Wikipedia talk:Forum for Encyclopedic Standards/Editorial arbitration

Splitting this off is a good idea. Maurreen 06:25, 2 Dec 2004 (UTC)

This is copied from Wikipedia talk:Forum for Encyclopedic Standards. Maurreen 07:27, 2 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Editorial arbitration

<moved from project page and summarized there>
172 suggested that these should be exclusively Ph.Ds and doctoral candidates and raised the possibility that "...experts could be hired by the Foundation" (and immediately ruled himself out of such a role). There seems to be much disagreement over the "Ph.Ds and doctoral candidates" idea, and almost no support for the "paid experts" idea.

Just a couple of corrections (1) I never suggested that these should exclusively be Ph.Ds and doctoral candidates but rather any applicant going through a process for recruiting editorial arbitrators, perhaps along the lines of the elections to the board of the Wikimedia Foundation; I merely expressed a hope that such a system would be adoped with a large share of the arbitrators consisting of adademics. (2) I proposed the idea of the foundation nominating candidates required to reach a consensus in a vote on the Wiki. I did not propose hiring anyone or paying anyone. Keep in mind that volunteer editors can fill official positions, e.g., members of the Arbitration Committee are not paid... The only correct point above is that I did indeed immediately rule myself out of such a role. 172 22:33, 30 Nov 2004 (UTC)

I guess some of us assumed that the word "hired" meant "for pay", but it looks like in fact we are much closer to agreeing with one another than I thought. I've edited the project page accordingly. -- Jmabel | Talk 23:44, Nov 30, 2004 (UTC)

RFC

My suggestion is to use or build on what we already have, RfC, for instance. Maurreen 17:31, 9 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/RFC

An important policy discussion has started concerning ways in which our content-related polices, such as NPOV, No original research and Cite sources could be better enforced. I've made a proposal to give the Arbitration Committee the ability to consult Wikipedia users who are knowledgeable in subject-areas that apply to cases before them. Such consultation is needed due to the fact that the ArbCom does not by itself have the requisite knowledge to easily tell what is NPOV, original research, or a fringe idea in every field. Please read my proposal at Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/RFC#Alternate solution #9 by mav. Content subcommittee and comment. Thank you! --mav 02:40, 7 Jun 2005 (UTC)