Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee/Ban Appeals Subcommittee

This page is currently inactive and is retained for historical reference. The Ban Appeals Subcommittee was disbanded by motion of the Arbitration Committee on 15 November 2015. The Arbitration Committee will directly hear appeals (i) from editors who are subject to an {{OversightBlock}} or a {{Checkuserblock}}; (ii) from editors who are blocked for reasons that are unsuitable for public discussion; and (iii) from editors blocked or banned by Arbitration and Arbitration Enforcement decisions.

The Ban Appeals Subcommittee (BASC) was formed by the Arbitration Committee to hear appeals, by email, from users who are banned or blocked by community processes. BASC is a last resort, available only if other means of appeal are exhausted.

If you:

1. are community banned from Wikipedia entirely, or you are blocked indefinitely; and
2. have appealed your block using {{unblock}} on your talk page and using 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. The status box above indicates how long your appeal is likely to take if submitted now.

BASC does not hear appeals of topic bans, namespace or single-account restrictions, or appeals of block of short duration. Appeals of remedies imposed by the Arbitration Committee must be appealed directly to the committee itself, not to BASC.