[WikiEN-l] Re: Arbitration Commitee Seeking Comment

[MacGyverMagic/Mgm]

On 6/7/05, Erik Moeller <erik_moeller at gmx.de> wrote:
> Mark Pellegrini:
> > The Arbitration Committee is seeking public commentary and suggestions
> > pertaining to an ongoing problem:
> > 
> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_arbitration/RFC
> 
> I will state here for the record that I'm strongly opposed to any 
> content arbitration committee. Decisions like this should be made by the 
> community, not by elected or appointed representatives. The solution to 
> dealing with prolonged disputes is to establish clear community 
> procedures to make decisions, such as binding votes under clear 
> conditions (e.g. a discussion has been going on for X weeks, all 
> arguments have been summarized, all options of the vote have been agreed 
> upon in consensus ..). Wikipedia does not need an editorial staff.
> 
> As I've often stated, if you absolutely rule out voting as a last 
> resort, you end up with clubs and cabals which make decisions instead. 
> This is exactly what a content committee would eventually become. Don't 
> destroy the village in order to save it.
> 
> Erik
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I never understood why so many people oppose votes. It's an easy way
to see how the land lies and what the general opinion is. In my
opinion that's helpful.

--Mgm