Arbcom Elections 2008 Options

[maiawatatos]

Horrible article.


I think I would vote for thatcher and possibly jehochman, out of those mentioned so far. IMO, swatjester on arbcom would massively damage WP.

[thekohser]

As I think I've said in at least two places now, I will not be running in the Arbcom elections. I have been doing a fair amount of template work and other gnome-like tasks and decided some time ago against running. Thanks for thinking of me though.

Don't forget all the time spent egregiously trolling my Wikipedia Talk page!

[Rootology]

How has SWATjester's status improved since last year? (And yes, I likewise suspect he'll run again).

Gut feeling.

dark horse guesses?

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Damn, Wikipedia is awsome

English is fun.

[wikiwhistle]

How has SWATjester's status improved since last year? (And yes, I likewise suspect he'll run again).

Gut feeling.

I've see how he acted on 'simple' wikipedia He was somewhat heavy handed in his approach.

Incoming Arb class quick guesses today:

1. Thatcher
2. WJBscribe
3. Jehochman
4. Swatjester
5. Anthony
6. Mbisanz

dark horse guesses?

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Damn, Wikipedia is awsome

I've missed something- has MBianz said he won't stand?

[KamrynMatika]

I've missed something- has MBianz said he won't stand?

Yeah (thank God), earlier in this thread. A page or two back.

[Giggy]

Wow. If Root's proposed candidate list was the final candidate list (minus those who've definitely said they're not running as I type this), I'd be willing to support... three people there.

[KamrynMatika]

Wow. If Root's proposed candidate list was the final candidate list (minus those who've definitely said they're not running as I type this), I'd be willing to support... three people there.

I could support maybe one.

[Peter Damian]

Incoming Arb class quick guesses today:

1. Thatcher
2. WJBscribe
3. Jehochman
4. Swatjester
5. Anthony
6. Mbisanz

dark horse guesses?

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Damn, Wikipedia is awsome

There is one I can think of.

[Dzonatas]

Thatcher is not the best pick in my opinion. He seemed ok at first, but then I've noticed some decisions he made that were off, which made situations worse. He lacks in critical thinking. Other than that, I have nothing against him.

[Alex]

I could support two people on that list, probably. Maybe. I'll probably be opposing most people.

[Kelly Martin]

Thatcher got mad at me for revealing the RickK/Zoe coherence on WR and then got madder at me for refusing to tell him the common password. He doesn't get that people you treat like shit are not going to bend over backwards to help you. As far as I can tell he's still addicted to the kool-aid.

Swatjester is a gung-ho fascist with an over-inflated opinion of his own competence. He has even less capacity for finesse or subtlety than I do, and would be even more of a disaster as an arbitrator than he has been as an admin and OTRS volunteer.

[SomeRandomAdmin]

Yes
Jehochman
AGK

Probably Yes
Thatcher
Bishzilla
Giano

Not sure
WJB

Not in a million years
Swatjester


This post has been edited by SomeRandomAdmin: Sat 30th August 2008, 4:50pm

[Pumpkin Muffins]

Swatjester is a gung-ho fascist with an over-inflated opinion of his own competence. He has even less capacity for finesse or subtlety than I do, and would be even more of a disaster as an arbitrator than he has been as an admin and OTRS volunteer.

And he's a law student but doesn't even understand the definition of the word 'hypocrite', even when it's explained to him. So much for lawyers using language as thier tool. Oh well, it doesn't matter, his family is rich, he'll never have to worry about anything.

[Alex]

I'm looking forward to seeing who the obvious fail candidates are going to be.

Hey I should run! That'll be a laugh and a half.



*Edit: added an emoticon in case anyone actually takes this seriously.

This post has been edited by Alex: Sat 30th August 2008, 5:37pm

[Proabivouac]

Not sure
WJB

Shell Kinney might run again; if so this would make two inveterate Elonka meatpuppets running for ArbCom, as if the current crop weren't biased enough.

[Vicky]

Thatcher is not the best pick in my opinion.

There are a good few people a lot worse than Thatcher. (I hope that's not damning with faint praise.)

[Proabivouac]

Thatcher got mad at me for revealing the RickK/Zoe coherence on WR and then got madder at me for refusing to tell him the common password. He doesn't get that people you treat like shit are not going to bend over backwards to help you. As far as I can tell he's still addicted to the kool-aid.

It may be fair to say that Thatcher has swallowed the kool-aid, however, since the Mantanmoreland case, it seems that he's started at least to question some of its ingredients. I'm aware that he regularly reads the Wikipedia Review, for example. Thatcher is not corrupt and, I believe, tries to be fair, which is more than one can say for many or most current Arbitrators. Ideally, the Committee would be abolished, the sooner, the bettter, but supposing it's still around, I'm inclined to support him.

[LessHorrid vanU]

He could be (I'm not saying he is, just a hypothetical here) the very best candidate that WP could ever hope to field; fearless, fair, polite and astute... but there is no way I could ever put a tick in a box next to the name "Thatcher". An instance of a real life bias effecting a WP decision, and I am unable to overcome it.

[Alex]

He could be (I'm not saying he is, just a hypothetical here) the very best candidate that WP could ever hope to field; fearless, fair, polite and astute... but there is no way I could ever put a tick in a box next to the name "Thatcher". An instance of a real life bias effecting a WP decision, and I am unable to overcome it.

I completely disagree. My experience of Thatcher has been less than pleasant. Plus he barely edits the encyclopedia, and appears to exists on Wikipedia simply to fight sockpuppets and make smart-ass comments on the admin noticeboards. My vote will be "Hell no".

[One]

I think Thatcher is the best name listed so far. He'd be a good sock puppet sniffer, I think. He would be interested in the sockpuppet evidence against FeloniousMonk, for example.

Some people here probably dislike him because his name comes up so often when trying to use Tor, but I count that as a virtue. The extension should be tweaked for en.wp, so that Tor is hard blocked by default. Until then, Thatcher's getting it covered one IP at a time.