QUOTE(everyking @ Tue 1st December 2009, 3:59pm)
Having only admins run for ArbCom has two benefits: first, it requires that every candidate has already received a community endorsement and thus it helps to filter out the waste-of-time candidates...
You mean every candidate who won a popularity contest? I don't know anything about "community endorsement." (IMG:
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QUOTE(everyking @ Tue 1st December 2009, 3:59pm)
...and second, it requires that every candidate have had some experience working on administrative tasks and the implementation of rules.
There is a difference between doing something and doing something correctly. If the 2009 Arbcom is any indication, their administrative experience did not prepare them for such labors as opening and reading e-mails, enforcing sockpuppet policies with something that has a passing resemblance to consistency, answering very easy Yes or No questions and behaving with some sense of maturity and decorum. Of course, let's not forget Sam Blacketer, whose shenanigans gave WP its biggest PR black eye this year -- admin and arbitrator!
QUOTE(everyking @ Tue 1st December 2009, 3:59pm)
It seems like an arbitrator who didn't have that experience could be at a serious disadvantage.
Can't be worst than what we've seen. (IMG:
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Who gets the WR endorsement for Arbcom09, Could be the kiss of death?
