>I bet the majority of people 1) have no clue what arbcom is 2) probably don't care much if they do because most people won't end up there

 

Exactly. I suspect the irrelevance of ArbCom to so many editors is perhaps a good thing ... perhaps more disputes than we are ever aware of get resolved at the lowest levels, the way they’re supposed to be, with no long-term effect on the participants’ enthusiasm for contributing further.

 

Daniel Case