--- Sascha Noyes sascha@pantropy.net wrote:
There is a difference between a criminal and a civil trial. If certain laws of a society are broken, then the state will prosecute a case. If, on the other hand there is some squabble between two parties (eg. a contract dispute), then one party will seek to prosecute the other. I submit that the problem with MNH is of the former kind. It is not primarily a dispute between him and me. Or for that matter all the other people he has attacked. Rather, he is in violation of one of wikipedia's important rules: no personal attacks. I therefore think that I should not be the prosecution, but rather a witness for the prosecution. I'm not sure how this would work with the current framework. But I'd be most interrested in everyone's opinion on this matter.
I agree. I think we need a Wikipedia Prosecutor's office, where an elected prosecutor would hire deputies and go out and investigate the matter. Then, they would be the ones bringing the accused to the mediation/arbitration. If the accused does not wish to face the arbitration/mediation, he will be considered a fujitive, and all rights and proviledges of a law abiding citizens of the W will be revoked and the user permanently banned, until such time as either the Prosecutor ends the search or the accused submits anew to the arbitration/mediation.
I suggest an interesting punishment for petty offenders: community service on the W. Edit theses 400 articles to match them to this format, and you can come back full-fledged.
===== Christopher Mahan chris_mahan@yahoo.com 818.943.1850 cell http://www.christophermahan.com/
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