[WikiEN-l] Arbitration progress report #5

[Martin Harper]

Hi all

So, we've got some limited agreement on the thorny issue of Transparency, and 
we're moving on to discussing how folks will make Requests of us (in the future, 
after this temporary Jimbo-based session).

1) We plan to take evidence in public, but reserve the right to take some evidence in 
private in exceptional circumstances.

2) Each arbitrator will make their own decision about how much personal information 
about themselves they are willing to share, both publically, and with the rest of the 
committee.

3) Arbitrators with multiple accounts on Wikipedia will disclose the usernames of 
those accounts to the rest of the committee, but are not required to disclose them 
publically.

4) Initially, we will keep our deliberations private, based on a semi-formal vote 
amongst arbitrators. However, both Fred Bauder and The Cunctator have expressed 
strong distaste for this option, so the arbitrators are far from unanimous on this point.

5) We will make the rationale for all our decisions public, based upon our private 
deliberations.

-Martin