On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 12:48 AM, Ray Saintonge <saintonge(a)telus.net> wrote:
It seems to me that the Arbitration Committee has come
a long way from
it's original intent as an appeals vehicle. In short, admins would make
a ruling affecting some user's rights, and the Arbcom would review the
action to see if that user's rights had been improperly violated.
I think you misread the Arbcom's original intent, which was as a
scalable Jimbo. At that point, people pretty much couldn't get banned
except by Jimbo edict. Admins banning indefinitely was not supported.
-Matt