Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections December 2015/Candidates

The nomination statements of editors running in the 2015 Arbitration Committee elections appear below.


 * Eligibility criteria
 * An editor is eligible to stand as a candidate who:
 * (i) has a registered account and has had at least 500 mainspace edits by 1 November 2015.
 * (ii) is in good standing and not subject to active blocks or site-bans.
 * (iii) meets the Wikimedia Foundation's criteria for access to non-public data, is willing to sign the Foundation's non-public information confidentiality agreement
 * (iv) has disclosed any alternative accounts in his or her election statement (legitimate accounts which have been declared to a member of the Arbitration Committee prior to the close of nominations need not be publicly disclosed).
 * Statements must:
 * (i) be submitted after 00:00 UTC on 8 November 2015 and until 23:59 UTC on 17 November 2015;
 * (ii) not exceed a limit of 400 words (although candidates are free to link to a longer statement if they wish);
 * (iii) confirm that the candidate will fully comply with the criteria for access to non-public data;
 * (iv) include a disclosure of all prior and alternate accounts or confirmation that all such accounts have been declared to the Arbitration Committee;
 * (v) be created using the inputbox below, by appending your username to the existing text, clicking the button, and following the instructions.

From the Wikimedia Foundation's Access to nonpublic data policy: "Any volunteer who is chosen by any community process to be granted access rights to restricted data shall not be granted that access until that volunteer has satisfactorily identified himself or herself to the Foundation, which may include proof that such user is at least 18 and explicitly over the age at which they are capable to act without the consent of their parent in the jurisdiction in which they reside."
 * Footnotes

The mandatory disclosure of alternate accounts and declaration of intent to comply with the WMF identification policy are exempt from the 400-word limit, although candidates are encouraged to be concise.