Michael Turley wrote
I would request a Bureaucrat who was not so closely involved (i.e. one who did not edit war and deface other comments in this discussion) make the decision on this particular RFA.
I could not agree more strongly.
The vote 70-30 for WMC shows he has many friends but has acquired enemies (together with those who either take the ArbCom ruling to be a blot, or who are chary of those who get foul of controversy on general grounds).
Now it ramifies into distrust for a bureaucrat. Bureaucrats are elected precisely on the grounds that they _are_ trusted. So, it seems some people would want to qualify that.
Forgive me, but this is polarizing, splitting stuff - and just what Wiki-en should rise above, on a politically-charged issue.
There are a few possible resolutions of the RFA issue here. I do feel strongly that it is important to speak out against the 'legalistic' attitude. Wiki works mainly because the barrackroom lawyers are seen for what they are, and the community wills the constitution to be applied with as much regard for the assumption of good faith, for example, as for anything else.
Charles