In message <41C7E70D.80000(a)earthlink.net>et>, Michael Snow
<wikipedia-ihVZJaRskl1bRRN4PJnoQQ(a)public.gmane.org> writes
Angela wrote:
I don't think three years is excessive. It
might seem a long time
since Wikipedia is a relatively young project
It seems like a long time not just because Wikipedia is young, but
because realistically, it is a very long-term commitment relatively to
the contributing lifespan of quite a few Wikipedians. Turnover and
attrition will happen among arbitrators as well.
It's not an unprecedented period of office in online fora. The "open"
members of the UK Usenet Committee (the body which supervises the uk.*
newsgroup hierarchy) is elected in thirds every year -- see