On Nov 29, 2007 5:49 PM, Mark Ryan ultrablue@gmail.com wrote:
What I would like to know (and I'm not going to bother digging through hundreds of emails on this topic to see if it's already been asked) is which arbitrators are members of that private/secret mailing list, and if some arbitrators are members of that list or, further, participated in discussions, then which of those arbitrators have recused themselves from this case.
I've stated this before several times, but for the record:
I am on both the Cyberstalking list and the investigations list, having been sent invitations by the creators of both lists. The first, in fact, began as an email conversation between a number of Wikipedians and the arbitration committee list; as the discussion continued, it became clear that a mailing list would be easier than keeping the Cc: list correct, and would allow people to join or leave the conversation as they wished.
You don't make it clear which list you are talking about for these questions.
User:!!, the one Durova blocked, was never discussed on the Investigations list. He was mentioned on the Cyberstalking list, in a post I did not read until after Durova performed the block (It's a high-traffic list and I get a lot of mail). She did not say she was going to block that user, and blocking was not discussed.
Having not discussed User:!! with anyone before the block (having, in fact, not even known of their existence) I have not recused and do not plan to. There is no conflict of interest here.
For that matter, I've posted to Wikipedia Review before as well. Not with much of a successful result, I'm sad to say, but there we go.
-Matt