Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee Elections December 2012/Candidates/Keilana/Questions
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Moved comments from #Questions from Boing! said Zebedee[edit]
- I meant my question to be open to however you interpreted it, and I think that's a great answer, thanks. -- Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 16:14, 23 November 2012 (UTC)
Moved comments from #Question from Giano[edit]
In your statement you say: "Sometimes you can find me on IRC (usually in #wikipedia-en-spi and #wikipedia-en-admins). That will get my attention about as quickly as a talk page message." Could you explain what is so useful about IRC and, in particular, #wikipedia-en-admins? I know and appreciate that many of our admins find #wikipedia-en-admins an interesting and very useful place, could you explain why this is, and also why you obviously spend so much time there - to the extent that you indicate it's a second talk page for you? Thank you. Giano (talk) 14:55, 28 November 2012 (UTC)
- Ah, unfortunately, that's a bit out of date - I haven't been on in awhile and should probably update my userpage. I found it useful for being walked through complicated stuff (like some histmerges) that I hadn't done in a couple years once I came back from a break. I haven't been on IRC since August. I've found it useful to ask a quick technical question of someone I knew was online, so I could get an answer and go do whatever it was that I was trying to do without breaking the wiki. Thanks for asking.
- I see. "That will get my attention about as quickly as a talk page message" sounds as though you spend quite a lot of time there, more than on Wikipedia in fact and wished that to be the first point of contact. August is less than 9 weeks ago and now having so recently forsaken this place, you wish to be a Arb. I have never understood why admins feel a need to huddle together in this secretive, private place rather than be transparent on Wikipedia itself. It does not bode well for your behaviour if elected as an Arb. Sorry, you have lost my vote. Giano (talk) 16:25, 28 November 2012 (UTC)
- Well, I said that because I would idle there while working on Wikipedia, and my computer would make a noise if someone sent me a message. That's all I meant. Keilana|Parlez ici 17:42, 28 November 2012 (UTC)
- I see. "That will get my attention about as quickly as a talk page message" sounds as though you spend quite a lot of time there, more than on Wikipedia in fact and wished that to be the first point of contact. August is less than 9 weeks ago and now having so recently forsaken this place, you wish to be a Arb. I have never understood why admins feel a need to huddle together in this secretive, private place rather than be transparent on Wikipedia itself. It does not bode well for your behaviour if elected as an Arb. Sorry, you have lost my vote. Giano (talk) 16:25, 28 November 2012 (UTC)
Moved comments from #Question from Gerda Arendt[edit]
Civility: how do you feel about applying the principles that we use for BLPs (Biographies of living persons) also to editors: "a high degree of sensitivity", "attributed to a reliable, published source", "written conservatively and with regard for the subject's privacy", "the possibility of harm to living subjects must always be considered"? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:36, 30 November 2012 (UTC)
- I'm not 100% sure what you meant by this question, but I do believe that editors should try to treat one another kindly. Please feel free to ask more questions if I misinterpreted!
- I asked two other candidates the same question. I am almost sure that you try to treat editors as living people, with the same respect we give our biographies. But looking at a recent RfA that was termed an attack page, not everybody does. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:22, 1 December 2012 (UTC)