Gerard Meijssen said:
Blanket policies that expect that an arbitration committee exists are stupid when there is no such thing.
Absolutely. This is why I refer to "the arbitration apparatus" and not specifically to an all-singing all-dancing arbitration committee--I'd be pretty surprised if any other WikiMedia project had reached the stage that it required the miniature court we have on en.
Denying the use of the tool results result in a situation does hurt a project.
Again I agree. At least one person on each Wiki should have the right to grant and revoke the right to use this feature.