QUOTE(It's the blimp, Frank @ Mon 8th August 2011, 5:40pm)
Do you think that Willie and Hochman have actual legitimate fears that something may come of this?
At the present time, no. The only one presenting evidence in the BLP case is
WaalkesÂ
(T-C-L-K-R-D)
, who, as a new editor with few edits, would be barred from participating under the
same proposal advanced in the
Cbrick77Â
(T-C-L-K-R-D)
situation. This is probably not a bad thing. While I understand the misgivings about Beback's behavior, it is not appropriate that the evidence against him comes from an account that is either (1) a newbie with little experience in dispute resolution, (2) an alternate account evading scrutiny, or (3) a reincarnation of a banned user. If Waalkes is the only person who thinks that Wil has behaved inappropriately, then there shouldn't be a case at all.
(Note that the proposal to bar newbies from RFAR allows for the editor to request a waiver from any arbitrator to offer a case.)
On the other hand, if someone else wants to step forward and offer evidence, Arbcom should definitely open a case.
It seems that there was a lot of interest in a BLP case, at least until the Cirt case was opened. Whoever else wanted to have a case on BLPs in general seems to have disappeared.