QUOTE(carbuncle @ Fri 22nd July 2011, 7:54am)
What!!! I am shocked!
I don't know how "shocked" to be, but this was an example of ArbComm making a deceptive statement in public. Sure, it was an error of a kind, but so? Avraham seems to have handled this reasonably.
The block notice. He offered to unblock. Instead of allowing him to quietly undo the block, which had not disclosed identity, an arb
undid it with
(False positive: legitimate editor). "Legitimate editor" would have been enough, and it would have been better for Avraham to do that, that's all.
I must say that for years I imagined that ArbComm consisted of the most experienced, competent editors, seasoned with years of dealing with wiki conflicts, understanding how to defuse disputes and how to encourage people to cooperate.
I don't know where I got that idea from, possibly an occasional insightful comment from this or that arbitrator.
Wishful thinking.
A stopped clock is right twice a day.