[WikiEN-l] Arbitration progress report #4

[Fred Bauder]

One idea I have is a ban for one day for each time the perp uses the words
"stupid", "trash" and "crap" to describe another's edit. This could add up
to a year or two for some of these folks.

Fred

> From: "Martin Harper" <martin at myreddice.freeserve.co.uk>
> Reply-To: martin at myreddice.co.uk, English Wikipedia <wikien-l at Wikipedia.org>
> Date: Sun, 01 Feb 2004 18:52:35 -0000
> To: wikien-l at Wikipedia.org
> Subject: [WikiEN-l] Arbitration progress report #4
> 
> We've provisionally agreed on what rules will goven arbitration - IE, what
> people will 
> be found guilty and innocent of:
> 
> ----
> The arbitrators will judge cases according to the following guidelines, which
> they will 
> apply with common sense and discretion, and an eye to the expectations of the
> community:
> 1) Established Wikipedia customs and common practices
> 2) Wikipedia's "laws": terms of use, submission standards, byelaws, general
> disclaimer, copyright license.
> 3) Sensible "Real world" laws
> 
> Former decisions will not be binding on the arbitrators - rather, they intend
> to learn 
> from experience.
> -----
> 
> We've also decided to tweak the Jurisdiction rules based on your feedback, so
> that 
> number four is now: "The arbitrators will primarily investigate interpersonal
> disputes"
> 
> Next up, we discuss which solutions we shall apply. I favour putting
> troublesome 
> people in a dungeon and torturing them, but there you are.
> 
> -Martin
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