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Current policy
Once adopted by the Committee, this policy will undergo formal ratification through a community referendum and will enter into force once it receives majority support, with at least one hundred editors voting in favour of adopting it. Until this policy is ratified, the existing arbitration policy remains in effect.
Amendments to this policy require an identical ratification process. Proposed amendments may be submitted for ratification only after being approved by a majority vote of the Committee, or having been requested by a petition signed by at least one hundred editors in good standing.
Time min/max
Petition
- Option 1
...having been requested by a petition signed by at least one hundred editors in good standing, with-in 30 days.
Ratification
- Option 1
The ratification process may be closed any time after 7 days when there has been majority support for at least 24 hours and may not run more than 30 days.
- Option 2
The ratification process will run for 7 days.
- Option 3
The ratification process will run for 30 days.
- Option 3 (alt 1)
The ratification process will run for 30 days unless a majority of all participating editors, numbering not less than 100 editors, are in favor of closing immediately upon the ratification minimums being met.
Idea here is a safety valve in case something egregious needs fixing fast
- Option 3 (alt 2)
The ratification process will run for 30 days, unless a shorter period, which may be as short as upon reaching the minimum thresholds, is included in the proposal.
- Option 4
The ratification process will run for at least 7 days but no more than 30 days.
Support needed
Number of supports
- Option 1
with at least
onetwo hundred voting in favour of adopting it- Option 1 (alt)
with at least
onetwo hundred votingin favour of adopting it- Option 2
...with at least
one hundredthe number of editors equal to at least 10% of the participants in the most recent annual elections voting in favour of adopting it- Option 3
...with at least
one hundredthe number of editors equal to the number of total participating editors in the most recent 7 day request for adminship voting in favour of adopting it
Support %
- Option 1
enter into force once it receives
majoritythree-fifths support
- Option 2
enter into force once it receives
majoritytwo-thirds support
Voter qualifications
- Option 1
with at least one hundred
autoconfirmed editors voting in favour
and having been requested by a petition signed by at least one hundred
autoconfirmed editors in good standing
- Option 1 (alt)
with at least one hundred
autoconfirmed editors voting in favour
and having been requested by a petition signed by at least one hundred
autoconfirmed editors
in good standing
- Option 2
with at least one hundred editors who meet the suffrage requirement established at the last annual election voting in favour
and having been requested by a petition signed by at least one hundred editors who meet the suffrage requirement established at the last annual election
in good standing