On 2 Jul 2007 at 01:09:59 +1000, "Stephen Bain" stephen.bain@gmail.com wrote:

Bauder could have chosen his words more carefully, but there is not really any contradiction. As he says, arbitration rulings are not policy and should not be taken as such. What he leave out is the implicit corollary that rulings are applications of policy to particular situations, and similar situations ought to be approached in similar

And how, exactly, is what Kamryn did "similar" to anything that was addressed in the past rulings? She was providing a relevant reference to an article, not engaging in harrassment or attacks.

The crucial point is that attempts to take the rulings from the Mongo case and turn them into *general* rules have not been constructive. The ways in which some people have chosen to extrapolate from the Mongo case have failed to take into account the nuances of the rulings.

...including, in my opinion, what Bauder did in the course of "clarifying" the ruling.