On 1/6/07, Ray Saintonge <saintonge(a)telus.net> wrote:
A full blown arbitration could do that. Especially if
the earlier steps
are bypassed. Mediation should work to find a common ground for agreement.
Ec
>from Rob Smith <nobs03(a)gmail.com>
11/27/06
>to Fred Bauder <fredbaud(a)ctelco.net>
>date Nov 27, 2006 7:42 PM
>subject Private message
>mailed-by
gmail.com
Let's cut
to the quick. When Berlet proposed circumventing WP:DR ("I
freely confess I
have a vested interest in this...")
>http://mail.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikien-l/2005-November/032066.html
>and you acknowledged the wisdom of circumventing
official WP:Dispute
>Resolution policy, "I agree with this."
>http://mail.wikipedia.org/pipermail/wikien-l/2005-November/032068.html
>I well understood how WP:DR was being sacrificed to
Foundation issues
>and the threat of defamation suits, etc. I never pressed this aspect
>in my defense publicly. I continued the assume good faith in your
>judgement, actions and opinions, as I do now. The record shows I
>never participated in any of the recusal requests.
>Clearly there are problems with the Dispute
Resolution policy, which
>my experience could be helpful for others in the future. But to
>continue to scapegoat me -- a user with no reputation for personal
>attacks prior to ArbCom (I don't think anyone ever even accused me of
>it) -- only darkens some of the shadowy perceptions out there about
>Wikipedia's internal processes. I believe in fact, my interactions
>with other users, prior to ArbCom, was almost a model of civility,
>focusing on the article and not personal bullshit & biases. And this
>can be verified.
>I send this to you privately because I understand
some of the
>difficult positions you were placed in. All I ask for now is fairness
>and reconsideration.
>Thank you.
>Nobs01
Mediation was interrupted in this case; and I never ceased AGF with
the Committee. I discovered Arbitration doesn't exist to right
perceived wrongs, rather to protect the interests of the Foundation.
Nobs01