ArbCom election 2012 Options

[Michaeldsuarez]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Arb...2012/Candidates

The nomination process has begun.

[Michaeldsuarez]

I don't think Elen's defeat can be blamed on anything - she did rather well and only lost out because there were so many candidates.

Yes, Elen would've probably had been reelected if a couple of the top nine candidates didn't run in the election, but I still believe that the leak was a major deciding factor in the election. Look at how the leak affected some of the voter guides:

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=...oldid=524175326 (Casliber -- from "unequivocal support" to "equivocal support")

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=...oldid=525067308 (Ealdgyth -- from "support" to "neutral with caveat")

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=...oldid=524894478, http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=...oldid=525357624 (Elonka -- from "support" to "undecided" to "strong oppose")

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=...oldid=524368885 (Hahc21 -- "I still support her bid after the big email leak disaster.")

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=...oldid=524916366 (Heimstern -- from "wait and see" to "neutral")

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=...oldid=525194777 (Malerooster -- "oppose")

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=...oldid=524977901 (Reaper_Eternal -- from "support" to "oppose")

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=...oldid=524874776, http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=...oldid=524910136 (Rschen7754 -- from "support" to "HOLD" to "very strong oppose")

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=...oldid=524909565, http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=...oldid=524943065 (Wizardman -- from "support" to "undecided" to "oppose")

Elen also had relatively few "no votes". Only Newyorkbrad has fewer:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Arb...er_2012#Results

I believe that this means that the vast majority of voters decided to "take a side" instead of being wishy-washy. What made them take a side instead of being wishy-washy? I believe that the leak was the cause. In my opinion, Elen would've had fifty to a hundred more "no votes" if the leak hadn't occurred.

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