On Sun, 06 Mar 2005 02:42:57 +0000, Abe Sokolov abesokolov@hotmail.com wrote:
Wikipedia has a court reprimanding users for breaking the 3RR and making personal attacks. But it lacks an authority reprimanding users for chronically undermining Wikipedia's progress with original research, POV nonsense, and ungrammatical prose. My suggestion on Wikipedia:Forum for Encyclopedic Standards was an alternative arbitration committee with public credibility, composed of qualified encyclopedists who have the calhones not to edit anonymously.
Exactly right, and I can't think of a single reason that anyone would want to oppose this. It wouldn't prioritize content over process, but would simply put the two on a par, which is the right approach because the two are inextricably linked. The content-related policies are already in place; all we need is a committee able and willing to enforce them.
Sarah