On 11/3/06, David Gerard dgerard@gmail.com wrote:
Have a look at the arbcom pages some time. Fred Bauder seriously proposed some time last year that Chip Berlet should not be allowed to edit articles about the LaRouchians because - hah! - his expertise on the subject meant he was too involved.
Did he actually say that "expertise" should be a disqualification from editing or did he say that due to his experience Berlet may have a preconceived notion that the LaRouchians were all nuts and should thus be disqualified? The latter seems to be a more reasonable and defensible position, though it isn't one I that I agree with.