User blog comment:Obi the LEGO Fan/The Arbitration Committee/@comment-5772846-20140205173925/@comment-4845243-20140205220228

First, the ArbCom isn't supposed to answer questions, it's supposed to issue rulings on cases.

Second, the long conflict between TA, Rys, and others could have been brought to the ArbCom, and I actually think that both parties could have benefited from that. I responded promptly and gave them warnings in that situation, but the whole issue was longer than that one incident on my wall, and eventually Rys just left the wiki.

Third, the whole brickimedia clash would definitely have benefited from being brought to the ArbCom. That's something I really wish we could have resolved better and sooner. There were a lot of personal attacks and disruption caused by those conflicts, which could have been avoided by a firm ArbCom ruling that imposed sanctions preventing certain users from commenting on certain threads, or some other solution.

Thanks for supporting my argument that ArbCom will be beneficial. But here's to hoping we won't need it! Maybe having an official committee to be reported to will simply act as incentive for users to be more well behaved.