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post Fri 29th August 2008, 4:42am
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Official link: Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections December 2008

List or arbiters whose terms expire:
1. Blnguyen
2. Charles Matthews
3. James F.
4. Morven
5. Thebainer

Expiring arbiters who have said they will not seek re-election:
(Please reply with others who have said as much, I'll update this top level post)
1. Morven (here)

Expiring arbiters who have previously won re-election:
(Please reply with others who have pulled this off, I'll update this top level post)
1. ?

Number of open seats (normal): 5, plus one extra open one since Paul August retired, for 6 total. Paul's spot is only good to December 2009, when he would have expired anyway. The others are currently set to be the normal 3 years.

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post Sat 30th August 2008, 8:41pm
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Yes, I have a similar problem as LHvU, actually.
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QUOTE(maggot3 @ Sat 30th August 2008, 8:41pm) *

Yes, I have a similar problem as LHvU, actually.

I didn't understand it when LHvU said it either. Is this a conflict of interest thing (which would make you a saint among Wikipedians for abstaining), or is it a symbolic protest of ArbCom itself?
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QUOTE(One @ Sat 30th August 2008, 11:01pm) *

QUOTE(maggot3 @ Sat 30th August 2008, 8:41pm) *

Yes, I have a similar problem as LHvU, actually.

I didn't understand it when LHvU said it either. Is this a conflict of interest thing (which would make you a saint among Wikipedians for abstaining), or is it a symbolic protest of ArbCom itself?


I think they just mean they would find it hard to tick a box and vote for "Thatcher" (i.e. Margaret Thatcher smile.gif )

It would be like if there was an admin called Regan or Clinton, or whatever, and those political figures were your particular figures of hatred for years. But I thing LessH was joking about being unable to vote for that reason. smile.gif
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Rootology   Arbcom Elections 2008   Fri 29th August 2008, 4:42am
Proabivouac   Expiring arbiters who have said they will not see...   Fri 29th August 2008, 4:48am
Alex   I can already think of who will be running, and I ...   Fri 29th August 2008, 4:53am
everyking   Surely none of them could be re-elected, and I hop...   Fri 29th August 2008, 4:59am
Alex   Surely none of them could be re-elected, and I ho...   Fri 29th August 2008, 5:05am
Crestatus   Who all are eligible?   Fri 29th August 2008, 5:00am
maiawatatos   I wouldn't support any if those if they did de...   Fri 29th August 2008, 5:16am
Alex   I wouldn't support any if those if they did d...   Fri 29th August 2008, 5:40am
Kelly Martin   I have met Charles and James in real life, and thi...   Fri 29th August 2008, 12:03pm
Proabivouac   James F., Morven and Thebainer will certainly not...   Fri 29th August 2008, 7:46am
Castle Rock   [quote name='maiawatatos' post='124550' date='Fri...   Fri 29th August 2008, 7:50am
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thekohser   [quote name='Proabivouac' post='124575' date='Fri...   Fri 29th August 2008, 11:52am
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thekohser   Who cares what people look like? About 95% of...   Fri 29th August 2008, 8:12pm
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wikiwhistle   There is a huge difference between the interests...   Fri 29th August 2008, 3:02pm
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Taxwoman   This is interesting. Can you share a link? So yo...   Fri 29th August 2008, 12:16pm
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