[WikiEN-l] How many Arbitrators should we have?

[Fred Bauder]

Why would Wikipedians be hamstrung in this way?

Fred

On Oct 6, 2005, at 9:07 AM, Ray Saintonge wrote:

> Ryan Delaney wrote:
>
>
>> Kelly Martin wrote:
>>
>>
>>> I would prefer to keep the ArbCom at its current size (or close to
>>> it) and establish lower courts to filter off the relatively easy
>>> stuff and to organize the cases into a form so that when they do
>>> appeal the ArbCom doesn't have to waste as much time marshalling
>>> the case.
>>>
>>> A few Arbitration Assistants would not be remiss, either.
>>>
>>> Kelly
>>>
>>>
>> I really like this idea. It seems to work pretty well in the U.S.
>> courts: The higher court would simply refuse to hear the appealed  
>> case
>> unless they think something went /procedurally/ wrong in the lower
>> court. This would give us near-infinite scalability while still
>> maintaining accountability for the higher "judges" if you will. There
>> aren't really any drawbacks either. I would be in favor of creating a
>> proposed policy to this end.
>>
>>
> Appelate courts also do not permit new evidence to be brought  
> forth.  They judge on points of law rather than facts.  It would be  
> up to the lower ranking tribunal to sort through the mass of  
> irrelevant material that is often raised.
>
> Ec
>
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