Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2006-11-27/Arbitration series
Arbitration Committee elections: Candidate profiles
New arbitrators interviewed
15 January 2007
Seven arbitrators chosen
26 December 2006
Elections conclude, arbitrators to be chosen
18 December 2006
Arbitration Committee elections continue, extra seat available
11 December 2006
Arbitration Committee elections open
4 December 2006
Arbitration Committee elections: Candidate profiles
27 November 2006
ArbCom elections: Information on elections
13 November 2006
Arbitration election campaigns begin
6 November 2006
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This week, the Signpost profiles candidates in this year's elections.
Candidates in the December 2006 Arbitration Committee elections were interviewed this week for an election guide, in preparation for the start of the elections on Monday. The elections will run for two weeks, ending on Sunday, 17 December. It is anticipated that Jimbo Wales will make his selections for the Committee on Monday or Tuesday, and the newly elected Arbitrators will take their positions on 1 January, 2007.
The election guide is intended to be a brief overview of each candidate's beliefs and experiences. More detailed information about each candidate may be gleaned from their user pages, as well as their responses to questions from other users. Not all candidates have yet replied to our questions; their replies will be added as they are received.
Due to size, the guide has been split up alphabetically, though a page transcluding all sections is available below:
At press time, 31 candidates had submitted their names. Still likely is a significant number of last-minute entries; in the January elections, 23 candidates (over one-third of the field) volunteered in the final three days before nominations were closed. Current arbitrator Jayjg has not yet announced whether he will be running again; the other three arbitrators whose seats are up for re-election have chosen not to run again, and a fifth seat is empty.
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Why Even Have The Election?
If Jimbo chooses them anyway, what's the point of voting? Does he just pick the ones at the top to avoid people bothering him later on? It seems useless. Just H 01:26, 28 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]