Interesting all the comments of "Why don't you raise this with the
Arbitration Committee" and "surely soon, but not yet." The current appeal
is, I think, the 4th? Maybe the 5th. Not that PM is being a vexatious
appealer - half or so are not from him, and others support him each time. No
one still seems to have argued that, on the merits, he should remain banned
from BLPs. Others have noted the contradiction - he's prevented from editing
BLPs, and so the Committee (and the community) has no evidence to back up a
decision either way.
It seems like the Committee has decided to forego decisions when the answer
isn't obvious (and sometimes when it is), perhaps gunshy from the scandal
with the Orangemarlin case. Its unfortunate, but it appears we may have a
"lame duck" committee until December.
Nathan