On 11/28/07, Alec Conroy alecmconroy@gmail.com wrote:
RFCs are never moot because of an RFAr.
An RFC is moot from the moment of its creation onward.
Consensus trumps Arbcom--
Hopefully you can hear the big black roflcopters landing at your doorstep.
Arbcom's just there for those gray cases where we prior dispute resolution couldn't come to consensus.
In theory, maybe, but in practice, arbcom hears whatever it wants to hear and disregards the rest.
I should clarify, before anyone construes this as an opinionated and derogatory paraphrasing of "The Boxer" (which it is), rather than a simple fact (which it also is), that when I say "wants to hear" I'm referring to the language used in sections like "Arbitrators' opinion on hearing this matter (3/5/0/0)", etc. etc.
—C.W.