On 11/17/05, uninvited(a)nerstrand.net <uninvited(a)nerstrand.net> wrote:
We have a comparatively new user to thank for
[[Wikipedia:Arbitration
Committee Elections December 2005/Straw poll]].
I think the presence of this poll as well as the level of support it has
garnered are both troubling.
Wikipedians appear to be viewing the AC as some sort of generalized
means of governance, which it isn't.
uc
Arbcom rulings have been cited in policy debates. Arbcom is the single
most powerful group on wikipedia. For obvius reasons people want a say
in who is in it.
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geni