I must express some serious reservations about placing a 14-year-old on the ArbComm. Although I have only been involved in one arbitration action so far, I can see based on it and based on the comments of others that this is a genuine job, and one that is critical to Wikikpedia. As I see it, this job requires time, dedication, wisdom, intelligence, and maturity.
I do not doubt either the dedication or intelligence of Ilyanep. The fact that heis already an admin and a bureaucrat speaks quite highly of him, along with his stated desire to get into the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy. However, this leaves the other three points. To wit:
I kindly submit that Ilyanep is asking too much of himself and seeking to take on too large a role at this time. In that respect I do not see his promise to "stay on for my entire term, as I see myself as a person who finishes what he started" as recommending him much. If this job places too much of a strain on himself, then it is what must be dropped for his own good, and in the long term ours. It takes wisdom and maturity to see that, and yet it is obvious that Ilyanep does not.
Yes, I am saying that this is a case of a child trying to do a man's job. I do admit that I would sooner see Ilyanep doing it than many of the other candidates, but in my opinion this is too big and too important a job for us, and too risky for himself even though he does not realize it yet. I kindly ask that he withdraw. Otherwise, I ask those who would support him to please be sure that they are doing both him and us a favor by letting him have this job. -- EMS | Talk 04:44, 10 January 2006 (UTC)
It's my personal view that 14 is too young for the arbcom. Age may not equal wisdom, but only the young would actually claim it doesn't equal experience, which is a component in thinking about the world and the people in it (or that experience doesn't matter in that respect, which I have to say is something that experience itself would put you right on!). I don't mean just wiki-experience. I have no doubt Ilyanep thoroughly understands Wikipedia and its policies. I wouldn't have voted for Ambi or Neutrality either, and I don't consider either to be particularly good examples of age's not mattering, particularly in light of Ambi's temper tantrums in the recent Userbox kerfuffle. Neither has ever struck me as particularly good at understanding people or their motivations, leading both to come across as not very sympathetic, which I feel is a bad thing. It's not personally directed at Ilyanep. Grace Note 08:42, 11 January 2006 (UTC)
I must express some serious reservations about placing a 14-year-old on the ArbComm. Although I have only been involved in one arbitration action so far, I can see based on it and based on the comments of others that this is a genuine job, and one that is critical to Wikikpedia. As I see it, this job requires time, dedication, wisdom, intelligence, and maturity.
I do not doubt either the dedication or intelligence of Ilyanep. The fact that heis already an admin and a bureaucrat speaks quite highly of him, along with his stated desire to get into the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy. However, this leaves the other three points. To wit:
I kindly submit that Ilyanep is asking too much of himself and seeking to take on too large a role at this time. In that respect I do not see his promise to "stay on for my entire term, as I see myself as a person who finishes what he started" as recommending him much. If this job places too much of a strain on himself, then it is what must be dropped for his own good, and in the long term ours. It takes wisdom and maturity to see that, and yet it is obvious that Ilyanep does not.
Yes, I am saying that this is a case of a child trying to do a man's job. I do admit that I would sooner see Ilyanep doing it than many of the other candidates, but in my opinion this is too big and too important a job for us, and too risky for himself even though he does not realize it yet. I kindly ask that he withdraw. Otherwise, I ask those who would support him to please be sure that they are doing both him and us a favor by letting him have this job. -- EMS | Talk 04:44, 10 January 2006 (UTC)
It's my personal view that 14 is too young for the arbcom. Age may not equal wisdom, but only the young would actually claim it doesn't equal experience, which is a component in thinking about the world and the people in it (or that experience doesn't matter in that respect, which I have to say is something that experience itself would put you right on!). I don't mean just wiki-experience. I have no doubt Ilyanep thoroughly understands Wikipedia and its policies. I wouldn't have voted for Ambi or Neutrality either, and I don't consider either to be particularly good examples of age's not mattering, particularly in light of Ambi's temper tantrums in the recent Userbox kerfuffle. Neither has ever struck me as particularly good at understanding people or their motivations, leading both to come across as not very sympathetic, which I feel is a bad thing. It's not personally directed at Ilyanep. Grace Note 08:42, 11 January 2006 (UTC)