David Gerard wrote:
I think the arbcom would be silly to take on the question of rollback permissions if they could reasonably avoid doing so - accepting it will mean everyone with an argument will whinge to them, more than now.
If arbcom's purpose is to protect itself against whinging, then it should certainly not take on this case (or many other cases for that matter).
The problem is, if they don't, then our little Christmas coup d'etat, which forced this through, becomes the new immovable status quo. The community can discuss it all they want, but since *genuine* consensus is unachievable here, there's no chance of overturning this - unless someone else can figure out how to game the system.
Basically, a complaint without hope of remedy.
Of course, rollback is itself 'no-big deal', indeed no deal at all - and I'd give it free with cornflakes - but the layers of bitchfighting and b'cracy that admins with TEH POWER, and aggrieved users who get denied promotion, will cause will be a totally unnecessary disruption.
Yes, arbcom may avoid whinging, but expect indefinite cases of whinging on ANI every time a permission is removed, refused, or too liberally granted - all for a silly bauble that no-one has demonstrated does any project good at all - and to protect against a misuse that no-one has demonstrated can do any real harm.