ArbCom nominations begin, Two weeks left to draft Wesley Options

After months of speculation on MBisanz' page, official candidacies are being accepted, and will be for the next two weeks. Standing candidates (scroll up for table of contents). Privatemusings is the first to cross form "likely" to actual candidacy.

Hopefully there will be some good dark horses.

Jdforrester has an interesting statement that concludes, "I do not expect to be given the community's support; nevertheless, I ask it, and welcome any and all questions."

This post has been edited by One: Mon 10th November 2008, 5:40am

The Arbitration Committee is almost entirely irrelevant at Wikipedia. The committee is not "the leadership". It oversees only a handful of convoluted cases a year that largely have nothing to do with an encyclopedia's content. Most of these cases relate only to ridiculous trivial dramatic feuds. And even then, the Arbitration Committee tends to fudge a verdict, resulting in conditions that are little different to those if the players had never bothered bringing it up at all. Simply a tremendous waste of time.

The Arbitration Committee is just another avenue for gameplayers to relieve their drama fixes. These annual elections in particular serve no purpose other than to provide a dramatic Carnival of the Absurd every year. Amusingly, this circus kicks up much negative drama that is clearly harmful to Wikipedia - with no net gain.

If you can't see this, then I suggest that you are so addicted to this crap you've lost all perspective, and should seek professional help.

The Arbitration Committee is almost entirely irrelevant at Wikipedia. The committee is not "the leadership". It oversees only a handful of convoluted cases a year that largely have nothing to do with an encyclopedia's content. Most of these cases relate only to ridiculous trivial dramatic feuds. And even then, the Arbitration Committee tends to fudge a verdict, resulting in conditions that are little different to those if the players had never bothered bringing it up at all. Simply a tremendous waste of time.

The Arbitration Committee is just another avenue for gameplayers to relieve their drama fixes. These annual elections in particular serve no purpose other than to provide a dramatic Carnival of the Absurd every year. Amusingly, this circus kicks up much negative drama that is clearly harmful to Wikipedia - with no net gain.

If you can't see this, then I suggest that you are so addicted to this crap you've lost all perspective, and should seek professional help.

I think the Arbitration Committee plays an important role on Wikipedia, as is reflected in the amount of consternation (on-wiki and here, among other places) when something goes wrong with it, but I also agree that the committee is not as important as some people think it is, and that far too much drama surrounds the election process.

(Someone recently proposed on-wiki that to increase community input into the selection of arbitrators, there should be two ArbCom elections each year instead of one. Although this was a good-faith suggestion, it also qualified for my personal designation as a Really Bad Idea.)

There is 'Important' in terms of the attention it gets and its inflated power, and there is 'important' in terms of working directly to better directly the alleged purpouse of Wikipedia. I have yet to see what direct advantage it has brought in bettering articles with their decision which could not have been decided by the community, which would have taken better decisions. It's a structure which drain the time and energy of those who are still naive to think that it will improve their experience with the project and the quality of the project itself. The Arbcom does nothing of the sort, it's the village circus, or an illusion show.

It's the equivalent of the legal system, which lack of all the advantage of a true legal system. Such a system pretend to be what it is not. I could have just said that its useless, worthless...

The Arbitration Committee is almost entirely irrelevant at Wikipedia. The committee is not "the leadership". It oversees only a handful of convoluted cases a year that largely have nothing to do with an encyclopedia's content. Most of these cases relate only to ridiculous trivial dramatic feuds. And even then, the Arbitration Committee tends to fudge a verdict, resulting in conditions that are little different to those if the players had never bothered bringing it up at all. Simply a tremendous waste of time.

The Arbitration Committee is just another avenue for gameplayers to relieve their drama fixes. These annual elections in particular serve no purpose other than to provide a dramatic Carnival of the Absurd every year. Amusingly, this circus kicks up much negative drama that is clearly harmful to Wikipedia - with no net gain.

If you can't see this, then I suggest that you are so addicted to this crap you've lost all perspective, and should seek professional help.

I think the Arbitration Committee plays an important role on Wikipedia, as is reflected in the amount of consternation (on-wiki and here, among other places) when something goes wrong with it, but I also agree that the committee is not as important as some people think it is, and that far too much drama surrounds the election process.

(Someone recently proposed on-wiki that to increase community input into the selection of arbitrators, there should be two ArbCom elections each year instead of one. Although this was a good-faith suggestion, it also qualified for my personal designation as a Really Bad Idea.)

This post has been edited by Xidaf: Wed 12th November 2008, 9:55pm

Okay, I'll admit it -- I don't get the "two weeks to draft Wesley" header. Could someone explain? (I'm wondering if it's a pop-culture reference to Wesley Crusher from ST:TNG, but even so it doesn't quite fit.)

Okay, I'll admit it -- I don't get the "two weeks to draft Wesley" header. Could someone explain? (I'm wondering if it's a pop-culture reference to Wesley Crusher from ST:TNG, but even so it doesn't quite fit.)

I was thinking of John Wesley Hardin (T-H-L-K-D), but that wouldn't make any sense.

Or would it?

Okay, I'll admit it -- I don't get the "two weeks to draft Wesley" header. Could someone explain? (I'm wondering if it's a pop-culture reference to Wesley Crusher from ST:TNG, but even so it doesn't quite fit.)

I was thinking of John Wesley Hardin (T-H-L-K-D), but that wouldn't make any sense.

Or would it?

Sarcasticidealist is correct. Why One (One, don't storm off, btw! you are needed here; just ignore the oldschool WR curmudgeons; everyone else does) imagines that we will pick up on the Democratic party in-joke(?) is a mystery to me. That was an obscure one.

http://www.draftwesleyclark.com/who_we_are.htm

Speaking of Mr. Crusher, poor Wil Wheaton! Why do these kid actors grow up looking so screwy? Don't cute kids ever make cute adults?

This post has been edited by Obesity: Thu 13th November 2008, 1:35am