User talk:Sven Manguard/2011 ArbCom Voter Guide

Note: Sorry for the belated responses, I actually forgot to watchlist this page. It's watchlisted now.  S ven M anguard  Wha?  13:44, 24 November 2011 (UTC)

IRC interactions
You mention, for several candidates, your interaction with them in various IRC channels. Without going into details, is it possible to be clearer on whether this is interaction that is project-related, purely social chit-chat, or a bit of both. I don't have anything against social chit-chat per se, but I wouldn't use it as a basis on which to support someone in an election (that veers too close to popularity), and am looking for reassurance that the interactions you speak of are more project-related (e.g. help with articles, or meta aspects of the projects). I would also put more weight on interactions candidates have with people on project pages, but that might just be me (I've never used IRC). Carcharoth (talk) 07:50, 17 November 2011 (UTC)
 * While I do not venture to speak for Sven Manguard, my own interactions with him on IRC have pretty uniformly been related to the project. There is always a social element to one-on-one communication ("How are you? How is work/school/job-hunting?") but on my part the focus is on project issues. Risker (talk) 02:34, 20 November 2011 (UTC)
 * In the public channels, I'm rather social, but I've had meaningful conversations with all of the users I've indicated as having interactions with. Some of this, especially with the CUs and Arbs, has been in PM or #wikipedia-en-spi. Some of it has been in #wikipedia-en.  S ven M anguard   Wha?  13:44, 24 November 2011 (UTC)

Concerns about writing decisions
Sven, perhaps you might wish to ask me a question about that on the candidate question page; I'd be happy to answer your concerns, but think it might be of benefit to do so in a more public venue than the talk page of your user guide. It's just a suggestion, and if you're uncomfortable with it, I'll respond here if you articulate your concerns. Risker (talk) 02:34, 20 November 2011 (UTC)
 * It didn't really bother me too much. If there's a story behind it that you'd like to share, then you are free to do so here, but I hadn't intended on asking about it.  S ven M anguard   Wha?  13:44, 24 November 2011 (UTC)

AGK (in)activity
Hi Sven. Just a heads-up that, since a few months ago when I was given CU and OS access and joined the AUSC, much of my work is off-wiki or on interfaces that aren't publicly logged. For instance, I'll often spend 10-15 minutes on a sock-puppet investigation, run a few or tens of queries through the CheckUser function, and cross-check all the data at IP location sites and similar things you probably don't care about. The result of this work is usually a single edit on the SPI page, that often only comprises a list of accounts and a few templates like Likely. Using the suppression tool is completely hidden from public view (by necessity, as I'm sure you understand); furthermore, a single logged suppression may involve one or fifty diffs; the new interface allows us to hide everything with one action. For whatever it's worth, the change in the focus of my work since I started using these functions may explain why my contributions appear lower than normal of late. Regards, AGK  [&bull; ] 12:31, 23 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Noted.  S ven M anguard   Wha?  13:44, 24 November 2011 (UTC)

Mistake in my entry
Sorry Sven but I have in the past been active on thet OTRS legal queue. I've been concentrating on the voicemail queue on OTRS but mostly doing GLAM and women's outreach in the past few months in terms of off-wiki work. PanydThe muffin is not subtle 12:33, 24 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Fixed.  S ven M anguard   Wha?  13:44, 24 November 2011 (UTC)

Guide to guides
Good idea. While I don't agree with all your calls, I think the presence of a guide-to-guides is itself helpful. Cheers, Jclemens (talk) 04:40, 27 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Thank you. I don't expect everyone to agree with my calls on the guide, the guide to guides, or the guide to guides to guides. It all boils down to personal opinion. I like guides backed with data, decent amounts of prose, and clear writing. Other people have other priorities.  S ven M anguard   Wha?  16:09, 30 November 2011 (UTC)

Guide on guides on guides
There are at least two other guides on guides: User:SandyGeorgia/ArbVotes2011/Guides and User:John Vandenberg/ACE/2011 guides. Any thoughts on those? NW ( Talk ) 16:00, 27 November 2011 (UTC)


 * User:Sven Manguard/2011 ArbCom Voter Guide. A work in cubism?  S ven M anguard   Wha?  16:05, 30 November 2011 (UTC)

Thanks
Thanks for this. You picked up on a couple good points that I hadn't thought about. I'm not sure yet if or how it will change my votes, but it's a useful contribution to the process that you're making here. causa sui (talk) 18:22, 5 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Thanks. I put a heck of a lot of effort into this; your message made my evening.  S ven M anguard   Wha?  13:34, 6 December 2011 (UTC)