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A Request for Arbitration is the last step of dispute resolution on Wikipedia. The Arbitration Committee (ArbCom) considers requests to open new cases and (exceptionally) to summarily review new evidence and update the findings and decisions of previous cases. The arbitration process is governed by arbitration policy.

Before requesting arbitration, please review the other avenues available; if you have not previously followed any of these routes, it is very likely that the Committee will decline to hear your request. If all other steps have failed, and you see no reasonable chance that the matter can be resolved in another manner, you may request that it be decided by the ArbCom.

After a request is made, the active arbitrators vote on whether to accept or decline the case; 0/0/0/0 corresponds to arbitrators' votes to accept/reject/recuse/other. Cases are usually opened at least 24 hours after four net accept votes are cast; that is, four more accept than reject votes. (Note that sometimes "decline" is used instead of "reject.") "Recuse" means that an arbitrator has excused themselves from a case because of a possible, or perceived, conflict of interest. "Other" is for votes or suggestions that do not fit into one of the previous three categories. Cases which have either four reject votes, or, after a reasonable period, seem unlikely to reach acceptance, will be removed from this page. When a case is opened, a notice that includes a link to a newly created evidence page will be posted to each participant's talk page.

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Arbitration tasks  (edit) (changes)
Initials indicate the clerks involved with the case.
Evidence
(./ t) (p/ t) (w/ t) Betacommand (t) 30 Mar 2007  NYB
(./ t) (p/ t) (w/ t) Darwinek (t) 22 Mar 2007  NYB
(./ t) (p/ t) (w/ t) Freedom skies (t) 20 Mar 2007  PW
(./ t) (p/ t) (w/ t) Falun Gong (t) 2 Mar 2007
Voting
(./ t) (e/ t) (w/ t) Lukas19-LSLM (t) 23 Mar 2007  DM
(./ t) (e/ t) (w/ t) Armenia-Azerbaijan (t) Inj. 23 Mar 2007
(./ t) (e/ t) (w/ t) InShaneee (t) Inj. 16 Mar 2007  DB
Motion to close
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Free Republic 29 Mar 2007  NYB
Barrett v. Rosenthal 27 Mar 2007  TT
Starwood 24 Mar 2007  NYB
Waldorf education 20 Mar 2007  PW