[WikiEN-l] Re: ArbCom - too attached to 'equal treatment'?

Thu Mar 3 08:49:30 UTC 2005

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> This isn't the scenario here though---there are no cases against 
> specific people, only disputes *between* multiple people. We require 
> that earlier steps of the dispute-resolution process be followed first, 
> such as mediation. If these are unsuccessful, the matter goes to 
> arbitration. The arbitration is thus arbitration of the dispute between 
> two people, and is charged with resolving it in some way. 
> 
> The proper analogy, as the name implies, is to arbitration hearings, not 
> to court cases. It is standard practice in arbitration that sanctions 
> may be levied against either or both of the parties to a hearing. 

I think I can speak for Neutrality.  His post on the request for arbitration page implies a case against a specific person at least as far as recusal goes:

   " I'd only recuse if you were the respondent rather than the petitioner."

                                   -- Silverback