[WikiEN-l] Scared of the arbcom? FEARE YE NOTT!

Fri Mar 11 05:45:28 UTC 2005

The '''Wikipedia Arbitration committee''' is [[Wikipedia]]'s final 
mechanism of [[m:dispute resolution]] process.

==History==
In an effort to [[m:devolve power]], in early 2004 [[Jimbo Wales]] 
appointed 12 trust members
of the Wikipedia community and tasked them with sorting out user disputes.

Unfortunately, for the first year of its existance, the arbitration 
commitee was lambasted for being too slow and
too feeble in its decisions. Following the vicious 
[[Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections December 2004|2004 
elections]], the commitee's processes began to speed up and decisions 
became more decisive. Unfortunately, the commitee was then lambasted as 
being a [[witch hunt]] and for 'shutting people up'. 

==See also==
* [[Catch 22]]
* [[No-win situation]]

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