Its not surprising that the arbcom would not like comments and be critical of a venue they do not control and cannot themselves silence critical comments about their decisions. I finf it unfortunate that an arb doesnt want to join the mailing list merely because some people here do not share the view that the arbcoms decisions are not all gold.
I do agree that there were some comments that are off topic but thats true of all the lists, not just this one. In the end, to me, if the arbs decide not to join this list because they fear discussion, then we probably dont need them anyway and if they are unwilling to listen or discuss issues pertaining to the project, including poor decisions made by them, then that makes my thought process all the more true. Sent from my T-Mobile 4G LTE device ------ Original message------ From: Carol Moore dc Date: Fri, Dec 12, 2014 11:20 AM To: Increasing female participation in Wikimedia projects; Subject:[Gendergap] Gender gap emails Arbitrator doesn't like https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk:Arbitration_Committee/Noticeboard&diff=637703278&oldid=637701678 Is a comment by an Arbitrator about things written last month or so here, none by me, they don't like. Thinks it's necessary "the moderators get a grip on some of the things being said there." (Moderator comments welcome here for guidance.) *https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/gendergap/2014-November/004930.html "a posting about legal repercussions" *https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/gendergap/2014-December/005008.html "suggesting doxxing/opposition research" *https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/gendergap/2014-December/005068.html "plans" to https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/gendergap/2014-December/005079.html "block vote at ArbCom elections with new editors recruited at editathons." (actually just a suggestion by an annoyed editor) Hopefully they aren't proposing a standard tougher than than on all the other mailing lists, none of which I personally belong to. CM
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