User:Barkeep49/BK Blog

A collection of thoughts and musings that are too impermanent, too inconsequential, or too insubstantial to justify a full essay by Barkeep49.

Why do arbs often need stuff explained to them clearly and multiple times despite having the evidence right in front of them
Today's case request where my mind was changed by some new comments that included evidence that was already submitted crystallized my answer to the question above. The part that is normally explained is "arbs are busy". This is true. But I wouldn't underestimate the "Arbs are being forced to respond to something". Most times on Wikipedia if I feel like I don't have a complete grasp on something after reading it or am not fully invested in whatever the topic is, I can just move on. No one really needs my thinking (he says with self-awareness as he writes the first entry in a blog) so if I don't say anything it's just fine. Except with ArbCom people kind of do need my thinking so I'm forced to respond. So I do the best job I can at understanding things and am careful to read everything. But since I'm inevitably dealing with a lot of topics I might not chose to be involved with otherwise, sometimes it's going to take more than one presentation of the evidence for the underlying issues to really "click". 21:47, 29 February 2024 (UTC)