Wikipedia:Arbitration/Policy/Update and ratification: Difference between revisions

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#::::[[Wikipedia:Arbitration_policy_ratification_vote|Original ratification by the community]]. This current proposal has gone through five drafts with active community participation, thousands of edits, and multiple notifications to the community over 2+ years before it got here. It has indeed been developed with a huge amount of community input. [[User:Risker|Risker]] ([[User talk:Risker|talk]]) 03:08, 12 June 2011 (UTC)

#:::::The question: "''Is there a reason not to address this?''" has received responses, but not what I'd hoped for. 1. It's late to make changes. 2. It looks like current policy (iow, nothing is worse than before), but a) why not improve and b) [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia%3AArbitration%2FPolicy%2FUpdate_and_ratification&action=historysubmit&diff=431885754&oldid=431885723 see Sandstein] for this change in context, and 3. Xeno's [[argument from ignorance|fallacy]] - see [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia%3AArbitration%2FPolicy%2FUpdate_and_ratification&action=historysubmit&diff=432707838&oldid=432652169 Ben MacDui's comment] for a yes-voter who disagrees; we don't know what the 130 say about this, only that it did not stop them from saying ok. Essentially I got wikipedia responses - steeped in process without mentioning policy. So it goes. [[User:Jd2718|Jd2718]] ([[User talk:Jd2718|talk]]) 13:38, 12 June 2011 (UTC)

#::::::I note with dismay that my concerns seem to have been well-founded. With respect to a current request for arbitration, three arbitrators so far (Jclemens, Kirill and Newyorkbrad) have [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case&oldid=434038134#Arbitrators.27_opinion_on_hearing_this_matter_.283.2F2.2F2.2F2.29 voted to accept a case] apparently with a view to making a policy and/or content decision, that is, to influence to which extent Wikipedia should cover an internet smear campaign against a living person. That's a textbook content decision that needs to be made by community consensus. <small><span style="border:1px solid black;padding:1px;">[[User:Sandstein|<font style="color:white;background:blue;font-family:sans-serif;">'''&nbsp;Sandstein&nbsp;'''</font>]]</span></small> 11:20, 13 June 2011 (UTC)