[WikiEN-l] ArbCom Legislation

[The Cunctator]

Or a good case study in how quickly factions and power grabs form.

On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 7:26 AM, Anthony <wikimail at inbox.org> wrote:

> On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 2:57 PM, Kurt Maxwell Weber <kmw at armory.com>
> wrote:
> > On Monday 23 June 2008 08:58, Wily D wrote:
> >> It was "royal assented" by Jimbo, but with
> >> him effectively removed from his position of arbitrary authority these
> >> days, I wonder if the community could vote to disband ArbCom.
> >
> > It doesn't need to, since the Arbitrary Committee doesn't legitimately
> exist
> > in the first place.  It doesn't need to be disbanded; everyone just needs
> to
> > start ignoring it.
>
> If the project community consisted solely of individuals like you and
> me that might work, Kurt.  But in practice society isn't ready for
> anarchy, even on the Internet.  If the ArbCom is to lose its power it
> will need to be replaced with something else.
>
> Like it or not, Wikipedia actually makes a good case study for why
> anarchy doesn't work.
>
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