[WikiEN-l] Arbiter recusal

[Delirium]

Matt Brown wrote:

>If arbitrators had to recuse themselves every time someone came before them
>who they considered a 'known troublemaker', let's say no disruptive user
>would ever get banned.
>  
>
There's an informal (formal?) rule that if a majority of arbitrators 
ever recuse on a case, they all are automatically unrecused.  The 
justification is that, in all probability, a situation that resulted in 
a user having personal conflicts with nearly every single arbitrator is 
more likely to be the fault of the user than the fault individually of 
every arbitrator.  A more practical justification is that it serves as a 
deterrent to trying to "win" a case by forcing everyone to recuse.

-Mark