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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