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There have been a number of general proposals in recent months regarding exploring, discussing, and eventually instituting substantial changes ("reforms") to the Dispute resolution (DR) process.
These ideas for DR reform (DRR) come largely in the context of perceived problems with the current overall system, and specifically with the processes used by Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee and Wikipedia:Mediation Committees, as well as the staffing of these committees. Such include:
DR (AC, MC, AMA, RFC) scalability to appropriately match rapid community growth.
scale problems affect the degree to which Arbitrators can deal appropriately with cases in a detailed way.
scale problems affect the degree of fatigue Arbitration Committee members experience in fulfilling their duties.
with regard to the current roles and powers
role of the Mediation Committee with respect to its relationship to the Arbcom
Conceptually treat disputes as separate issues disputes (IDs) and conduct disputes (CDs).
Establish a tier of two subordinate committees to deal with each (IDC, CDC) with authority to make binding decisions.
reviewable by both the sister committee (IDC, CDC) and Arbcom.
Elevate the current Arbcom to an oversight role in dealing with reviewing 1) committee actions, 2) case record, 3) body of policy, 4) specific appeals
Arbcom publicly delegates tasks to subcommittees related to specific issues handling, case record cleanup, policy cleanup.
Establish a "case body" that is annotated for specific reference as precedent in current case decisions
Arbcom and subcommittees are tasked with formally reviewing policy, and case appeals.
Integrate the case body with policy body through systematic crosslinking. (Perhaps giving a ranking to policies by hierarchy of primary to tertiary (and rejected) policy —NPOV, civility, etc.)