On Sunday 25 January 2004 09:28 am, Ira Stoll wrote:
Whether we deal with article-based disputes is a close issue. While I see the need and advocate it, I recall great reluctance on the part of the mailing list to allow arbitration of article content. I'm also posting this to wikien-l for further comment by the mailing list.
Fred
I feel very strongly that article disputes be settled by arbitration, or some other time consuming process where the issue is well thought over and researched, rather than decided by poll. To be honest, I have a rather contentious issue that I would like to have arbitrated, assuming it is still a concern by the time the arbitrators are ready to start taking cases (and also assuming it is decided that they will handle article disputes :) JackLynch
And I feel equally strongly that our articles, particularly not our contentious articles should be written by any committee which issues a decree about what is and is not "fact", what does and does not merit inclusion in a particular article, etc.
Arbitration should be about enforcing policies and not making editorial decisions about particular articles or disputes.
Best, Sascha Noyes