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

Thu Mar 3 13:49:38 UTC 2005

Tony Sidaway wrote:

> It also must be borne in mind that we are all accountable, at all times,
> for   all of our actions on Wikipedia.  We're not here to gossip, make a
> living, entertain ourselves, argue or save the world.  Common principles
> of justice and the individual have no place here.

Not quite *no* place - volunteers must feel the processes are fair. The AC
may say "we do this, this and this," but if people don't feel that's enough,
they will feel less like participating in the project. Which would be bad.

 >  This is a community,
> one with a purpose, and the arbitration committee is here to ensure that
> it functions smoothly.  Someone who is scared to take a complaint to the
> arbitration committee because he may then be held accountable for his own
> actions is, it seems to me, missing the point.

That I'll certainly second.

- d.