[WikiEN-l] Arbcom

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-----Original Message-----
From: Thomas Dalton [mailto:thomas.dalton at gmail.com]
Sent: Sunday, October 14, 2007 10:01 AM
To: 'English Wikipedia'
Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] Arbcom

On 14/10/2007, geni <geniice at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 14/10/2007, Thomas Dalton <thomas.dalton at gmail.com> wrote:
> > By all means ask him, but I really can't see him making unilateral
> > appointments to ArbCom. I'm not sure he would keep his special
> > position within the English Wikipedia hierarchy long if he tried to,
> > either - he only has power because the community gives it to him.
> > (Well, he's on the board, but that's just gives him a vote on board
> > resolutions, it doesn't give him unilateral power over anything.)
>
> Unilaterally appointed essjay to arbcom not that long ago.

Remind me, how did that work out? ;)

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He wasn't actually an arbitrator, just commented on cases. I have to admit I wondered where he came from. Turned out he came from naive acceptance of his fraudulent qualifications, which I afraid I did not question.

Fred