On 15/10/2007, David Goodman
<dgoodmanny(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Suggestion: an abbreviated process if limited
remedies are sought,
such as topic bans, or article or revert probation, and the full
process only when banning or desysop is to be considered.
That would require the person bringing the case to be the one to
decide on the potential remedies (with arbitrators just voting yea or
nay). Since remedies are meant to benefit the project, rather than the
person bringing the case (ie. they aren't suing for damages, it's more
like a criminal prosecution), it doesn't make sense for that person to
decide the limit on the remedies.
I don't think that has to be a problem.
If the person bringing the case, who is presumably the most upset about
the problem, thinks that limited remedies are enough, then it seems like
a reasonable bet a lot of the time.
For the times it isn't, then the person or people adjudicating the case
should have the option of sending it to the full ArbCom. And we could
allow anybody to petition the full ArbCom to take over the case.
William