On Wed, Jul 2, 2008 at 12:09 PM, Anthony <wikimail(a)inbox.org> wrote:
Given what I
said above, I think it is obvious that "designing" a
replacement for the arbcom would be an excercise in futility.
I frankly don't even understand how that follows even if what you said
above was correct, which it isn't.
If what I wrote was incorrect, you have yet to
state which part of what I wrote specifically was
in error.
I'm sure there are other errors, or at least misleading statements,
but here's two of your statements that are in error.
"this is spun so far that it bears almost nil relation to the real
historic record"
For this one, I'll have to put it back on you. What part of what *I*
wrote did you find in error?
"positing that Jimbo instituted the Arbcom as his own creation, is
just not even close to any form of veracity."
I'm not sure how you can say this "is just not even close to any form
of veracity", as it is quite literally true. Jimbo instituted the
Arbcom as his own creation. It may have morphed into something
different from what he initially intended, but that doesn't change the
fact that he created it.
More substantively, I'd say it doesn't even resolve him of the
responsibility for having created it. But on that point, I'll
probably find myself in the minority of people on this list, since the
consensus of Wikimedians seems to be that there's nothing ethically
wrong with letting others run amok on the property for which one is
the caretaker.
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Quite realistically, I don't think this morphing into a discussion of
the ArbCom in general is helpful anyway. We really should be focusing
on -this particular bad decision- by the ArbCom. The ArbCom does do a
lot of good, and they are as human as the rest of us. The main problem
is this specific instance.
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