[WikiEN-l] Should the content of articles be subject to arbitration?

[Martin Harper]

Mark wrote:
> Our current process seems to have two main ways of resolving
> contentious disputes:
>
> * Whoever is most persistent wins, as eventually his opponent 
> goes away and he reverts to his preferred version without anyone 
> noticing
>
> * Whichever position is most popular wins, as it wins the vote 
> (even if it's grossly incorrect)

A third option is that someone constructs a form of words acceptable (or at least 
palatable) to both sides. A fourth is that one side or the other is convinced that they 
are incorrect (or potentially incorrect). I can't comment on relative frequency, but 
they do happen.

-Martin "MyRedDice" Harper