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Do you support the creation of a [[Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Code of Conduct]] as I have just now suggested at [[User talk:Jimbo Wales#A sincere question]]? - [[User:Ted Wilkes|Ted Wilkes]] 18:32, 10 December 2005 (UTC)

:I apearappear to have missed this question earlier, but I have answered a similar question [[#Recusal, Code of Conduct, Expansion|below]]. Ask me if this doesn't clarify your question. [[User:Dmcdevit|Dmcdevit]]·[[User talk:Dmcdevit|t]] 07:55, 8 January 2006 (UTC)

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#:I'm currently an undergraduate student, I'll leave it up to you whether that makes me an academic :) I could tell you that of course I always respond amenably to a constructive critique (and I ''do'' think I do that, and I think they would confirm it), but I think you are trying to get at how I respond to criticism directed at me in general. I think my actions are always up for review by the community, and I honestly appreciate any good critique offered. I'll probably even engage in a philosophical (wiki-philosophy) discussion for the excercise. Shockingly, I ''have'' made mistakes, and I admit it. And want to fix any brought to my attention, and want them brought to my attention. As for civility, I think the merit of the criticism is what should be responded to, as that's what would accomplish the self-improvement. I find the best way to respond to incivility is to be nice (incidentally, it's the best way to respond to niceness, too). Of course these are my ideals, I suppose I've probably transgressed it before, most likely with an ill-considered sarcasm, but that goes under the "mistake deserving of criticism" category I discussed earlier, and not acceptable. :)

#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.)

:Er, see [[#Recusal, Code of Conduct, Expansion|below]]. Tell me if that doesn't answer the question. [[User:Dmcdevit|Dmcdevit]]·[[User talk:Dmcdevit|t]] 07:59, 8 January 2006 (UTC)

[[User:PurplePlatypus|PurplePlatypus]] 08:17, 20 December 2005 (UTC)