Disclaimer: This page expresses my personal opinions and observations only. I encourage all voters to do their own research on the candidates. There are also other guides written by informed and thoughtful Wikipedians. I encourage you to read those as well before deciding how to vote.
Overview
For those who aren't sure what this is about: The Arbitration Committee is part of the Wikipedia dispute resolution process. In fact, ArbCom is pretty much the last stop. For a general real world analogy, ArbCom is sort of like the Supreme Court of Wikipedia. The arbitrators don't make decisions on article content, but they do issue rulings on complex disputes relating to user conduct, and they have considerable authority within the wiki-culture. Members of the committee are usually elected for two-year terms (sometimes one), with a new batch elected each year.
As of Sunday, November 14, candidates are currently nominating themselves, and answering questions from the community. This process will continue until November 23, after which the candidates will continue through the Q&A process for a few more days. On November 26, the community will begin a 10-day voting period, and pretty much anyone can vote for or against as many candidates as they wish. Results will then be reviewed for sockpuppets and any other invalid voters. Within a week or so after that, Wikipedia co-founder Jimbo Wales makes the final decision. He normally just takes everyone who has the highest percentages, though he does have the option to choose other people if he so desires.
This page that you are reading, will contain my (Elonka's) thoughts on the 2010 crop of ArbCom candidates.
To see my thoughts on previous batches, check the history of:
Candidates
Nominations are in process. See the current list of candidates here. My list below may or may not have been updated to include the most recent candidates yet.
- SirFozzie (talk · contribs · count · logs · block log · lu · rfas · rfb · arb · rfc · lta · socks) • 2010 questions page
- Has just completed his first year as an arbitrator, and is running for re-election. Related links: 2009 questions, 2008 votes
- Harej (talk · contribs · count · logs · block log · lu · rfas · rfb · arb · rfc · lta · socks) • 2010 questions page
- Editor since 2004, admin since 2006. First attempt at adminship in May 2006, second in September 2006. Unsuccessful runs for bureaucratship in March 2007 and August 2009. Ran for arbitrator in 2006,[1] then withdrew. Ran for arbitrator in 2007, withdrew because of age limit
- Chase me ladies, I'm the Cavalry (talk · contribs · count · logs · block log · lu · rfas · rfb · arb · rfc · lta · socks) • 2010 questions page
- Newyorkbrad (talk · contribs · count · logs · block log · lu · rfas · rfb · arb · rfc · lta · socks) • 2010 questions page
- Existing arbitrator, running for re-election. 2007 statement / questions / votes (support/oppose 552/15)
- PhilKnight (talk · contribs · count · logs · block log · lu · rfas · rfb · arb · rfc · lta · socks) • 2010 questions page