On Thu, Jun 19, 2008 at 10:21 AM, Kurt Maxwell Weber kmw@armory.com wrote:
On Thursday 19 June 2008 08:53, Mike R wrote:
On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 1:53 PM, Charles Matthews
charles.r.matthews@ntlworld.com wrote:
If what the ArbCom says is fundamentally at odds with the policy the community wants, the ArbCom surely has to give way.
That's one opinion. Another opinion is that "ArbCom rulings do in fact hold greater authority than that of mobs, democratic or otherwise." [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Jimbo_Wales&diff=213... 3246&oldid=213262937]
And that would be wholeheartedly wrong.
The community is the only legitimate authority on Wikipedia. The Arbitrary Committee has no legitimate authority whatsoever. -- Kurt Weber kmw@armory.com
Much to my surprise, I found an old vote where the community approved the creation of ArbCom. It was "royal assented" by Jimbo, but with him effectively removed from his position of arbitrary authority these days, I wonder if the community could vote to disband ArbCom.
Probably not at that point, but it does seem the ArbCom is working hard to be unpopular these days.
WilyD