Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections December 2014/Candidates/DGG/Questions

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Questions from Rschen7754
I use the answers to these questions to write my election guide. As a break from past years, I am not assigning "points" for the answers, but the answers to the questions, along with other material that I find in my research, will be what my guide is based on. Also, I may be asking about specific things outside the scope of ArbCom; your answers would be appreciated regardless.



Thank you. Rschen7754 22:30, 11 November 2013 (UTC)

Questions from Collect


Thank you Collect (talk) 12:21, 18 November 2014 (UTC)

Questions from EllenCT


Thank you for your kind consideration of these questions. EllenCT (talk) 17:00, 18 November 2014 (UTC)

Questions from Gamaliel
Thanks in advance for your answers. Gamaliel ( talk ) 18:39, 18 November 2014 (UTC)

Questions from Everyking


Elsewhere on Wikipedia, decisions are reached through discussion on-wiki. This includes many "difficult matters". Do you feel that doing so is appropriate? If so, what is the difference? Everyking (talk) 15:49, 19 November 2014 (UTC)
 * The difference is the greater degree of responsibility here as the final decision making body, and the need for more careful consideration. We have all seen what such discussions at AN/I and RFC(U) can degenerate into, and their almost total uselessness for complex matters, or matters where there are pressure groups within WP. However, when decisions are challenged, I think it would sometimes be possible for ArbCom to be more responsive than it often has been.  DGG ( talk ) 19:58, 19 November 2014 (UTC)

Questions from Rich Farmbrough


All the best: Rich Farmbrough, 02:48, 11 November 2014 (UTC).

Questions from Dennis Brown






Question(s) from Worm That Turned

 * Thanks for answering DGG, I would recommend you don't antagonise people who insult you whilst on the committee though! Best of luck. Worm TT( talk ) 09:47, 25 November 2014 (UTC)
 * Thanks for answering DGG, I would recommend you don't antagonise people who insult you whilst on the committee though! Best of luck. Worm TT( talk ) 09:47, 25 November 2014 (UTC)

Question
Hi DGG, Let's please discuss a particular situation you were involved with some time ago: Here you're urging an admin to leave further admin actions with respect to an editor to other administrators. The admin ignored your request, and did use her tools against this very editor more than once.

Thank you, for your responses, but I am afraid the first one begs another question. You write: "I recognize that GG was dealing with a very difficult situation, and I trust her judgment". Let's please make sure we're talking about the same "very difficult situation". I'm talking about a request for arbitration, in which both the user and the admin were listed as the major parties. The admin used her tools against the user during that still active at the moment request for arbitration. Now, when we're at the same page,