On 1 May 2012 22:02, Risker <[email protected]> wrote: > More particularly, since Sue has asked about "job descriptions", the two > "clerk" areas on English Wikipedia are sockpuppet investigations and > arbitration committee pages. The former is quite active in the process > itself, including blocking of suspected sockpuppets; in many cases, they > act as "checkusers without the tool". Arbcom clerk responsibilities are > more oriented to keeping cases together, properly formatted, and tracking > voting. English Wikipedia has repeatedly refused to permit the development > of any other recognized "clerking" roles within the project, usually with > good reason.
Yes. The arbcom "clerking" role evolved from the tedious paperwork of arbitration getting annoying. Best not put a bureaucracy in place until it's absolutely needed. We have enough of a tendency to instruction creep without planning it in advance ... - d. _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l
