User:Elonka/ACE2025

Disclaimer: This page expresses my personal opinions and observations only. I encourage all voters to do their own research on the candidates.

Overview

For those who aren't sure what this is about: The Arbitration Committee is part of the Wikipedia dispute resolution process. In fact, ArbCom is pretty much the last stop. For a general real world analogy, ArbCom is sort of like the Supreme Court of Wikipedia. The arbitrators don't make decisions on article content, but they do issue rulings on complex disputes relating to user conduct, and they have considerable authority within the wiki-culture. Members of the Committee are usually elected for two-year terms (sometimes one or three), with a new batch elected each year.

In September 2025, an RfC took place concerning the format of the 2025 elections, at Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections December 2025.

Candidates self-nominated, and the voting period is running until 23:59 December 1 UTC. For details on voting eligibility, see the 2025 election page.

For this 2025/2026 cycle, there are nine empty seats, for candidates who will be elected for either a one-or two-year term, with a minimum of 50% or 60% support, respectively. For details on required percentage of support, check here.

My standards

This page that you are reading contains my (Elonka's) thoughts on the current crop of ArbCom candidates. My general standards for a candidate are:

Admin access
Integrity
Experience with article-writing
Time-available for the project
Hands-on knowledge of the dispute resolution processes.

I am also a strong supporter of civility, as I believe that rude behavior on the project can drive away other editors, and I would hope that ArbCom would help support that view; however, I also understand that not everyone has the same feelings about civility, so I am willing to support arbitrator candidates for other reasons than just that one.

Past votes

To see my thoughts on previous elections, check:

Candidates

Aoidh (talk · contribs · count · logs · block log · lu · rfas · rfb · arb · rfc · lta · socks) • statement • questions
Support. Current arbitrator running for re-election.
Asilvering (talk · contribs · count · logs · block log · lu · rfas · rfb · arb · rfc · lta · socks) • statement • questions
Weak support. Just became an admin in 2024. Doesn't seem to have a lot in the way of content contributions. Does claim some GAs, but all with only about 20-50 edits each. So I'd say they *participated* in GAs. Definitely participated, answered questions during the review. So, they do have some experience. If they really want to try for arb, I'm willing to support.
Clovermoss (talk · contribs · count · logs · block log · lu · rfas · rfb · arb · rfc · lta · socks) • statement • questions
Support. Wikimedian of the Year. Definitely a hard worker, has good content contributions. There have been some concerns expressed that she might be too sensitive for the job, but I'm willing to give her a try.
Geni (talk · contribs · count · logs · block log · lu · rfas · rfb · arb · rfc · lta · socks) • statement • questions
Weak oppose. Has many failed RfAs, one failed RfB, and their statement and answers seeemed a little weak. Please do keep on with Wikipedia and creating content though!
Girth Summit (talk · contribs · count · logs · block log · lu · rfas · rfb · arb · rfc · lta · socks) • statement • questions
Support. Well qualified, good choice.
Guerillero (talk · contribs · count · logs · block log · lu · rfas · rfb · arb · rfc · lta · socks) • statement • questions
Support. Former arbitrator.
Hawkeye7 (talk · contribs · count · logs · block log · lu · rfas · rfb · arb · rfc · lta · socks) • statement • questions
Oppose. Hawkeye7 is a longtime editor, and has worked on a ton of Featured and Good articles. Used to be an arbirtrator, and an administrator, but got desysopped and was involved with civility warnings and wheel-warring. Granted, this was years ago. However, I reall feel he needs to get reinstated as an administrator before trying for arbitrator. His most recent try in November 2024 was unsuccessful. I'd like to see him try again and succeed there, before becoming an arbitrator.
HJ Mitchell (talk · contribs · count · logs · block log · lu · rfas · rfb · arb · rfc · lta · socks) • statement • questions
Support. Current arbitrator running for re-election. Lots of content contributions. This is an easy yes.
HouseBlaster (talk · contribs · count · logs · block log · lu · rfas · rfb · arb · rfc · lta · socks) • statement • questions
Weak support. Is an administrator, but just seems very new to the project. Works hard, but does not have any strong content contributions. I think HouseBlaster is a great asset to the project as an administrator, but is not yet ready for being an arbitrator. I'd like to see them get a GA or FA under their belt, and get more involved with the dispute resolution processes before trying for arbitrator. That said, I don't see any strong reason to oppose. So I'm going for a very weak support.
Izno (talk · contribs · count · logs · block log · lu · rfas · rfb · arb · rfc · lta · socks) • statement • questions
Support. Has been an arbitrator before, knows what they're getting into!
Sdrqaz (talk · contribs · count · logs · block log · lu · rfas · rfb · arb · rfc · lta · socks) • statement • questions
Support. Current arbitrator running for re-election.