User:Gerda Arendt/ACE 2018

Please first read User:Shock Brigade Harvester Boris/A pocket guide to Arbitration. Then pay a minute of silence to its author whom to have known was one of the pleasures on the site. (The link doesn't work any more, because his talk was archived, try again. It's still true.) He would have been an arb for whom I'd have voted without a question.

If you want analysis and recommendations, look what others offer. To know what I go for, or just compare what the candidates answered, stay here and read their answers, - I offer only teasers in the table below. I may sound boring because my question this year is the same as last year. Sadly, some who answered to my liking, didn't live up to their answers. New: I mark good answers. (Needless to say: good for me.) That's no guarantee I'll vote for the candidate ;) - 21 November: I voted now for those marked green, but there's no guarantee that I wouldn't change my mind if things change.

6 seats are available to be filled, but Arbcom does not need all 6 to be filled. If you do not believe a candidate is suitable, vote oppose[a]

My simple question (and the same as last year): Can you agree with Opabinia regalis here?

Candidate	nom day	answer day	answer	Precious date	Precious reason	Experience	Elected %
Fred Bauder[b]	5	6	"crew talk vs. civil conversation"	23 October 2009	Awesome	former arb
Robert McClenon	5	6	"civility is more complex than the avoidance of bad words"
Patient Zero[c]	5	11	"There's a difference between using swearwords out of exasperation and using them in an uncivil manner"	6 May 2016	friend of the wiki, terror of vandals
Courcelles	8	8	"Far be it from me to disagree with Opabinia on much of anything."	9 November 2018	featured lists and GA reviews	former arb	70,23
Kelapstick	8	8	"Having served two years on the committee with OR, I can honestly say that she is one of the most thoughtful Wikipedians I have ever had the pleasure of working with."	11 July 2013	mining and bacon	former arb
SilkTork	9	9	asked back, then complex answer, so one more question, and more			former arb	71,51
AGK	11	11	"Where an editor couches good points in blunt language, or uses an expletive to express them, they do not in all cases behave disruptively."	29 October 2008	courage and analysis (18 July 2012)	former arb	72,50
Doug Weller[d]	11	12	"happy to change my mind when new arguements are heard"			arb
Mkdw	12	13	"I also agree with her opinions about civility and how in certain contexts it has been weaponized"	10 November 2016	battleship and ballerina	arb	73,79
Drmies	12	12	"First of all I ALWAYS agree with Opabinia regalis, even if I don't."	20 February 2012	reviewing eyes	arb
Lourdes	13	14	"If the question pertains to the issue of turning a blind eye to incivility under the clarion call to continue editing, broadly, no."	3 July 2016	helpful insight with a pun	admin
Joe Roe	13	14	"I agree that the intent behind a message is important."	30 November 2017	archeological culture	admin	71,25
DGG	13	14	"I see her posting as an magnificent demonstration of the need for context, rather than simply going by a list of forbidden words."	12 April 2013	keep articles	arb
Isarra	13	21	"I would say the points seem quite reasonable"
GorillaWarfare	14	20	asked 20, explained former vote, and good other points	24 November 2013	articles for creation	former arb	72,78

Results

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