On 03/12/2007, joshua.zelinsky@yale.edu joshua.zelinsky@yale.edu wrote:
Deletion of the list will not reduce accusations that the ArbCom members are leaking info since they will have the same basic access as they had before.
Well, no. They will have the same access *to current material*; they won't have access to material from two years ago.
List archives even for confidential lists are often very useful objects for when related situations come up and would be useful to Arbitrators.
According to David upthread, the archives (beyond the "recent past") of arbcom-l are very rarely used in practice.
Furthermore, deletion of lists cannot be guaranteed since arbitrators could independently archive their copies.
...which is fine, it's sensible, and no-one is saying that shouldn't happen. But the difference is that the only people who have access to these are the people who'd been involved in the discussions; access isn't handed out to people who come along years later.