Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections December 2010/Candidates/Guide

2010 Arbitration Committee Election status

Nominations are closed. Voters were invited to review, question and discuss the candidates.
Voting is now closed. Voting ran for 10 days from 00:01 UTC Friday 26 November to 23:59 UTC Sunday 5 December.
Editors were encouraged to review the on-wiki voter log to investigate and annotate possible cases of vote fraud.
The results have been released and formally announced, and the successful candidates have assumed their seats.
Feedback is solicited from all participants in the election.

WP:ACESUM

This is a tabulated guide to the candidates in this election. The information written here has been compiled manually and should not be assumed to be accurate or complete; voters are encouraged to conduct independent research, and amend this guide accordingly.

Key: User rights: A = Administrator; B = Bureaucrat; C = Checkuser; O = Oversight

Other positions: ARB = Arbitrator; BAG = Bot Approvals Group; CL = Arbitration Committee Clerk; M = Mediator; OTRS = Volunteer response team

A struck abbreviation indicates that the candidate previously held a position.

A struck date indicates that a request was unsuccessful, withdrawn or denied.

For candidates' statements, see Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections December 2010/Candidates.

Candidate	Positions	Since^[1]	Other accounts	RfX	Previous runs	Candidate profile
Balloonman (talk · contribs · count · block log)	A [1]	Apr 1, 2006	I'm Spartacus! (talk · contribs)	RfA (August 2007)	—	Balloonman
Casliber (talk · contribs · count · block log)	A, ~~ARB~~ [2]	May 5, 2006	—	RfA (March 2007)	December 2008	Casliber
Chase me ladies, I'm the Cavalry (talk · contribs · count · block log)	A, OTRS [3]	Aug 8, 2005	Formerly known as HawkerTyphoon^[2]	RfA (November 2007)	—	Chase me ladies, I'm the Cavalry
David Fuchs (talk · contribs · count · block log)	A, OTRS [4]	Oct 12, 2005	Derklin (talk · contribs)	RfA (May 2007)	~~December 2007~~	David Fuchs
Elen of the Roads (talk · contribs · count · block log)	A [5]	May 11, 2008	Elen on the Roads (talk · contribs)	RfA (October 2010)	—	Elen of the Roads
FT2 (talk · contribs · count · block log)	A, ~~ARB~~, C, O, OTRS^[3] [6]	Jul 11, 2004	Saduski J (talk · contribs) Ft2 (talk · contribs)^[4]	~~RfA~~ (June 2006) RfA 2 (January 2007)	December 2007	FT2
Georgewilliamherbert (talk · contribs · count · block log)	A [7]	July 31, 2005	So Long and Thanks for all the Gravitas (talk · contribs)	~~RfA 1~~ (November 2006) RfA 2 (March 2007)	—	Georgewilliamherbert
GiacomoReturned (talk · contribs · count · block log)	— [8]	Nov 8, 2004	Giano (talk · contribs) Giano II (talk · contribs) Catherine de Burgh (talk · contribs) Ka of Catherine de Burgh (talk · contribs)	—	~~December 2007~~	GiacomoReturned
Harej (talk · contribs · count · block log)	A, BAG, OTRS [9]	Nov 26, 2004	Formerly known as Messedrocker^[5]	~~RfA~~ (May 2006) RfA 2 (September 2006) ~~RfB~~ (March 2007) ~~RfB~~ (August 2009)	~~December 2006~~ ~~December 2007~~^[6]	Harej
Iridescent (talk · contribs · count · block log)	A [10]	Feb 15, 2006	Heavenly41 (talk · contribs) Iridescenti (talk · contribs) Iridescent 2 (talk · contribs) Eva Destruction (talk · contribs)	RfA (September 2007)^[7]	—	Iridescent
Jclemens (talk · contribs · count · block log)	A [11]	Aug 24, 2006^[8]	Jclemens-public (talk · contribs)	RfA (November 2008)	—	Jclemens
John Vandenberg (talk · contribs · count · block log)	A, ~~ARB~~, C, CL, O, OTRS [12]	September 5, 2004	Jayvdb (talk · contribs)	RfA (November 2007)	December 2008^[9]	John Vandenberg
Loosmark (talk · contribs · count · block log)	— [13]	Dec 26, 2007	—	—	—	Loosmark
Newyorkbrad (talk · contribs · count · block log)	A, ARB [14]	Feb 25, 2006	—	RfA (January 2007)	December 2007	Newyorkbrad
Off2riorob (talk · contribs · count · block log)	— [15]	Dec 3, 2008	Diamond days (talk · contribs) Tomas Jennings (talk · contribs)	—	—	Off2riorob
PhilKnight (talk · contribs · count · block log)	A, M [16]	Jul 17, 2006	Addhoc (talk · contribs)	RfA (September 2007)	—	PhilKnight
Sandstein (talk · contribs · count · block log)	A, OTRS [17]	Jul 31, 2005	Sandstein II (talk · contribs)^[10]	RfA (November 2006)	—	Sandstein
Shell Kinney (talk · contribs · count · block log)	A, ARB, M, OTRS [18]	Jun 10, 2005	Jareth (talk · contribs)	RfA (November 2005)	~~December 2006~~ ~~December 2007~~ ~~December 2008~~ December 2009	Shell Kinney
SirFozzie (talk · contribs · count · block log)	A, ARB [19]	Feb 1, 2006	—	RfA (June 2007)	~~December 2008~~ December 2009	SirFozzie
Stephen Bain (talk · contribs · count · block log)	A, ~~ARB~~, OTRS [20]	Oct 8, 2004	Thebainer (talk · contribs) Bainer (talk · contribs)	RfA (December 2005)	December 2007	Stephen Bain
Xeno (talk · contribs · count · block log)	A, B, BAG [21]	Jul 14, 2006	Xenobot (talk · contribs) Xenobot Mk V (talk · contribs) Xenocidic (talk · contribs) Xenowiki (talk · contribs) Xeno on an iPhone (talk · contribs)	RfA (June 2008) ~~RfB~~ (September 2009) RfB 2 (June 2010)	—	Xeno

Footnotes

^ This is the date of registration of the candidate's first user account.
^ The account "HawkerTyphoon" was renamed to "Chase me ladies, I'm the Cavalry". It was later registered by another editor and indefinitely blocked.
^ FT2 asked for his CheckUser, Oversight, and admin rights to be removed in October 2009, but later requested that his admin rights be restored.
^ per User:FT2/ACE2010 extended statement, FT2 has also used one other account whose name has only been disclosed to the Arbitration Committee.
^ The account "Messedrocker" was renamed to "Harej". It was later registered by another editor and indefinitely blocked.
^ This candidacy was delisted due to the candidate not meeting age requirements for eligibility at that time.
^ Iridescent originally resigned the tools in July 2009, but asked for, and was granted, them back one year later, in July 2010.
^ The account "Jclemens" was registered before 2004, and the log entry for its creation date is not visible. The date given is the date of his first edit.
^ John Vandenberg was originally elected to the Arbitration Committee in December 2008, but resigned in December 2009, before his term was scheduled to end.
^ Per User:Sandstein/Alter egos, Sandstein has also used two other accounts whose names have only been disclosed to the Arbitration Committee.

2010 Arbitration Committee Elections: Voter log; Contact the coordinators; Discuss the elections; Results

Candidates: Candidate guide; Candidate statements; Questions for the candidates; Discuss the candidates

Voter guides

These guides represent only the views of their authors. All guides written responsibly, seriously and in good faith are welcome for inclusion.

[since-1] This is the date of registration of the candidate's first user account.

[chase-2] The account "HawkerTyphoon" was renamed to "Chase me ladies, I'm the Cavalry". It was later registered by another editor and indefinitely blocked.

[FT22-3] FT2 asked for his CheckUser, Oversight, and admin rights to be removed in October 2009, but later requested that his admin rights be restored.

[FT2-4] r User:FT2/ACE2010 extended statement, FT2 has also used one other account whose name has only been disclosed to the Arbitration Committee.

[harej-5] The account "Messedrocker" was renamed to "Harej". It was later registered by another editor and indefinitely blocked.

[harej2-6] This candidacy was delisted due to the candidate not meeting age requirements for eligibility at that time.

[Iridescent-7] Iridescent originally resigned the tools in July 2009, but asked for, and was granted, them back one year later, in July 2010.

[Jclemens-8] The account "Jclemens" was registered before 2004, and the log entry for its creation date is not visible. The date given is the date of his first edit.

[JV-9] John Vandenberg was originally elected to the Arbitration Committee in December 2008, but resigned in December 2009, before his term was scheduled to end.

[Sandstein-10] Per User:Sandstein/Alter egos, Sandstein has also used two other accounts whose names have only been disclosed to the Arbitration Committee.

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