[WikiEN-l] Arbitration Committee elections, 2005

[Ilya N.]

While I respect Jimbo's opinion I'm not quite sure if this way is the right
way to go.

The 'old boys' club' is one of my concerns. The other one (which is slightly
related) is that some highly-qualified candidates which could do very well
might not be on Jimbo's (and the arbCom's) radar, so how would that work?

~Ilya N.

On 10/25/05, Chris Jenkinson <chris at starglade.org> wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> I think it's important to get some discussion started on the way the
> arbitrators will be chosen at the end of this year, as Jimbo Wales has
> recently altered the elections page[1], saying that this year there will
> be a new system. As he hasn't decided, it's our responsibility as
> Wikipedians to help pick the best arbitrators with the best possible
> system.
>
> Currently his idea is on a appointments and confirmation procedure,
> roughly equivalent to the process that judges become United States
> Supreme Court members - i.e., Jimbo Wales picks a number of Wikipedians
> and they go through for a confirmation vote from the community. This
> obviously differs greatly from the previous system, where candidates put
> their name forward and any candidate willing to stand was added to the
> 'ballot paper' (similar to an election in most democratic countries).
>
> This idea has already come in for some criticism[2], such as Geni
> suggesting it would be easier to make accusations of an "old boy's
> club", and Michael Snow, Filiocht and jguk mentioning that they would
> prefer the community to be trusted to make the right decision.
>
> Therefore I propose that we remind ourselves of the advantages and
> disadvantages that last year's elections showed, debate the merits of
> the current line of thinking of Jimbo's idea and if possible come up
> with a new system ensures that the English language Wikipedia is
> arbitrated by the best Arbitrators who were chosen by the best possible
> system.
>
> Chris
>
> 1. http://tinyurl.com/c2ph9
> 2. http://tinyurl.com/7n88j
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