User:Patient Zero/ACE2023

My views

On the whole, my views of every candidate running this year are positive, and I have had positive interactions with a fair few of them. My votes are based on multiple factors, including the candidates' ability to answer the questions in a satisfactory manner, their overall temperament, their experience in dealing with controversial and/or difficult disputes, and their views as to the transparency of certain cases.

I personally believe that a successful request for adminship should be a requirement to serve on the Committee; this is because of the great deal of trust required of editors in order to access the CheckUser and Oversight tools. In light of recent events involving a former arbitrator, I feel as though it is too much of a risk to allow non-administrators to have access to such high levels of sensitive and confidential information. As such, regrettably, I will be opposing any non-administrator candidates.

I will be supporting the following individuals, and wish them the very best of luck:

Firefly - has served as a clerk for the Arbitration Committee, and therefore has some relevant experience. Furthermore, his having been granted CheckUser access demonstrates trustworthiness, and he always demonstrates good temperament.
ToBeFree - like Firefly, ToBeFree has prior clerking experience, a good temperament and, from what I can see, a genuine enthusiasm for this role.
HJ Mitchell - a highly experienced administrator. Has access to the Oversight tool which demonstrates trustworthiness, and I particularly admire his transparency.
Z1720 - regularly leaves insightful comments at Arbitration/Enforcement, thus demonstrating a strong understanding of the Committee's operations.
Aoidh - although Aoidh is relatively new as an admin, and I have not had any prior interactions with him, I am satisfied with his answers to the questions left for him, and have no concerns regarding his temperament.
Sdrqaz - very strong answers on their candidate question page on questions surrounding transparency and accountability.

Addendum: pronouns

I have used a tool in order to determine which personal pronouns to use for each candidate on this page (per the gender they have declared in their Preferences). If I have accidentally used the wrong ones for you, please email me.