On Sat, 2003-12-06 at 05:30, The Cunctator wrote: 
On 12/5/03 6:54 PM, "Ray Saintonge" <saintonge@telus.net> wrote:
> We have a number of contributors who are otherwise very good
> contributors, but who tend to go off the deep end when dealing with
> certain subjects.  Depending on how the meta-data discussion ends up it
> could be possible to block a user from editing a range of articles.
> Thus a person who loses perspective over the Middle East conflict could
> be barred from editing any article that are classified with the words
> "Israel" and "Palestine".  Arbitrators would still primarily deal with
> disciplinary matters.  (I don't know about the procedural)  They could
> still have a wide range of solutions available.

That possibility disgusts me.
Me too. As does the whole discussion of whether arbitrators should have a remit which includes content of articles.

I think this highlights the fact that the missing third wheel of the mediation/arbitration pair is Expert Determination.

I think Alex756 briefly mentioned this in a much earlier discussion, but it got lost in the volume of discussion about arbitration and mediation, which are slightly better known by most folks. So, Alex756, would you like to recap?

Jussi-Ville Heiskanen (aka Cimon Avaro)