[WikiEN-l] BADSITES ArbCom case about to close

[Daniel R. Tobias]

Well, it looks like the case is closing, not with a bang but with a 
whimper... it's got the four net support votes (with no opposing 
votes) to close, so unless somebody votes against closing before the 
24 hours runs out at 19:24 UTC, it's closed.  What will be in the 
final decision (if no votes change by then) is a whole heap of 
principles (some of them with a degree of tension between them), a 
few findings and remedies (none of which actually call for any flat 
link bans) and absolutely no enforcement provisions.  The community 
is encouraged to develop a policy, and editors are "encouraged to 
show due consideration for the feelings of other Wikipedians, and to 
refrain from idly or frivolously making references to malicious 
sites."

What it means is that, as the discussion of proposed policies 
proceeds, nobody in it will have the opportunity for a cheap shot of 
making an "Argument from Authority" that "ArbCom said it; I believe 
it; end of argument", as has so often been the case for the last 
year.

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