On 6/24/06, Mark Ryan ultrablue@gmail.com wrote:
But that is beside the point. It still hasn't been explained why the Arbitrators were selected as the main repositories of these powers. Does the removal of revisions crop up frequently in arbitrations undertaken by the ArbCom? Or has the ArbCom somehow morphed into something more than an Arbitration Committee, to be some sort of Content Management Committee?
It's not a function of the ArbCom per se, it's an ability that has been given to all of the current members of the ArbCom because they happen to be some of the most trusted and experienced users on the wiki. That reasoning is clear because the ability was given to Essjay too.