[WikiEN-l] Brandt unblocked by Jimbo - community support?

[Fred Bauder]

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>Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] Brandt unblocked by Jimbo - community support?
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>On 4/19/07, Erik Moeller <erik at wikimedia.org> wrote:
>>
>> Jimmy has given three reasons:
>> * he asked nicely
>> * we are talking about a productive way forward in the future
>> * it has been more than a year
>>
>> These seem like good reasons to me, and I trust his judgment in this
>> matter. I think we should all be willing to try out such experiments
>> more frequently, rather than dividing our world into friends and
>> enemies.
>
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>Also, I'm inclined to agree with you, but my questions are still sort of out
>there... can the community overrule Jimbo, or is Jimbo pulling an OFFICE to
>overrule previous decisions by multiple admins here?
>
>http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Community_sanction_noticeboard&oldid=122638406#Daniel_Brandt
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>It's really more a question of what is Jimbo's authority in this matter
>relative to the decisions of other admins.

Wikilegally,

Daniel Brandt filed an arbitration case regarding his ban. Whether it was a community ban was one of the questions posed. Opinion was divided, but the case was rejected. However, one of the matters which the arbitration committee may consider is a community ban. Appeal of an arbitration decision is to Jimbo. Daniel Brandt appealed to Jimbo with the result we see. The arbitration committee can overturn a community ban, so can Jimbo.

Offenses of the party and community opinion are taken into account, but do not control.

Fred