Sam Korn wrote:
The Arbitration Committee's overriding aim is not fairness. Rather it is to do the best for the encyclopaedia. This doesn't mean that fairness is not considered. It just means that, when "justice" and the interests of the encylopaedia collide, the encyclopaedia comes first.
Why should they collide? Decisions in the spirit of fairness _are_ for the best of the encyclopedia. In the event that there is a conflict the rules need to be made absolutely clear and explicit to avoid arbitrary rulings.
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