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

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Question from Yash!

 * i read (part of) the three cases now and i am not able to figure out what you mean by your statement? if you take one case as an example, what would you have done different, and how the outcome would have been different? --ThurnerRupert (talk) 16:15, 29 November 2015 (UTC)
 * i read (part of) the three cases now and i am not able to figure out what you mean by your statement? if you take one case as an example, what would you have done different, and how the outcome would have been different? --ThurnerRupert (talk) 16:15, 29 November 2015 (UTC)

Questions from Gerda Arendt
Thank you for stepping forward!
 * I am under no restriction for talk page suggestions and believe the discussion is independent from who suggested it. Care to consider Rigoletto?
 * Adding: at least one candidate looked at the 2013 discussion, but 2015 is the one I mean, sorry if that was not clear.
 * Adding: at least one candidate looked at the 2013 discussion, but 2015 is the one I mean, sorry if that was not clear.


 * Follow the link under "offered some thoughts", - less force, more talk, and respect for the victim (find better word).
 * Follow the link under "offered some thoughts", - less force, more talk, and respect for the victim (find better word).

Questions from Guerillero
Thank you for running for another term of 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!

Question from Tryptofish

 * Thanks! --Tryptofish (talk) 22:06, 19 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Thanks! --Tryptofish (talk) 22:06, 19 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Thanks! --Tryptofish (talk) 22:06, 19 November 2015 (UTC)

Questions from Antony–22

 * It's meant to be an abstract, open-ended question. You can interpret it any way you wish, and you can comment on either or both of the truly general case and the implications for on-wiki behavior. Antony–22 (talk⁄contribs) 21:54, 17 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Okay, I'll answer this commenting on the implications for on-wiki behavior, since that's sort of the context for this question. The idea of "free speech" on Wikipedia is flawed. Though some people like to shout about their right to free speech onwiki, speech is not protected on Wikipedia by the First Amendment. The Wikimedia Foundation is not the government, and as they host the website, it is in the end up to them what speech they allow or disallow. They have imposed some fairly broad rules on what people can and cannot say, and have left the rest up to the various communities. Enforcing our own rules about civility is not impinging on someone's free speech, it is asking them to please take their free speech elsewhere. GorillaWarfare (talk) 22:21, 19 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Okay, I'll answer this commenting on the implications for on-wiki behavior, since that's sort of the context for this question. The idea of "free speech" on Wikipedia is flawed. Though some people like to shout about their right to free speech onwiki, speech is not protected on Wikipedia by the First Amendment. The Wikimedia Foundation is not the government, and as they host the website, it is in the end up to them what speech they allow or disallow. They have imposed some fairly broad rules on what people can and cannot say, and have left the rest up to the various communities. Enforcing our own rules about civility is not impinging on someone's free speech, it is asking them to please take their free speech elsewhere. GorillaWarfare (talk) 22:21, 19 November 2015 (UTC)



===Question from Pldx1===
 * 1) No more useful (see below). Pldx1 (talk) 19:33, 17 November 2015 (UTC)

Questions from GrammarFascist



 * Thanks for responding, . — GrammarFascist  contribs talk 01:35, 6 December 2015 (UTC)
 * Thanks for responding, . — GrammarFascist  contribs talk 01:35, 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.

Questions from 4nn1l2

 * 1) {{ACE Question
 * Q=I read on User:Tryptofish/ACE2015 that you were a victim of harassment and have "posted a harrowing account" about it. Could you please provide a link to that account?
 * A=User talk:Jimbo Wales/Archive 196 (ctrl-F "There have been numerous"}. Alternatively, the diff is . GorillaWarfare (talk) 02:40, 23 November 2015 (UTC)}}

Question from User:SageRad
Hi, GorillaWarfare. Thank you for running.

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.' 15:29, 23 November 2015 (UTC)

Question from Dratman
Dratman (talk) 22:22, 3 December 2015 (UTC)