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# '''Would you be terrific, in your post?''' [[User:DG|D.]] [[User_talk:DG|G.]] 02:21, 17 October 2005 (UTC)
#: Absolutely. There is no doubt about it, to be certain. [[User:DG|D.]] [[User_talk:DG|G.]] 02:17, 17 October 2005 (UTC)
# '''Blah blah blither blather ArbCom?''' [[User:Andrevan|<b><
#: I beg to differ on that issue, Andre. Respectfully. [[User:DG|D.]] [[User_talk:DG|G.]] 02:21, 17 October 2005 (UTC)
# '''What is your stance on the affirmative action taxation of gay marriage in the crack-addicted aborted baby military occupying Eurasian prostitution embezzlement organized crime church tort schools, and how will this affect your ability to arbitrate as effectively and ineffectively as you can and cannot?''' -[[User:Silence|Silence]] 06:36, 18 October 2005 (UTC)
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#How do you view the role (and relative importance) of [[WP:Civility]] in the process of building a factually accurate encyclopedia? How do you view editors who are normally correct in article namespace, but who may be perceived as rude – including to longtime, popular editors and admins – on Talk pages and the like?
:Civility is one of the core pillars of Wikipedia. The most important thing to remember is that through it all, no matter how much we may disagree, we are all focussing on the same goal, that of creating a free encyclopaedia. As long as there is that bit of united strength, I think we can smooth over most any conflict. When that civility and reasonableness is no longer there, all bets are off. That said, that is why some of the POV trolls are so dangerous. They do not really believe in the project; they merely want to extoll their own ideology. [[User:DG|D.]] [[User_talk:DG|G.]] 09:47, 9 January 2006 (UTC)
#Do you have an academic background of any kind, and if so, in what field? How do you handle critiques from your peers and professors (assuming those aren’t one and the same), which may be sharply worded or otherwise skirt the edges of [[WP:Civility]] even if they are correct? Considering those professors who have recently had you as a student, what would ''they'' tell me if I asked them the same question about you?
:This is just a strange question. [[User:DG|D.]] [[User_talk:DG|G.]] 09:47, 9 January 2006 (UTC)
#What are your views on the proposed policy [[Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Code of Conduct]]? Whether you think it should be a formal policy or not, do you believe you would generally act in accordance with it? What aspects of it do you think should not be there, or to put it another way, are there any proposals there which you can think of good reasons to ignore on a regular basis? (Please date any replies to this question as the proposal may well change over time.)
:It makes sense to me, and I believe I'd generally act in accordance with it. I don't think it ought to be passed though. There's enough of a backlog already without binding arbitrators' hands and creating a process to investigate the investigators. Unless you hope the code will be self-policing, in which case whether or not it is real policy is entirely moot. [[User:DG|D.]] [[User_talk:DG|G.]] 09:47, 9 January 2006 (UTC)
[[User:PurplePlatypus|PurplePlatypus]] 08:17, 20 December 2005 (UTC)
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Do you support [[Wikipedia:User Bill of Rights]]? ([[User:SEWilco|SEWilco]] 05:31, 21 December 2005 (UTC))
:There is nothing contained on that page that I disagree with. However, it's all said elsewhere. I think your bill of rights is incredibly stupid. [[User:DG|D.]] [[User_talk:DG|G.]] 09:54, 9 January 2006 (UTC)
== Questions being asked by [[User:Titoxd|Titoxd]] to all candidates ==
# How much of your Wikipedia time do you plan to spend on ArbCom business?
: All of it. I'm retiring from editing. [[User:DG|D.]] [[User_talk:DG|G.]] 09:47, 9 January 2006 (UTC)
# If you were elected and had to spend most of your time in ArbCom delibations, which projects would you consider to be the most negatively affected by your absence?
: All of them. That's life. [[User:DG|D.]] [[User_talk:DG|G.]] 09:47, 9 January 2006 (UTC)
# To what extent would those projects be affected?
: They would be terminated. [[User:DG|D.]] [[User_talk:DG|G.]] 09:47, 9 January 2006 (UTC)
[[User:Titoxd|Tito]][[Wikipedia:Esperanza|<span style="color:#008000;">xd</span>]]<sup>([[User_talk:Titoxd|?!?]] - [[User:Titoxd/Flcelloguy's Tool|help us]])</sup> 06:32, 24 December 2005 (UTC)
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''As a corollory:Do you believe, regardless of Jimbo Wales' view on the matter, that a large number of signatories (e.g. 150 requesting censure against 50 supporting the arbitrator) to an RFC against an arbitrator is enough that the arbitrator should be judged as having been rejected by the community in light of their actions, and consequently for them to be forcibly stripped of their post?''
:What these questions seem to be asking me to do is take sides as to the sovereignty of Jimbo Wales. I'll eat that bait, thank you, and side well on whichever side it is that says that Jimmy is great. From the start, Jimmy Wales has acted as a terrific patron of the Wikipedia community, and has shown restraint and judgement. You want to tie his hands up and take away even the small token right to exercise his overarching good judgement in the case that it might be necessary for the good of the free encyclopaedia, a right he has rarely exercised and hardly abused. Frankly, work on something more worthwhile, please. [[User:DG|D.]] [[User_talk:DG|G.]] 09:47, 9 January 2006 (UTC)
''[[WP:NPOV|wikipedia has a policy of NPOV]]. Excepting straw men, have you ever introduced a '''substantial''' opinion or fact that '''contradicts''' your own political or religious viewpoint into an article on a topic of which you have strong opinions, and if you have, how frequently do you do so compared to your other substatial edits to articles?''
:I'm a cop, not a doc. [[User:DG|D.]] [[User_talk:DG|G.]] 09:47, 9 January 2006 (UTC)
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Thank you for your kind consideration of and answers to these questions. —[[User:Nrcprm2026|<i>James S.</i>]] 06:24, 5 January 2006 (UTC)
: The answer to all these questions of your, James, is yes, I'm in favour of all that, and it's good, and so on. This is all hardly objectionable. Who isn't in favour of recusal in case of conflict of interest and so on? Pitch me some tougher questions next round. [[User:DG|D.]] [[User_talk:DG|G.]] 09:47, 9 January 2006 (UTC)
==[[Anarchism]] page==
How would you resolve the [[situationist|situation]] on the [[anarchism]] page?[[User:Harrypotter|Harrypotter]] 18:19, 9 January 2006 (UTC)
:Protect them all and let Jimbo sort them out. [[User:DG|D.]] [[User_talk:DG|G.]] 21:30, 11 January 2006 (UTC)
==advertising ==
"advertising nonsense being pulled over the community's eyes" <-- can you expand on this? --[[User:JWSchmidt|JWSchmidt]] 02:20, 10 January 2006 (UTC)
:Actually I have no views on the advertising thing. That was just political opportunism designed to trick those who foolishly did into voting for me. In reality I feel the issue is close to moot. What's wrong with an ad here or there? [[User:DG|D.]] [[User_talk:DG|G.]] 21:31, 11 January 2006 (UTC)
==Concerns over personal attack templates==
[[User:Improv]], who is also a candidate for the arbitration committee, has placed the following statement on [[Wikipedia:Village pump (policy)]]:
: ''I am concerned about [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Templates_for_deletion&curid=895730&diff=34790720&oldid=34790144#Template:User_against_scientology|recent templates] surviving AfD that appear to contrast with [[WP:NPA|established policy]]. In particular, I feel that these templates are [[Poisoning the well]] when it comes for how we treat our fellow wikipedians. There are circumstances where knowing too much about one's neighbours politicises how one deals with them. This is, to an extent, unavoidable in society, but wearing signs of hate as badges on our shoulders takes what is a small problem that we can usually deal with into the realm of being damaging to the community. Already, there have been signs of people refusing to help each other because they are on different ends of a political spectrum -- this seems likely to get worse if this trend continues. Some people cry that this is an attack on their first amendment rights (if they're American, anyhow), but that doesn't apply here because Wikipedia is not the U.S. government -- it is a community that has always self-regulated, and more importantly it is an encyclopedia with a goal of producing encyclopedic content. We have a tradition of respecting a certain amount of autonomy on userpages, but never absolute autonomy. We might imagine, for example, templates with little swastikas saying "this user hates jews". I am not saying that such a thing would be morally equivalent to this template against scientology, but rather that we should aim to minimise that aspect of ourselves, at least on Wikipedia, so we can make a better encyclopedia. The spirit of [[WP:NPOV|NPOV]] does not mean that we cannot have strong views and still be wikipedians, but rather that we should not wear signs of our views like badges, strive not to have our views be immediately obvious in what we edit and how we argue, and fully express ourselves in other places (Myspace? Personal webpage?) where it is more appropriate and less divisive.'' [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia%3AVillage_pump_%28policy%29&diff=34797833&oldid=34788153]
I am inviting all candidates, including Improv, to expand on this theme on their questions pages. Do you agree that this is a cause for concern as we move into 2006? How do you see the role of the arbitration committee in interpreting the interpretation of Wikipedia policy in the light of this concern? --[[User:Tony Sidaway|Tony Sidaway]]|[[User talk:Tony Sidaway|Talk]] 20:30, 12 January 2006 (UTC)
::No, I wasn't aware that this was one of Wikipedia's most major problems, and I don't believe it is too much of a cause for concern. Why do you care? [[User:DG|D.]] [[User_talk:DG|G.]] 01:32, 22 January 2006 (UTC)
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