User blog comment:Obi the LEGO Fan/The Arbitration Committee/@comment-5772846-20140205173925/@comment-4845243-20140205175044

1. There is a need for the ArbCom, mainly because the admin team is slow and secretive about its proceedings. We want an open and clear way for people to resolve conflicts without having to wait for that. The old committee didn't fail because we didn't need it, it failed because the members refused to work together with me, went into secrecy, and never came up with any ideas. It also had a totally different scope than the ArbCom.

2. First I'd like to point out that everyone is biased in some way. Secondly, admins are no more biased than other users. There could potentially be some bias in anyone. There is no inherent bias in being an admin; in fact, users with admin experience learn to be less biased in their decisions. You will note that three of the members have extensive admin experience, even if not on this wiki. Also, if you're trying to ask what would happen if people wanted to report me to the ArbCom, I would have to recuse myself from the case (if we accepted it, which would be unlikely since I never abuse my rights :P). I'm not sure why it is weird. There are definitely reasons. For one, after the initial suggestion, I am the one who did all the work to form the ArbCom, contact and invite the members, write the policy, etc. Seeing what happened to the last committee, I'm not willing to step back and let others completely take over the process. I want to be a part of it so that I can ensure it continues to be active, and so that it continues to work together with the admin team when necessary. I hope that makes sense.