I see no evidence of the arbcom being stacked based on political bias.
That simply makes no sense. It is instead stacked w people who you
(Jimbo) happen to know. Appointee's don't result in a perfect
committee. Some mandate from the common man is essential.
What makes me so unhappy about my case is not only the recusals which
might have occured, and the people who might have voted but did not.
I am very much saddened to be formally chastised for these 2 mistakes
(and I do concede the 2 minor errors). The timing is particularly
unfortunate, as I have recently gotten my first article featured
([[Human]]), and passed 30,000 edits.
To be lined up w 5 other "right wing conspirators" fingered by
Cberlet... that was pretty dreadful. It has certainly called into
question the rewards vrs. punishments ratio of my experience here.
I have been advised by Fred Bauder
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Sam_Spade#Your_care._Arbs_strange_wa…
that by emailing other arbiters, I can discuss my case (and that of
what appears to be my AMA client) on the Arbcom-l list, and that is an
IRC channel with the potential for conferences. I would like to pursue
those remedies as could result in better outcomes in these cases.
Sam Spade
Sam Spade wrote:
Needless to say I am offended and saddened that
criticism of the
committe is being dismissed as the ravings of extremists. That is not
a good sign. It is no compliment when those on both sides of an issue
sternly criticise the "neutral" referee. When that happens in sports,
it is the clearest of signals that the umpire is in the wrong.
I think we can distinguish serious and thoughtful criticism of the
ArbCom from partisan rantings fairly easily. Suggesting that I am
stacking the ArbCom with people whose politics I agree with is quite
frankly absurd.
On the other hand, legitimate feedback to the ArbCom like: "you're too
soft on trolls" or "you are too hard on users who have just made a minor
mistake" might be right or wrong in the final analysis, but at least it
is legitimate criticism.
--Jimbo