[WikiEN-l] Arbitration Commitee Seeking Comment

[Gregory Maxwell]

On 6/13/05, Jimmy Wales <jwales at wikia.com> wrote:
> Erik Moeller wrote:
> > As some have pointed out, this is a choice between credentialism and
> > open community processes.
> 
> This totally mischaracterizes what this is about.  It's a choice between
> voting and reasoned discourse.  Both are community processes.

A good point to bring up is the sort of participants that each of
those methods will bring...  Votes are far more likely to bring around
the fear and emotion driven, reactionary, and mob mentality crowds
than something that actually requires time and thought.

But the problem with things requiring time and thought is that often
it discourages so many people that the decision is ultimately made by
a small group with a special interest.. and many of the more neutral
people are too disinterested or two annoyed from dealing with the
click that they avoid it.
 
Which is one of the things about a number of our voting processes..
they are not strictly votes but rather the interpretation of a poll by
a trusted member of our community who must answer for his or her call
if it comes into question. I'd like to see more of that, and less
implying that it's actually a vote.