The ban is not infinite. Will Beback is free to appeal the ban after six months. I recall having positive interactions with Will Beback in the past, however, the English Wikipedia community is more than capable of taking care of itself. Thanks.
anirudh On Sun, Mar 11, 2012 at 3:45 PM, James Heilman <jmh...@gmail.com> wrote: > We appear to have a problem with Arbcom. We have an editor who has > contributed significantly to Wikipedia over the previous 7 years, making > more than 100,000 edits and generating a couple of featured articles. Than > in a vote of 8 to 4 he is block indefinitely for issues related to a > specific religious movement. > > The foundation is spending large sums in an attempt to attract productive > editors to the project. Arbcoms actions seem counterproductive to these > efforts. Is it time that we look at rearranging how arbcom works? Issues > that have a significant effect on Wikipedia should not be left to a group > of 12 but should go to the community for consensus. > > -- > James Heilman > MD, CCFP-EM, Wikipedian > _______________________________________________ > foundation-l mailing list > foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
