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Revision as of 02:41, 1 November 2006 by El Sandifer (talk | contribs) (→Candidate Statements)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)This is the page for candidate statements from those wishing to run in the December 2006 arbcom elections. Anyone with over 1000 edits on en.wikipedia may run.
- Statements should be less than 400 words although candidates are free to link to a longer statement should they so wish.
- Statements will be accepted until 23:59 1st of December 2006 (UTC).
- Statements should be made in the following format:
User:Arbcom Candidate
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/Questions for Arbcom Candidate
Candidate Statements
User:Phil Sandifer
Being something of a glutton for punishment (An essential skill), I offer myself up again. If elected, I intend to focus on the task of writing proposed decisions - something that currently is done by one person. While Fred is quite capable of the task, a second pair of eyes in decision proposing is important, and will lend balance to the decisions.
I also think it is increasingly inevitable that the arbcom is going to have to get its hands dirty with cases that involve looking at content, and cases that involve trying to sort out the increasingly tangled knots of essays, guidelines, policy, and instruction creep that increasingly leads to messes. The de facto committees that form around the frightening number of guidelines we have need disentangling, and furthermore need an exceedingly subtle touch that does not overplay the arbcom's hand and weaken its reputation.
Beyond that, I would apply the philosophy that I've demonstrated in my actions on Misplaced Pages - a high value on pragmatism, an eventualist mentality, a low patience for idiots, but a high tolerance for well-intentioned users.