--- Fred Bauder fredbaud@ctelco.net wrote:
The Njyoder case involves [[gender]], an article which makes sense in a subcultural context but not much sense to Njyoder. A content inquiry as to whether within the subcultural context there there is significant content which might go into the article is helpful.
Very well put. Thus my idea of having advisory panels in various fields that the ArbCom can consult to help it find out just who is and is not following our content-related policies. 12 people simply do not have enough combined knowledge about everything needed to make this effective except in the most obvious of cases.
I think the test is whether without some reference to content questions, the disputes remain unresolved and unresolvable under a theory that one opinion is as good as another. LIke I said earlier, a theory of a flat earth is fine in [[flat earth]] but out of place in [[astrophysics]].
Another excellent point. If we only looked at violations of purely behavioral policies, then all a POV/OR-pusher would need to do is be persistent and provoke editors working against them into violations of our behavioral policies and guidelines.
It can be *very* frustrating to know what is NPOV and what is and is not original research in an area and have somebody very persistently try to push a POV or OR. Thus I can understand why some outbursts from good editors can happen. Such outbursts can not be condoned, but the reason why they happened should be considered and that information should mitigate any remedy for the outburst and the person provoking the outburst should be sanctioned.
If we (the ArbCom) ding the good editor for violating a behavioral policy and leave the bad editor alone just because we either did not understand the content policy violation or because we are gun-shy from enforcing those policies except in the most blatant of cases, then we have failed in our primary goal; to provide an environment where good editors can create the best encyclopedia possible.
That's why I want the ArbCom to have the ability to consult subject-area advisory panels when needed.
-- mav
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