[WikiEN-l] Arbitration Commitee Seeking Comment

Wed Jun 8 19:44:21 UTC 2005

Daniel Mayer wrote:
> The ArbCom already tries to enforce our content-related policies. What I'd like
> to do is have subject-area subcommittees to consult when alleged violations of
> our content-related polices like NPOV or NOR come before us (the ArbCom). As it
> is, only the most blatant POV and original research-pushing people are
> sanctioned due to the simple fact that the ArbCom does not know everything
> about everything and thus can't spot more subtle violations of our
> content-related polices. We have tried, but this results in cases that take
> months and inadequate remedies.

I think this is exactly right.

I have not yet had a change to read the exact proposals, but I think it
is clear that in many cases, subject-area expertise has to be introduced
into our disciplinary processes in a more systematic way.

--Jimbo