On 25 July 2012 23:12, David Gerard <dgerard(a)gmail.com> wrote:
It should be kept in mind that the en:wp arbcom is
pretty much batshit
insane these days.
Your personal disagreement with them does not equate to being "batshit
insane". The reality is that any group exhibiting that tendency
wouldn't survive within wikipedia political environment while in a
position to wield power for any non trivial length of time.
Furthermore a fair chunk of them were elected as recently as this year
with more vote than WMUK has memebers which is not really something
someone exhibiting features of "batshit insanity" would be able to
pull off.
Hooking WMUK's fortunes to said body strikes me
as
ill-advised.
It really matters very little as long as the ban holds (and so far
there is no evidence that it won't; I've seen community overturns of
arbcom decisions they involve more than a few talk page comments an
attack on the signpost and a rather meta thread at the village pump).
My arguments apply pretty much regardless of the banning mechanism
(well other than an WP:OFFICE).
--
geni