[WikiEN-l] Arbcom mailing lists need shredded

[Andrew Gray]

On 03/12/2007, joshua.zelinsky at yale.edu <joshua.zelinsky at yale.edu> wrote:
> Deletion of the list will not reduce accusations that the ArbCom members are
> leaking info since they will have the same basic access as they had before.

Well, no. They will have the same access *to current material*; they
won't have access to material from two years ago.

> List archives even for confidential lists are often very useful objects for
> when related situations come up and  would be useful to Arbitrators.

According to David upthread, the archives (beyond the "recent past")
of arbcom-l are very rarely used in practice.

> Furthermore, deletion of lists cannot be guaranteed since arbitrators could
> independently archive their copies.

...which is fine, it's sensible, and no-one is saying that shouldn't
happen. But the difference is that the only people who have access to
these are the people who'd been involved in the discussions; access
isn't handed out to people who come along years later.

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- Andrew Gray
  andrew.gray at dunelm.org.uk