Mike R wrote:
On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 1:53 PM, Charles Matthews
<charles.r.matthews(a)ntlworld.com> wrote:
If what the ArbCom says is fundamentally at odds
with the policy the
community wants, the ArbCom surely has to give way.
That's one opinion. Another opinion is that "ArbCom rulings do in fact
hold greater authority than that of mobs, democratic or otherwise."
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http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Jimbo_Wales&diff=21…
"Mob" is of course a pejorative, as are "pile-on" and other such
terms. The difference can be seen in the discussion structure.
Threaded discussions can be particularly poor at clarifying matters.
Arbitration cases are generally better at clarification than other
options, short of wiki editing done by a skilful bunch of people. Which
is why policy pages that have been worked over have the standing they
do, and it's not just a question of how many people have actually edited
them.
Charles