[Wikipedia-l] Arbitration/mediation on en

[Delirium]

I think this is already what you have in mind, but just to clarify what 
I think is an important point, is this the correct understanding of the 
two committees' "power", such that it is? --

Mediation: Involved in both disputes between users, and in particularly 
difficult disputes over articles (including content and content 
presentation), for example by suggesting compromise wording or 
rearrangements.  Mediators have no specific power to impose a solution, 
but should act in good faith, and hopefully their efforts will be seen 
as a good faith attempt to mediate disputes to reach a mutually 
agreeable conclusion.

Arbitration: *Only* tasked with reviewing potential bans of users.  Does 
*not* have any power with regards to arbitrating the disputes over 
content or content presentation.  Basically, this committee is what 
decides when someone simply cannot work within Wikipedia, after an 
appeal from someone who has made that claim and asked the user to be 
banned.  The actual disputes themselves stay at the mediation level 
indefinitely, and are not subject to arbitration (any "voting" decision 
on them would be a wider vote on the talk page, presumably).

-Mark