[WikiEN-l] ArbCom Legislation

[Kurt Maxwell Weber]

On Thursday 19 June 2008 08:53, Mike R wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 1:53 PM, Charles Matthews
>
> <charles.r.matthews at ntlworld.com> wrote:
> > If what the ArbCom says is fundamentally at odds with the policy the
> > community wants, the ArbCom surely has to give way.
>
> That's one opinion. Another opinion is that "ArbCom rulings do in fact
> hold greater authority than that of mobs, democratic or otherwise."
> [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Jimbo_Wales&diff=21326
>3246&oldid=213262937]

And that would be wholeheartedly wrong.

The community is the only legitimate authority on Wikipedia.  The Arbitrary 
Committee has no legitimate authority whatsoever.
-- 
Kurt Weber
<kmw at armory.com>