[WikiEN-l] A modest proposal - a recap of resolution-l

[Charles Matthews]

stevertigo wrote:
>> horse-trading and straw polls which are part of the proper work of a
>> committee. In fact Arbitration cases generate acres of material showing
>> how decisions are made; and in most cases (not all) what appears on the
>> wiki is at least a fair record of how a decision was reached.
>>     
>
> Ah. "Horse trading" as in I will agree to ban Peter for one year, if
> you agree to ban Paul or two?  In the context of Arbitration, the
> practice is actually quite a DBAD violation.
>   
No, you misunderstand. When a case is clearly not going to get closed 
with the current set of findings, someone has to initiate a phase of 
discussion that ends with a better set of proposed findings, 
incorporating modifications that have broader support. Try AGF.

Charles