Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections December 2010/Candidates/Guide

2010 Arbitration Committee Election status

Nominations are closed. Voters were invited to review, question and discuss the candidates.
Voting is now closed. Voting ran for 10 days from 00:01 UTC Friday 26 November to 23:59 UTC Sunday 5 December.
Editors were encouraged to review the on-wiki voter log to investigate and annotate possible cases of vote fraud.
The results have been released and formally announced, and the successful candidates have assumed their seats.
Feedback is solicited from all participants in the election.

WP:ACESUM

This is a tabulated guide to the candidates in this election. The information written here has been compiled manually and should not be assumed to be accurate or complete; voters are encouraged to conduct independent research, and amend this guide accordingly.

Key: User rights: A = Administrator; B = Bureaucrat; C = Checkuser; O = Oversight

Other positions: ARB = Arbitrator; BAG = Bot Approvals Group; CL = Arbitration Committee Clerk; M = Mediator; OTRS = Volunteer response team

A struck abbreviation indicates that the candidate previously held a position.

A struck date indicates that a request was unsuccessful, withdrawn or denied.

For candidates' statements, see Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections December 2010/Candidates.

Candidate	Positions	Since^[1]	Other accounts	RfX	Previous runs	Candidate profile
Balloonman (talk · contribs · count · block log)	A [1]	Template:Dts vgr2	I'm Spartacus! (talk · contribs)	RfA (August 2007)	—	Balloonman
Casliber (talk · contribs · count · block log)	A, ~~ARB~~ [2]	Template:Dts vgr2	—	RfA (March 2007)	December 2008	Casliber
Chase me ladies, I'm the Cavalry (talk · contribs · count · block log)	A, OTRS [3]	Template:Dts vgr2	Formerly known as HawkerTyphoon^[2]	RfA (November 2007)	—	Chase me ladies, I'm the Cavalry
David Fuchs (talk · contribs · count · block log)	A, OTRS [4]	Template:Dts vgr2	Derklin (talk · contribs)	RfA (May 2007)	~~December 2007~~	David Fuchs
Elen of the Roads (talk · contribs · count · block log)	A [5]	Template:Dts vgr2	Elen on the Roads (talk · contribs)	RfA (October 2010)	—	Elen of the Roads
FT2 (talk · contribs · count · block log)	A [6]	July 11, 2004	~~RfA 1~~ RfA 2	—~~RfA 1~~ RfA 2	FT2
Georgewilliamherbert (talk · contribs · count · block log)	A [7]	July 31, 2005	~~RfA 1~~ RfA 2	—~~RfA 1~~ RfA 2	Georgewilliamherbert
GiacomoReturned (talk · contribs · count · block log)	— [8]	Template:Dts vgr2	Giano (talk · contribs) Giano II (talk · contribs) Catherine de Burgh (talk · contribs) Ka of Catherine de Burgh (talk · contribs)	—	—	GiacomoReturned
Harej (talk · contribs · count · block log)	A, BAG, OTRS [9]	Template:Dts vgr2	Formerly known as Messedrocker^[3]	~~RfA~~ (May 2006) RfA 2 (September 2006) ~~RfB~~ (March 2007) ~~RfB~~ (August 2009)	~~December 2006~~ ~~December 2007~~^[4]	Harej
HJ Mitchell (talk · contribs · count · block log)	A [10]	Template:Dts vgr2	Whisky drinker (talk · contribs) Harry Mitchell (talk · contribs) HJ Mitchell (test) (talk · contribs)^[5]	~~RfA~~ (December 2009) RfA 2 (May 2010)	—	HJ Mitchell
Iridescent (talk · contribs · count · block log)	A [11]	Template:Dts vgr2	Heavenly41 (talk · contribs) Iridescenti (talk · contribs) Iridescent 2 (talk · contribs) Eva Destruction (talk · contribs)	RfA (September 2007)^[6]	—	Iridescent
Jclemens (talk · contribs · count · block log)	A [12]	Template:Dts vgr2^[7]	Jclemens-public (talk · contribs)	RfA (November 2008)	—	Jclemens
John Vandenberg (talk · contribs · count · block log)	A, C, O [13]	September 5, 2004		RfA (November 2007)	—	John Vandenberg
Loosmark (talk · contribs · count · block log)	— [14]	Template:Dts vgr2	—	—	—	Loosmark
N419BH (talk · contribs · count · block log)	— [15]	Template:Dts vgr2	—	—	—	N419BH
Newyorkbrad (talk · contribs · count · block log)	A, ARB [16]	Template:Dts vgr2	—	RfA (January 2007)	December 2007	Newyorkbrad
Off2riorob (talk · contribs · count · block log)	— [17]	Template:Dts vgr2	Diamond days (talk · contribs) Tomas Jennings (talk · contribs)	—	—	Off2riorob
PhilKnight (talk · contribs · count · block log)	A, M [18]	Template:Dts vgr2	Addhoc (talk · contribs)	RfA (September 2007)	—	PhilKnight
Sandstein (talk · contribs · count · block log)	A, OTRS [19]	Template:Dts vgr2	Sandstein II (talk · contribs)^[8]	RfA (November 2006)	—	Sandstein
Shell Kinney (talk · contribs · count · block log)	A, ARB, M, OTRS [20]	Template:Dts vgr2	Jareth (talk · contribs)	RfA (November 2005)	~~December 2006~~ ~~December 2007~~ ~~December 2008~~ December 2009	Shell Kinney
SirFozzie (talk · contribs · count · block log)	A, ARB [21]	Template:Dts vgr2	—	RfA (June 2007)	~~December 2008~~ December 2009	SirFozzie
Stephen Bain (talk · contribs · count · block log)	A, ~~ARB~~, OTRS [22]	Template:Dts vgr2	Thebainer (talk · contribs) Bainer (talk · contribs)	RfA (December 2005)	December 2007	Stephen Bain
Xeno (talk · contribs · count · block log)	A, B, BAG [23]	Template:Dts vgr2	Xenobot (talk · contribs) Xenobot Mk V (talk · contribs) Xenocidic (talk · contribs) Xenowiki (talk · contribs) Xeno on an iPhone (talk · contribs)	RfA (June 2008) ~~RfB~~ (September 2009) RfB 2 (June 2010)	—	Xeno

Footnotes

^ This is the date of registration of the candidate's first user account.
^ The account "HawkerTyphoon" was renamed to "Chase me ladies, I'm the Cavalry". It was later registered by another editor and indefinitely blocked.
^ The account "Messedrocker" was renamed to "Harej". It was later registered by another editor and indefinitely blocked.
^ This candidacy was delisted due to the candidate not meeting age requirements for eligibility at that time.
^ The accounts "HJ Mitchell's bot" and "HJ MICHELLE" are impersonators, created by vandals. They do not belong to the user HJ Mitchell.
^ Iridescent originally resigned the tools in July 2009, but asked for, and was granted, them back one year later, in July 2010.
^ The account "Jclemens" was registered before 2004, and the log entry for its creation date is not visible. The date given is the date of his first edit.
^ Per User:Sandstein/Alter egos, Sandstein has also used two other accounts whose names have only been disclosed to the Arbitration Committee.

2010 Arbitration Committee Elections: Voter log; Contact the coordinators; Discuss the elections; Results

Candidates: Candidate guide; Candidate statements; Questions for the candidates; Discuss the candidates

Voter guides

These guides represent only the views of their authors. All guides written responsibly, seriously and in good faith are welcome for inclusion.

[since-1] This is the date of registration of the candidate's first user account.

[chase-2] The account "HawkerTyphoon" was renamed to "Chase me ladies, I'm the Cavalry". It was later registered by another editor and indefinitely blocked.

[harej-3] The account "Messedrocker" was renamed to "Harej". It was later registered by another editor and indefinitely blocked.

[harej2-4] This candidacy was delisted due to the candidate not meeting age requirements for eligibility at that time.

[HJ-5] The accounts "HJ Mitchell's bot" and "HJ MICHELLE" are impersonators, created by vandals. They do not belong to the user HJ Mitchell.

[Iridescent-6] Iridescent originally resigned the tools in July 2009, but asked for, and was granted, them back one year later, in July 2010.

[Jclemens-7] The account "Jclemens" was registered before 2004, and the log entry for its creation date is not visible. The date given is the date of his first edit.

[Sandstein-8] Per User:Sandstein/Alter egos, Sandstein has also used two other accounts whose names have only been disclosed to the Arbitration Committee.

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