[WikiEN-l] Looking at the real world

Sat Sep 3 18:48:57 UTC 2005

Matt R stated for the record:

> Are you saying that the ArbComm should be amoral? 

Yes.  We are here to ensure that an encyclopedia can be built.  We don't 
care if you are a pedophile, a Nazi, or a tax collector.  If you 
contribute to the encyclopedia, we leave you alone.  If you hinder the 
encyclopedia, you're out.  That is the entirety of our standards.

We're not bound by the American Bill of Rights.  We're not bound by 
English common law.  We're not bound to be fair or just.  We're not even 
bound by precedent, though we do try to learn from what works and what 
doesn't work.  We usually obey the laws of thermodynamics.

> I would hope that fairness
> and a vague sense of justice would figure to some extent in the activities of
> the Arbitration Committee. Historically, that seems to have been the case.

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