[WikiEN-l] Arbitration Commitee Seeking Comment

[David Gerard]

michaelturley at myway.com (michaelturley at myway.com) [050609 14:47]:

> I see absolutely no need to arbitrate, mediate, or otherwise rule on appropriate content.  
> Attempting to do so is like trying to nail warm Jell-O to the wall.  Wikipedia articles are fluid and constantly changing.  Any version of an editorial board could only fix an article's state at one specific point in time, and the "approved" version would probably be long out of date by the time the ruling was formulated and agreed upon.  


Mediation is between the disputing editors; that can work well on a
per-conflict basis. But I agree on the arbitration of content. That's
my other concern - when does it get reviewed, if ever?


- d.