User:J947/Thoughts/ACE2017

This is my guide for the 2017 Arbitration Committee Elections. I'm mainly putting this here for my reference in the future, but feel free to use this.

Standards
I generally expect that candidates that I support be able to pass RfA. I also expect very good civility.

Support

 * 1)  Amazing work behind the scenes. Placing number one here though this year there are a minimal number of good candidates. No qualms.
 * 2)  Inactive while on holiday, but former admin, bureaucrat, checkuser, and oversighter known throughout the community. Even formerly elected to ArbCom! Practically no qualms.
 * 3)  Yep. Posits an amazing opinion at ArbCom. One concern is perhaps slight issues with the use of language.
 * 4)  Current arb. He is perhaps the arb that I know least about apart from being in that position, but from a quick check there are no qualms.
 * 5)  Improved heaps since their 2015 run, upping their activity heaps and becoming an admin. No qualms.
 * 6)  Extremely active and current admin. One concern is new account.
 * 7)  Involved in disputes and non-admin but has amazing knowledge of policies/guidelines/procedures and is highly active. Not an admin.
 * 8)  would be recently active for one year if elected. Admin, but inactive until January this year.

Neutral

 * 1)  Former arb but deal breaker is having their last 500 edits go back to May 2016.
 * 2)  This case from 2013 is the deal breaker here. Candidate has withdrawn
 * 3)  Seen them around, have nice analysis, but lack of activity before July has me too concerned.

Oppose

 * 1)  I know that he is an amazing content contributor. I know he's got so many FLs and GAs. I know that he would have probably passed in 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, and 2015, but it went downhill from there, with an ArbCom case resulting in a sanction, lack of civility, et al. Sorry, but I have to oppose because of that.
 * 2)  Claims that editing in contentious areas sometimes has the result of being blocked. You don't see many ArbCommers get frequently blocked, do you? Also, he more strikes me as someone who would be sanctioned in a case than being one of the deciding arbs.