User blog comment:Obi the LEGO Fan/The Arbitration Committee/@comment-4547815-20140206022818

My initial reaction to this action was a knee-jerk "Oh, boy, decisions are being made too slowly, so they've gone and enacted the obvious solution; namely, a COMMITTEE! Hoo-boy!"

After giving it a bit of thought, though, this will be good for the wiki IF the policy laid out is followed to the letter by both the sitting members and the users who will bring cases before the Committee. I have one general suggestion -- there ought to be a provision in the policy detailing the frequency of the ArbCom hearings. The way it's presently written, there is no statement of how long a complainant can expect to wait between filing a complaint and getting a hearing, and such a provision ought to be included.

I love the section on TROs -- they are great fun to argue. You might consider using an altered version of the 4-part standard that's used in the U.S. -- I find it works rather well.