[WikiEN-l] Arbitration Commitee Seeking Comment

Sun Jun 5 17:28:55 UTC 2005

--- "steven l. rubenstein" <rubenste at ohiou.edu> wrote:
> What we need first is a ruling by or concerning the ArbCom that it will 
> consider and pass judgements on content-based disputes, or it will not.  We 
> just need to make this clear, one way or the other.

Going into the realm of deciding content disputes is something that the
community and Jimbo will need to sign off on. It is not just a matter of the
ArbCom ruling it so to make it so. We don't have that authority. 

Nor is such a small body of people competent in the number of areas of
knowledge needed to make this workable.  I, for example, know very little about
advanced mathematics so I would be unable to judge a content dispute in that
area without spending a very, very long time on research. 

> And if ArbCom will not or cannot handle content-based disputes, we need to 
> develop another committee or mechanism.

This is not an either/or situation. My plan is for the ArbCom to consult
various content specialist subcommittees when content issues arise. 

See
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_arbitration/RFC#Alternate_solution_.238_by_mav._Content_subcommittee

Let's not throw the baby out with the bathwater. 

-- Daniel Mayer (aka mav)

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