[WikiEN-l] Arbiter recusal

[Peter Mackay]

> From: wikien-l-bounces at Wikipedia.org 
> [mailto:wikien-l-bounces at Wikipedia.org] On Behalf Of 
> slimvirgin at gmail.com
> Sent: Thursday, 10 November 2005 08:51
> To: English Wikipedia
> Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] Arbiter recusal
> 
> On 11/9/05, Jack Lynch <jack.i.lynch at gmail.com> wrote:
> > There have been recent concerns regarding Kelly Martin, but none so 
> > serious as her decision not to recuse herself in the case 
> of an editor 
> > whom she has clear animosity toward.
> 
> Sam, arbitrators shouldn't have to recuse themselves because 
> an editor has tried to draw them into a dispute. If we 
> allowed that, anyone could use that tactic against any member 
> of the arbcom they wanted to see removed from a case.

An obvious test should be whether the dispute predates the Arbcom hearing.

Peter (Skyring)