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"through a particular example discussed"

Should that be "though"? -- AnonMoos (talk) 03:36, 1 November 2014 (UTC)

Fixed, thanks! Regards, Tbayer (WMF) (talk) 04:59, 1 November 2014 (UTC)

"Which this reviewer finds disappointing..."

The final sentence before "Other recent publications" is missing a subject. The meaning does come through however as "I didn't like it." Smallbones_(smalltalk) 13:01, 1 November 2014 (UTC)

I think it only had one comma too many, which I just fixed (the reviewer should be able to confirm this assumption). That said, I agree it's a review with a rather high opinion/information ratio - pointing out that a paper doesn't add much to existing research is fine, but I for one would have loved to also read a brief overview of that "number of valid arguments". Regards, Tbayer (WMF) (talk) 15:56, 1 November 2014 (UTC)

The valid arguments are restatement of the lit review; like summary of Reagle's book, etc. --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 01:27, 2 November 2014 (UTC)

While I may not have expressed myself the same way that Piotrus did, I agree with him in his assessment of the publication. In particular, I found it disappointing that it contained so many easily-corrected errors, such as the number of arbitrators (there have been 15 since 2008, not 12 as the article suggests) and arbitrators have been serving 2-year terms since 2010 or 2011. It was at that point it became really clear that, despite the promise of a fresh look, it was a rehash of previously published materials. I also note that the "links" to various policies and significant pages, all dated 31 March 2014, were simply the http://en.wikipedia.org URL. Unfortunate. Risker (talk) 02:43, 2 November 2014 (UTC)

I got as far as The powers of these Stewards can only be revoked by the Arbitration Committee or Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales and then I switched to skim mode. I can't see any of Geertz's thick description here so I want to call this more of an informed lit review than an ethnography --Guerillero | My Talk 00:01, 3 November 2014 (UTC)