Just FYI for everyone, this ArbCom case has closed:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_arbitration/Episodes
_and_characters
I don't follow ArbCom cases too much but was following this one as a
frequent editor of the Scrubs TV series articles. I was surprised at the
lack of an apparent decision in this one. As I stated in AN, telling the
editors to "work collaboratively and constructively with the broader
community" seems ridiculous to me. The case made its way to ArbCom
because the editors were unable to do exactly that. Granted, ArbCom
doesn't get into content disputes, but telling users to work together
who obviously can't seems counterproductive to me. There was a reason it
went to ArbCom in the first place.
-----Original Message-----
From: wikien-l-bounces(a)lists.wikimedia.org
[mailto:wikien-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Steve Bennett
Sent: Monday, December 24, 2007 6:39 AM
To: English Wikipedia
Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] WP:EPISODE
On 12/24/07, Bryan Derksen <bryan.derksen(a)shaw.ca> wrote:
It puts lie to the whole concept of
"consensus" if a decision like
this can swing permanently one way or the
other based on whether it just
happens to be made during a week when not a lot of people are paying
attention.
Not really. Consensus is a very loose concept. Previous "consensuses"
have been struck down on the basis that not enough people were
involved (notably, the merger of WP:V, WP:RS etc) It wouldn't be
unreasonable to challenge the consensus later on, if indeed not many
people were involved.
Steve
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