On 5/23/07, Trebor Rowntree trebor.rowntree@gmail.com wrote:
On 5/23/07, Fred Bauder fredbaud@waterwiki.info wrote:
It does not run in a circle. If BLP is invoked the article remains deleted until it is determined by the arbitration committee that BLP does not apply.
This is news to me. I don't recall this happening, and thought the ArbCom stayed away from content disputes. Surely whether BLP applies is a community decision?
Though I am unhappy with Fred's stated policy that ArbCom is now the arbiter if BLP is invoked, I tend to agree with him that applying current "community consensus" process to BLP applicability and other highly contentious topics isn't working so well.
I think we're seeing signs both of mob activity and of lone holdouts / marginal fringes holding up process. When you have this simultaneously, it's not a sign that the process works, it's a sign that there's a structural problem.