User:Elonka/ACE2011

Disclaimer: ''This page expresses my personal opinions and observations only. I have encouraged all voters to do their own research on the candidates.''

Overview
For those who aren't sure what this is about: The Arbitration Committee is part of the Wikipedia dispute resolution process. In fact, ArbCom is pretty much the last stop. For a general real world analogy, ArbCom is sort of like the Supreme Court of Wikipedia. The arbitrators don't make decisions on article content, but they do issue rulings on complex disputes relating to user conduct, and they have considerable authority within the wiki-culture. Members of the committee are usually elected for two-year terms (sometimes one or three), with a new batch elected each year.

In October 2011, an RfC took place concerning the format of the 2011 elections, at Requests for comment/Arbitration Committee Elections December 2011, and questions for the candidates were gathered here. Candidates self-nominated from November 12–21. The election itself began on November 27 and ran until December 10. Votes were compiled and analyzed, and the results posted on December 18.

For this 2011/2012 cycle, seven arbitrators on the current committee will be continuing their existing terms (see the green-highlighted names in Tranche Alpha of the chart), and eight vacancies will be filled by this election. The newly elected arbitrators will all be serving 2-year terms.

This page that you are reading, contained my (Elonka's) thoughts on the 2011 crop of ArbCom candidates. My general standards for a candidate are: admin access, integrity, experience with article-writing, and hands-on knowledge of the dispute resolution processes. As of 2012, the page has been archived, but you can still see my comments in the page history.

To see my thoughts on previous elections, check the history of:
 * User:Elonka/ACE2008
 * User:Elonka/ACE2009
 * User:Elonka/ACE2010