Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections December 2017/Candidates/Guide

2017 Arbitration Committee Elections

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Voting in the 2017 Arbitration Committee elections is now closed. The results have been posted to Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections December 2017.
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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; CU = Checkuser; OS = Oversight; S = Steward

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

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

A stricken date indicates that a request was unsuccessful, withdrawn or denied.

For candidates' statements, see Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections December 2017/Candidates.

Last update timestamp: 20171123060359

Candidate	Positions	Since^[1]	Other accounts	RfX	Previous runs	Candidate profile
A Den Jentyl Ettien Avel Dysklyver (talk · contribs · count · block log)		16 June 2014	various	N/A	N/A	Statement
Alex Shih (talk · contribs · count · block log)	A, OTRS	19 March 2006	AQu01rius (rename)	RfA May 2007	N/A	Statement
BU Rob13 (talk · contribs · count · block log)	A, CU, BAG, ~~OTRS~~	7 June 2015	BU RoBOT, various doppelgangers	RfA Jul. 2016	N/A	Statement
Callanecc (talk · contribs · count · block log)	A, CU, OS, ARB, CL, OTRS	30 August 2009	Callanecc (alt), Callanec, Calanecc	RfA Dec.2013	2015	Statement
KrakatoaKatie (talk · contribs · count · block log)	A, CU, OS, OTRS	6 June 2006	Krakatoa Katie	RfA Jun.2007	N/A	Statement
Mailer diablo (talk · contribs · count · block log)	A, CU, OS, ~~ARB~~, OTRS	8 November 2004	Mailer Diablo, Way Of Life	RfA Mar. 2005	~~2006~~, 2009	Statement
Opabinia regalis (talk · contribs · count · block log)	A, CU, OS, ARB, OTRS	10 May 2006	Opabinia externa, Opabinia robotus, 🐱	RfA Nov. 2006, RfA May 2015	2015	Statement
Premeditated Chaos (talk · contribs · count · block log)	A	23 November 2003	PMC, PMC_x	RfA Dec.2004	N/A	Statement
RickinBaltimore (talk · contribs · count · block log)	A	23 May 2006	Wildthing61476 (rename), RickKJr (rename)	~~RfA May.2007~~ RfA Nov. 2016	~~2015~~	Statement
SarekOfVulcan (talk · contribs · count · block log)	A, ~~OTRS~~	30 March 2004	SarekOfVulcanExtra	RfA Jun.2008, RfA May.2011, ~~RfA Jan.2014~~, RfA Feb.2015	N/A	Statement
Sir Joseph (talk · contribs · count · block log)		21 July 2005	None	N/A	N/A	Statement
SMcCandlish (talk · contribs · count · block log)		14 November 2005	Misc. doppelgangers	~~RfA Feb.2007~~, ~~RfA Jan.2010~~	N/A	Statement
The Rambling Man (talk · contribs · count · block log)	A, B	30 May 2005	Budgiekiller (rename), The Rambling Man on tour	~~RfA Jan. 2007~~, RfA May 2007, RfB Mar. 2008	N/A	Statement
Worm That Turned (talk · contribs · count · block log)	A, B, CU, OS, ~~ARB~~, CL, ~~OTRS~~	13 July 2008	WormTT, Wormbot, Worm That Trains, Wyrm That Turned	RfA Jul.2011, RfB Jan.2014	~~2011~~, 2012	Statement

Footnotes

^ This is the date of registration of the candidate's first user account; for accounts which were registered before these logs were being recorded, it's the date of the first edit.

[since-1] This is the date of registration of the candidate's first user account; for accounts which were registered before these logs were being recorded, it's the date of the first edit.

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