Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee Elections December 2006/Vote/Radiant!

Comments from Elonka
''The following is a long comment moved from the vote page, per the voting instructions. --bainer (talk) 10:26, 7 December 2006 (UTC)''


 * 1) Oppose per jossi, FT2, and Kafziel, as well as a recent (this week) ArbCom ruling where Radiant's behavior was described as "aggressive" and "increased the intensity of the dispute rather than cooled it down, something that could have been anticipated by [an] experienced administrator." I am also concerned by Radiant's summary description above, where he gave only a partial story of some controversial actions. For example, he says he attempted to defuse the situation, and removed a controversial poll at Wikipedia talk:Naming conventions (television), but he fails to mention that it was his own initial usage of a personally-targeted and controversial term ("filibuster") which caused that poll to be started in the first place, as his language caused other less-experienced users to follow his example. Radiant also failed to mention that he also deleted other attempts at valid polls, which actions, just as they had done in the above ArbCom case, further escalated this new conflict (which is still ongoing, and is probably heading for ArbCom itself). Admins are supposed to set a standard of civil behavior, to help de-escalate conflicts, and to be good rolemodels.  ArbCom members in particular are subjected to close scrutiny.  Radiant has done many good things around Wikipedia, but I would not be comfortable supporting him for this position. --Elonka 06:16, 7 December 2006 (UTC)
 * 2) *Essentially, you're saying that the conflict escalated because people disagreed with you. It is technically true, though not very useful, that any conflict can be solved if one of the parties would just cease to disagree (and naturally, people tend to assume that the other party should cease, generally reminiscent of the fundamental attribution error). Note also Kim Bruning's words on the matter. ( Radiant ) 10:58, 7 December 2006 (UTC)