Wikipedians

The English Wikipedia reached 4,000,000 registered user accounts on 1 April 2007, [14] just a little
over a year since the millionth Wikipedian registered an account in late February 2006.[15]
Over 800,000 editors have edited Wikipedia more than 10 times. [16] Over 30,000 editors perform
more than 5 edits per month, and a little over 3,000 perform more than 100 edits per month. [17] By 24
November 2011, a total of 500 million edits had been performed on the English Wikipedia. [citation needed]
As the largest Wikipedia edition, and because English is such a widely used language, the English
Wikipedia draws many users and editors whose native language is not English. Such users may
seek information from the English Wikipedia rather than the Wikipedia of their native language
because the English Wikipedia tends to contain more information about general subjects. Successful
collaborations have been developed between non-native English speakers who successfully add
content to the English Wikipedia and native English speakers who act as copyeditors for them. [citation
needed]

Arbitration committee
Main article: Arbitration Committee
The English Wikipedia has an arbitration committee (also known as ArbCom) that consists of a panel
of editors that imposes binding rulings with regard to disputes between other editors of the online
encyclopedia.[18] The committee was created by Jimmy Wales on 4 December 2003 as an extension
of the decision-making power he had formerly held as owner of the site. [19][20]
When initially founded, the committee consisted of 12 arbitrators divided into three groups of four
members each.[19][21] Since then, the committee has gradually expanded its membership to 18
arbitrators.[22][failed verification]
As with other aspects of the English Wikipedia, some of Wikipedia's sister projects have emulated
the arbitration committee with their own similar versions.[23] For instance, in 2007, an arbitration
committee was founded on the German Wikipedia called the Schiedsgericht [de].[24]