[Foundation-l] Meta-arbcom (was: the foundations of...)

[hillgentleman]

Yaroslav M. Blanter,

We are talking about a major language here.
There are many people in the world who speak French as a second language.
They may know French but do not participate in the particular project.

Best,
H.
On 05/01/2008, Yaroslav M. Blanter <putevod at mccme.ru> wrote:
> >> Retranslate: No - if we have a case from a project whose participants
> >> use
> >> French as a second lanugage, simply pick arbitrators who speak french.
> >
> > If you select a subset of the committee based on languages spoken,
> > it's harder to ensure a "fair trial", since it's not a random
> > selection. It also removes the benefit of having various points of
> > view - the French speaking members are likely to be the members active
> > on the French projects, so you lose the wealth of knowledge that
> > members of other projects could bring.
> >
>
> Even worse: Since in this case we are talking about a conflict that is
> impossible to resolve in French wp, having arbitrators who are possibly
> active contriburors or admins in French wp just means that they may be a
> side of the conflict and it is unlikely that they remain neutral.
>
> Cheers
> Yaroslav
>
>
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