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2006</span></i><br/><br/> <b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2006-01-02/ArbCom_candidates#acejan2006" title="Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2006-01-02/ArbCom candidates">ArbCom candidates</a></b><br/> <i><span class="mw-formatted-date" title="2006-01-02">2 January 2006</span></i><br/><br/> <b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2005-12-19/ArbCom_election#acejan2006" title="Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2005-12-19/ArbCom election">Straw poll closes</a></b><br/> <i><span class="mw-formatted-date" title="2005-12-19">19 December 2005</span></i><br/><br/> <b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2005-12-05/ArbCom_election#acejan2006" title="Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2005-12-05/ArbCom election">Jimbo starts new poll regarding election</a></b><br/> <i><span class="mw-formatted-date" title="2005-12-05">5 December 2005</span></i><br/><br/> <b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2005-11-28/ArbCom_election#acejan2006" title="Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2005-11-28/ArbCom election">Last chance to run for ArbCom</a></b><br/> <i><span class="mw-formatted-date" title="2005-11-28">28 November 2005</span></i><br/><br/> <b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2005-11-14/ArbCom_election#acejan2006" title="Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2005-11-14/ArbCom election">ArbCom voting process</a></b><br/> <i><span class="mw-formatted-date" title="2005-11-14">14 November 2005</span></i><br/><br/> <b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2005-11-07/ArbCom_election#acejan2006" title="Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2005-11-07/ArbCom election">ArbCom duties and requirements</a></b><br/> <i><span class="mw-formatted-date" title="2005-11-07">7 November 2005</span></i><br/><br/> <b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2005-10-31/ArbCom_election#acejan2006" title="Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2005-10-31/ArbCom election">A closer look: the calls for reform of the ArbCom</a></b><br/> <i><span class="mw-formatted-date" title="2005-10-31">31 October 2005</span></i><br/><br/> <b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2005-10-24/ArbCom_election#acejan2006" title="Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2005-10-24/ArbCom election">A look back: the 2004 ArbCom elections</a></b><br/> <i><span class="mw-formatted-date" title="2005-10-24">24 October 2005</span></i><br/><br/> <b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2005-10-17/ArbCom_election#acejan2006" title="Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2005-10-17/ArbCom election">Current ArbCom members</a></b><br/> <i><span class="mw-formatted-date" title="2005-10-17">17 October 2005</span></i><br/><br/> <b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2005-10-10/ArbCom_election#acejan2006" title="Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2005-10-10/ArbCom election">Criticism of the ArbCom</a></b><br/> <i><span class="mw-formatted-date" title="2005-10-10">10 October 2005</span></i><br/><br/> <b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2005-10-03/ArbCom_election#acejan2006" title="Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2005-10-03/ArbCom election">About the Arbitration process</a></b><br/> <i><span class="mw-formatted-date" title="2005-10-03">3 October 2005</span></i><br/><br/> <b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2005-09-26/ArbCom_election#acejan2006" title="Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2005-09-26/ArbCom election">The history of the Arbitration Committee</a></b><br/> <i><span class="mw-formatted-date" title="2005-09-26">26 September 2005</span></i><br/><br/> <b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2005-09-19/ArbCom_election#acejan2006" title="Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2005-09-19/ArbCom election">Introduction to a special series: A look at the upcoming Arbitration Committee elections</a></b><br/> <i><span class="mw-formatted-date" title="2005-09-19">19 September 2005</span></i><br/><br/> </p> <table style="background:none"> <tbody><tr> <td class="mw-customtoggle-acejan2006" style="font-color:black;"> <hr/> <p><b><a class="mw-selflink selflink">More articles</a></b> </p> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" id="mw-customcollapsible-acejan2006" style="padding:0px; border:0px;"> <div class="mw-collapsible-content" style="text-align:left;"> <p><b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2006-02-06/ArbCom_update#acejan2006" title="Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2006-02-06/ArbCom update">A chat with the elected Arbitrators</a></b><br/> <i><span class="mw-formatted-date" title="2006-02-06">6 February 2006</span></i><br/><br/> <b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2006-01-23/ArbCom_election#acejan2006" title="Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2006-01-23/ArbCom election">Jimbo Wales appoints 11 arbitrators, increases committee size</a></b><br/> <i><span class="mw-formatted-date" title="2006-01-23">23 January 2006</span></i><br/><br/> <b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2006-01-16/ArbCom_update#acejan2006" title="Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2006-01-16/ArbCom update">Arbitration Committee elections continue; ArbCom member resigns</a></b><br/> <i><span class="mw-formatted-date" title="2006-01-16">16 January 2006</span></i><br/><br/> <b><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#acejan2006">ArbCom candidates (part two)</a></b><br/> <i><span class="mw-formatted-date" title="2006-01-09">9 January 2006</span></i><br/><br/> <b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2006-01-02/ArbCom_candidates#acejan2006" title="Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2006-01-02/ArbCom candidates">ArbCom candidates</a></b><br/> <i><span class="mw-formatted-date" title="2006-01-02">2 January 2006</span></i><br/><br/> <b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2005-12-19/ArbCom_election#acejan2006" title="Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2005-12-19/ArbCom election">Straw poll closes</a></b><br/> <i><span class="mw-formatted-date" title="2005-12-19">19 December 2005</span></i><br/><br/> <b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2005-12-05/ArbCom_election#acejan2006" title="Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2005-12-05/ArbCom election">Jimbo starts new poll regarding election</a></b><br/> <i><span class="mw-formatted-date" title="2005-12-05">5 December 2005</span></i><br/><br/> <b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2005-11-28/ArbCom_election#acejan2006" title="Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2005-11-28/ArbCom election">Last chance to run for ArbCom</a></b><br/> <i><span class="mw-formatted-date" title="2005-11-28">28 November 2005</span></i><br/><br/> <b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2005-11-14/ArbCom_election#acejan2006" title="Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2005-11-14/ArbCom election">ArbCom voting process</a></b><br/> <i><span class="mw-formatted-date" title="2005-11-14">14 November 2005</span></i><br/><br/> <b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2005-11-07/ArbCom_election#acejan2006" title="Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2005-11-07/ArbCom election">ArbCom duties and requirements</a></b><br/> <i><span class="mw-formatted-date" title="2005-11-07">7 November 2005</span></i><br/><br/> <b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2005-10-31/ArbCom_election#acejan2006" title="Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2005-10-31/ArbCom election">A closer look: the calls for reform of the ArbCom</a></b><br/> <i><span class="mw-formatted-date" title="2005-10-31">31 October 2005</span></i><br/><br/> <b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2005-10-24/ArbCom_election#acejan2006" title="Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2005-10-24/ArbCom election">A look back: the 2004 ArbCom elections</a></b><br/> <i><span class="mw-formatted-date" title="2005-10-24">24 October 2005</span></i><br/><br/> <b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2005-10-17/ArbCom_election#acejan2006" title="Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2005-10-17/ArbCom election">Current ArbCom members</a></b><br/> <i><span class="mw-formatted-date" title="2005-10-17">17 October 2005</span></i><br/><br/> <b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2005-10-10/ArbCom_election#acejan2006" title="Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2005-10-10/ArbCom election">Criticism of the ArbCom</a></b><br/> <i><span class="mw-formatted-date" title="2005-10-10">10 October 2005</span></i><br/><br/> <b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2005-10-03/ArbCom_election#acejan2006" title="Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2005-10-03/ArbCom election">About the Arbitration process</a></b><br/> <i><span class="mw-formatted-date" title="2005-10-03">3 October 2005</span></i><br/><br/> <b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2005-09-26/ArbCom_election#acejan2006" title="Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2005-09-26/ArbCom election">The history of the Arbitration Committee</a></b><br/> <i><span class="mw-formatted-date" title="2005-09-26">26 September 2005</span></i><br/><br/> <b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2005-09-19/ArbCom_election#acejan2006" title="Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2005-09-19/ArbCom election">Introduction to a special series: A look at the upcoming Arbitration Committee elections</a></b><br/> <i><span class="mw-formatted-date" title="2005-09-19">19 September 2005</span></i><br/><br/> </p> </div> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> </div> </div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1248130340">.mw-parser-output .wp-signpost-block{max-width:46em;line-height:1.6em;font-size:1em;font-family:sans-serif,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .wp-signpost-block{padding-left:5em}}</style><div class="wp-signpost-block"> <p>This week, 27 new candidates entered the election for <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:ArbCom" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:ArbCom">Arbitration Committee</a>. Similarly to the profiles of the other 41 candidates that we provided <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2006-01-02/ArbCom_candidates" title="Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2006-01-02/ArbCom candidates">last week</a>, we've provided a profile of the new candidates. We also want to remind you again of the warnings we provided last time: numbers, facts, and statistics, such as we provided here, only show one side of a candidate. While we hope the profiles help you get to know all of the record-breaking 68 candidates better, we hope that this won't be the sole data on which you base your vote. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Aytakin" data-mw-thread-id="h-Aytakin-signpost-article-title"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Aytakin-signpost-article-title"></span><a href="/wiki/User:Aytakin" title="User:Aytakin">Aytakin</a><span data-mw-comment-end="h-Aytakin-signpost-article-title"></span></h3></div> <p>User name: <a href="/wiki/User:Aytakin" title="User:Aytakin">Aytakin</a> (<a href="/wiki/User_talk:Aytakin" title="User talk:Aytakin">talk</a>)<br/> Number of edits: 607 <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://tools.wikimedia.de/~kate/cgi-bin/count_edits?user=Aytakin&amp;dbname=enwiki">Kate's Tool</a><br/> First edit date: March 24, 2005 <br/> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Arbitration_Committee_Elections_January_2006/Candidate_statements/Aytakin" title="Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections January 2006/Candidate statements/Aytakin">Statement</a>: "During my time in Wikipedia, I have never been in a argument or a revert war. I always try to discuss everything out instead of attacking. I have always been a great arbitrator and mediator in my whole life and have settled many conflicts."<br/> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Dbiv" data-mw-thread-id="h-Dbiv-signpost-article-title"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Dbiv-signpost-article-title"></span><a href="/wiki/User:Dbiv" title="User:Dbiv">Dbiv</a><span data-mw-comment-end="h-Dbiv-signpost-article-title"></span></h3></div> <p>User name: <a href="/wiki/User:Dbiv" title="User:Dbiv">Dbiv</a> (<a href="/wiki/User_talk:Dbiv" title="User talk:Dbiv">talk</a>)<br/> Number of edits: 7520 <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://tools.wikimedia.de/~kate/cgi-bin/count_edits?user=Dbiv&amp;dbname=enwiki">Kate's Tool</a><br/> First edit date: March 27, 2004 <br/> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Dbiv" title="Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Dbiv">Adminship</a> since January 20, 2005 (14/0/1) <br/> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Arbitration_Committee_Elections_January_2006/Candidate_statements/Dbiv" title="Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections January 2006/Candidate statements/Dbiv">Statement</a>: "My principle campaign pledge for ArbCom is always to keep in mind the goal of writing a high-quality encyclopaedia. All ArbCom decisions must make it easier to do that, and I offer myself as someone who has good judgment as to whether a problem user with some good edits should be blocked for a time, or given help to stop causing problems. I believe that POV pushing users can be made a benefit, if they back up their opinions with research, and do not obstinately insist on their edits. However, offensive users can make life intolerable and action must be taken to stop them driving off useful contributors."<br/> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Dogbreathcanada" data-mw-thread-id="h-Dogbreathcanada-signpost-article-title"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Dogbreathcanada-signpost-article-title"></span><a href="/wiki/User:Dogbreathcanada" title="User:Dogbreathcanada">Dogbreathcanada</a><span data-mw-comment-end="h-Dogbreathcanada-signpost-article-title"></span></h3></div> <p>User name: <a href="/wiki/User:Dogbreathcanada" title="User:Dogbreathcanada">Dogbreathcanada</a> (<a href="/wiki/User_talk:Dogbreathcanada" title="User talk:Dogbreathcanada">talk</a>)<br/> Number of edits: 144 <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://tools.wikimedia.de/~kate/cgi-bin/count_edits?user=Dogbreathcanada&amp;dbname=enwiki">Kate's Tool</a><br/> First edit date: October 30, 2005 <br/> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Arbitration_Committee_Elections_January_2006/Candidate_statements/Dogbreathcanada" title="Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections January 2006/Candidate statements/Dogbreathcanada">Statement</a>: "The other issue is arbitration on a schedule. Effective arbitration is not tardy arbitration. I'll try to help in moving the arbitration process at a less leisurely pace."<br/> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="DoctorMike" data-mw-thread-id="h-DoctorMike-signpost-article-title"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-DoctorMike-signpost-article-title"></span><a href="/wiki/User:DoctorMike" title="User:DoctorMike">DoctorMike</a><span data-mw-comment-end="h-DoctorMike-signpost-article-title"></span></h3></div> <p>User name: <a href="/wiki/User:DoctorMike" title="User:DoctorMike">DoctorMike</a> (<a href="/wiki/User_talk:DoctorMike" title="User talk:DoctorMike">talk</a>)<br/> Number of edits: 37 <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://tools.wikimedia.de/~kate/cgi-bin/count_edits?user=DoctorMike&amp;dbname=enwiki">Kate's Tool</a><br/> First edit date: January 4, 2006 <br/> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Arbitration_Committee_Elections_January_2006/Candidate_statements/DoctorMike" title="Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections January 2006/Candidate statements/DoctorMike">Statement</a>: "I will be as fair and as unbiased as possible, and see no reason legitimate conflicts can't often be included in Wiki articles as a discussion, to the satisfaction of all concerned that they have been heard, which is probably the best way to solve many of these conflicts." <br/> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Emt147" data-mw-thread-id="h-Emt147-signpost-article-title"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Emt147-signpost-article-title"></span><a href="/wiki/User:Emt147" title="User:Emt147">Emt147</a><span data-mw-comment-end="h-Emt147-signpost-article-title"></span></h3></div> <p>User name: <a href="/wiki/User:Emt147" title="User:Emt147">Emt147</a> (<a href="/wiki/User_talk:Emt147" title="User talk:Emt147">talk</a>)<br/> Number of edits: 664 <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://tools.wikimedia.de/~kate/cgi-bin/count_edits?user=Emt147&amp;dbname=enwiki">Kate's Tool</a><br/> First edit date: November 1, 2005 <br/> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Arbitration_Committee_Elections_January_2006/Candidate_statements/Emt147" title="Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections January 2006/Candidate statements/Emt147">Statement</a>: "The world is not black-and-white and I believe that some controversial and POV material does belong in an encyclopedia so long as the controversy or the point of view are clearly explained. I think Wikipedia arbitrators need to think like editors, not conflict mediators. A well-written explanation of controversial points of view will add depth to the article. I absolutely draw the line at all hate/racist material however, free speech be damned."<br/> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Golbez" data-mw-thread-id="h-Golbez-signpost-article-title"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Golbez-signpost-article-title"></span><a href="/wiki/User:Golbez" title="User:Golbez">Golbez</a><span data-mw-comment-end="h-Golbez-signpost-article-title"></span></h3></div> <p>User name: <a href="/wiki/User:Golbez" title="User:Golbez">Golbez</a> (<a href="/wiki/User_talk:Golbez" title="User talk:Golbez">talk</a>)<br/> Number of edits: 19514 <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://tools.wikimedia.de/~kate/cgi-bin/count_edits?user=Golbez&amp;dbname=enwiki">Kate's Tool</a><br/> First edit date: March 14, 2004 <br/> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Golbez" title="Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Golbez">Adminship</a> since September 29, 2004 (16/0/0) <br/> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Arbitration_Committee_Elections_January_2006/Candidate_statements/Golbez" title="Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections January 2006/Candidate statements/Golbez">Statement</a>: "I think the Arbitration process is one of great value to Wikipedia, but I think it could use a few changes. If the case is accepted, then clearly it has merit - thus, temporary injunctions should be more common. The process as a whole should be accelerated. I'd like to help with this, and improve my interaction with Wikipedia. I love this place, and think it has great potential, and I'd like to do anything I can to assist it in its goal of recording the sum of human knowledge. I would like to be on the Arbitration Committee to help with Wikipedia and help clean up after bad people, clear good people of poor accusations, and generally keep the cogs turning and well-greased."<br/> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Guapovia" data-mw-thread-id="h-Guapovia-signpost-article-title"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Guapovia-signpost-article-title"></span><a href="/wiki/User:Guapovia" title="User:Guapovia">Guapovia</a><span data-mw-comment-end="h-Guapovia-signpost-article-title"></span></h3></div> <p>User name: <a href="/wiki/User:Guapovia" title="User:Guapovia">Guapovia</a> (<a href="/wiki/User_talk:Guapovia" title="User talk:Guapovia">talk</a>)<br/> Number of edits: 40 <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://tools.wikimedia.de/~kate/cgi-bin/count_edits?user=Guapovia&amp;dbname=enwiki">Kate's Tool</a><br/> First edit date: December 15, 2005 <br/> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Arbitration_Committee_Elections_January_2006/Candidate_statements/Guapovia" title="Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections January 2006/Candidate statements/Guapovia">Statement</a>: "I'd like to put my name up for several reasons - honor, laud, glory, and even ego. I think I'd do a good job at it. Yes, I'm a new user, but I've submitted several articles that haven't been deleted, and I think I know what I want to see in a Wikipedia article."<br/> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Jtkiefer" data-mw-thread-id="h-Jtkiefer-signpost-article-title"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Jtkiefer-signpost-article-title"></span><a href="/wiki/User:Jtkiefer" class="mw-redirect" title="User:Jtkiefer">Jtkiefer</a><span data-mw-comment-end="h-Jtkiefer-signpost-article-title"></span></h3></div> <p>User name: <a href="/wiki/User:Jtkiefer" class="mw-redirect" title="User:Jtkiefer">Jtkiefer</a> (<a href="/wiki/User_talk:Jtkiefer" title="User talk:Jtkiefer">talk</a>)<br/> Number of edits: 8109 <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://tools.wikimedia.de/~kate/cgi-bin/count_edits?user=Jtkiefer&amp;dbname=enwiki">Kate's Tool</a><br/> First edit date: May 29, 2005 <br/> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Jtkiefer_2" title="Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Jtkiefer 2">Adminship</a> since August 30, 2005 (43/3/4) <br/> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Arbitration_Committee_Elections_January_2006/Candidate_statements/Jtkiefer" title="Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections January 2006/Candidate statements/Jtkiefer">Statement</a>: "The arbitration process needs to be streamlined... I believe that bans must be treated as a last resort when dealing with problem users. Either all other possible solutions must have been tried and have demonstrably failed, or there must be good evidence that all other solutions would have <b>absolutely no chance of succeeding</b>. I also feel that the Arbitration Committee should be flexible, and should focus more on the spirit of the existing rules rather than the enforcing the exact letter of them."<br/> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Kingturtle" data-mw-thread-id="h-Kingturtle-signpost-article-title"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Kingturtle-signpost-article-title"></span><a href="/wiki/User:Kingturtle" title="User:Kingturtle">Kingturtle</a><span data-mw-comment-end="h-Kingturtle-signpost-article-title"></span></h3></div> <p>User name: <a href="/wiki/User:Kingturtle" title="User:Kingturtle">Kingturtle</a> (<a href="/wiki/User_talk:Kingturtle" title="User talk:Kingturtle">talk</a>)<br/> Number of edits: 22669 <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://tools.wikimedia.de/~kate/cgi-bin/count_edits?user=Kingturtle&amp;dbname=enwiki">Kate's Tool</a><br/> First edit date: November 26, 2002 <br/> Adminship since prior to 2003<br/> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Arbitration_Committee_Elections_January_2006/Candidate_statements/Kingturtle" title="Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections January 2006/Candidate statements/Kingturtle">Statement</a>: "In regards to how the committee should handle disputes, this is how I would lay it out: the arbiters should not know the usernames or identities of those involved in a dispute. Each side of the dispute would submit a report making their case; the report would refer to PERSON A and PERSON B, keeping the arbiters in the dark. There’s more to the process, but that’s the gist. In regards to the banning question, I wouldn’t rule out a ban as a last resort. It’s like expelling a kid from school. There’s a process - a long process, even for serious offenses. The number one task at hand is to create a wikipedia - an encyclopedia formed and shaped by the minds of thousands - but can it be done fairly and without hurt to contributors? This is a great social experiment. As a committee member, I will take great care in understanding the various points-of-view at hand, and I will try to find solutions that will bring dignity to all. I will also work to create procedures that are efficient and fair. I feel wikipedia is important and vital to mankind. I am devoted to it."<br/> Other: <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_bureaucratship/Kingturtle" title="Wikipedia:Requests for bureaucratship/Kingturtle">Bureaucrat</a> since February 28, 2004 (15/0/0) <br/> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Kitch" data-mw-thread-id="h-Kitch-signpost-article-title"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Kitch-signpost-article-title"></span><a href="/wiki/User:Kitch" class="mw-redirect" title="User:Kitch">Kitch</a><span data-mw-comment-end="h-Kitch-signpost-article-title"></span></h3></div> <p>User name: <a href="/wiki/User:Kitch" class="mw-redirect" title="User:Kitch">Kitch</a> (<a href="/wiki/User_talk:Kitch" class="mw-redirect" title="User talk:Kitch">talk</a>)<br/> Number of edits: 3776 <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://tools.wikimedia.de/~kate/cgi-bin/count_edits?user=Kitch&amp;dbname=enwiki">Kate's Tool</a><br/> First edit date: December 11, 2004 <br/> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Arbitration_Committee_Elections_January_2006/Candidate_statements/Kitch" title="Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections January 2006/Candidate statements/Kitch">Statement</a>: "I am running because I feel I can provide an impartial mind to the arbitration process. I have an extensive access to knowledge to assist me in determining facts, an ability to determine the difference between neutral and biased points of view, and uncanny problem-solving capabilities that were developed and exploited in Future Problem Solvers competitions in my youth."<br/> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="LawAndOrder" data-mw-thread-id="h-LawAndOrder-signpost-article-title"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-LawAndOrder-signpost-article-title"></span><a href="/wiki/User:LawAndOrder" title="User:LawAndOrder">LawAndOrder</a><span data-mw-comment-end="h-LawAndOrder-signpost-article-title"></span></h3></div> <p>User name: <a href="/wiki/User:LawAndOrder" title="User:LawAndOrder">LawAndOrder</a> (<a href="/wiki/User_talk:LawAndOrder" title="User talk:LawAndOrder">talk</a>)<br/> Number of edits: 18 <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://tools.wikimedia.de/~kate/cgi-bin/count_edits?user=LawAndOrder&amp;dbname=enwiki">Kate's Tool</a><br/> First edit date: January 6, 2006 <br/> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Arbitration_Committee_Elections_January_2006/Candidate_statements/LawAndOrder" title="Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections January 2006/Candidate statements/LawAndOrder">Statement</a>: "I recognize that there is a major epidemic here on wikipedia of sly behaviors that serve to obstruct neutrality, truth, and justice, on behalf of pushing POVs. I intend to fight such behaviors." <br/> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Luckyluke" data-mw-thread-id="h-Luckyluke-signpost-article-title"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Luckyluke-signpost-article-title"></span><a href="/w/index.php?title=User:Luckyluke&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="User:Luckyluke (page does not exist)">Luckyluke</a><span data-mw-comment-end="h-Luckyluke-signpost-article-title"></span></h3></div> <p>User name: <a href="/w/index.php?title=User:Luckyluke&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="User:Luckyluke (page does not exist)">Luckyluke</a> (<a href="/wiki/User_talk:Luckyluke" title="User talk:Luckyluke">talk</a>)<br/> Number of edits: 371 <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://tools.wikimedia.de/~kate/cgi-bin/count_edits?user=Luckyluke&amp;dbname=enwiki">Kate's Tool</a><br/> First edit date: October 5, 2004 <br/> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Arbitration_Committee_Elections_January_2006/Candidate_statements/Luckyluke" title="Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections January 2006/Candidate statements/Luckyluke">Statement</a>: "Since discovering Wikipedia in 2004, and in keeping with its' foundings, I believe that I have taken an active approach to improving the credibility and knowledge base of the database. As egotistical as it sounds, I feel that Wikipedia and future disputes will be well served by having me on the committee. I'm able to bring depth, experience, knowledge to resolving disputes and am able to approach problems to hopefully reach an un-biased, comprimisable decision."<br/> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Mackensen" data-mw-thread-id="h-Mackensen-signpost-article-title"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Mackensen-signpost-article-title"></span><a href="/wiki/User:Mackensen" title="User:Mackensen">Mackensen</a><span data-mw-comment-end="h-Mackensen-signpost-article-title"></span></h3></div> <p>User name: <a href="/wiki/User:Mackensen" title="User:Mackensen">Mackensen</a> (<a href="/wiki/User_talk:Mackensen" title="User talk:Mackensen">talk</a>)<br/> Number of edits: 6660 <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://tools.wikimedia.de/~kate/cgi-bin/count_edits?user=Mackensen&amp;dbname=enwiki">Kate's Tool</a><br/> First edit date: August 24, 2003 <br/> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Mackensen" title="Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Mackensen">Adminship</a> since September 30, 2004 (17/2/0) <br/> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Arbitration_Committee_Elections_January_2006/Candidate_statements/Mackensen" title="Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections January 2006/Candidate statements/Mackensen">Statement</a>: "My purpose in running for the Arbitration Committee is twofold: to serve the community and to push the notion of accountability and legitimacy with regards to the actions of administrators. Arbitration is a perhaps unfortunate yet clearly necessary final step in dispute resolution, because the community has vested such powers in the body. This entails a responsibility on the part of the Committee to act intelligently to uphold policy and to ensure that people can continue to make useful contributions to the encyclopedia. This also means holding <i>administrators</i> accountable if they shoot from the hip–this whole project will fall apart if people don't trust us."<br/> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Magicalsaumy" data-mw-thread-id="h-Magicalsaumy-signpost-article-title"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Magicalsaumy-signpost-article-title"></span><a href="/wiki/User:Magicalsaumy" title="User:Magicalsaumy">Magicalsaumy</a><span data-mw-comment-end="h-Magicalsaumy-signpost-article-title"></span></h3></div> <p>User name: <a href="/wiki/User:Magicalsaumy" title="User:Magicalsaumy">Magicalsaumy</a> (<a href="/wiki/User_talk:Magicalsaumy" title="User talk:Magicalsaumy">talk</a>)<br/> Number of edits: 380 <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://tools.wikimedia.de/~kate/cgi-bin/count_edits?user=Magicalsaumy&amp;dbname=enwiki">Kate's Tool</a><br/> First edit date: October 16, 2005 <br/> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Arbitration_Committee_Elections_January_2006/Candidate_statements/Magicalsaumy" title="Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections January 2006/Candidate statements/Magicalsaumy">Statement</a>: "The arbitration committee needs to handle the disputes more effectively and impartially (including the fact that hoax claims must not be highly entertained). Hence I feel that the members of the arbitration committee need to have a sufficiently large knowledge base, so that they could distinguish points which conform to the neutral point of view from those that are naïvish and that have been added out of emotional ecstacy." <br/> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Mailer_diablo" data-mw-thread-id="h-Mailer_diablo-signpost-article-title"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Mailer_diablo-signpost-article-title"></span><a href="/wiki/User:Mailer_diablo" class="mw-redirect" title="User:Mailer diablo">Mailer diablo</a><span data-mw-comment-end="h-Mailer_diablo-signpost-article-title"></span></h3></div> <p>User name: <a href="/wiki/User:Mailer_diablo" class="mw-redirect" title="User:Mailer diablo">Mailer diablo</a> (<a href="/wiki/User_talk:Mailer_diablo" title="User talk:Mailer diablo">talk</a>)<br/> Number of edits: 12388 <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://tools.wikimedia.de/~kate/cgi-bin/count_edits?user=Mailer_diablo&amp;dbname=enwiki">Kate's Tool</a><br/> First edit date: November 8, 2004 <br/> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Mailer_diablo" title="Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Mailer diablo">Adminship</a> since March 31, 2005 (29/1/0) <br/> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Arbitration_Committee_Elections_January_2006/Candidate_statements/Mailer_diablo" title="Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections January 2006/Candidate statements/Mailer diablo">Statement</a>: "I have seen a lot of changes in Wikipedia for the last year, but my fundamental principles of <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:AGF" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:AGF">assuming good faith</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:NPA" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:NPA">keeping civil even in the worst of situations</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:BITE" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:BITE">to give newcomers reasonable chances</a> does not change. Just as always my actions, past or future, are open for scrutiny by anyone. If possible, I'd want to see more in reformative action than just punishment."<br/> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Mikkalai" data-mw-thread-id="h-Mikkalai-signpost-article-title"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Mikkalai-signpost-article-title"></span><a href="/wiki/User:Mikkalai" title="User:Mikkalai">Mikkalai</a><span data-mw-comment-end="h-Mikkalai-signpost-article-title"></span></h3></div> <p>User name: <a href="/wiki/User:Mikkalai" title="User:Mikkalai">Mikkalai</a> (<a href="/wiki/User_talk:Mikkalai" title="User talk:Mikkalai">talk</a>)<br/> Number of edits: 50517 <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://tools.wikimedia.de/~kate/cgi-bin/count_edits?user=Mikkalai&amp;dbname=enwiki">Kate's Tool</a><br/> First edit date: November 13, 2003 <br/> Adminship since February 2004<br/> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Arbitration_Committee_Elections_January_2006/Candidate_statements/Mikkalai" title="Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections January 2006/Candidate statements/Mikkalai">Statement</a>: " 1) I feel that further fate of the project depends on maintaining a reasonable working environment. 2) I am going to oppose the false idea that "all people are equal" (see into the history of <a href="/wiki/Communism" title="Communism">Communism</a> to understand what I mean). A better (but still not ideal) statement would be "... equal before the Law" (or "...before God" in some cultures). But in most societies the <b>application</b> of the Law does recognize that people are fundamentally unequal. 3)I will be standing for zero-point-one-tolerance (0.1-tolerance) for disruption of wikipedia's spirit of cooperation, such as <i>ad hominem</i> attacks, policy gaming, information censorship. "Zero-point-one" is a recognition that people are human, can make errors and have emotions. 4) I will stand for a structure in disputes, for efficiency. 5) Pledge: fairness, neutrality, mercy, participation." <br/> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Nandesuka" data-mw-thread-id="h-Nandesuka-signpost-article-title"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Nandesuka-signpost-article-title"></span><a href="/wiki/User:Nandesuka" title="User:Nandesuka">Nandesuka</a><span data-mw-comment-end="h-Nandesuka-signpost-article-title"></span></h3></div> <p>User name: <a href="/wiki/User:Nandesuka" title="User:Nandesuka">Nandesuka</a> (<a href="/wiki/User_talk:Nandesuka" title="User talk:Nandesuka">talk</a>)<br/> Number of edits: 4510 <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://tools.wikimedia.de/~kate/cgi-bin/count_edits?user=Nandesuka&amp;dbname=enwiki">Kate's Tool</a><br/> First edit date: March 27, 2005 <br/> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Nandesuka" title="Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Nandesuka">Adminship</a> since September 15, 2005 (43/12/4) <br/> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Arbitration_Committee_Elections_January_2006/Candidate_statements/Nandesuka" title="Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections January 2006/Candidate statements/Nandesuka">Statement</a>: "Arbcom has the potential to deal with problems that are beyond any one administrator. To realize that potential, Arbcom has to make two decisions: which requests to consider, and which requests not to consider. The act of deciding wisely which cases need to be heard is more important than the details of whatever decision is reached. The ability to provide stability and finality to the community is key. Arbcom must not get distracted by cases the community can handle. But Arbcom must not hide from difficult cases, simply because they are ugly. Deciding where the line falls is where the hard work is."<br/> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="NSLE" data-mw-thread-id="h-NSLE-signpost-article-title"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-NSLE-signpost-article-title"></span><a href="/wiki/User:NSLE" class="mw-redirect" title="User:NSLE">NSLE</a><span data-mw-comment-end="h-NSLE-signpost-article-title"></span></h3></div> <p>User name: <a href="/wiki/User:NSLE" class="mw-redirect" title="User:NSLE">NSLE</a> (<a href="/wiki/User_talk:NSLE" class="mw-redirect" title="User talk:NSLE">talk</a>)<br/> Number of edits: 3658 <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://tools.wikimedia.de/~kate/cgi-bin/count_edits?user=NSLE&amp;dbname=enwiki">Kate's Tool</a><br/> First edit date: September 20, 2005 <br/> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/NSLE" title="Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/NSLE">Adminship</a> since December 10, 2005 (71/1/2) <br/> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Arbitration_Committee_Elections_January_2006/Candidate_statements/NSLE" title="Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections January 2006/Candidate statements/NSLE">Statement</a>: "The ArbCom needs a fresh approach to things, and I feel I can bring that to the ArbCom. I'm willing to recuse from any ArbCom dispute I may happen to be involved in. The main things for me, no matter what the context, ArbCom or not, are <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:CIV" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:CIV">civility</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:NPA" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:NPA">no personal attacks</a>. I don't subscribe to <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:IAR" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:IAR">ignoring all rules</a>. I believe this view helps us build a constructive encyclopedia."<br/> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Phroziac" data-mw-thread-id="h-Phroziac-signpost-article-title"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Phroziac-signpost-article-title"></span><a href="/wiki/User:Phroziac" class="mw-redirect" title="User:Phroziac">Phroziac</a><span data-mw-comment-end="h-Phroziac-signpost-article-title"></span></h3></div> <p>User name: <a href="/wiki/User:Phroziac" class="mw-redirect" title="User:Phroziac">Phroziac</a> (<a href="/wiki/User_talk:Phroziac" class="mw-redirect" title="User talk:Phroziac">talk</a>)<br/> Number of edits: 3295 <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://tools.wikimedia.de/~kate/cgi-bin/count_edits?user=Phroziac&amp;dbname=enwiki">Kate's Tool</a><br/> First edit date: June 2, 2005 <br/> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Phroziac" title="Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Phroziac">Adminship</a> since September 6, 2005 (56/2/2) <br/> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Arbitration_Committee_Elections_January_2006/Candidate_statements/Phroziac" title="Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections January 2006/Candidate statements/Phroziac">Statement</a>: "I think that arbitration should be a relatively quick and straight forward process, but it should never be rushed. I generally do not agree with banning users who regularly contribute to writing an encyclopedia, in the first case they appear in. They should be sanctioned appropriately, depending on what they did, and given a chance to correct their behaviour. If they should show up in another arbcom case in a reasonable time, doing the same thing, stronger sanctions or maybe even a ban should be strongly considered. I especially support bans if the user does not appear to be interested in writing an encyclopedia. ArbCom should always put the encyclopedia first, before anything else. Always."<br/> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Quaque" data-mw-thread-id="h-Quaque-signpost-article-title"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Quaque-signpost-article-title"></span><a href="/wiki/User:Quaque" class="mw-redirect" title="User:Quaque">Quaque</a><span data-mw-comment-end="h-Quaque-signpost-article-title"></span></h3></div> <p>User name: <a href="/wiki/User:Quaque" class="mw-redirect" title="User:Quaque">Quaque</a> (<a href="/wiki/User_talk:Quaque" title="User talk:Quaque">talk</a>)<br/> Number of edits: 1480 <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://tools.wikimedia.de/~kate/cgi-bin/count_edits?user=Quaque&amp;dbname=enwiki">Kate's Tool</a><br/> First edit date: November 21, 2005 <br/> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Arbitration_Committee_Elections_January_2006/Candidate_statements/Quaque" title="Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections January 2006/Candidate statements/Quaque">Statement</a>: "I have seen a lot of cases go through, so my aim as an arbitrator is simple. To keep Wikipedia a decent encyclopedia and to deal with those who wish to corrupt it. The current system is too slow, and lots of damage has occurred and vandals don't take the system seriously. I have dealt with a large number of vandals and nonsense over the years and know a lot of the technical goings on at the wiki, so I feel confident on being able to take on the challenge of dealing with these disputes and restore credibility to the system."<br/> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="RomaC" data-mw-thread-id="h-RomaC-signpost-article-title"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-RomaC-signpost-article-title"></span><a href="/wiki/User:RomaC" title="User:RomaC">RomaC</a><span data-mw-comment-end="h-RomaC-signpost-article-title"></span></h3></div> <p>User name: <a href="/wiki/User:RomaC" title="User:RomaC">RomaC</a> (<a href="/wiki/User_talk:RomaC" title="User talk:RomaC">talk</a>)<br/> Number of edits: 73 <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://tools.wikimedia.de/~kate/cgi-bin/count_edits?user=RomaC&amp;dbname=enwiki">Kate's Tool</a><br/> First edit date: November 11, 2005 <br/> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Arbitration_Committee_Elections_January_2006/Candidate_statements/RomaC" title="Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections January 2006/Candidate statements/RomaC">Statement</a>: "As an arbitrator, well, I'd do what I could to try and keep it progressing. Philosophy? The <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:5P" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:5P">five pillars</a> work for me. Plus an open and inquiring mind. As for banning, I believe that's got to be the last resort, people will find a way to come back and screw with the project if they are simply kicked out. Better to go in with respect and reason first, help people realize that Wikipedia is their place too. And if that fails, then try again. Of course, sometimes that won't work and action will be necessary -- I'm hopeful but not utopian."<br/> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Skyscrap27" data-mw-thread-id="h-Skyscrap27-signpost-article-title"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Skyscrap27-signpost-article-title"></span><a href="/wiki/User:Skyscrap27" title="User:Skyscrap27">Skyscrap27</a><span data-mw-comment-end="h-Skyscrap27-signpost-article-title"></span></h3></div> <p>User name: <a href="/wiki/User:Skyscrap27" title="User:Skyscrap27">Skyscrap27</a> (<a href="/wiki/User_talk:Skyscrap27" title="User talk:Skyscrap27">talk</a>)<br/> Number of edits: 88 <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://tools.wikimedia.de/~kate/cgi-bin/count_edits?user=Skyscrap27&amp;dbname=enwiki">Kate's Tool</a><br/> First edit date: January 5, 2006 <br/> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Arbitration_Committee_Elections_January_2006/Candidate_statements/Skyscrap27" title="Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections January 2006/Candidate statements/Skyscrap27">Statement</a>: "Why should I be on an Arbitration Committee? I live in a real world (just like all of us) where fights do happen. When you're arguing with somebody, you don't need anybody to tell you what to do, what to say. Both sides need someone to say they're right. That's compromise. If you're a noob (and a lot of arguing happens between new members), you won't listen to somebody old and experienced (just like parents), first you'll listen to other newbies. If the Arbitration Commitee has a new member, it will gain more influence towards other newbies. You're most likely to listen to a person your "age" than to a old member. Of course, I realize that it's a long shot, but that's what I think."<br/> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Svartalf" data-mw-thread-id="h-Svartalf-signpost-article-title"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Svartalf-signpost-article-title"></span><a href="/wiki/User:Svartalf" title="User:Svartalf">Svartalf</a><span data-mw-comment-end="h-Svartalf-signpost-article-title"></span></h3></div> <p>User name: <a href="/wiki/User:Svartalf" title="User:Svartalf">Svartalf</a> (<a href="/wiki/User_talk:Svartalf" title="User talk:Svartalf">talk</a>)<br/> Number of edits: 206 <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://tools.wikimedia.de/~kate/cgi-bin/count_edits?user=Svartalf&amp;dbname=enwiki">Kate's Tool</a><br/> First edit date: November 13, 2004 <br/> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Arbitration_Committee_Elections_January_2006/Candidate_statements/Svartalf" title="Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections January 2006/Candidate statements/Svartalf">Statement</a>: "If chosen, for as long as I serve, I will strive to uphold the ideals completeness and neutrality this wikigroup strives to embody, and to give all cases placed before me fair and optimal treatment, drawing both from existing jurisprudence and my own resources, as well as the considered opinions of my colleagues, particularly the more experienced ones, or those having shown themselves most worthy of my esteem." <br/> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="SVera1NY" data-mw-thread-id="h-SVera1NY-signpost-article-title"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-SVera1NY-signpost-article-title"></span><a href="/w/index.php?title=User:SVera1NY&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="User:SVera1NY (page does not exist)">SVera1NY</a><span data-mw-comment-end="h-SVera1NY-signpost-article-title"></span></h3></div> <p>User name: <a href="/w/index.php?title=User:SVera1NY&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="User:SVera1NY (page does not exist)">SVera1NY</a> (<a href="/wiki/User_talk:SVera1NY" title="User talk:SVera1NY">talk</a>)<br/> Number of edits: 210 <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://tools.wikimedia.de/~kate/cgi-bin/count_edits?user=SVera1NY&amp;dbname=enwiki">Kate's Tool</a><br/> First edit date: June 13, 2005 <br/> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Arbitration_Committee_Elections_January_2006/Candidate_statements/SVera1NY" title="Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections January 2006/Candidate statements/SVera1NY">Statement</a>: "Although I have been a Wikipedian for only a few months, I have contributed alot, especially reverting vandalism and inviting newcomers. I think I would be a great addition to the Committee and would greatly appreciate a post. Thank you very much for your consideration."<br/> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Terenceong1992" data-mw-thread-id="h-Terenceong1992-signpost-article-title"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Terenceong1992-signpost-article-title"></span><a href="/wiki/User:Terenceong1992" class="mw-redirect" title="User:Terenceong1992">Terenceong1992</a><span data-mw-comment-end="h-Terenceong1992-signpost-article-title"></span></h3></div> <p>User name: <a href="/wiki/User:Terenceong1992" class="mw-redirect" title="User:Terenceong1992">Terenceong1992</a> (<a href="/wiki/User_talk:Terenceong1992" class="mw-redirect" title="User talk:Terenceong1992">talk</a>)<br/> Number of edits: 2645 <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://tools.wikimedia.de/~kate/cgi-bin/count_edits?user=Terenceong1992&amp;dbname=enwiki">Kate's Tool</a><br/> First edit date: January 28, 2005 <br/> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Arbitration_Committee_Elections_January_2006/Candidate_statements/Terenceong1992" title="Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections January 2006/Candidate statements/Terenceong1992">Statement</a>: "I would revamp the ArbCom from what it is like now. Arbitration is the final and worst way to solve a dispute. The ArbCom can be improved by having more arbitrators than now, as it will come to a concensus faster than what it is now. Some can take as long as three months, which I feel is a total waste of time. If I am elected as an arbitrator, I will help to come to a decision faster. The Arbitration Committee should cooporate to agree on the decisons. The committee needs a more cooporative effort than what it is now. Current members take quite some time to vote on the proposed decisions on that particular user and those involved."<br/> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Tznkai" data-mw-thread-id="h-Tznkai-signpost-article-title"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Tznkai-signpost-article-title"></span><a href="/wiki/User:Tznkai" title="User:Tznkai">Tznkai</a><span data-mw-comment-end="h-Tznkai-signpost-article-title"></span></h3></div> <p>User name: <a href="/wiki/User:Tznkai" title="User:Tznkai">Tznkai</a> (<a href="/wiki/User_talk:Tznkai" title="User talk:Tznkai">talk</a>)<br/> Number of edits: 2715 <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://tools.wikimedia.de/~kate/cgi-bin/count_edits?user=Tznkai&amp;dbname=enwiki">Kate's Tool</a><br/> First edit date: May 24, 2005 <br/> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Tznkai_2" title="Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Tznkai 2">Adminship</a> since January 6, 2006 (54/1/0) <br/> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Arbitration_Committee_Elections_January_2006/Candidate_statements/Tznkai" title="Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections January 2006/Candidate statements/Tznkai">Statement</a>: "The goal of Arbitration is not punish those who have done wrong in some cosmic sense, but to protect the integrity and longevity of the project. Thus ArbCom must stand between the community and the Encylopedia, and intercept any disaster that may befall either. Keeping in mind those principles, Arbitration would be a processes which handles, primarily, disputes between editors. I think I provide a unique perspective. I provide the combination of beliefs I expressed above, and the relative newness to formal authority. I am NOT mired in past high profile disputes, and I very strongly believe that you need as many diffrent voices you can get, so long as they all work together."<br/> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Z.Spy" data-mw-thread-id="h-Z.Spy-signpost-article-title"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Z.Spy-signpost-article-title"></span><a href="/w/index.php?title=User:Z.Spy&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="User:Z.Spy (page does not exist)">Z.Spy</a><span data-mw-comment-end="h-Z.Spy-signpost-article-title"></span></h3></div> <p>User name: <a href="/w/index.php?title=User:Z.Spy&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="User:Z.Spy (page does not exist)">Z.Spy</a> (<a href="/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Z.Spy&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="User talk:Z.Spy (page does not exist)">talk</a>)<br/> Number of edits: 118 <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://tools.wikimedia.de/~kate/cgi-bin/count_edits?user=Z.Spy&amp;dbname=enwiki">Kate's Tool</a><br/> First edit date: August 6, 2005 <br/> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Arbitration_Committee_Elections_January_2006/Candidate_statements/Z.Spy" title="Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections January 2006/Candidate statements/Z.Spy">Statement</a>: "I am running for Arbitration comittee because I am a responsible contributor who reverts Vandalism, assists new editors, and Makes sure that Wikipedia is a clean, accurate Encyclopedia. I no longer state political opinons in Talk Pages."<br/> </p><p><br/> </p> <div class="noprint"><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><small> <p>Also this week: <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2006-01-09/Fundraiser_ends" title="Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2006-01-09/Fundraiser ends">Fundraiser ends</a> — <a class="mw-selflink selflink">ArbCom candidates</a> — <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2006-01-09/ArbCom_update" title="Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2006-01-09/ArbCom update">ArbCom update</a> — <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2006-01-09/Louis_Braille" title="Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2006-01-09/Louis Braille">Louis Braille</a> — <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2006-01-09/Steward_elections" title="Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2006-01-09/Steward elections">Steward elections</a> — <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2006-01-09/News_and_notes" title="Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2006-01-09/News and notes">News and notes</a> — <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2006-01-09/In_the_news" title="Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2006-01-09/In the news">Press coverage</a> — <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2006-01-09/Features_and_admins" title="Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2006-01-09/Features and admins">Features and admins</a> — <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2006-01-09/Technology_report" title="Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2006-01-09/Technology report">B.R.I.O.N.</a> — <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2006-01-09/Arbitration_report" title="Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2006-01-09/Arbitration report">T.R.O.L.L.</a> </p> </small></div></div> <div style="clear:both"></div></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236342446">.mw-parser-output .signpost-article-footer{clear:both;display:flex;flex-direction:row;flex-wrap:wrap;margin-top:4em}.mw-parser-output .signpost-succession{border-bottom:1px solid 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