On 10/25/05, Kelly Martin kelly.lynn.martin@gmail.com wrote:
We have suggested choosing Arbitrators by loading Recent Changes at a random unannounced time and appointing the first 12 names to appear there. While I think this would be resoundingly unsatisfactory to most members of the community, it would eliminate most claims of bias. :)
Kelly
Can't be much worse than the current system. I've come to find that the best way to deal with the arb com is to ignore them. I can't think of a single good thing that has come out of the arb com, save those things that only needed to be resolved because the arb com existed in the first place. I don't think it matters very much who's on the arb com. The position itself is fundamentally flawed.