--- "steven l. rubenstein" rubenste@ohiou.edu wrote:
I think we should either expand the brief of the mediation and arbitration committees to enforce content guidelines or, if those committees prefer having a more limited brief, form some other clear process to resolve conflicts over content and enforce content policies.
As you pointed out, what constitutes reputable sources varies a great deal by discipline and is still very subjective. So, IMO, the ArbCom cannot directly touch content disputes until much better content guidelines and policies are developed (not to mention the fact of community support for extending that power to the ArbCom).
In my experience, those who violate NPOV and/or who push crank theories are opposed by other editors and eventually violate behavioral policies and guidelines. So this is somewhat self-correcting as-is. Of course it would be more efficient to deal with this before it becomes a behavioral issue, but doing so in a fair way is not at all easy.
-- Daniel Mayer (aka mav)
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