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By 2012, fewer editors were becoming ministrators d to Wikipedia's earlier years, in part because the process of vetting potential ministrators h become more rigorous. Dispute re
Over time, Wikipedia has developed a semial dispute re process. To determine community consensus, editors can raise issues at appropriate community forums,[note 5] seek outside input through third opinion requests, or initiate a more general community discussion kn as a "request for comment". Arbitration Committee Main article: Arbitration Committee
The Arbitration Committee presides over the ultimate dispute re process. Although disputes usually arise from a disagreement between two opposing views on how an article should re, the Arbitration Committee explicitly refuses to directly rule on the specific view that should be opted. Statistical analyses suggest that the committee ignores the content of disputes and rather focuses on the way disputes are conducted, functioning not so much to resolve disputes and make peace between
conflicting editors, but to weed out atic editors while allog potentially productive editors back in to participate. Tfore, the committee does not dictate the content of articles, although it sometimes condemns content changes when it deems the new content violates Wikipedia policies (for example, if the new content is considered biased). Its remedies include cautions and probations (used in 63% of cases) and banning editors from articles (43%), subject matters (23%), or Wikipedia (16%). Complete bans from Wikipedia are generally limited to instances of impersonation and anti-social behavior. When
conduct is not impersonation or anti-social, but rather anti-consensus or in violation of editing policies, remedies tend to be limited to warnings. Each article and each user of Wikipedia has an associated "talk" page. These the primary communication channel for editors to discuss, coordinate and debate. File:Editing Hoxne Hoard at the British Museum.ogvPlay media Wikipedians and British Museum curators collaborate on the article Hoxne Hoard in June 2010
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