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White Cat

Hi, everybody out there. For those who may be surprised why am I even a candidate there is a very simple yet unorthodox explanation for this. I have had gotten into a fair share of disputes. Of course being into disputes is by very nature not pleasant. It isn't necessarily a bad thing either. After how can anyone truly be able to deal with disputes big or small without experiencing big or small disputes.

I'd like to talk about my "failures"

I have one hell of a block log (as user "Cool Cat" and "Coolcat")
I have had 4 failed RfA's here on en.wikipedia. Full list is available here and I would recommend a short peek at it at least.
I let my paranoia bother AKMask to the point of an RFC.
I had been in front of ArbCom twice as an involved party:
1. WP:RfAR/Coolcat, Davenbelle and Stereotek had put me on a year long temporary mentorship on issues concerning Turkey and/or the Kurds and banned me from mediating indefinitely until I am officially appointed to the Mediation Committee. That case was closed on 5 October 2005. Two out of three the other involved parties User:Davenbelle and User:Fadix ended up getting banned indefinitely^* and for a year^* respectively.
2. WP:RfAR/Moby Dick had not levied any remedies on me. That case was closed on 13 August 2006. A number of remedies were levied on Moby Dick, a user treated like a sockpuppet of Davenbelle at least by arbcom^*.

I am not "proud" of any of this and I will not even attempt to make excuses. But I can't change the past. I was not genetically engineered with wikipedias policies and I do have a learning curve with a finite slope.

I have been recommended to have a fresh start with an unconnected account but I desire not to do that. My reason for this is simple. I value honesty above everything else. It would be dishonest for me to come and claim to be a different user - at least in my own mind. I refuse to give up on my ideals simply because it is convenient.

So in sum I am not any near your "ideal" and popular candidate. I think I have a lot of experience that I can put to good use should I get appointed as an arbitrator. I hope to offer a different perspective which I feel is healthy in any median. I strongly feel that if everybody is thinking alike, often nobody is truly thinking. Weather I have grown adequately with my involvement with wikipedia and other wikimedia projects such as commons in my 2+ years here is for you to judge.

-- Cat ^chi? 22:31, 1 November 2007 (UTC)

White Cat (talk · contribs · deleted · count · AfD · logs · block log · lu · rfar · spi)
Cool Cat (talk · contribs · deleted · count · AfD · logs · block log · lu · rfar · spi) (formerly)
Coolcat (talk · contribs · deleted · count · AfD · logs · block log · lu · rfar · spi) (formerly)

Support

—trey(wiki) 00:13, 3 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
fuck yes. we need drastic change on arbcom. ALKIVAR™ ☢ 00:50, 3 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
--U.S.A.U.S.A.U.S.A. 01:05, 3 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose

Too much drama This is a Secret ^account 00:01, 3 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Kwsn (Ni!) 00:02, 3 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Creating drama out of a signature was not the best thing Wikipedia has ever seen. Kurykh 00:02, 3 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
--W.marsh 00:04, 3 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
— Coren ^(talk) 00:09, 3 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Rschen7754 (T C) 00:10, 3 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Er, no. BLACKKITE 00:11, 3 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Woodym555 00:18, 3 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Heimstern Läufer (talk) 00:19, 3 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Chaz ^Beckett 00:22, 3 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
– Gurch (talk) 00:22, 3 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
-- Ned Scott 00:23, 3 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Nishkid64 (talk) 00:23, 3 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
—Charles P._(Mirv) 00:25, 3 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
— TKD::Talk 00:25, 3 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The signature drama is enough to leave a sour taste in my mouth. Qst 00:27, 3 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
--uǝʌǝs ʎʇɹnoɟ ʇs(st47) 00:27, 3 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Nope. — Rlevse • Talk • 00:30, 3 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Nishkid64 (talk) 00:31, 3 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Voted once above. — TKD::Talk 00:41, 3 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose (vote explanations) -- Jd2718 00:31, 3 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Daniel 00:33, 3 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
east.718 at 00:34, December 3, 2007
Nufy8 00:34, 3 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
--Duk 00:35, 3 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Angus McLellan (Talk) 00:36, 3 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I respect this candidate, but am concerned about his past behavior in dispute resolution. Gracenotes^T § 00:37, 3 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose per Gracenotes. Sorry! Jonathan ^(T•@•C) 00:38, 3 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Nick 00:39, 3 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I respect this user, but I'm just not so sure about maturity and associated behaviour. 哦， 是吗？(review O) 00:39, 03 December 2007 (GMT)
— master son^{T - C} 00:40, 3 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Ρх₥α 00:43, 3 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- auburnpilot talk 00:47, 3 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I like ~~cool~~ white cat, but not in DR. Prodego ^talk 00:50, 3 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Star dust 8212 01:03, 3 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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 #&mdash;<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;">[[User:Trey|<span style="font-weight: bold; color:DodgerBlue;">trey</span>]]</span><span style="font-weight: bold; color:Blue;">([[User talk:Trey|wiki]])</span> 00:13, 3 December 2007 (UTC)
 # fuck yes. we need drastic change on arbcom. &nbsp;[[User:Alkivar|<font color="#FA8605">'''ALKIVAR'''</font>]][[User_talk:Alkivar|&trade;]] <span style="font-size:130%; background:yellow; border:1px solid black;">&#x2622;</span> 00:50, 3 December 2007 (UTC)
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