[WikiEN-l] Arbiter involvement on the Durova affair

[joshua.zelinsky at yale.edu]

Quoting jayjg <jayjg99 at gmail.com>:
>> > >
>> > > David and Guy, both Paul August (in the ANI subpage) and Mackensen (on
>> > the
>> > > Proposed Decisions talk page) have stated that Arbcom did *not* receive
>> > a
>> > > copy of the list post; it appears that many members of Arbcom first saw
>> > > Durova's post when Giano published it on ANI.
>> >
>> > The Arbitration Committee list was forwarded a copy of the list post
>> > with the express permission of Durova *well before* Giano posted it to
>> > AN/I.
>>
>>
>> The post was forwarded *four days* after the original block -- only *hours*
>> before Giano posted it on AN/I.
>
> Sorry, you're right, it was only hours before Giano's posting. I
> mistook PM for AM. In any event, the ArbCom list did get Durova's
> posting, with her permission, so the claim that Giano needed to post
> it is not accurate.

While it would clearly have been better for Giano to forward the email to the
ArbCom rather than post, such a short distance between when the ArbCom got the
email and when Giano posted it does appear to be a relevant mitigating factor.