[WikiEN-l] Re: Re: Re: Improving ArbCom's lot medium-term

Tue Jul 12 18:15:09 UTC 2005

Phil Boswell (phil.boswell at gmail.com) [050713 00:41]:
> "Kelly Martin" <kelly.lynn.martin at gmail.com> 
> wrote in message news:bd4c411e05071206555cdd1908 at mail.gmail.com...
> > On 7/12/05, Phil Boswell 
> > <phil.boswell at gmail.com> wrote:

> > > Maybe the ArbCom could "employ" some flunkies to janitorise the evidence 
> > > and
> > > wrangle it into a standard, readable, format.

> > The idea of the ArbCom having a "special master" corral the evidence
> > into good order is a good one, but the problem is in finding people to
> > do that.  Finding people who are willing to do such tedious work
> > without compensation and also disinterested in the matter _sub judice_
> > is very difficult -- even harder than finding good arbitrators.

> Then you want someone like me, but with more regular access and more spare 
> time, who could give less than two hoots about who's involved but will 
> happily wrangle data into a nicer shape because it hurts less to look at.

Heh - the volunteer efforts of people who like things ordered :-)

It will be of course *very* important not to tread on the toes of the
people who presented the evidence, if you're not presenting it on your own
behalf.

> Happily I have never yet been involved in anything like this, but IMNSHO 
> almost the worst aspect is just how painful it is to try to figure out what 
> happened when.

Um, yes.

- d.