On 31 January 2011 19:42, Fred Bauder <[email protected]> wrote:
> Please review > https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Wikipedia:Civility > If, after warning someone repeatedly or taking abuse from someone for > years, I file a request for arbitration, I expect the Arbitration > Committee to address the question. > If you think that is not in your remit, please review: > https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Wikipedia:Arbitration/Policy#Rules Yes. Civility is *core* policy and that's directly in arbcom's remit. If the community don't want that, arbcom should suggest they repeal the policy in question. > The real issue, however, is to establish customs of courtesy and > friendliness among the community at large, not to scapegoat egregious > offenders. For that purpose it is not rigorous enforcement of the rules > that is called for but leadership. +1 If the admins - who the arbcom do in fact directly supervise - are enlightened as to the importance of civility, they *will* enforce it in the rest of the community. Because they won't put up with others behaving badly when they're not being allowed to. This is directly in the arbcom's power *and remit* per current policy and precedent. Only a lack of will stops the arbcom at this point. - d. _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
