Welcome to my guide to the Arbitration Committee 2017 elections. I will be casting the following vote for Arbcom:
| Candidate | Comments | Vote |
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| Opabinia regalis | Running for re-election after finishing a term of exemplary service. No concerns. |  Support
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| Callanecc | Running for re-election after finishing a term of perfectly satisfactory service. No Concerns. | Support
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| BU Rob13 | An up and comer, who has gone from registering an account to holding advanced tools in just two years. This is not a bad thing in my mind, and just goes to show how good his judgement is. The fact that he's a bot operator is a plus, even though he's recused in some of those areas. | Support
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| SMcCandlish | This is probably my first truly controversial pick. Very often, I'll be reading a talk page discussion, find someone who is making a lot of sense, and look down to see his signature. This speaks to both his activity and his sensibility. He is not an admin, which is a minus, but it's not a huge deal. | Support
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| KrakatoaKatie | Good, solid levelheaded admin who was just entrusted with some additional buttons. No concerns. | Support
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| Worm That Turned | Most people will know WTT a little differently than I do. While a lot of people see a solid admin and former arbitrator, I see the Wikipedian who wrote my adopt-a-user course. While he was not able to run me through it personally, his fingers were on every aspect of my introduction to Wikipedia. I can say with confidence that if he had not written the adopt a user course, I wouldn't be writing this review today. His contributions in this area alone are enough to earn my support. He is returning abruptly from a relatively long period of inactivity, but that's the only concern. Former arbitrator. | Support
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| RickinBaltimore | Good, solid admin. No concerns. | Support
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| Alex Shih | Good solid admin. Some concerns with activity level/patterns, but he makes a lot of sense when he's here. | Support
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| Premeditated Chaos | Good solid admin. Slightly larger concerns with activity level/patterns. |  Oppose
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| Mailer diablo | Insufficient recent contributions to establish a solid track record. Former Arbitrator (2009) | Oppose
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| The Rambling Man | There are very few things that disqualify someone from arbcom in my mind, but chronic involvement in the process from the other side is one of them. TRM's arbcom run-ins have largely revolved around civility. While I sympathize with him, and think his restriction was terribly worded, arbcom needs more than bare-minimum civility. Arbitrators in particular need immaculate civility because they are the court of last resort, dealing with uncivil editors who are at times trying to drag down the process into a mudfight Any arbitrator with tendencies to join in is a liability. | Oppose
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| Sir Joseph | Directly quoting Boing said Zebedee's review: "I'm seeing bludgeoning, personalising disputes, not dropping sticks, and flogging far too many horse carcasses. And there's too much of a readiness to play the anti-semitism card, which he's done even in answer to questions in this very election." | Oppose
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| SarekOfVulcan | Candidate has Withdrawn | Oppose
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| A Den Jentyl Ettien Avel Dysklyver | Candidate Disqualified - Indefinitely blocked | Oppose
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The above ballot has been ranked in order from highest to lowest support - Opabinia regalis is my top choice, Alex Shih is my last candidate in, and Premeditated Chaos is my first candidate out. Nothing in here should be considered a judgement on any of these users beyond the scope of this election.