John Lee wrote:
On 3/8/07, Ben Yates ben.louis.yates@gmail.com wrote:
Isn't Jimmy just supposed to be the proverbial head of state at this point, no longer the commander in chief?
The last time I checked, the arbcom's powers are derived from Jimbo, not the other way round, so Jimbo had every right to act, since he is superior to the arbcom in hierarchical terms.
It's kind of vague, really. Historically, the Arbitration Committee took over the roles Jimmy previously exercised. Informally, he currently heads it (from afar, mostly), and has authority to veto its decisions, appoint/remove members, etc. Even more informally, he does so in accordance with community approval (elections, the policy ratification vote, etc.). At one point Jimmy was also formally in charge, but now in hierarchical terms the Foundation's Board of Directors would be, with Jimmy retaining informal/customary authority over some English-Wikipedia-specific processes. Now that authority over the community is mostly effective because the community tacticly approves of it, so teasing out which has priority is tricky. =]
-Mark