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I'm quite interested in helping with Arbcom, but I have hesitated to put my name forward as I am reluctant to hand myself over to a selection process that doesn't yet seem to exist.

I've been a Wikipedians since December 2001 and have been an admin since December 2003 (which by extrapolation means that something good has to happen in December 2005). I currently have the distinction of being number one on the List of Wikipedians by number of edits. Sheer number of edits is a pretty meaningless statistic, but it does show that I have a fair amount of time to dedicate to the project.

I follow Arbcom fairly closely, but have only participated directly in only a couple of cases. I feel that in almost all cases the committee does its job admirably, though its speed is, as has often been noted, is sometimes far slower than ideal.

Questions

Support

  1. Support -- Doc ask? 00:07, 9 January 2006 (UTC) reply
  2. Support. David | explanation | Talk 00:07, 9 January 2006 (UTC) reply
  3. Support. Owen× 00:08, 9 January 2006 (UTC) reply
  4. Support. Ambi 00:08, 9 January 2006 (UTC) reply
  5. Michael Snow 00:12, 9 January 2006 (UTC) reply
  6. Support without reservations. – Quadell ( talk) ( bounties) 00:18, 9 January 2006 (UTC) reply
  7. Support. Antandrus (talk) 00:18, 9 January 2006 (UTC) reply
  8. ugen64 00:20, 9 January 2006 (UTC) reply
  9. Cryptic (talk) 00:20, 9 January 2006 (UTC) reply
  10. Kirill Lok s hin 00:28, 9 January 2006 (UTC) reply
  11. Without question.-- Sean| Bla ck 00:39, 9 January 2006 (UTC) reply
  12. Support. -- GraemeL (talk) 00:43, 9 January 2006 (UTC) reply
  13. Support -- PRueda29 / Ptalk29 / Pcontribs29 00:46, 9 January 2006 (UTC) reply
  14. -- Jaranda wat's sup 00:55, 9 January 2006 (UTC) reply
  15. Support. Carbonite | Talk 01:07, 9 January 2006 (UTC) reply
  16. Support.-- Bookandcoffee 01:15, 9 January 2006 (UTC) reply
  17. Tony Sidaway| Talk 01:15, 9 January 2006 (UTC) reply
  18. JYolkowski // talk 01:25, 9 January 2006 (UTC) reply
  19. -- nixie 01:28, 9 January 2006 (UTC) reply
  20. TacoDeposit 01:28, 9 January 2006 (UTC) reply
  21. Support. An outstanding editor, admin and (hopefully soon to be) arbitrator. Batmanand 01:29, 9 January 2006 (UTC) reply
  22. Support-- Duk 01:50, 9 January 2006 (UTC) reply
  23. Support definitely experienced -- Angelo 01:55, 9 January 2006 (UTC) reply
  24. Support Ruud 02:00, 9 January 2006 (UTC) reply
  25. Support Trustworthy editor. Xoloz 02:33, 9 January 2006 (UTC) reply
  26. Support, the biggest surprise is that there are opposers. Croat Canuck 02:35, 9 January 2006 (UTC) reply
  27. Support. Likely to be more moderate than some. Grace Note 02:47, 9 January 2006 (UTC) reply
  28. Shanes 02:56, 9 January 2006 (UTC) reply
  29. King of All the Franks 03:06, 9 January 2006 (UTC) reply
  30. Guettarda 03:07, 9 January 2006 (UTC) reply
  31. Support Jord 03:12, 9 January 2006 (UTC) reply
  32. Support - Banyan Tree 03:14, 9 January 2006 (UTC) reply
  33. Support Fred Bauder 03:27, 9 January 2006 (UTC) reply
  34. Support 172 04:04, 9 January 2006 (UTC) reply
  35. Support. Congrats, you spend way too much time on Wikipedia.-- ragesoss 04:12, 9 January 2006 (UTC) reply
  36. Support Wile E. Heresiarch 04:21, 9 January 2006 (UTC) reply
  37. Bobet 04:23, 9 January 2006 (UTC) reply
  38. Support freestylefrappe 04:26, 9 January 2006 (UTC) reply
  39. Charles P.  (Mirv) 04:33, 9 January 2006 (UTC) reply
  40. Support Dottore So 04:37, 9 January 2006 (UTC) reply
  41. Zach (Smack Back) Fair use policy 04:40, 9 January 2006 (UTC) reply
  42. Support -- Daniel 05:13, 9 January 2006 (UTC) reply
  43. Support. -- Aaron 05:16, 9 January 2006 (UTC) reply
  44. Support. Christopher Parham (talk) 05:38, 9 January 2006 (UTC) reply
  45. Support. gren グレン 05:50, 9 January 2006 (UTC) reply
  46. Support-- cj | talk 06:17, 9 January 2006 (UTC) reply
  47. Support. android 79 06:17, 9 January 2006 (UTC) reply
  48. Support. Chick Bowen 06:36, 9 January 2006 (UTC) reply
  49. Support -- Wetman 07:14, 9 January 2006 (UTC) reply
  50. Support. Sjakkalle (Check!) 07:15, 9 January 2006 (UTC) reply
  51. Support. - newkai | talk | contribs 07:21, 9 January 2006 (UTC) reply
  52. Support. — Catherine\ talk 07:22, 9 January 2006 (UTC) reply
  53. Support-- Jiang 07:25, 9 January 2006 (UTC) reply
  54. Support - Fabricationary 07:27, 9 January 2006 (UTC) reply
  55. Support-- Alhutch 07:29, 9 January 2006 (UTC) reply
  56. Support - Tim Rhymeless (Er...let's shimmy) 07:31, 9 January 2006 (UTC) reply
  57. Support. Can't believe this - somebody has opposed this user! utcursch | talk 07:57, 9 January 2006 (UTC) reply
  58. Support, hoping that his superb work in the article namespace wouldn't suffer from being an arbitrator. — mark 08:33, 9 January 2006 (UTC) reply
  59. Support - Akamad 08:53, 9 January 2006 (UTC) reply
  60. Support - Cmouse 09:00, 9 January 2006 (UTC) reply
  61. Support experience, questions --- Charles Stewart 09:30, 9 January 2006 (UTC) reply
  62. Support mister wikipedia. -- MPerel ( talk | contrib) 09:35, 9 January 2006 (UTC) reply
  63. Support. -- Kefalonia 09:51, 9 January 2006 (UTC) reply
  64. Support.  —  Saxifrage |  10:37, 9 January 2006 (UTC) reply
  65. Support -- Terence Ong Talk 10:38, 9 January 2006 (UTC) reply
  66. Support, a no-nonsense user. Dan100 ( Talk) 11:07, 9 January 2006 (UTC) reply
  67. Support -- Finlay McWalter | Talk 12:08, 9 January 2006 (UTC) reply
  68. Nightstallion (?) 12:42, 9 January 2006 (UTC) reply
  69. Support -- Roisterer 12:54, 9 January 2006 (UTC) reply
  70. Meekohi 13:24, 9 January 2006 (UTC) reply
  71. Support I really like this guy, he shows clear judgement and logical thinking.   ALKIVAR 13:31, 9 January 2006 (UTC) reply
  72. Support mdmanser 14:02, 9 January 2006 (UTC) reply
  73. Support per opposition, although I worry that ArbCom duties might interfere with productivity on the rest of the project... Tom e r talk 14:10, 9 January 2006 (UTC) reply
  74. Support I've seen this user doing some bad VfD decisions, but otherwise he's quite solid candidate.  Grue  14:14, 9 January 2006 (UTC) reply
    Support, sound of judgment. R adiant _>|< 14:19, 9 January 2006 (UTC) Moved to neutral, see below. R adiant _>|< 10:41, 16 January 2006 (UTC) reply
  75. Support Proto  t  c 15:30, 9 January 2006 (UTC) reply
  76. Support. -- Habap 16:05, 9 January 2006 (UTC) reply
  77. Support moderate, reasonable, and has loads of experience. Andrew Lenahan - Starblind 16:06, 9 January 2006 (UTC) reply
  78. Support. the wub "?!" RFR - a good idea? 16:19, 9 January 2006 (UTC) reply
  79. Dunc| 16:32, 9 January 2006 (UTC) reply
  80. Support - dedicated to wikipedia. Skeezix1000 17:01, 9 January 2006 (UTC) reply
  81. Support. Rhion 17:53, 9 January 2006 (UTC) reply
  82. Support -- kingboyk 18:46, 9 January 2006 (UTC) reply
  83. Support. -- OntarioQuizzer 19:04, 9 January 2006 (UTC) reply
  84. Support -- CDN99 19:30, 9 January 2006 (UTC) reply
  85. Support May you do all you can for wikipedia -- metta, The Sunborn 19:58, 9 January 2006 (UTC) reply
  86. Support Level headed with right priorities - Xed 20:09, 9 January 2006 (UTC) reply
  87. Support TestPilot 20:18, 9 January 2006 (UTC) reply
  88. Support Donar Reiskoffer 20:27, 9 January 2006 (UTC) reply
  89. Support Terra Green 20:28, 9 January 2006 (UTC) reply
  90. Support great user - solid editor, balanced. -- Loopy e 20:55, 9 January 2006 (UTC) reply
  91. Support No objection whatsoever astique parer voir 21:08, 9 January 2006 (UTC) reply
  92. Support Aldux 21:41, 9 January 2006 (UTC) reply
  93. Support. One of the first Wikipedians, I'm certain he'll arbitrate with experience and wiki-wisdom. -- KHill-LTown 21:46, 9 January 2006 (UTC) reply
  94. Haukur 21:48, 9 January 2006 (UTC) reply
  95. -- jpgordon ∇∆∇∆ 22:01, 9 January 2006 (UTC) reply
  96. Support. Quarl ( talk) 2006-01-09 22:23 Z
  97. Support - Though I'd agree w/ Novacatz about your absence in the admin pages. I trust you. Cheers Szvest 23:05, 9 January 2006 (UTC) Wiki me up&#153; reply
  98. If this is really what you want to do I guess you can count on my support - although as I mentioned I think this is going to take up a lot more of your time then you think it will. WhiteNight T | @ | C 01:34, 9 January 2006 (UTC) reply
  99. Splash talk 23:15, 9 January 2006 (UTC) reply
  100. Support: RENTASTRAWBERRY FOR LET? röck 23:18, 9 January 2006 (UTC) reply
  101. Support-- Confuzion 23:27, 9 January 2006 (UTC) reply
  102. Support easiest vote in the lot of 'em. Smmurphy( Talk) 23:33, 9 January 2006 (UTC) reply
  103. Support per Wetman and others. -- Ghirla | talk 23:35, 9 January 2006 (UTC) reply
  104. Support. -- Stbalbach 00:11, 10 January 2006 (UTC) reply
  105. Support Maltmomma (chat) 02:37, 10 January 2006 (UTC) reply
  106. Support Andrew_pmk | Talk 02:40, 10 January 2006 (UTC) reply
  107. olderwiser 02:55, 10 January 2006 (UTC) reply
  108. Support Dlyons493 Talk 03:36, 10 January 2006 (UTC) reply
  109. Support Rossami (talk) 03:47, 10 January 2006 (UTC) reply
  110. SupportAbe Dashiell ( t/ c) 05:32, 10 January 2006 (UTC) reply
  111. Support. Trusted.-- cjllw | TALK 06:55, 10 January 2006 (UTC) reply
  112. Support. -- Interiot 07:31, 10 January 2006 (UTC) reply
  113. Support. -- DanielNuyu 07:53, 10 January 2006 (UTC) reply
  114. Support Willmcw/ user:Will Beback/ 10:14, 10 January 2006 (UTC) reply
  115. Support Delirium 10:25, 10 January 2006 (UTC) reply
  116. Support SchmuckyTheCat 11:43, 10 January 2006 (UTC) reply
  117. E Pluribus Anthony | talk | 12:55, 10 January 2006 (UTC) reply
  118. It's-is-not-a-genitive 13:55, 10 January 2006 (UTC) reply
  119. Support - An excellent editor -- Reflex Reaction ( talk)• 15:57, 10 January 2006 (UTC) reply
  120. Support, questions. See my vote rationale. Talrias ( t | e | c) 18:04, 10 January 2006 (UTC) reply
  121. Support-- The Brain 18:09, 10 January 2006 (UTC) reply
  122. Support. howch e ng { chat} 18:55, 10 January 2006 (UTC) reply
  123. Support. -- Raistlin 19:28, 10 January 2006 (UTC) reply
  124. Support. Ral315 (talk) 19:54, 10 January 2006 (UTC) reply
  125. Support. Thue | talk 20:01, 10 January 2006 (UTC) reply
  126. Support. -- G Rutter 20:55, 10 January 2006 (UTC) reply
  127. Big support, with bells on Oskar 20:59, 10 January 2006 (UTC) reply
  128. Support -- Solipsist 21:42, 10 January 2006 (UTC) reply
  129. Support. Seems to have the time to commit. No character or behaviour flaws contrary to ArbCom seem to have been exposed. -- Ds13 22:51, 10 January 2006 (UTC) reply
  130. Support as per 172. Phil Sandifer 23:04, 10 January 2006 (UTC) reply
  131. Strongly support. SimonP is a good editor who seeks consensus, assumes good faith and is overall a great credit to wikipedia. He would be an excellent AbCom member. - SocratesJedi | Talk 00:04, 11 January 2006 (UTC) reply
  132. Support The man has experience-- Berndd11222 00:47, 11 January 2006 (UTC) reply
  133. Support. HollyAm 01:46, 11 January 2006 (UTC) reply
  134. Support (Note: Vote only reflects suitability of candidate to the role, and does not reflect overall contributions or personally.) - Mailer Diablo 02:08, 11 January 2006 (UTC) reply
  135. Support. siafu 04:59, 11 January 2006 (UTC) reply
  136. Support -- Karl Meier 09:15, 11 January 2006 (UTC) reply
  137. -- Bhadani 09:35, 11 January 2006 (UTC) reply
  138. Support-- R.D.H. (Ghost In The Machine) 10:57, 11 January 2006 (UTC) reply
  139. Support -- Punkmorten 12:35, 11 January 2006 (UTC) reply
  140. Support-- JK the unwise 12:39, 11 January 2006 (UTC) reply
  141. Support-- Syrthiss 13:34, 11 January 2006 (UTC) reply
  142. Support-- Gozar 17:42, 11 January 2006 (UTC) reply
  143. Support-- A Y Arktos 20:16, 11 January 2006 (UTC) reply
  144. Support User brings long-term Wikipedia experience -- Rye1967 21:10, 11 January 2006 (UTC) reply
  145. Support - Strong belief that this user is a distinguished neutral. BD2412 T 21:15, 11 January 2006 (UTC) reply
  146. Support has the experience V8rik 19:43, 12 January 2006 (UTC) reply
  147. Support, very experienced. — Ian Manka Questions? Talk to me! 20:21, 12 January 2006 (UTC) reply
  148. Support Fad (ix) 20:23, 12 January 2006 (UTC) reply
  149. Support - I have worked with this user before, he would be a good choice. -- NorkNork 21:29, 12 January 2006 (UTC) reply
  150. Support -- Ze miguel 09:02, 13 January 2006 (UTC) reply
  151. Support, and allow for organic growth. ;-) Bahn Mi 19:17, 13 January 2006 (UTC) reply
  152. Support Fred- Chess 19:45, 13 January 2006 (UTC) reply
  153. Support. Would do well on the Committee. Good luck. Agent Blightsoot 23:10, 13 January 2006 (UTC) reply
  154. Support, has knowledge of process, a good and trustworthy editor all round -- Francs 2000 00:08, 14 January 2006 (UTC) reply
  155. Support. maclean25 00:13, 14 January 2006 (UTC) reply
  156. Support Rohirok 02:37, 14 January 2006 (UTC) reply
  157. Support Lee S. Svoboda tɑk 17:32, 14 January 2006 (UTC) reply
  158. Support Marskell 17:33, 14 January 2006 (UTC) reply
  159. Support. Mushroom 01:09, 15 January 2006 (UTC) reply
  160. Support. Evidence -- JWSchmidt 01:16, 15 January 2006 (UTC) reply
  161. Support. *drew 03:19, 15 January 2006 (UTC) reply
  162. Support. ( SEWilco 05:12, 15 January 2006 (UTC)) reply
  163. Support. -- Mysidia ( talk) 06:16, 15 January 2006 (UTC) reply
  164. support Kingturtle 21:00, 15 January 2006 (UTC) reply
  165. Support -- Masonpatriot 06:06, 16 January 2006 (UTC) reply
  166. Support Lumos3 10:37, 16 January 2006 (UTC) reply
  167. Support. Upholds npov to the T. Youngamerican 18:35, 16 January 2006 (UTC) reply
    Support, Duran 03:24, 17 January 2006 (UTC) reply
  168. Support -- Randolph 04:00, 17 January 2006 (UTC) reply
  169. Support - llywrch 17:25, 17 January 2006 (UTC) reply
  170. Support John Cross 19:20, 17 January 2006 (UTC) This candidate has the best statement I have seen so far. reply
  171. support William M. Connolley 22:46, 17 January 2006 (UTC) reply
  172. Support. Jitse Niesen ( talk) 00:25, 18 January 2006 (UTC) reply
  173. Support. Homey 03:13, 18 January 2006 (UTC) reply
  174. Support. An extremely strong choice. CJCurrie 04:17, 18 January 2006 (UTC) reply
  175. Support. PedanticallySpeaking 16:50, 18 January 2006 (UTC) reply
  176. Support. -- Hurricane111 20:46, 19 January 2006 (UTC) reply
  177. Bratsche talk | Esperanza 05:24, 20 January 2006 (UTC) reply
  178. Support. Pschemp | Talk 07:28, 21 January 2006 (UTC) reply
  179. Support Flcelloguy ( A note?) 02:10, 22 January 2006 (UTC) reply
  180. Support. Eminently qualified. — Josiah Rowe ( talkcontribs) 07:26, 22 January 2006 (UTC) reply
  181. SupportSmyth\ talk 12:55, 22 January 2006 (UTC) reply
  182. Support -- DS1953 talk 19:09, 22 January 2006 (UTC) reply
  183. Support, calm and knows policy. Kappa 22:19, 22 January 2006 (UTC) reply
  184. Support. +sj + 22:53, 22 January 2006 (UTC) reply
  185. Support Alai 23:38, 22 January 2006 (UTC) reply
  186. Support Seems good. -- AySz88^ - ^ 23:40, 22 January 2006 (UTC) reply
  187. Support. Monicasdude 23:43, 22 January 2006 (UTC) reply

Oppose

  1. Oppose -- Jeffrey O. Gustafson - Shazaam! - <*> 02:02, 9 January 2006 (UTC) reply
  2. OpposeBunchofgrapes ( talk) 02:37, 9 January 2006 (UTC) reply
  3. Oppose: Does not go renegade, but has circumvented process, in my experience, and ArbCom needs the most legal and careful people. Nothing against the person, just against this position. Geogre 11:17, 9 January 2006 (UTC) reply
  4. Oppose. -- HK 23:25, 9 January 2006 (UTC) reply
  5. Oppose, I have seen worryingly tendentious AFD closures by this user. Bishonen | talk 00:10, 10 January 2006 (UTC). reply
  6. Oppose, with wooden stakes, garlic, silver bullets, etc. Position on fancruct intolerable. Avriette 06:34, 10 January 2006 (UTC) reply
  7. Weak Oppose, though a prolific editor, have not seen evidence of much previous involvement with community, a must for an arbitrator. HGB 19:19, 10 January 2006 (UTC) reply
  8. Oppose Have seen be too doctrinaire and unreasonable to be suited for ArbCom; conduct on Republic and its relatives particularly troublesome. Septentrionalis 19:38, 10 January 2006 (UTC) reply
  9. Oppose Candidate statement inadequate for appointment as arbitrator, as does not address nature of arbitration. Fifelfoo 21:53, 10 January 2006 (UTC) reply
  10. Oppose per above. Saravask 23:56, 10 January 2006 (UTC) reply
  11. Oppose. enochlau ( talk) 05:33, 11 January 2006 (UTC) reply
  12. Oppose. -- Masssiveego 07:45, 11 January 2006 (UTC) reply
  13. Oppose Astrotrain 21:28, 11 January 2006 (UTC) reply
  14. Oppose jni 08:42, 13 January 2006 (UTC) reply
  15. Oppose-- Davidpdx 12:14, 13 January 2006 (UTC) reply
  16. Oppose Dr. B 18:13, 13 January 2006 (UTC) reply
  17. Oppose. I'm not usually a single issue guy, but I was disappointed in your mocking lack of regard for the consensus question. Velvetsmog 01:32, 14 January 2006 (UTC) reply
  18. Regretfully Oppose. why? ++ Lar: t/ c 02:11, 15 January 2006 (UTC) reply
  19. -- Boothy443 | trácht ar 06:01, 15 January 2006 (UTC) reply
  20. Strong oppose. Despite having many edits to his name, most are minor. SimonP has entered a campaign of flooding wikipedia and hence its mirrors and caches with Bible cruft, the entire text of parts of the bible itself, and other behaviour demonstrating activity that the IVCF/ IFES/ UCCF would be proud of. SimonP has repeatedly demonstrated an unwillingness to respect community consensus on these matters and others, such as template locations. -- Victim of signature fascism | help remove biblecruft 18:59, 15 January 2006 (UTC) reply
  21. Oppose, but not because your contributions are insignificant. Rather, I have and will continue to respect them. However, you've given little reason to make you an arbitrator. Superm401 | Talk 00:59, 16 January 2006 (UTC) reply
  22. Oppose. Preaky 01:37, 16 January 2006 (UTC) reply
  23. Oppose, per Pmanderson/Septentrionalis above -- Francis Schonken 13:33, 16 January 2006 (UTC) reply
  24. Oppose concerns about neutrality and open mind wrp103 (Bill Pringle) 21:00, 20 January 2006 (UTC) reply
  25. Oppose edit spamming does not make you worthy of the Arbcom Cynical 22:44, 20 January 2006 (UTC) reply
  26. Oppose, being a good editor does not mean someone is a good mediator. Also, his messages on talk are often somewhat hostile, without much provocation, which is inappropriate for a mediator. If he could learn to be friendly, even when extremely frustrated and/or annoyed, I would support. -- Kjkolb 02:26, 21 January 2006 (UTC) reply
  27. Oppose The times I've encountered him it's been stuff like deleting a legitimate article just because that article had been vandalized ( Chris Carpenter) and he didn't bother checking the edit history, simply adding {{wikify}} tags to obvious copyright violations, hoaxes, etc. in huge quantities with no edit summaries ever. Again, might be a great editor, but my contact with him hasn't been great... and the above comments make me worried. -- W.marsh 02:49, 22 January 2006 (UTC) reply
  28. Oppose. -- Angr ( tɔk) 16:10, 22 January 2006 (UTC) reply
  29. Oppose CDThieme 23:36, 22 January 2006 (UTC) reply

Neutral

  1. Neutral Editing record is excellent and I like your responses -- however, I have not heard of you at all on admin pages. Just can't say without more info. novacatz 05:06, 9 January 2006 (UTC) reply
  2. Strong Neutral - I've never heard of him. Which is kinda surprising if he has more edits that anyone else. Otherwise, sounds like a great candidate. -- Phroziac . o º O ( ♥♥♥♥ chocolate!) 05:13, 9 January 2006 (UTC) reply
  3. Neutral -- Crunch 05:40, 9 January 2006 (UTC) reply
  4. - Vote Signed By: Chazz- Place comments here
  5. Neutral Good editing record, but statement doesn't say much about why he's running or what he'd do. -- William Pietri 23:21, 14 January 2006 (UTC) reply
  6. I've withdrawn my support, because of [1] this usage of the rollback button to remove a {{ mergeto}} tag placed in good faith. R adiant _>|< 10:41, 16 January 2006 (UTC) reply
  7. Neutral Dannycas 00:25, 19 January 2006 (UTC) reply
  8. Weak Neutral, almost teetering into opposition. Nice long record, but you don't provide information about what you'd do while ain ArbCom. Merely having the most number of edits doesn't say much to me about your ability of arbitration. Author782 08:43, 20 January 2006 (UTC) reply
  9. Neutral, statement haven't told me anything. KTC 12:22, 22 January 2006 (UTC) reply