-----Original Message----- From: Ken Arromdee [mailto:arromdee@rahul.net] Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2007 08:58 AM To: 'English Wikipedia' Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] BADSITES ArbCom case about to close

On Wed, 17 Oct 2007 charles.r.matthews@ntlworld.com wrote:

AC cases are one-offs. They really are. They are supposed to fix up situations by a mixture of equity and safeguarding the Wikipedia mission. There is no precedent set by a remedy. Principles are pieces of reasoning drawing on written policy and other things, and are mainly there to connect general understandings with the bottom line.

If this is so, why has the MONGO case been constantly referred to as if it is policy?

And how did Arbcom manage to create an exemption to the 3RR if the case is a one-off?

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Because the principle which underlay the decision in MONGO, no personal attacks, is policy and never was subject to 3RR.

Fred