QUOTE(sarcasticidealist @ Sun 26th October 2008, 1:34am)
I have no idea what the philosophy is here.
Privatemusings asked if Jimbo would appoint him if he won the election:
QUOTE(Privatemusings)
...and finally - if I were to run, and poll strongly enough, would you have any objection to my serving on the committee? Privatemusings (talk) 04:40, 21 October 2008 (UTC)
Jimbo's statement here echos last year's situation with Giano:
QUOTE(Jimbo Wales)
I would be strongly disinclined to appoint anyone who has been reprimanded by the ArbCom less than a year ago for sockpuppeting and inappropriate BLP editing.--Jimbo Wales (talk) 15:01, 21 October 2008 (UTC)
So The Arbitrators can disqualify anyone's candidacy simply by placing them under sanction - and we already know that contributors can be sanctioned merely for criticizing them (= "incivility" and "disruption").