Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections December 2006/Summary table

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Small numbers in "First edit" and "Adminship" columns are no. of months before 2006-12-01

Candidate	Statement, Questions, Vote (other links)	Examples	Support	Oppose	%	First edit	Adminship	Nomination	Age	Notes see also the notes below the table
Alex Bakharev	statement questions vote (u t c m l b p d)	[1] [2] [3]	133	64	68%	Jun 2005 17	Feb 2006 9	09 Nov	43
Blnguyen*	statement questions vote (u t c m l b p d)		241	46	84%	Sep 2005 14	May 2006 6	27 Nov	>18	On Mediation Cabal. block log and explanation
Can't sleep, clown will eat me	statement questions vote (u t c m l b p d)		303	100	75%	Nov 2005 12	Apr 2006 7	01 Dec		block log
Daniel.Bryant	statement questions vote (u t c m l )	[4] [5] [6]	141	93	60%	May 2006 6	not an admin	01 Nov	16	Currently a clerk at Requests for Checkuser. On Mediation Cabal. block log and explanation
Flcelloguy*	statement questions vote (u t c m l b p d)	[7]	252	2	99%	May 2005 18	Aug 2005 15	04 Nov		Does not believe age is relevant. On Mediation Committee
FloNight*	statement questions vote (u t c m l b p d)		204	38	84%	Oct 2005 13	May 2006 6	11 Nov	48	Currently an Arbitration Committee Clerk since c. August 2006 [8]
Geogre	statement questions vote (u t c m l b p d)		182	106	63%	Nov 2003 36	Aug 2004 27	06 Nov	44	block log and explanation.
Golbez	statement questions vote (u t c m l b p d)		21	70	23%	Mar 2004 32	Sep 2004 26	01 Dec	26	Ran in the January 2006 ArbCom elections.block log
Harvestman	statement questions vote (u t c m l )		10	66	13%	Dec 2005 11	not an admin	08 Nov	>18
Improv	statement questions vote (u t c m l b p d)		42	86	33%	Oct 2004 25	Feb 2005 21	06 Nov	28	Also Pgunn (t c). Ran as Improv in the December 2004 and the January 2006 ArbCom elections On Mediation Cabal. Mediation Committee emeritus.
John Reid	statement questions vote (u t c m l )		26	93	22%	Dec 2005 11	not an admin	06 Nov	46	block log
Jpgordon*	statement questions vote (u t c m l b p d)		180	31	85%	Sep 2004 26	Nov 2004 24	20 Nov	52	Ran in the January 2006 ArbCom elections block log
Kelly Martin	statement questions vote (u t c m l b p d)		41	263	13%	Dec 2004 23	former admin	01 Dec	37	Former arbitrator by direct appointment from October 2005. Resigned in January 2006 and then later in the month ran in the January 2006 ArbCom elections, but was not elected. Admin from 2005-06-15, checkuser from 2005-11-12, oversight from 2006-06-30, all of these removed by user request on 2006-09-21.[9] block log
Kirill Lokshin*	statement questions vote (u t c m l b p d)	[10] [11] [12]	235	6	98%	Jun 2005 17	Oct 2005 13	01 Nov	22
Kylu	statement questions vote (u t c m l b p d)		74	87	46%	Apr 2006 7	July 2006 4	03 Nov	>31	Currently a mediation cabal coordinator block log
Matt Yeager	statement questions vote (u t c m l )		32	75	30%	May 2005 18	not an admin	17 Nov	18
Nandesuka	statement questions vote (u t c m l b p d)		90	55	62%	Mar 2005 20	Sep 2005 14	05 Nov	>30	Ran in the January 2006 ArbCom elections
Nihonjoe	statement questions vote (u t c m l b p d)		50	52	49%	Sep 2005 14	May 2006 6	21 Nov	>30
Paul August*	statement questions vote (u t c m l b p d)	[13] [14]	220	18	92%	July 2004 28	May 2005 18	15 Nov	56
Phil Sandifer	statement questions vote (u t c m l b p d)	[15]	29	122	19%	Apr 2004 31	July 2004 28	01 Nov		Also Snowspinner (t · c · b · p · d · m · r). Ran as Snowspinner in the January 2006 ArbCom elections. block log (Phil Sandifer), block log (Snowspinner). One of the original Arbitration Committee Clerks from January 2006.[16] Listed as inactive since 1 September 2006.[17] reason.
PMA	statement questions vote (u t c m l b p d)		8	96	8%	July 2002 52	former admin	01 Nov	>18	Became an admin in June 2003. Desysoped by user request (March 2004) [18], regained adminship (June 2004) [19], desysoped by user request (August 2005), resysoped February 2006, resigned adminship in November 2006.[20]
Proto	statement questions vote (u t c m l b p d)		26	56	32%	Mar 2005 20	Apr 2006 7	28 Nov	27
R.D.H. (Ghost In The Machine)	statement questions vote (u t c m l )		38	57	40%	July 2005 16	not an admin	29 Nov	41	block log
Radiant!	statement questions vote (u t c m l b p d)	[21] [22] [23]	181	80	69%	Dec 2004 23	Jun 2005 17	24 Nov	>23	Also Radiant (t c). Withdrew then re-entered the current election.[24]
Samuel Blanning	statement questions vote (u t c m l b p d)		132	58	69%	Sep 2005 14	Mar 2006 8	08 Nov	21	Also Last Malthusian (t c). On Mediation Cabal.
Shell Kinney	statement questions vote (u t c m l b p d)	[25], [26], [27], [28]	54	49	52%	Jun 2005 17	Nov 2005 12	10 Nov	30	also Jareth (t · c · b · p · d · m · r);
Starblind	statement questions vote (u t c m l b p d)		47	52	47%	Dec 2004 23	July 2005 16	28 Nov	20s
The prophet wizard of the crayon cake	statement questions vote (u t c m l )	see list	20	95	17%	Jun 2006 5	not an admin	06 Nov		On Mediation Cabal.
UninvitedCompany*	statement questions vote (u t c m l b p d)		254	39	87%	Mar 2003 44	Apr 2004 31	01 Nov	40	Also Kat (t c) and 209.150.193.201 (t c). One of the original directly appointed arbitrators from January 2004.[29] Resigned in February 2004.[30] Also a bureaucrat since Oct 2004.[31]. UninvitedCompany (talk · contribs · rights · renames), Oversight and a CheckUser. [32] block log.
Wildthing61476	statement questions vote (u t c m l )		6	69	8%	May 2006 6	not an admin	06 Nov	30
Will Beback	statement questions vote (u t c m l b p d)	[33]	175	66	73%	July 2004 28	Jun 2005 17	23 Nov	>40	also User2004 (t · c · b · p · d · m · r) and Willmcw (t · c · b · p · d · m · r). Mediation Committee emeritus.
Withdrawn candidates
Crazytales56297 WITHDRAWN	statement questions vote (u t c m l )					May 2005 18	not an admin	22 Nov	14
Doc glasgow WITHDRAWN	statement questions vote (u t c m l b p d)					Apr 2005 19	Sep 2005 14	30 Nov	30s	Also Aoratos (t c). block log
Freakofnurture WITHDRAWN	statement questions vote (u t c m l b p d)					Feb 2005 21	Dec 2005 11	08 Nov	<65	Esperanza Advisory Council (May–August, 2006). Bot approval committee group (March 2006– ).
JzG WITHDRAWN	statement questions vote (u t c m l b p d)					Aug 2004 27	Jan 2006 10	08 Nov	42	Also Just zis Guy, you know? (t c)
MONGO WITHDRAWN	statement questions vote (u t c m l b p d)					Jan 2005 22	Nov 2005 12	02 Nov	>40	Does not believe age is relevant. block log and explanation.
Voice of All WITHDRAWN	statement questions vote (u t c m l b p d)					July 2005 16	Oct 2005 13	11 Nov		Currently a clerk at Requests for Checkuser. block log Bot approval committee group (September 2006– ). Was desysopped at own request between Oct 2006-10-31 and 2006-11-15

Columns of this table

• Vote Voting is now closed, but the pages linked will show the votes cast for each candidate.
• Other links - u = user page; t = user talk page; c = contributions list; m = pages moved; l = permissions (can be used to confirm status, eg. administrator); b = use of blocks; p = pages protected; d = pages deleted. These last three actions only apply to administrators.
• Note regarding block logs: (the links in some entries for the 'Notes' column) some of these blocks were by mistake or as a test so the existence of this link alone does not reflect on the candidate. Follow the link for more detailed information.
• Examples: Links to examples where candidate exhibited arbitration skills.
• Raw Votes: Compiled from the voting pages, where % is the percentage of yes votes.
• Note regarding ages: there is no requirement to reveal age (or any other personal or identifying information) on Wikipedia. The ages provided here were compiled by reading the answers candidates provided, their responses to questions about their age (where asked) and information provided on their user pages.

General comments and statistics

• Edit counts (as of 4 November) for most of the candidates, for those interested, can be found at Wikipedia:List of Wikipedians by number of edits.

37 candidates. 2 former arbitrators. 1 bureaucrat. 27 administrators. 2 former administrators. 8 non-administrators. 2 arbitration committee clerks (one inactive). 2 requests for checkuser clerks. 8 candidates with mediation cabal or mediation committee experience. Candidate age range (where revealed) is 14-56. Arrival years (number of candidates): 2002 (1); 2003 (2); 2004 (10); 2005 (20); 2006 (4).

* Selected for the Arbitration Committee.