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Jotting down here some thoughts on the 2011 Arbitration Committee Elections. The intention was to ask individual questions of each candidate before voting started, but I have not had time for that this year (though I may still ask questions and see what answers are provided during the voting phase). What I did for last year's election is here.
As someone who was an arbitrator for two years (2009 and 2010), one of my main focuses here is on assessing candidates on the basis of my experience from those two years, and also getting a feel for how any arbs that I worked with have done during the past year (comparing that to how they did while I was working with them in previous years). Unlike last year, when I was still a sitting arbitrator during the election, I intend to be more forthright this year in my opinions. The only other former arbitrator who has commented on the elections, as far as I know, is Wizardman, who has written a guide giving his views on the candidates in this election.
Additionally, a few hours after voting commenced, I wrote a summary regarding the committee and seat numbers for previous elections. I then carried on assessing the candidates, with the conclusions below not completed until some time after voting had started (though voting was scheduled to run for around two weeks).
In the entries below:
- (i) Initial view, mostly based on candidate guide.
- (ii) View after reading the candidate's statement.
- (iii) View after reading the candidate's answers to questions.
- (iv) General comments and thoughts on the candidate.
- (v) Final vote, after reading other candidate-related pages.
Please direct any comments to the talk page (including the candidates, who are more than welcome to comment on what I've said).