Guy Chapman aka JzG wrote:
You are assuming ill faith to a quite unreasonable degree. So what if not all the arbitration committee were on the lists? It doesn't matter. Some are, and so is Jimbo, and when something stupid gets said we allow the person to work through their pain and frustration and come out the other side.
Precisely.
Durova did not have support for what she did. She misinterpreted silence as assent. Had she asked "should I block this editor?" I think the answer would have been no, since there was nothing to indicate a problem from Wikipedia behaviour.
Precisely.
--Jimbo