Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Arbitration Committee Elections December 2013/Electoral Commission

To contact the Electoral Commission, please see Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee Elections December 2013/Coordination, or e-mail a commissioner privately at Special:EmailUser/GiantSnowman, Special:EmailUser/Happy-melon, or Special:EmailUser/TParis.

Per my ceremonial role in this process, I hereby appoint GiantSnowman, TParis, and Happy-melon.--Jimbo Wales (talk) 06:15, 10 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

2013 Arbitration Committee Elections

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Thank you for participating in the 2013 Arbitration Committee Election. Results are available here.
Please offer your feedback on the Election process.

A three-member Electoral Commission was proposed and gained consensus during the 2012 Arbitration Committee Election Request for comment. Editors wishing to volunteer as a commissioner should create a section on this RfC, and all editors are encouraged to comment on the suitability of volunteers for this role. Three volunteers will be chosen as Commissioners, and the remaining qualified applicants will be reserve members of the Electoral Commission. This is not a vote or an election; the final appointments will be made by Jimbo Wales.

The mandate of the Electoral Commission is to deal with unforeseen problems in the 2013 Arbitration Committee election process, and to adjudicate any disputes during the election, but members of the Election Commission should only intervene when there is a problem that needs resolving, and either discussion isn't working, the rules are unclear, or there isn't time. Commissioners and reserve members are not eligible for election to the Arbitration Committee during this year's election. Commissioners must be identified to the Foundation.