QUOTE(Eva Destruction @ Fri 10th July 2009, 8:03pm)
Surprised this hasn't already been mentioned here, especially since it seems to be composed of 75% WR members.
If this is true, is this just giving them the benefit of all the good thought going on here with none of the pain and embarrassment of reading some of the more funnier or more acutely critical stuff?
If it is an enfranchisement of the spirit of WR, why not recognize it and call it "The Wikipedia Review Council"?
A promotion sideways, like the appointment of a diplomat to some far off region, is always a great way of disarming critics whilst getting back to 'business as usual'.
"Look, we done something. We are never going to credit you. Now leave us alone". I would underline the need for external - professional - appointments. There are plenty real people of integrity, using their own names, putting their own careers at stake, in the ombudsperson/mediation world. The only way forward would be a clean sweep of the 'Cult of Jimbo' cronies, including Queen Jimbo himself, and the appointment of truly independent, professional and liable parties.