Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee Elections December 2012/Candidates/Richwales

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This is the talk page for discussing a candidate for election to the Arbitration Committee.


Comments on two ArbCom cases[edit]

Regarding the "Civility enforcement" case, the following comment which I made on an amendment request may be of interest to readers. In a nutshell, although I felt (and still feel) that civility is paramount, and that Malleus Fatuorum's communication style has been inappropriately uncivil, I accept the evident fact that there simply is not a clear community consensus on this point. To avoid any possible future controversy over whether I harbour prejudice or bias against MF, I will say that if a subsequent amendment request or new case involving him were to come before an Arbitration Committee on which I was sitting, I would recuse myself unless I were presented with unusually compelling reasons not to do so.

Regarding the "TimidGuy ban appeal" case, the community needs to be aware that I have had somewhat of a connection with Will Beback in the past, both on- and off-wiki — primarily in connection with my two RfA bids. In the event that a ban appeal or other action involving WB were to come before an ArbCom on which I was sitting, I would recuse myself, unquestionably and without hesitation. — Richwales 18:10, 14 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Please supply diffs, or even one diff, where you address incivility or personal attacks against Malleus, and thereby show that you are concerned about even enforcement of civility.
You don't have to be perfect, but I have a fear that you don't have 1/100th of the sense of fairness of Worm That Turned, who earlier predicted or called for a ban of Malleus (and who did bar him from one RfA). Please prove me wrong.
Kiefer.Wolfowitz 09:56, 28 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Are you asking me to answer the above as an official part of the election process? I believe the proper procedure in this case would be for you to add your question to my question page. If I see a question from you (or anyone else) on my question page, I will certainly do my best to answer it. — Richwales 15:27, 28 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Hi Rich!
Thanks for your reply. I was wondering why nobody had asked a question to you before!
Cheers, Kiefer.Wolfowitz 21:27, 28 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Uh-oh. If you had failed to find my question page, I hope you will go through it now and see what I have said to others. It might change your evaluation of me, or it might not, but at least you (and the people who consult your guide) will have as complete a view of me as possible. Same goes for the other candidates too, of course — please read their question pages as well, and act as you see fit based on what you read. — Richwales 22:53, 28 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]
As noted in my guide, I reviewed Rich's responses, of course. Kiefer.Wolfowitz 20:59, 4 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Questions[edit]

Questions for Richwales

Kiefer.Wolfowitz 10:18, 5 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]