Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections December 2023/Questions
2023 Arbitration Committee Elections
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Candidates are advised to answer each of these questions completely but concisely. Candidates may refuse to answer any questions that they do not wish to, with the understanding, however, that not answering a question may be perceived negatively by the community.
Questions should only be directed to individual candidates though anyone may join in discussions. There is no simple way to ask one question to all candidates.
Note that disclosure of your account history, pursuant to the ArbCom selection and appointment policy, must be made in your opening statement, and is not an optional question.
Editors are advised that they are bound to the following restrictions when asking questions to the candidates:
- You may not ask more than 2 questions.
- You may ask reasonable follow up questions.
- The electoral commission has the final say at what constitutes a reasonable follow-up question.
- There are restrictions on the type of questions that can be asked.
- The electoral commission has the authority to remove questions violating these restrictions, and has final say on the matter.
Content explicitly permitted on questions to candidates page is:
- Questions to the individual candidate
- Responses to questions by that candidate (including answers, requests for clarification, etc)
- Reasonable follow-up questions
- Responses to requests for clarification
- Short responses to answers by the person asking the question (e.g. thanks)
Content explicitly prohibited from questions to candidate pages is:
- Statements of policy, philosophy, opinions or other general comments
- Analysis of candidates, questions or answers
- Endorsements or disendorsments of candidates
- Reference to other candidates, except as necessary context for a question, answer or clarification request.
- Personal attacks or aspersions
- Adverts for voter guides or similar pages.
All questions asked of all candidates can be found at Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections December 2023/Questions/All. The individual candidate question pages are: