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blankfaze

Upon my recent return from a fairly successful wikivacation, I was unpleasantly surprised and disappointed to see that the Arbitration process has seemingly fallen into disrepair, or, in the least, "grinded to a near-complete halt".

It's possible that the Arbitrators, be them willing or not to affirm it, are simply burned-out. If that's the case, I'm willing, ready, and able to take up some of the slack.

Too many people see the Arbitration process as a sort of Inquisition or prosecutorial body; perhaps we need to be reminded of its original purpose: to arbitrate, to settle, disputes. If elected I would take a solutions-oriented approach to arbitration. There are times when punitive measures must be taken, but it should not be the go-to solution.

I would like to believe that I have a reputation for striving hard to be impartial and civil in all my endeavours. I think many if not most Wikipedians who know me well would attest to such. I offer myself up as a qualified, experienced, intelligent candidate for the Committee.

  • Less bureaucracy
  • Refocus on civilly resolving disputes
  • Common sense

BLANKFAZE | (что??) 04:04, 17 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Questions

Any and all questions with any at all relevance are welcome here. I will try my best to thoughtfully and thoroughly answer each one. BLANKFAZE | (что??) 04:08, 17 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Some questions being asked of all the candidates by jguk

Q: How old are you and what do you do? (If student, please state what subjects you are studying.)

A: I am nineteen years old, as of next month. I work in the produce department of a grocery.

Q: How many hours a month do you think you will need to be a good Arbitrator and are you really willing to put in the time?

A: Hours per month? I couldn't really say. I can say that I'm willing to put in the time required.

Q: If chosen, you will need to arbitrate on disputes arising from the creation or revision of articles. Experience of creating and revising articles yourself, particularly where it has involved collaboration, is very valuable in understanding the mindset of disputants who come to arbitration. With reference to your own edits in the main article namespace, please demonstrate why you think you have the right experience to be a good arbitrator.

A: I'd prefer to let my experience and my work speak for itself. I'm not going try and tell people what to make of it.

Q: Please list out what other Wikipedia usernames you have edited under.

A: None.

Form question by Snowspinner

Being an arbitrator requires a finely tuned bullshit detector. What in your life has prepared you to detect bullshit with ease? Phil Sandifer 21:20, 27 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Form Question from karmafist

Many policies contradict and overlap with each other, and then WP:IAR makes things even more complicated while making them paradoxically more flexible. When two or more policies apply and conflict, what do you do? karmafist 18:28, 1 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

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