AVID:Requests for Comment/Introduce an "Arbitration" system

Introduce an "Arbitration" system

As many of you know, sometimes a dispute can go just a little bit too far. Hence, I'm proposing we introduce an "Arbitration" system, similar to that found on Wikipedia in order to find a way to settle things. The system would go as follows:

1. Should a dispute occur, it should first try to be resolved on that page's talk page.
2. Should said dispute be unsolvable, one participant of the dispute can make a post to AVID:Requests for Arbitration.
3. staff takes a vote on whether to review the dispute. Should a majority of staff members vote in favour, it will progress to the next stage.
4. Staff begins workshopping a solution to the dispute, with input from other users.
5. Staff then crafts a finalised solution, which will officially close the dispute.

This system would be a situation of LAST RESORT only, and should be reserved for major disputes if implemented.

Given the demographic this wiki tends to attract, disputes like this happen more often than required, and implementing this system would at least help try and sort things out.

I would love to hear your thoughts regarding it.

Support

1. Support. This will work wonders. Dominicmgm (talk) 08:57, 15 April 2023 (UTC)
2. Support This sounds like a great idea! (Talk to Me!) 09:50, 15 April 2023 (UTC)

Comments

1.  Comment: Should probably shoutout Luke2505 for suggesting the possibility of introducing this system to AVID. (Lets chat!) 08:49, 15 April 2023 (UTC)
2. Step 3 seems to prolong things a little: a vote to decide on voting to deal with something. Beyond that, bringing everyone in to help resolve a dispute via staff brainstorming on-wiki would likely result in a situation that was pretty polarized to get this far becoming even more messy when everyone is putting their two cents in at the same time. If things get bad enough already that they result in a community discussion, it may be simpler to hold that community discussion in the first place. If it is an issue with a staff decision, the typical line of appeal is to go to a bureaucrat/get a second opinion and escalate to community discussion if things are unclear. If procedure is unclear an RfC would be created to clarify. In other words I'm not sure this bit of bureaucracy could fix all that much. For the most part I think if there is something unclear which results in a dispute, then it's not hard to deal with it using the tools that currently exist. If the staff want an extra venue of accountability then there is a model from another community I'll bring up in case it's interesting: a tribunal (or arbitration group) consisting of non-staff but trusted members who can review decisions based on the policy and practice of the wiki, and make a recommendation in case current policy does not cover the issue that comes up. This would be the remit of bureaucrats typically, but if we want to save their time this is an approach that could be considered to help them out given they're quite busy. --Raidarr (talk) 10:11, 15 April 2023 (UTC)