[WikiEN-l] Arbitration Committee elections, 2005 - still no information!

[Fred Bauder]

Jimbo recently asked those on the arbitration mailing list (current  
and former arbitrators) to give him feedback regarding the listed  
candidates. This was done. If someone wants to be considered they  
should probably list themselves and also contact an arbitrator and  
ask that their availability be forwarded to the list.

Jimbo will probably appoint a list which will have to be confirmed by  
the community, probably with a vote of more than 50% approval for  
each candidate.

Fred

On Nov 28, 2005, at 11:45 AM, Chris Jenkinson wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> It's been one month since Jimbo Wales edited the Arbitration  
> Committee elections page for this December (now just a few days  
> away) to change the procedure, adding some brainstormed thoughts.  
> Those thoughts are still all the information we have on the  
> procedure, and we're almost in December.
>
> A number of potential candidates have said they don't wish to put  
> their name forwards if they don't know the election procedure, yet  
> recently a member of the current Arbitration Committee said that  
> all Wikipedians wishing to become arbitrators should put their name  
> forwards immediately.
>
> This is really a terrible state of affairs for a number of reasons:
>
> Firstly, we have no idea how the new Arbitration Committee is going  
> to become the new Arbitration Committee at all. Not even the  
> current arbitrators say they know how it's going to be done.
>
> Secondly, it has been almost a year since the last elections, and  
> there has been plenty of community discussion about what was good  
> and bad about the procedure, and action has been taken on this by  
> the community (for example, the deletion of the endorsements/ 
> disendorsements page).
>
> Thirdly, Jimbo has been deathly quiet. These are probably the most  
> important positions in the Wikipedia community and the process  
> deserves to be discussed openly. Yet all we've seen are some brief  
> thoughts from Jimbo. He hasn't responded to other suggestions or to  
> criticism of his thinking.
>
> Come on Jimbo, sort it out! It's been almost a year since the last  
> elections, there has been plenty of discussion from the community  
> (including the current arbitrators) on reform of the system, but  
> all we've heard from you is a "current line of thinking". Yes, we  
> know you have other things to do, such as the incredibly important  
> role of getting funding. However, the encyclopaedia project relies  
> on its community to exist and we have to get this right. Please  
> join in the discussion and make your thoughts clear.
>
> Chris
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