[WikiEN-l] I am very concerned by the arbcomm decision against jguk

Sun Jun 19 11:17:32 UTC 2005

Rick (giantsrick13 at yahoo.com) [050619 06:34]:

> This decision is apparently setting the precedent that
> if a user can claim that edits they disagree with are
> offensive to them, then their view is the only
> acceptable view and the rest of Wikipedia's editors
> can go hang.

I see some problematic areas in the proposed decision in its present state
(e.g. the statement about academic standards only applies to the US and
definitely not to the UK, and even then only certain parts of US academia)
and will hopefully find time today to put some amendments in.

- d.