stvrtg wrote:
Well I can sort of make up the appropriate credentials. ;) A real issue though is this characterisation of "abuse" by Essjay has been repeated ad nauseam in the media - including WP's own "Essjay controversy" article. By opening up an Arbcom case, people can assist in gathering any evidence of wrongdoing, beyond the citations given.
People can create a page and do all that now, Arbcom adds no value. From what I know of Arbcom, the case would be turned down inside of 15 minutes, setting a new record for AC speed :-) , so you'd have to create your own page anyway. After all, the "arb" stands for "arbitration", and exactly what dispute between current editors would they be settling? Now if you were to create an Essjay-related page and get into an edit war over it, they might take that case, not that I'm suggesting anything. :-)
Stan