia:Arbitration_Committee#arbcom-en|arbcom-en]]'', the scope of this list is broader. This list is intended to allow more effective collaboration among editors involved with sensitive and privacy-related areas within the community and the handling of related issues, primarily on the English Wikipedia. The list also has a role in supporting the Arbitration Committee, being available to assist with various matters and acting as a forum for discussion, input, and collective memory as needed.

As this list is private, it is ''not'' a place for [[WP:AAB|unblock requests]] or other general queries, and the appropriate [[WP:VRT|volunteer response team]] queue is better suited for such issues.

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== Related pages ==
*[[Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee/Audit/Statistics|Checkuser and oversight statistics]]
*[[Wikipedia:Sock_puppetry#Role_accounts|Wikipedia:Role account]]
*[[Wikipedia:Wikipedia is not a bureaucracy]]
*[[m:Access to nonpublic personal data policy/Noticeboard|Access to nonpublic personal data policy/Noticeboard]]
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[[Category:Wikipedia functionaries|Functionaries Wikipedia]]
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Wikipedia:Functionaries - Revision history

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