:I'm not on arbcom. There's nothing to be gained by trying to convince me about anything on this case. For the record, I think the whole lot of you, like the date delinkers or the hypen / dashers, the "don't change the capitalization on templates ever" crowd, the protectors of obsolete wikicode or any other number of similar disputants act like a bunch of fools who, in most of the cases, seem to be compelled to take leave of their senses over the most stupid and trivial matters. 
 :One of the things that always surprises me however is just how blind otherwise smart, articulate and brilliant wikipedians can be when it comes to people they perceive to be their allies in such disputes. The issues I see go back a whole decade, and have very little to do with the petty infobox squabble. What I'd love to see once, just once, is that someone in your shoes turns to their ally and tells them "you know, I agree with your position on XYZ but the way you defend it? Not OK". Sometimes the ends justify the means. But when they don't, friends and allies should be the first people to point it out. Not almost retired observers like me.  (')'