Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections December 2020/Candidates/CaptainEek/Questions

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Questions from Kudpung
I'm asking all  candidates the same questions.


 * Thank you for your candid answers. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 08:33, 18 November 2020 (UTC)

Questions from A7V2
I am asking the same questions to all candidates.

Question from ProcrastinatingReader

 * Thanks for your answer! Just to confirm, as page restrictions is only a portion of DS, do you think it's mainly just page restrictions that are problematic or are there other parts of it as well? And relating to your answer on page restrictions, could you elaborate on that slightly? Do you mean standardising common page restrictions to be active on all pages across a topic area, like what ARBPIA does, so all pages in the topic area have restrictions?
 * I don't claim to have the answer yet, clearly any reform of DS is going to be a group effort with likely a good degree of community consultation. But I do think that standardizing the DS is part of the solution, like as you mention for ARBPIA. Instead of endless permutations of different sanctions that can be applied, I think having a select few set levels of sanctions will be easier to understand and manage. Its more than just the page restrictions: its the complexity of the whole system that doesn't work. Look at how we sanction editors: its...pretty arbitrary. Now, in some cases that is a good thing, it gives admins leeway to make good decisions. But I have heard a lot of editors complain that they think AE is unfair. Before ArbCom takes action to reform DS, I would like to have the community chime in. I know I and several other candidates have a lot of ideas, but I want to know what editors at large think first. If elected, I would then use that feedback to help develop DS reforms that make it easier to use, less complex, and more equitable. CaptainEek  Edits Ho Cap'n!⚓ 20:31, 22 November 2020 (UTC)
 * I don't claim to have the answer yet, clearly any reform of DS is going to be a group effort with likely a good degree of community consultation. But I do think that standardizing the DS is part of the solution, like as you mention for ARBPIA. Instead of endless permutations of different sanctions that can be applied, I think having a select few set levels of sanctions will be easier to understand and manage. Its more than just the page restrictions: its the complexity of the whole system that doesn't work. Look at how we sanction editors: its...pretty arbitrary. Now, in some cases that is a good thing, it gives admins leeway to make good decisions. But I have heard a lot of editors complain that they think AE is unfair. Before ArbCom takes action to reform DS, I would like to have the community chime in. I know I and several other candidates have a lot of ideas, but I want to know what editors at large think first. If elected, I would then use that feedback to help develop DS reforms that make it easier to use, less complex, and more equitable. CaptainEek  Edits Ho Cap'n!⚓ 20:31, 22 November 2020 (UTC)

Question from Clayoquot




Questions from StraussInTheHouse
While retention of productive editors and administrators is rightly considered important for the continuation of the project, the conduct of all editors, especially trusted users such as administrators is also rightly considered important for the retention of other users. I consider these two issues which are, unfortunately, often intertwined to be the most pressing types of issues to the project which ArbCom tends to deal with. I am therefore asking all of the candidates the same questions irrespective of whether they are a former Arbitrator. Many thanks and all the best with the election!  SITH   (talk)   11:30, 24 November 2020 (UTC)

Questions from The Land




Question from RandomGnome


Captain, Thank you for your detailed answer. RandomGnome (talk) 18:03, 28 November 2020 (UTC)

Questions from Robert McClenon
Being asked of all candidates