Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections December 2004/Candidate statements/Endorsements/Jdforrester

Support

 * &#8212;No-One Jones (m) 21:00, 17 Nov 2004 (UTC)
 * James F. is, in my opinion, a model arbitrator -- sensible, careful, rational, and hard-working. I wholeheartedly endorse his campaign for reelection: Jimmy chose well when he asked James F. to serve on the initial AC, and I believe the choice is no less clear now. Jwrosenzweig 00:00, 18 Nov 2004 (UTC)
 * Support! Has many times proved his worth to the arbcom. -- Grunt 🇪🇺 01:37, 2004 Nov 18 (UTC)
 * Very much so. Rdsmith4&mdash; Dan | Talk 01:42, 18 Nov 2004 (UTC)
 * Mackensen (talk) 17:41, 18 Nov 2004 (UTC)
 * Endorse. func(talk) 00:41, 19 Nov 2004 (UTC)
 * Support. If Shorne calls him corrupt, he must be a paragon of virtue. :-) Stan 05:23, 21 Nov 2004 (UTC)
 * Thanks for that helpful and informed comment. Shorne 05:44, 21 Nov 2004 (UTC)
 * Support. Wikimol 09:58, 21 Nov 2004 (UTC)
 * Very strong support. Theresa Knott (Tart, knees hot) 17:25, 21 Nov 2004 (UTC)
 * James F. has earned my endorsement.   – Quadell (talk) (help)   04:56, Nov 22, 2004 (UTC)
 * Support, has good record as an arbitrator. Fred Bauder 20:07, Nov 22, 2004 (UTC)
 * Support, OneGuy 14:01, 26 Nov 2004 (UTC)
 * Support Slim 12:41, Nov 29, 2004 (UTC)
 * Support because he's bigger than me :(. ed g2s  &bull;  talk  14:15, 29 Nov 2004 (UTC)
 * Support &mdash; OwenBlacker 22:14, Dec 4, 2004 (UTC)
 * Support. --mav 17:56, 13 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * Support user:Anthere

Oppose

 * Strongly oppose. I oppose the reëlection of any current arbitrator. All active members of the current arbitration commitee have demonstrated themselves to be corrupt, unaccountable, and unresponsive. This includes James F. For some evidence, please see Requests for arbitration/Gzornenplatz, Kevin Baas, Shorne, VeryVerily, Wikipedia talk:Requests for arbitration/Gzornenplatz, Kevin Baas, Shorne, VeryVerily, and User talk:Jimbo Wales. Shorne 03:38, 19 Nov 2004 (UTC)
 * Oppose Based on his handling of the VeryVerily, Shore, and Gz cases. I have been hesitant to post disendorsements and I haven't so far; but I am brining myself to do so reluctantly in this case in order to spark a much needed discussion concerning the incumbent Arbitration Committee. Alienating and banning three valuable contributors for two months instead of thinking of a creative way of settling disputes over the inherently contentious topics on which these users write does not serve the community well. We need more creative problem-solvers on the Arbcom. 172 09:57, 4 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * Oppose. This person, a member of the arbitration commitee, has tried to make me loosen my objections on Talk:Princess Olga of Greece and Denmark using a pro-"Western world" advocacy (bigotry) that offends people of the Orient. Such short-sightedness can harm the spirit within Wikipedia's community, that is (and has to be) multinational. Furthermore, if someone who claims to represent the lowest common denominator of common sense in the so-called "Western world" has his way, then there's no chance for the rest of us to prove any point against him. Etz Haim 01:27, 16 Dec 2004 (UTC)