The '''Wikipedia Arbitration committee''' is [[Wikipedia]]'s final mechanism of [[m:dispute resolution]] process.
==History== In an effort to [[m:devolve power]], in early 2004 [[Jimbo Wales]] appointed 12 trust members of the Wikipedia community and tasked them with sorting out user disputes.
Unfortunately, for the first year of its existance, the arbitration commitee was lambasted for being too slow and too feeble in its decisions. Following the vicious [[Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections December 2004|2004 elections]], the commitee's processes began to speed up and decisions became more decisive. Unfortunately, the commitee was then lambasted as being a [[witch hunt]] and for 'shutting people up'. ==See also==
- [[Catch 22]]
- [[No-win situation]]
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This sounds an awful lot like a George W. Bush effect. Bush was nothing but a stupid cowboy unfit to lead the USA, *but* he was SO wickedly smart that he tricked everybody into following him into a war only for Big Oil!
I love how the Arbitration Committee has gotten a better attitude and is now churning out real results at a faster pace.
--Merovingian