QUOTE(everyking @ Fri 3rd October 2008, 6:14am)
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I
already proposed that on WP, and my proposal was shot down.
"Shot down" by what, four people? What we really need here isn't a discussion, but a petition. Any threaded discussion will be manipulated by people with an interest in sabotaging or foreclosing it.
QUOTE(Everyking)
We don't need "institutional memory"; it has never been demonstrated that this has helped anything
Couldn't agree more.
QUOTE(Mbisanz)
Nah, the idea idea is patently unfair to people like NYB, Flo, Jpgordon, and Kirill, among others who have done excellent jobs as arbitrators and should not be forced to re-run before their term is up.
This from people who emphasize that Wikipedia doesn't do fairness and isn't a system of law! Who cares if it's "fair" to the arbitrators? Most of them don't care if they're fair to others. Some of them should be happy they're not blocked or banned.
(p.s. NewYorkBrad would win reelection anyhow.)
I'd also like to clarify: whether the "tranche" system is inherently flawed or not is utterly beside the point. Volunteers and critics alike have lost confidence in
this Arbitration Committee. What is most immediately needed is not any particular policy change, but a motion of no confidence.