Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections December 2013/Candidates/RegentsPark/Questions

Candidates are advised to answer each of these questions completely but concisely. Candidates may refuse to answer any questions that they do not wish to, with the understanding, however, that not answering a question may be perceived negatively by the community.

Note that disclosure of your account history, pursuant to the ArbCom selection and appointment policy, must be made in your opening statement, and is not an optional question.

Individual questions
Please ask your individual questions here. While there is no limit on the number of questions that may be asked, please try to keep questions relevant. Try to be as clear and concise as possible, and avoid duplicating questions that have already been asked.

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Questions from Rschen7754
I use the answers to these questions to write my election guide. There is a large correlation between the answers to the questions and what the final result is in the guide, but I also consider other factors as well. Also, I may be asking about specific things outside the scope of ArbCom; your answers would be appreciated regardless.

The questions are similar to those I asked in 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, and 2012; if you've already answered them, feel free to borrow from those, but make sure the question has not been reworded.


 * As a followup, the question is a bit different than last year - this time, I'm focusing more on when someone else brings a case to ArbCom - when would you vote to do something, as opposed to not doing something? --Rschen7754 23:58, 16 November 2013 (UTC)
 * This is a bit tricky because it is hard to give a definitive answer without contextual information. The correct answer is that there is no one 'when' and it all depends on the circumstances. Generally, I'd like to see definitive evidence that the community feels there is evidence of admin abuse before I vote to take up a case. Admins, by the very nature of their role here, attract a lot of criticism and there have to be good reasons before they get dragged into arbitration. That said, there could be cases where I might vote to take up a case even when community consensus of admin overreach is unclear. One example, and there could be others, when there is private information that is not and cannot be made available to the community. --regentspark (comment) 22:01, 17 November 2013 (UTC)
 * As a followup, the question is a bit different than last year - this time, I'm focusing more on when someone else brings a case to ArbCom - when would you vote to do something, as opposed to not doing something? --Rschen7754 23:58, 16 November 2013 (UTC)
 * This is a bit tricky because it is hard to give a definitive answer without contextual information. The correct answer is that there is no one 'when' and it all depends on the circumstances. Generally, I'd like to see definitive evidence that the community feels there is evidence of admin abuse before I vote to take up a case. Admins, by the very nature of their role here, attract a lot of criticism and there have to be good reasons before they get dragged into arbitration. That said, there could be cases where I might vote to take up a case even when community consensus of admin overreach is unclear. One example, and there could be others, when there is private information that is not and cannot be made available to the community. --regentspark (comment) 22:01, 17 November 2013 (UTC)
 * As a followup, the question is a bit different than last year - this time, I'm focusing more on when someone else brings a case to ArbCom - when would you vote to do something, as opposed to not doing something? --Rschen7754 23:58, 16 November 2013 (UTC)
 * This is a bit tricky because it is hard to give a definitive answer without contextual information. The correct answer is that there is no one 'when' and it all depends on the circumstances. Generally, I'd like to see definitive evidence that the community feels there is evidence of admin abuse before I vote to take up a case. Admins, by the very nature of their role here, attract a lot of criticism and there have to be good reasons before they get dragged into arbitration. That said, there could be cases where I might vote to take up a case even when community consensus of admin overreach is unclear. One example, and there could be others, when there is private information that is not and cannot be made available to the community. --regentspark (comment) 22:01, 17 November 2013 (UTC)
 * This is a bit tricky because it is hard to give a definitive answer without contextual information. The correct answer is that there is no one 'when' and it all depends on the circumstances. Generally, I'd like to see definitive evidence that the community feels there is evidence of admin abuse before I vote to take up a case. Admins, by the very nature of their role here, attract a lot of criticism and there have to be good reasons before they get dragged into arbitration. That said, there could be cases where I might vote to take up a case even when community consensus of admin overreach is unclear. One example, and there could be others, when there is private information that is not and cannot be made available to the community. --regentspark (comment) 22:01, 17 November 2013 (UTC)

Thank you. Rschen7754 02:12, 20 November 2012 (UTC)

Questions from Collect
I also use these questions in my voter guide, and the latter four were actually general questions asked in 2012, which I asked be used again.



Thank you. Collect (talk) 22:35, 16 November 2013 (UTC)

Questions by Gerda Arendt
Thank you, precious candidate, for volunteering. I like your answer ;) - passed, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:04, 19 November 2013 (UTC)

Question by Wizardman
I am shocked that this question hasn’t been asked above, as I feel it is simple yet says a great deal about any candidate. No wrong answer to this question aside from “I don’t know”.

Question from Piotrus
(Note borrowed from Rschen7754): The questions are similar to those I asked in 2012. If you've already answered them, feel free to borrow from those, but make sure the question has not been reworded.



Thank you, --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus&#124; reply here 06:38, 20 November 2013 (UTC)

Question from User:HectorMoffet
The number of Active Editors on EnWP has been in decline since 2007.

This decline has been documented extensively:
 * In our own "Editor Trends Study"
 * In popular media ("Nobody wants to edit Wikipedia anymore")
 * In scholarly literature ("How Wikipedia’s reaction to popularity is causing its decline")

This raises several questions:



Question from user:Ykantor


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Question from User:Martinevans123

 * Thank you. Martinevans123 (talk) 23:47, 6 December 2013 (UTC)
 * Thank you. Martinevans123 (talk) 23:47, 6 December 2013 (UTC)