QUOTE(UseOnceAndDestroy @ Thu 16th October 2008, 6:44pm)
QUOTE(everyking @ Thu 16th October 2008, 6:25pm)
QUOTE(UseOnceAndDestroy @ Thu 16th October 2008, 6:21pm)
QUOTE(Alex @ Thu 16th October 2008, 6:09pm)
QUOTE(UseOnceAndDestroy @ Thu 16th October 2008, 5:28pm)
QUOTE(Alex @ Thu 16th October 2008, 5:05pm)
It's a pretty poor selection this year, I must say.
The individuals in the race don't matter. Whoever is hand-picked for the job, they'll still be Jimbo's pet chimps. Arbcom elections are a pretend vote for a pretend court.
Last time Jimbo appointed someone was in February 2007, when he appointed Mackensen to replace Dmcdevit, and Essjay as an extra. Mackensen had previously been on ArbCom, and resigned in good standing. Prior to that, was September 2005. I doubt he'll be doing it again.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Arb...tions#Elections"Since then, Arbitrators have been appointed based on the results of advisory elections held annually. Jimbo does not consider himself bound by the results of the elections, but generally has appointed Arbitrators from among the candidates with the highest percentage of positive votes (Jimmy has stated he will not appoint someone having under 50% support)."
Are you saying that page is inaccurate?
If Jimbo's appointments accurately reflect the results of the election, then those appointed arbitrators are not automatically "Jimbo's pet chimps".
Sure they are. Anyone who might actually want to rock the wikiboat would be excluded.
"Arbcom" is just another map in the game of wikipedia. It has a symbolic role for the serfs, but its actual role is extremely limited. It's composition is irrelevant - any random group of labourers will be as effective as any other.
While I abhor Jimbo's insistence on appointing arbitrators himself, there is no reason to think he would deliberately skip over a dissenting candidate who was appropriately placed on the results list, even if he might want to. The furthest he has gone in the past is to expand the ArbCom to justify including loyalists further down the list. Furthermore, realistically speaking, he
couldn't exclude a dissenting candidate if the candidate was appropriately placed--it would be disastrous for Jimbo's political standing in the community. Nor does it make any sense to suggest that a dissenting candidate would transform to become a "pet chimp" simply because Jimbo made the formal appointment in recognition of the community's mandate.
To suggest that the composition of the ArbCom is irrelevant is simply ludicrous--in the context of Wikipolitics, nothing is more important than the composition of the ArbCom. It's only irrelevant if you think Wikipedia itself is irrelevant, and therefore whatever future direction the project takes is inconsequential.
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