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- again, I have formed subjective opinions regarding the character and abilities of these people, which would be likely to influence my thoughts when considering the merits of the case.fair and impartial justice,
[I] am looking at this as I would a real courtroom,
I promise to uphold fair rules and follow the spirit and letter of policy in considerationand
I am offering to give my expertise as legal professional, all of which give the impression that you see Arbcom as some kind of Supreme Court of Wikipedia. Do you actually understand what it is that Arbcom does? And (while I'm not necessarily saying it won't be) why do you feel legal experience is relevant to what Arbcom does?
I'd like to politely ask you to refrain from helping people in that channel - as far as I can tell all of the advice you gave to people in the past 24 hours was entirely wrong. If you have questions or want to learn more I'm happy to answer them or give you some pointers. HTH.? (diff to the comment.)
Hi, could you please not talk to people in #Wikipedia-tech unless you are a technical expert, which I don't think you are, because your proposed fix for the massmessage errors was incorrect, but I am happy to help you and Danegeld by fixing the problem with the massmessage system.- again, context is everything.
Amanj mahdi Was born on 14 feb 1995 on sulaimany iraq Navë kurdishwhere the editor has made no other contributions before or after is what I would call "a problem", I will note that is enough information to steal someones identity, but given the area, its just a noticeboard posting, people from non-English speaking counties do this consistently, I checked beforehand of course, and this is a common issue, people just post their name and details, or a mini CV, make no other edits and it remains there, often for years, (example: User:Farman.saudin). I also don't mind too much if my prods are removed. Additionally anyone can play "spot the bad prod" even someone with a solid prod log such as yourself has clear errors such as Michael Keating (priest), Tanisha Crasto, Amory Nelson Hardy and WP:Crystal on 2017 World Table Tennis Championships. If you feel that my prod log is an issue, that is fine, you can vote for another candidate. However I consider that the role of ArbCom is considerably different from new page patrol, spending a significant amount of time considering the merits of two opposing statements is very different from spending fifteen minutes trying to properly source half a dozen articles on a band from Vietnam.
abundant claims of notabilityand one or a few other articles on Google didn't cut it either. I will add that you are almost certainly one of those editors who thinks notability is a policy in itself and that you apply the normal test of "does it seem well known?". I will clarify that I am one of those editors who thinks it is simply a way of defining the minimum level of sourcing to meet WP:V, and I apply the test of "are there sources?". This is a fundamental difference of opinion, which you do not seem to understand despite my repeated explanations. The issue of inherent notability for various topics is always in contention, but basic verification is still required. And finally, I will refute the accusation of
problematic, often clueless editorespecially coming from you, given your prior comments to me, and your other activities on Wikipedia. I am even getting to the point of accusing you of not understanding the difference between policy and guidelines, and not even practicing the core principles themselves. I am perfectly able to go on, but I don't have unlimited time, there are other questions here and I have covered the main point.
Regarding the Druids, although they produce volumes of the weirdest stuff, they are somewhat pre-science era, therefore you can't call them pseudoscience (if you like you could call them a fringe religion, although they would naturally find that offensive). It's also worth noting that when it comes to accurate calculation of the ancient alignment of stars, leylines, and other things they believe in, they are normally very reliable. I will obviously point out that the dolmen itself was a pagan burial site, so modern practitioners of the same faith are therefore a natural source (not that I mind you removing it) which is why I used it in the first place.And you haven’t clarified whether it was the (dubious) website or the druids that wrote it which you described as unreliable pseudoscience.
Wikipedia articles are required to present a neutral point of view. However, reliable sources are not required to be neutral, unbiased, or objective. Sometimes non-neutral sources are the best possible sources for supporting information about the different viewpoints held on a subject.So really now my point should be clear, quoting druids on a matter of concern to druids, regardless of whether you actually know how to use dowsing rods (trust me, its just like using a protractor on a star chart, you point a metal rod at something in the sky, and make note of the angle to the object) which was the method used by this druid to determine that a 10 ton stone points at the constellation of Libra on 14th of July at 6:11am (every year). I am not "trolling" this is obvious stuff, although you clearly have no concept of druids.
Carabao is the most popular Thai rock group of all time. Carabao reached cult status long ago and is now one of the most successful legendary rock groups in the world. They have been compared to the rock band U2but I was unable to verify it, and the page was unreviewed at NPP despite having been made in 2005. Although as you say, it makes claims of importance, I could not verify these either. You would probably not be surprised by the number of articles like this with similar or better reference that turn out to be hoaxes or way overblown. In short, I was unconvinced of the article being accurate and prodded it as a WP:V/WP:N problem. The prod was duly removed, and the article tagged as refimprove, I daresay someone will add sources at some point.
So, my question is: how do you plan to convince us that you truly have a good knowledge of policies and guidelines? Or failing that, why do you believe that appointing a problematic, often clueless editor to ArbCom would be a good idea?: I still have not answered this question, only refuted most of Fram's preliminary statements of opinion. To be quite honest and answer it, I plan to show my knowledge of policies and guidelines by answering the questions here. Nick's request for an essay is the one question that is most relevant to this concern, read my answer to that when it is done.
not all ArbCom members are oversighters and checkusersfrom? All arbs are OS (I don't see how it would even be possible to be functional on Arbcom without it), and it would have taken you about two seconds to check that since all you need to do is run the cursor down the list of names at WP:Arbcom; likewise although there's one arb who currently doesn't have the CU bit enabled that's purely an administrative matter as if he requested it back it would be immediately granted. Ordinarily I wouldn't raise a point this trivial, but given that this page is currently little more than people pointing out examples of you jumping to your own conclusions rather than bothering to conduct the most basic of research and of you denying that this is the case, this is directly pertinent to your candidacy.
I know what is and what isn't important when it comes to the guidelines...remotely make any sort of sense when the IRC channel had to explain a fairly basic essay WP:CIR to you last night. Do you actually think you know enough about our policies, guidelines and more prominent essays to even begin to understand what you know and what you don't know ? I would appreciate a detailed and lengthy essay from you discussing what you consider to be important policies and what you consider to be unimportant policies for the role of an Arbitrator, and for the role of an Editor.
CIR is requiredwill not automatically engage essay finder mode in my brain, you have to put WP: in front (unless it is an obvious one like ANI, AfC, AfD RPP, NPP). You have asked for a detailed lengthy essay on the subject of my views on what are the most important rules, I am happy to oblige, and will put it on a userpage when its done (might be a few days).
snarky commentsin a comment that itself is supposed to be a decision, but rather seems to be a Village pump proposal for policy change regarding WP:CIVIL, particularly in regards to Wikipedia:Don't template the regulars, which also seems inappropriate. Making a clear explicit reference to the core issue would have been preferable, at least in my view.
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[3] (all used pejoratively, I assume), would you be able to adjudicate disputes relating to MILHIST matters neutrally?Nazi war heroes-evil murderers-enemysoldiers
I blocked both you and User:A Den Jentyl Ettien Avel Dysklyver for edit-warring on Cornwall for a minimal amount of time. This is because you were edit-warring, and I wanted tgo show you in a serious manner that this should not be tolerated. Sinmce you seem to discussing the issues on Talk:Cornwall now, the block was immediately lifted, but you will be blocked again if you indulge in edit-warring again.(note the block was only 3 minutes, as it was a warning rather than preventative.) The "war" covered: change, revert, revert, revert, revert, revert. And subsequently talk page discussion and a subsequent interjection & revert then there was a debate over the images and infobox between other editors, and then I rewrote the whole lede again [4]. Some vandalism by User:Frenchie2510. And then there was a debate over the number of Celtic nations not matching in different sources and parts of the article. (see: history for full details).
seriously consider- done that, still here. I am not trying to be a pain, and I appreciate numerous people would like me to withdraw because they really really don't want me to be an Arb. But given that there are only a few candidates more than spaces, and that I have answered all these questions, and people have commented on me, and that some people have expressed that I am a good choice (IKR?), and given that I did meet all the requirements on nominations opening. I will remain a candidate, who is unlikely to win.
In what universe do you believe that the above is an appropriate graphic to illustrate a blurb for Wikipedia's Women in Red initiative?The real universe, which according to Google is called "Laniakea" (eh?) and is otherwise known as reality.
Is this not a troll?It is a picture of Wikipe-tan on the beach, no trolls are present in the image. I am not a troll, I assume that you are not either.
What does this say about your entire campaign?That I care deeply about systemic bias.
Please state whether you will enforce the Terms of Use section on ‘’’paid editing’’’.- yes.
Should all undeclared paid editors be blocked (after one warning)?yes. provided there is clear evidence the warning was deliberately ignored.
Are administrators allowed to accept payment for using their tools for a non-Wiki employer?generally no. exceptions should be made in limited circumstances with agreement at the office level, for example User:cyberpower678 is a "paid editor" but since archive.org is a non-profit with compatible aims to Wikipedia, this is acceptable. (even to be encouraged).
Can admins do any paid editing and still maintain the neutrality needed to do their work?it depends on who is paying them, I doubt an admin taking payments from corporate sponsors would be neutral or retain the trust of the community, I would support the requirement for a new RfA for admins who become paid for their edits after an initial RfA, whether they are actually being paid to use the tools or not.
Do you consider the work done at WP:COIN to be usefulyes.
is it just another “drama board”?also yes, but in the absence of anything better they work fine.