Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections December 2009/Candidate statements/Kmweber

Kmweber

 * The so-called "Arbitration Committee" has zero legitimacy. Wikipedia is a community project, which means that only institutions created by the Wikipedia community--and not by one man--have any legitimate authority.  The Arbitration Committee's history makes it impossible for any action taken by it to be legitimate or worthy of being taken seriously.  That many people do deal with it as if it were legitimate is no indication of its legitimacy, any more than handing over one's wallet to a mugger to avoid being beaten is an endorsement of the legitimacy of mugging.


 * I am running to counter this harmful influence. If elected, I would, quite simply, vote to decline any and all cases presented before the Arbitration Committee, instead referring them to community institutions and processes that actually have legitimacy and the moral authority to enforce a final decision.