User:Polargeo 2/ACE2010

My guide for the 2010 Arbitration Committee (ArbCom) Elections will be here shortly. I have argued at Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee Elections December 2010 against guides that are linked from the election template and hosted on an individual's userpage. However, unsurprisingly guide publishers came out quickly to support the status quo so I feel I need to produce a guide to even out the influence of the established insiders and give the opinions of a less well established editor but still one with some experience. So here it will be. Watch this space.

Weak weak weak

A dizzyingly weak field of candidates to date. Come on step up to the plate. I'd do it myself if I thought I stood a chance (which I do not).

Okay slightly stronger now the nominations are finished but with 11 places to fill there are very clearly not anywhere near 11 strong candidates. I plead with all users to only vote for the cream of the crop. DO NOT BE TEMPTED TO VOTE FOR MEDIOCRITY OR LESS. Arbcom is not a place for people keeping seats warm. It is exactly those seat-warmers who have done the worst damage in the past.

The low down

Disclaimer. These are my thoughts and my thoughts alone. You may wish to read them and may agree or disagree as the mood takes you.

Candidate	Portrait	My thoughts	Star rating
Balloonman (talk · contribs · count · block log)	To Come	To Come	To Come
Casliber (talk · contribs · count · block log)		Yes lets have Casliber back. Knows what the encyclopedia is for and what it isn't.
Chase me ladies, I'm the Cavalry (talk · contribs · count · block log)		No way. Does not have a clue about arbcom and yet believes arbcom should be more punitive. A very very very dangerous candidate.
David Fuchs (talk · contribs · count · block log)		I am worried about this candidate and have seen some silly moves when they get into complex situations. I don't think they have the right experience for the job. A vandal fighter and FA reviewer not an arb.
Elen of the Roads (talk · contribs · count · block log)	To Come	To Come	To Come
FT2 (talk · contribs · count · block log)	To Come	To Come	To Come
Georgewilliamherbert (talk · contribs · count · block log)	To Come	To Come	To Come
GiacomoReturned (talk · contribs · count · block log)		I have a very bad feeling about this one.
Harej (talk · contribs · count · block log)		A hare caught in the headlights. No way harej.
HJ Mitchell (talk · contribs · count · block log)		Nothing personal, I supported his RfA, but PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE don't give him the chance to add any more bling to his userpage. Think of all the suffering in central and western Africa.
Iridescent (talk · contribs · count · block log)		Finally someone with the intelligence, strength and charisma to actually make it worth getting behind them.
Jclemens (talk · contribs · count · block log)	To Come	To Come	To Come
John Vandenberg (talk · contribs · count · block log)	To Come	To Come	To Come
Loosmark (talk · contribs · count · block log)		Flush this one and clean thoroughly.
N419BH (talk · contribs · count · block log)	File:R2d2lala2.jpg	WHISTLE BEEP
Newyorkbrad (talk · contribs · count · block log)		The best of a bad bunch. Good philosophy, needs to take the bull by the horns.
Off2riorob (talk · contribs · count · block log)		I love this user but NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO HELP
PhilKnight (talk · contribs · count · block log)		Sensible chap.
Sandstein (talk · contribs · count · block log)		If you had asked me this a few months ago I would have said yes but I have seen several reasons to doubt Sandstein's competance for the job of arb.
Shell Kinney (talk · contribs · count · block log)		Terrible, should never have been on arbcom. Poor interaction, poor decision making and completley out of their depth.
SirFozzie (talk · contribs · count · block log)		I am completely 100% on the fence. Candidate has recused as an arb several times but still comes in and comments in a most annoying and disruptive way. Why can't they just sit it out. What is going on?
Stephen Bain (talk · contribs · count · block log)	To Come	To Come	To Come
Xeno (talk · contribs · count · block log)		There were reasonable concerns about this user becoming a crat but I voted support then because I thought we needed some fresh crats and the experience running bots was a plus. My concerns about this user have not gone away, I see them as being too judgemental in an inflexible way. They have several traits that suggest they would be a very poor arb. More damage can be done to the ethos of the pedia as an arb than as a crat, even though they are only one member of a team.

Early view (listing) of the candidates

The format at this early stage is borrowed from the magnificent User:Elonka, see her guide at User:Elonka/ACE2010, and is not intended as an endorsement of any candidate. At the moment I am simply listing the candidates and making a brief comment about if I have encountered them before on wikipedia and where this may have been.

1. SirFozzie (talk · contribs · count · logs · block log · lu · rfas · rfb · arb · rfc · lta · socks) • 2010 questions page

   Currently on the arbitration committee and running again, a user I have crossed paths with several times. Always makes me think of the Muppets.

2. Harej (talk · contribs · count · logs · block log · lu · rfas · rfb · arb · rfc · lta · socks) • 2010 questions page

   I do not recal any previous interaction with this user and will have to look hard at this candidate.

3. Chase me ladies, I'm the Cavalry (talk · contribs · count · logs · block log · lu · rfas · rfb · arb · rfc · lta · socks) • 2010 questions page

   A user I have seen around from time to time. I seem to recall that they are in the UK armed forces, royal navy, so they may be looking for a new job with all the spending cuts, I'll have to actually look at their userpage to confirm my memory on this. Just looked at their userpage and find that they have changed it since I last looked to say they are in the royal navy reserve. I wonder if ladies will "chase" this sailor.

4. PhilKnight (talk · contribs · count · logs · block log · lu · rfas · rfb · arb · rfc · lta · socks) • 2010 questions page

   A user I have seen about a fair bit, but mostly at Requests for Adminship/Bureaucratship where we have both been active contributors.

5. Newyorkbrad (talk · contribs · count · logs · block log · lu · rfas · rfb · arb · rfc · lta · socks) • 2010 questions page

   Currently on the arbitration committee and running again, a user I have crossed paths with frequently in recent times. Usually in a positive way.

6. Casliber (talk · contribs · count · logs · block log · lu · rfas · rfb · arb · rfc · lta · socks) • 2010 questions page

   Comments to come.

7. David Fuchs (talk · contribs · count · logs · block log · lu · rfas · rfb · arb · rfc · lta · socks) • 2010 questions page

   Comments to come.

8. Elen of the Roads (talk · contribs · count · logs · block log · lu · rfas · rfb · arb · rfc · lta · socks) • 2010 questions page

   Comments to come.

9. N419BH (talk · contribs · count · logs · block log · lu · rfas · rfb · arb · rfc · lta · socks) • 2010 questions page

   Comments to come.

10. Shell Kinney (talk · contribs · count · logs · block log · lu · rfa · rfb · arb · rfc · lta · socks) • 2010 questions page

    Argh