geni wrote:
On 14/10/2007, Thomas Dalton thomas.dalton@gmail.com wrote:
He wasn't actually an arbitrator, just commented on cases. I have to admit I wondered where he came from. Turned out he came from naive acceptance of his fraudulent qualifications, which I afraid I did not question.
According to the timeline on [[WP:ARBCOM]], he was an appointed arbitrator for a very short period - I don't remember the circumstances of his appointment. I never questioned it, though...
Appointed around the time he became a wikia employee. I think to replace someone or grow arbcom one of the two.
The two things were of course entirely unrelated, and EssJay was appointed at the request of and unanimous support of the ArbCom. (But, some wonderful ArbCom members wrote to me later and apologized for not voicing concerns, and we all have egg on our face in that fiasco.)
--Jimbo