[WikiEN-l] ArbCom - too attached to 'equal treatment'?

Mon Mar 7 16:03:10 UTC 2005

>From: "Tony Sidaway" <minorityreport at bluebottle.com>
>
>Theresa Knott said:
> >> It wouldn't artificially discourage people from making legitimate
> >> complaints for fear that they too would be penalised or at a minimum
> >> tempbanned from editing an article until the hearing is complete.
> >
> > Is there any evidence that this has actually happened in the past?
> > Certainly requests for arbitration appear to come thick and fast. I am
> > not aware of a legit complaint not having been made out of fear.
>
>I think it is more the case that people have gone to arbcom and not
>obtained quite the result they expected.

Actually, you are incorrect; there are obvious ArbCom cases right now that 
no-one is willing to bring before ArbCom.

Jay.