Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections December 2009/Candidate statements/Questions/General

Instructions on asking "General" questions
This questions page may be used to pose a single question to every candidate in this year's election. The questions, posted at /List, will be transcluded to the question pages of each and every candidate on 17 November. Candidates will then be invited to answer each question as they see fit. Additional questions specific to individual candidates may be posted at that time, and should be placed directly on the candidate's question page.
 * Foreword

After 17 November, no new questions will be added to this list, so that all candidates receive the same list of general questions. Questions may still be posted to individual candidates throughout the remainder of the election, as needed.

Wikipedians who had 150 mainspace edits as of 00:00 UTC on 1 November 2009 are also eligible to post questions. Wikipedians who are ineligible to vote are asked not to post questions, but are invited to participate in discussion on the candidate.
 * Eligible voters

Questions should be clearly worded and brief, should not duplicate other questions (though editors might discuss merging similar questions, if they so wish), and should specifically relate to the candidate and/or the tasks and responsibilities of members of the Arbitration Committee. Questions which are deemed by consensus to be candidate-specific (i.e., questions that only make sense if answered by a particular candidate), or questions which are otherwise unsuitable may be removed from the general list, but may later be asked to those specific candidates. Should a question removal be disputed, a discussion may be initiated on the talk page.

Question pages will be created for each candidate on 10 November, or when the candidate submits their nomination (if nominating after that date). To answer a general question : copy it over onto the "General questions" section of your own "/Questions for the candidate" page (accessible through your statement, presuming you followed the instructions and created it with Arbitration Committee Elections statement!), and answer it there.
 * Candidates

If you believe a question is immaterial or irrelevant in some fashion, you may note that fact in lieu of answering, but please do not remove questions from your own question page. If the question contains a personal attack or other offensive material, other editors will remove it for you.