[WikiEN-l] Arbcom mailing lists need shredded

[Guy Chapman aka JzG]

On Mon, 03 Dec 2007 10:00:27 -0500, joshua.zelinsky at yale.edu wrote:

>Deletion of the list will not reduce accusations that the ArbCom members are
>leaking info since they will have the same basic access as they had before.
>List archives even for confidential lists are often very useful objects for
>when related situations come up and  would be useful to Arbitrators.
>Furthermore, deletion of lists cannot be guaranteed since arbitrators could
>independently archive their copies. Finally, in the very long run there may be
>historic interest in these lists and it would be unwise to delete them.

And *finally* finally, if people do not trust ArbCom they are
welcome to find a project whose administrative structures they do
trust.

I mean, in the end, it's a private project to build an encyclopaedia
and not an experiment in democracy.

Guy (JzG)
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