I think we should simply empanel a 3 person jury from active users (including folks who are not administrators) and let them make a decision. If someone is dissatisfied they can appeal to the arbitrators and get a new trial.
Fred
From: Michael Snow wikipedia@earthlink.net Reply-To: English Wikipedia wikien-l@Wikipedia.org Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2004 07:22:38 -0800 To: wikien-l@Wikipedia.org Subject: [WikiEN-l] Shrinking and expanding at the same time (was AC with a small quorum and IRC meetings)
There remains the question of how to choose a substantial pool of magistrates. Should we work this in as part of the arbitration election, and if so, will we get enough people? Should we have Jimbo or the Board make appointments, or take volunteers subject to an approval process in a way similar to adminship? When this kind of idea has been discussed in the past, it has often been in the context of having _all admins_ be what I'm calling "magistrates". But I think that approach will get nowhere because too many people are uncomfortable with giving certain existing admins that kind of power.