On Nov 25, 2006, at 10:26 AM, Sean Barrett wrote:
I do not think that Wikipedia-the-place-where-we-write-articles is bad. If you have evidence to the contrary, point me at it, and I will block the bad guys and bring the ArbComm case against them myself. We are commissioned to protect the article-writing community, and I think we've done a not-bad job for the past three years. Any bigotry in Wikipedia-the-place-where-we-write-articles is only there because the ArbComm has not been made aware of it.
While the Arbcom is prepared to tromp all over overt misogyny, I think most problems are too subtle to come to our attention in the form of a case. Or occur off-wiki on other sites. Actually I, and I think most other arbitrators, routinely work on problems presented by off-wiki harassment and attempts to ferret out personal information. This work is informal and often not a part of an actual case.
Fred