Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections December 2008/Candidate statements/Coren/Questions for the candidate

General questions

 * Questions that an editor would like a majority of the.or all.candidates to answer should be asked as general questions. General questions are asked here, and copied over and answered by the candidate as s/he sees fit. Editors should ask general questions at that link, and not here; only the candidate should place questions here. (See top of page for guidance.)

Question from Ultraexactzz
Good luck with your candidacy. UltraExactZZ Claims~ Evidence 15:59, 4 November 2008 (UTC)





Questions from Giggy




Thank you and good luck. Giggy (talk) 02:45, 6 November 2008 (UTC) Questions added via the global question list.

Questions from Sarcasticidealist
I'm repeating a couple of questions I asked on User:MBisanz's excellent voter guides; those of you who answered there can feel free to copy and paste your answers from there.





I echo both the thanks and the best wishes of the above questioners.

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Question from LessHeard vanU
This follows from the various attempts this year at addressing the means by which Administrators can be desysopped, none of which has gained sufficient traction.





Thanks for considering the above, and all the best in your endeavour.

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Questions from Thatcher

 *  Note from Coren: I've taken the liberty of rearranging the numbering of Thatcher's questions somewhat because their different presentation made them harder to read in an otherwise unified format. 

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 * The Arbitration Committee handles a wide variety of complex situations on the private mailing list, some presenting moral and ethical dilemmas that never come to the full attention of the wider community. How would you handle some of these situations?

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Questions from Mailer Diablo
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Questions from Rschen7754
Note that some of the questions were recycled from 2007, but have been trimmed down. I will evaluate these and a few other characteristics based on a (private) rubric to determine my level of support.

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Thank you. Rschen7754 (T C) 06:55, 8 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Thank you for your answers. I have also taken into account that you were the clerk for HWY 2 (wasn't exactly expecting that situation...) --Rschen7754 (T C) 03:25, 10 November 2008 (UTC)

Questions from Maxim
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Question from Davewild
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Thanks. Davewild (talk) 09:26, 10 November 2008 (UTC)

Questions from roux
This question is to gauge your general thoughts on how civility applies as a general principle across WP. Please read the proposals here first.

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 2) a) If you oppose all proposed restrictions, but view low-level civility as a concern: what restrictions, if any, would you propose as alternatives to those outlined in section B? 

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Thank you for answering, and best of luck with the election. [ roux  » x ] 22:21, 10 November 2008 (UTC)

Question from Iridescent (sort of . see remarks below)
'' This is actually a question suggested originally on an attack site; however, I think it's an intelligent. and in the current climate, significant. enough question to warrant asking. . <span style="font-family: Lucida Handwriting, Segoe Script"> iride scent  01:14, 11 November 2008 (UTC) ''

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Questions from Lar
Note: in some cases I am asking about things that are outside ArbCom's remit to do anything about. I am interested in your thoughts even so.

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<DL> <DD style="margin-top: 1em"> Followup: I would prefer you not answer questions in freeform. I asked questions in multiple parts because I am looking for nuances in your thinking. ++Lar: t/c 17:26, 22 November 2008 (UTC) <UL><LI> Actually, preserving the nuances in my answers is the reason why I elected to answer some of your point by point questions as a whole. Your specific lines of questioning sometimes led to overly specific or exceptional cases in a way that would obscure the general answer and mislead readers about the typical case and where my global position lies. In particular, some of the subpoints required the justification of a choice between two extremes when, in fact, neither would be likely to be sufficiently balanced to be an appropriate answer for all situations, or when the problems are best solved case by case with a healthy application of common sense. I'm fairly confident that all of your subpoints have been addressed in context within my answers to the group of questions, but if you need further elaboration on some point I'd be happy to oblige if you point out which bits need the extra attention. &mdash; Coren (talk) 22:54, 22 November 2008 (UTC) </LI></UL> </DD> </DL>

Questions from Heimstern
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Questions from UninvitedCompany
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Questions from TomasBat
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Question from MBisanz
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Questions from Pixelface
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Questions from Badger Drink
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Questions from Kristen Eriksen
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Questions From Ϣere Spiel  Chequers
For the following questions please don't count any cases that you were involved in, or if you'd been on Arbcom would have recused yourself for reasons such as friendship with a participant.

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 Ϣere Spiel  Chequers  00:05, 17 November 2008 (UTC)

Question(s) from LtPowers
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Individual questions

 * Questions asked individually to each candidate may be placed here.

Questions from rootology
Hello, thank you for running for the AC election! Good luck, or our sympathies are with you, depending on certain points of view! I'll be asking everyone these same questions.

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</ol> Thank you, and again--good luck. <span style="color:#0D670D; font-family:Georgia, Helvetica;">rootology ( C )( T ) 00:12, 10 November 2008 (UTC)

Questions from FT2
These are some questions about WP:CLUE and insight, focussing on a role as a member of Arbcom. Research is allowed and encouraged.

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I expect to add a couple more to these, and will be interested to see the results. They are intended to be searching. Feedback will be provided. Thank you.

FT2 (Talk 01:08, 10 November 2008 (UTC)

Questions from MBisanz
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Question from Gnangarra
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Questions from TreasuryTag
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Questions from User:The Land Surveyor
These are questions I am putting to all candidates - apologies if they have already been asked you before.

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I wish you the very best with your candidacy, I hope it goes the way you would like, but also that it goes the way that is ultimately of benefit to the community and the project. The Land Surveyor (talk) 10:03, 15 November 2008 (UTC)

Question from User:Biophys
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 * Thank you. This "Suspected sock puppets" report clarifies a lot. Kober was blocked for something that was done by another user who supported him (this reminds me Piotrus-Alden Johns controversy). I was concerned that you vigorously defended your decision at the ANI, although most other admins disagreed, and they were hesitant to fix the problem without having your consent.Biophys (talk) 15:31, 18 November 2008 (UTC)

<ul><li> I'm not sure the ANI thread was especially noteworthy, to be honest. I had made clear there that "I would not be opposed if someone took it upon themselves to unblock Kober", and endorsed Moreschi's initiative to act positively with both editors.

I stand by my quip there that caveat bellator &mdash; "the warrior must beware". It is unfortunate that editors get occasionally branded as socks when they were not, but it's a risk one takes when one engages in edit warring in contentious arenas like national disputes. As I've stated at the time, if Kober didn't have a history of repeatedly skirting (and occasionally going over) 3RR, nobody would have seriously thought Papa Carlos was an attempt to continue warring. (You can't after all, be accused of continuing something you haven't started to begin with). </li></ul>

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Questions from Will Beback
This is a standard set of question I'm asking everyone. Best of luck in the election. ·:· Will Beback ·:· 11:06, 19 November 2008 (UTC)

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Question from Rspeer
Sorry about not getting this in the general questions.

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Questions from Ncmvocalist
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 * Although there's no need to remove what you've written so far, I'd like you to review and reanswer this question to ensure you've addressed each part, particularly a, c and d. Ncmvocalist (talk) 09:38, 10 December 2008 (UTC)

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Unless to clarify anything above, I have no further questions for the candidate. Thank you for your time. Ncmvocalist (talk) 13:55, 6 December 2008 (UTC)

Questions from Al tally
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Good luck with the election!  Al Tally  talk  19:38, 24 November 2008 (UTC)

Questions by Pohta ce-am pohtit
Two questions related to the balance of power between ArbCom and admins. Pcap ping  16:35, 27 November 2008 (UTC)

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Questions from Short Brigade Harvester Boris
One question for now; may have a followup or two later. Short Brigade Harvester Boris (talk) 22:05, 27 November 2008 (UTC)

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Question from Ling.Nut
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 * Thank you for your time. Ling.Nut (talk&mdash;WP:3IAR) 15:28, 28 November 2008 (UTC)

Follow-up questions from FT2
Thank you for your first answers, broadly on yourself and Arbcom.

These are some questions about your skill at Wikipedia dispute resolution:

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Like the previous questions, they are intended to be searching. Feedback will also be provided. Thank you. FT2 (Talk 03:59, 29 November 2008 (UTC)

Followup to Rspeer
Rspeer asked earlier "In your view, how does the notion of scientific consensus relate to the Wikipedia notion of NPOV? Is science a point of view, or is it a way of finding the neutral point of view? Does it differ based on the topic of the article?" Your response touched on this but did not handle what may be the real issue that concerns editors. So let us be more explicit:

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Additional questions from Pixelface
I am asking all candidates the following additional questions:

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