It is entirely possible for something to go from ineffectual to overbearing. One is not a
corrective to the other.
--C
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark Pellegrini" <mapellegrini(a)comcast.net>
To: wikien-l(a)Wikipedia.org
Subject: [WikiEN-l] Scared of the arbcom? FEARE YE NOTT!
Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2005 00:45:28 -0500
The '''Wikipedia Arbitration committee''' is [[Wikipedia]]'s
final
mechanism of [[m:dispute resolution]] process.
==History==
In an effort to [[m:devolve power]], in early 2004 [[Jimbo Wales]]
appointed 12 trust members
of the Wikipedia community and tasked them with sorting out user disputes.
Unfortunately, for the first year of its existance, the arbitration
commitee was lambasted for being too slow and
too feeble in its decisions. Following the vicious
[[Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections December 2004|2004
elections]], the commitee's processes began to speed up and
decisions became more decisive. Unfortunately, the commitee was
then lambasted as being a [[witch hunt]] and for 'shutting people
up'. ==See also==
* [[Catch 22]]
* [[No-win situation]]
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