From: Theresa Knott <theresaknott(a)gmail.com>
It wouldn't artificially discourage people
from making legitimate
complaints
for fear that they too would be penalised or at a
minimum tempbanned
from
editing an article until the hearing is complete.
Is there any evidence that this has actually happened in the past?
Public evidence? No, of course not.
Certainly requests for arbitration appear to come thick
and fast. I am
not aware of a legit complaint not having been made out of fear.
You're on ArbCom, so you wouldn't be; you only hear the cases made by people
who are brave/foolish enough to approach ArbCom.
Jay.