A few questions from me. I'm asking all candidates the same thing.
Thanks for your time and good luck. WjB scribe 23:42, 12 November 2007 (UTC)
My questions are kind of nitty-gritty, but I'm not looking for really specific answers as much as trying to see your thought process and approaches to the issues.
1. What is your philosophy on how to handle edit warriors? Under what circumstances should the Committee ban users who continually edit war, and when should they use lesser sanctions, such as paroles or editing restrictions? What factors should the Committee consider in deciding what sanctions are appropriate?
2. What about uncivil editors (including those making personal attacks)? What factors should the Committee consider in deciding whether and how to sanction them?
3. When should an administrator be desysopped? In particular, how should a sysop's failings be weighed against his or her useful administrative actions, and when do the failings merit removal of adminship? When, if ever, is it appropriate to use a temporary suspension, such as was used in Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Jeffrey O. Gustafson?
4. Under what circumstances should the Committee consider an appeal of a community ban?
5. Two recent cases, Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Allegations of apartheid and Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/THF-DavidShankBone, were dismissed with no decision made after the Committee had been unable to come to a decision concerning wrongdoing or sanctions. In both cases, the arbitrators seem to have felt that the cases' issues were no longer current, either because the community had resolved the issue or because a participant was no longer active at Wikipedia. Now, consider a similar situation in which the Committee cannot agree on finding concerning user conduct or on appropriate sanctions, but in which the case issues are clearly current. What should be done in such a case?
Thanks for your consideration. Heimstern Läufer (talk) 00:05, 13 November 2007 (UTC)
You seem to be quite an active vandal fighter, and you certainly have added much local transportation information to articles for New Jersey towns, but your 3rd attempt to become an administrator, Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/NHRHS2010_3 just failed on Friday. Do you think that the community should have looser standards for choosing arbitrators than it does for choosing admins? Jd2718 00:15, 13 November 2007 (UTC)
Thanks, east.718 at 01:13, 11/13/2007
Have you successfully nominated any articles that you've heavily edited for Featured or Good Article status? Cla68 03:14, 13 November 2007 (UTC)
Are you 18 years of age or older? Judging from your name, you would appear to be graduating from NHR high school in 2010, which would put your age at around 16. This appears in inline with one of the youtube links someone posted above, which had a video uploaded by youtube user NHRHS2010 entitled "this is what 10th grade looks like", also putting your age at around 16. Currently there does not appear to be a requirement that arbitrators be 18 years old or older (if there is, I haven't found one), but given the sensitive nature of the position and the likelyhood of dealing with privacy policy issues, such as checkuser use (which requires that a user be 18 years old and personally identified to the foundation), do you think that it is wise to run for such a position? ⇒ SWATJester Son of the Defender 05:32, 13 November 2007 (UTC)
Best wishes in your candidacy, and in your tenure on the committee should you be elected. I'm asking this question to most of the candidates, so I apologize in advance if you've already answered a similar question from another editor.
Some background. I was an avid reader of the encyclopedia until December 2005, when I decided to begin editing. I had started to delve into the workings of the project, reading about AfD's and the ANI and, most interestingly, the work of the Arbitration Committee. When elections came around in December 2005/January 2006, I thought that a fresh perspective might be of value to the committee. So, in my haste to pitch in, I made my 13th edit (!) by nominating myself to the Arbitration Committee.
Needless to say, it did not go well.
However, I did find some editors who supported my candidacy on moral grounds, offering encouragement and concuring that a different perspective was of value in the committee's work. Looking back, it got me thinking, as this round of elections begins: What is the most valuable trait for an arbitrator? Your statement and answers to other questions will address this at length, I'm sure, but if you had to distill the essence of being an effective arbitrator into one word, what would that word be? ZZ Claims ~ Evidence 13:19, 13 November 2007 (UTC)
In the Wikipedia context, what is the difference (if any) between NPOV and SPOV (scientific point of view)?-- ragesoss 17:20, 13 November 2007 (UTC)
I'm withdrawing myself from the Arbitration Committee elections because I would be better off doing this 2 years from now. NHRHS2010 talk 20:24, 16 November 2007 (UTC)
A few questions from me. I'm asking all candidates the same thing.
Thanks for your time and good luck. WjB scribe 23:42, 12 November 2007 (UTC)
My questions are kind of nitty-gritty, but I'm not looking for really specific answers as much as trying to see your thought process and approaches to the issues.
1. What is your philosophy on how to handle edit warriors? Under what circumstances should the Committee ban users who continually edit war, and when should they use lesser sanctions, such as paroles or editing restrictions? What factors should the Committee consider in deciding what sanctions are appropriate?
2. What about uncivil editors (including those making personal attacks)? What factors should the Committee consider in deciding whether and how to sanction them?
3. When should an administrator be desysopped? In particular, how should a sysop's failings be weighed against his or her useful administrative actions, and when do the failings merit removal of adminship? When, if ever, is it appropriate to use a temporary suspension, such as was used in Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Jeffrey O. Gustafson?
4. Under what circumstances should the Committee consider an appeal of a community ban?
5. Two recent cases, Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Allegations of apartheid and Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/THF-DavidShankBone, were dismissed with no decision made after the Committee had been unable to come to a decision concerning wrongdoing or sanctions. In both cases, the arbitrators seem to have felt that the cases' issues were no longer current, either because the community had resolved the issue or because a participant was no longer active at Wikipedia. Now, consider a similar situation in which the Committee cannot agree on finding concerning user conduct or on appropriate sanctions, but in which the case issues are clearly current. What should be done in such a case?
Thanks for your consideration. Heimstern Läufer (talk) 00:05, 13 November 2007 (UTC)
You seem to be quite an active vandal fighter, and you certainly have added much local transportation information to articles for New Jersey towns, but your 3rd attempt to become an administrator, Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/NHRHS2010_3 just failed on Friday. Do you think that the community should have looser standards for choosing arbitrators than it does for choosing admins? Jd2718 00:15, 13 November 2007 (UTC)
Thanks, east.718 at 01:13, 11/13/2007
Have you successfully nominated any articles that you've heavily edited for Featured or Good Article status? Cla68 03:14, 13 November 2007 (UTC)
Are you 18 years of age or older? Judging from your name, you would appear to be graduating from NHR high school in 2010, which would put your age at around 16. This appears in inline with one of the youtube links someone posted above, which had a video uploaded by youtube user NHRHS2010 entitled "this is what 10th grade looks like", also putting your age at around 16. Currently there does not appear to be a requirement that arbitrators be 18 years old or older (if there is, I haven't found one), but given the sensitive nature of the position and the likelyhood of dealing with privacy policy issues, such as checkuser use (which requires that a user be 18 years old and personally identified to the foundation), do you think that it is wise to run for such a position? ⇒ SWATJester Son of the Defender 05:32, 13 November 2007 (UTC)
Best wishes in your candidacy, and in your tenure on the committee should you be elected. I'm asking this question to most of the candidates, so I apologize in advance if you've already answered a similar question from another editor.
Some background. I was an avid reader of the encyclopedia until December 2005, when I decided to begin editing. I had started to delve into the workings of the project, reading about AfD's and the ANI and, most interestingly, the work of the Arbitration Committee. When elections came around in December 2005/January 2006, I thought that a fresh perspective might be of value to the committee. So, in my haste to pitch in, I made my 13th edit (!) by nominating myself to the Arbitration Committee.
Needless to say, it did not go well.
However, I did find some editors who supported my candidacy on moral grounds, offering encouragement and concuring that a different perspective was of value in the committee's work. Looking back, it got me thinking, as this round of elections begins: What is the most valuable trait for an arbitrator? Your statement and answers to other questions will address this at length, I'm sure, but if you had to distill the essence of being an effective arbitrator into one word, what would that word be? ZZ Claims ~ Evidence 13:19, 13 November 2007 (UTC)
In the Wikipedia context, what is the difference (if any) between NPOV and SPOV (scientific point of view)?-- ragesoss 17:20, 13 November 2007 (UTC)
I'm withdrawing myself from the Arbitration Committee elections because I would be better off doing this 2 years from now. NHRHS2010 talk 20:24, 16 November 2007 (UTC)