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

Fri Mar 11 06:06:33 UTC 2005

It is entirely possible for something to go from ineffectual to overbearing. One is not a corrective to the other.

--C

----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark Pellegrini" <mapellegrini at comcast.net>
To: wikien-l at Wikipedia.org
Subject: [WikiEN-l] Scared of the arbcom? FEARE YE NOTT!
Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2005 00:45:28 -0500

> 
> 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]]
> 
> {{stub}}
> 
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