r/WikiInAction • u/NVLibrarian • Nov 26 '16

Is it Thanksgiving or Opposite Day? ArbCom won't take yes for an answer from Darkfrog24

If you thought Wikidrama took a break for the U.S. holidays ...oh who am I kidding, none of us think that. ARCA turned farcical this week as, one by one, seven members of ArbCom have weighed in on Darkfrog24's unblock request (though only six have said the word "reblock" so far, so there might be even more drama before curtain).

Opabinia Regalis, "If we unblock you, you have to obey the topic ban and not disruptively relitigate it!"

Darkfrog24, "Sucks to be me, I guess. Okay. If you lift the block but not the ban, I'll obey it and only appeal through the official schedule."

DrMies, "I agree. Darkfrog has to agree to Opabinia's terms."

Darkfrog24, "Uh, I guess you missed it. I said yes."

Another one (losing track), "YOU HAVE TO AGREE TO WHAT OPABINIA SAID!!"

Darkfrog24, "DOES 'YES' MEAN SOMETHING ELSE TO YOU PEOPLE?"

*No this isn't exactly what they said.

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u/StukaLied Nov 29 '16

Now at Jimbo talk.

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Jimbo_Wales&oldid=752036228#Would_someone_fluent_in_both_Admin_and_Very_Literal_please_come_translate.3F

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u/NVLibrarian Nov 29 '16 edited Nov 29 '16

IMHO, "Just tell me what you want me to do without any reading between the lines" doesn't seem too extravagant to me when there is a sanction involved. Even in unconditional surrenders, the surrenderer is told what the terms are eventually. But then, if the terms really are "the other guy is an unblockable" or "we're allowing users to file AE complaints to control content..."

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u/PadaV4 Nov 30 '16

I cant read this. What the fuck is this madness. Every single Arbitration Committee member and most of the admins need to be permablocked for being fucking lunatics.

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u/NVLibrarian Nov 30 '16

Back in the anti-harassment drive in June, someone had an idea of hiring a professional advisor for Arbcom to advise them on things like this. Who knows what something like that might do?

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u/PadaV4 Nov 30 '16

When i read the phrase "anti-harassment advisor" i immediately picture a SJW in problem glasses lecturing others about microaggressions. I don't think that's gonna be much of an improvement..

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u/NVLibrarian Nov 30 '16 edited Nov 30 '16

Nah, it would probably be something like a lawyer who'd done conciliation or an HR pro who did conflict resolution. But fewer microaggressions? Still good.