Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections December 2015/Candidates/Gamaliel/Questions

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Questions from Billyshiverstick
Thanks for taking this on. Although I totally agree that the cttee must adhere to Wikimedia policy, and is set up to enforce, or enact policy, not make it, I do believe that the "troops in the trenches" are the best people to involve in policy development. I hope if you get elected you can add this in to the debate: that Arbitration Panel members should regularly put their heads together with policymakers to try and design the system to be better in the long run. IMHO - I feel like a fair number of my edits get reverted without just cause, but there is no obvious way to get help from Wiki, and I don't have the time to engage with the reverters, so I just let it go. This is not what we want. We need to make conflict resolution easy, and that conflict resolution must be supervised. There are too many people out there who believe they own articles, or want to re-inforce their world view or personal agenda. Tx

Questions from Gerda Arendt
Thank you for stepping forward!
 * Good thoughts, thank you. However, "There should be an infobox in all opera articles or an infobox in none" doesn't work, unless we have a bot that makes infoboxes for all operas. infobox opera became available in 2013, and normal humans tried to implement it, as in this case. Compare Rigoletto.
 * Good thoughts, thank you. However, "There should be an infobox in all opera articles or an infobox in none" doesn't work, unless we have a bot that makes infoboxes for all operas. infobox opera became available in 2013, and normal humans tried to implement it, as in this case. Compare Rigoletto.


 * All good thoughts, however no answer to my question: suggestions for a different style of AE.
 * All good thoughts, however no answer to my question: suggestions for a different style of AE.

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



 * Thanks for responding, . — GrammarFascist  contribs talk 01:43, 6 December 2015 (UTC)
 * Thanks for responding, . — GrammarFascist  contribs talk 01:43, 6 December 2015 (UTC)

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.

Question from DoggySoup






Questions from SilkTork
Well done on putting your name forward. My questions are on your election statement. I like the ideas, but the necessity of keeping election statements short means that your priorities are expressed perhaps more as vote-seeking sound bites than the detailed thoughts of a candidate for the subtle and demanding role of a Committee member. This is your opportunity to expand.  SilkTork   ✔Tea time  19:25, 22 November 2015 (UTC)



Questions from Ryk72
Thank you for stepping forward; your commitment to serving the community is greatly appreciated.

Please accept my apologies for the lateness of these questions.

Many thanks in advance for any answers. - Ryk72 'c.s.n.s.' 15:30, 23 November 2015 (UTC)