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What are your views of the proposed [[Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Code of Conduct]] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:User_Bill_of_Rights&oldid=33628435 User Bill of Rights]?

--<font colorspan style="color: darkred;"><font facespan style="font-family: georgia;">[[User:Herschelkrustofsky|<span style="color: darkred;">HK</span>]]</fontspan></fontspan> 15:56, 6 January 2006 (UTC)

* Both should be in place ages ago. The former is rather long though, I thought the Recusal section could be easily summarised with ''use common sense''. - [[User:Mailer diablo|Mailer Diablo]] 16:12, 6 January 2006 (UTC)

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The reason why there was only one question on Q&A, is because I joined the elections around the last few days. I apologise for my lateness in my candidacy. I'm not sure if questions may still be posted, but if it is I welcome any new questions to be posted to clarify your doubts.

After looking at the current votes, I suppose many would like me to elaborate on my statement and direction, so here it is. Personally, I believe that punishment should be handed out on the basis that it would hopefully reform users, and giving them a second chance of change. Don't be surprised to see me in favour for shorter bans in place ofand alternative action (such as mentorship, probation, article bans, etc). A good example would be [[User:Mike Garcia|Mike Garcia]], reformed member currently on mentorship under Jimbo's instructions. If you simply hardban a user outright, he/she's probably only going to jump his/her ban and continually reset the date.

I believe an arbitrator should have three important aspects that they must uphold, which are part of my principles - Integrity, civility and sense of shame :

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- ''Yours faithfully,'' [[User:Mailer diablo|Mailer Diablo]] 02:01, 10 January 2006 (UTC)

==Question from Sjakkalle==

Thanks for expanding this Q&A section a bit. One question I would like to ask is your opinion on [[WP:IAR]]. What are your general thoughts on the appropriate use of it? [[User:Sjakkalle|Sjakkalle]] [[User talk:Sjakkalle|<small>(Check!)</small>]] 07:07, 10 January 2006 (UTC)

* If strictly speaking, IAR isn't official policy. However, I think its should be treated as the same way that we treat [[WP:BOLD]] - ''...but don't be reckless!'' pretty much sums up my views about IAR. - [[User:Mailer diablo|Mailer Diablo]] 12:27, 10 January 2006 (UTC)

==Question from Mackensen==

You've indicated above support for the Code of Conduct, while implying that it and the Bill of Rights could be rendered simply as "use common sense." I agree with that view. Taken with your views on Ignore All Rules and WP:BOLD, how do you feel about the following statement: ''administrators wear two hats; that of a sysop and that of an editor. An editor is bold, and may ignore all rules, but a sysop does so at his peril. A good administrator always remembers which hat he is wearing.'' --[[User:Mackensen|Mackensen]] [[User_talk:Mackensen|(talk)]] 00:30, 11 January 2006 (UTC)

* ''An administrator caught wearing both hats on in an editing dispute, gives people the feeling no different from being caught as a two-timer.'' I see the mop and bucket more as a janitoral tool, in which a good sysop indeed will always remember to set them aside when one goes editing as an editor. - [[User:Mailer diablo|Mailer Diablo]] 13:55, 11 January 2006 (UTC)

==Questions from maclean25==

#Can you name one [[Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Completed requests|arbitration case]] which you disagreed with the final decision or opinion? How would your opinion differ in that case?

#* [[Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Snowspinner vs. Lir]]. It appears to be rushed; more time should have been spent on its investigation which may impact on final decision. - [[User:Mailer diablo|Mailer Diablo]] 13:45, 13 January 2006 (UTC)

#Can you name one arbitration case which you thought worked spectacularly well? What let that case be so effective? --[[User:Maclean25|maclean<small>25</small>]] 05:30, 12 January 2006 (UTC)

#* [[Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Everyking 2]], although the user in question did somehow ended up in another case (over something else), giving him the second chance and the resulting improvement of his conduct on the article in question has led to the eventual discharge of his mentorship. - [[User:Mailer diablo|Mailer Diablo]] 13:45, 13 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]] 20:49, 12 January 2006 (UTC)