Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections December 2015/Candidates/AKS.9955/Questions

'''NOTE: I HAVE WITHDRAWN MY NOMINATIONS. PLEASE DON'T POST ANY ELECTION RELATED QUESTIONS ON THIS PAGE. IF YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUIRES, THEN PLEASE FEEL FREE TO DROP A MESSAGE ON MY TALKPAGE. THANKS,  Arun Kumar SINGH (Talk) ''' 08:00, 21 November 2015 (UTC)

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Questions from SpacemanSpiff
Thank you. &mdash; Spaceman  Spiff  18:45, 8 November 2015 (UTC)

Questions from Gerda Arendt
Thank you for stepping forward!
 * --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:52, 8 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Thank you for your thoughts. I would like to hear if you have ideas how to avoid such an action next time around. I offered some thoughts in August (please follow the link above), how about you? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:05, 9 November 2015 (UTC)
 * --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:52, 8 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Thank you for your thoughts. I would like to hear if you have ideas how to avoid such an action next time around. I offered some thoughts in August (please follow the link above), how about you? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:05, 9 November 2015 (UTC)

Questions from Iridescent
Thank you. &#8209; iridescent 20:48, 8 November 2015 (UTC)

Questions from Collect




Question from
Thank you. -  Jim Car  ter  15:54, 9 November 2015 (UTC)

Questions from Guerillero
Thank you for running for the hardest and most thankless job on the project. Many of these questions are sourced from actual cases, discussions, and problems over the past year. Enjoy!

Questions from GrammarFascist




Question from Brustopher
Hi, and thank you for running for Arbcom. These questions focus on WP:OUTING. For the purposes of these questions please assume the editors' usernames are far more distinct and unique than the ones I have given.

Questions from user: Catmando999
Thankyou, I thought that on your candidate statement you said you started last year. Good luck in the election.

Questions from User:contaldo80

 * Thank you for your response. From your answers above it doesn't suggest to me that you have a strong awareness or particular sensitivity relating to the subject of sexual orientation. I didn't ask you to refer specifically to our discussion elsewhere about Ellen Gates Starr, but seeing as you have brought it up here I would like to express my serious concerns about the way that you have dealt with the matter.Contaldo80 (talk) 09:22, 17 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Contaldo80, you are very much involved in an edit discussion with me and it is a great coincidence that you ask me a question on ArbCom election which is exactly on the same subject and lines (of our edit discussions). Surprisingly I happen to be the only ArbCom candidate you asked a question to and that too after our edit discussions. Whilst you are welcome to evaluate any candidate; you must refrain from initiating such actions arising out of an edit disagreement and based on a prejudice. You are an experienced editor and I don't really need to elaborate any further. Cheers, Arun Kumar SINGH (Talk)  09:37, 17 November 2015 (UTC)
 * I'm afraid you are the only candidate I have genuine concerns about. None of the other candidates have given me cause to worry in the same way. It is simply ill-judged to dismiss this as "prejudice", and I don't like the perceived threat in the last line of your comment. Your questionable handling of the edit discussion above illustrates that I personally do not believe you are fit to become an administrator; and it's important that I put this on the record. I am entitled to hold this opinion, and I am entitled to express it. You reverted an edit because you argued it was not supported by the source; you then admitted that you had not read the source. If I had concerns about other candidates, then rest I assured that I would likewise raise them.Contaldo80 (talk) 08:47, 18 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Contaldo80, you are engaging in this ArbCom discussion just because I reverted your edit where you wrote Quote "and it has been speculated that Starr was a lesbian who had a particularly close relationship with Addams". Unquote. You need to understand that Wikipedia is not a gossip column / tabloid where one can "speculate" about someone's sexual orientation (read WP:SPECULATION). What you think of me is your personal opinion and there is nothing I can do. Your actions on this page are nothing but a reaction to the edit reverts. Arun Kumar SINGH (Talk)  09:42, 18 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Contaldo80, you are engaging in this ArbCom discussion just because I reverted your edit where you wrote Quote "and it has been speculated that Starr was a lesbian who had a particularly close relationship with Addams". Unquote. You need to understand that Wikipedia is not a gossip column / tabloid where one can "speculate" about someone's sexual orientation (read WP:SPECULATION). What you think of me is your personal opinion and there is nothing I can do. Your actions on this page are nothing but a reaction to the edit reverts. Arun Kumar SINGH (Talk)  09:42, 18 November 2015 (UTC)

Question from User:Wikimandia



 * Yes, I did not see. You should make a large notice on this page. —Мандичка YO 😜 06:34, 21 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Wikimandia, done. Cheers, Arun Kumar SINGH (Talk)  08:00, 21 November 2015 (UTC)