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Seven arbitrators chosen

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On Tuesday, Jimbo Wales announced the election of seven users to the Arbitration Committee: Flcelloguy, Kirill Lokshin, Paul August, UninvitedCompany, and Jpgordon received three-year terms, while FloNight and Blnguyen received terms of up to two years.

FloNight and Blnguyen received seats in Tranche Beta, which would expire on 31 December, 2008. FloNight replaces Mindspillage, who retired to join the Wikimedia Board of Trustees, and Blnguyen replaces Filiocht, who was appointed in January 2006, but has not participated in any arbitration cases due to illness. Should Mindspillage return to the Committee, or Filiocht return to the website, they can claim expansion seats on Tranche Beta.

Jimbo chose the top seven candidates by percentage; Flcelloguy, Kirill Lokshin and Paul August received over 90% support in the elections, while UninvitedCompany and Jpgordon received 85%, and FloNight and Blnguyen received 84%. UninvitedCompany becomes only the second arbitrator (with James F.) to rejoin the Committee after serving a prior nonconsecutive term; he retired in February 2004, shortly after the Committee began hearing cases.

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==All the Best!==

I wish All the best to all new and existing members of the ArbCom. Season's greetings to them all. --Bhadani 14:37, 27 December 2006 (UTC)

Why Even Have The Election?

If Jimbo chooses them anyway, what's the point of voting? Does he just pick the ones at the top to avoid people bothering him later on? It seems useless. Just H 01:26, 28 December 2006 (UTC)

It's a safety valve to make sure that popularity doesn't put a bad arbitrator in office. In practice, Jimbo has picked mainly from the top. But for example, in last year's elections, Jimbo expanded the Committee from 12 to 15 arbitrators. Instead of taking the next three off the list, he took three incumbent arbitrators who had received significant support, but not ranked highly enough to win numerically. His intent was to ensure that the Committee did not turn over too significantly. Ral315 (talk) 12:53, 28 December 2006 (UTC)

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