I am sure Jimbo did not just shoot from the hip, and anybody trying to sort out what is happening would still need "to go through the edits". But what isn't needed is the whole quasi-legalistic infrastructure that the arbcom has evolved with "cases", "petitioners", "respondents", "recusals", "votes to accept or deny cases", "injunctions", "evidence", etc, etc, It is silly. I have no idea of the AC history, but somewhere back when the arbcom was getting rolling it took a wrong turn and now we have this tremendously heavy process. The basic need is simply to be able to get an experienced and level-headed Wikipedian who is respected and trusted by the community involved in various situations who can (1) warn people that they are out of line and try to nudge them towards correcting their behaviour; and/or (2) impose a sanction if the misbehaviour continues, with the easily-obtained backing of a committee that represents the community consensus,