My ArbCom election endorsements AGK Courcelles Hersfold Kirill Lokshin Roger Davies As an election coordinator I should probably shut up But one editor whose judgment I trust has made the point that my role is rather functional this year In any case my time budget for WP is regrettably small at the moment so I m not heavily involved I m voting oppose for most of the candidates not mentioned here but I don t want to focus on this Here are the editors I believe we re lucky to have as candidates and I strongly recommend that voters support them AGK Knows the go from his experience as a clerk a CU an OS an AE admin and member of BASC Cluey about conflict of interest Experienced and interested in mediation always a good thing in an arb Has the type of writing skills necessary to draft judgments Not much of a content editor but I don t care in his case He s keen to rationalise the text bloat in arb judgments particularly the ridiculous segmented no brainer restatements of long standing policy a particular issue for me see his responses to my queries on his talk page I sense he s likely to be on the keep the cases short in duration side on the committee this is a top priority IMO This guy is on the mark I don t mind a technocrat on board Courcelles Admin CU OS BASC and OTRS service all trustworthy service Level headed with good social judgement I m happy with his responses to the questions Has content experience and may be suitable for induction into case drafting first as a co drafter Good interwiki affiliations including adminships on Commons and Meta This will inject new skills and knowledge into the committee Ideal new blood on the committee Hersfold Has the right skill base to be a very effective arb Good social and policy judgment Pretty good answers but a lame candidate statement memo to Hersfold Could tighten up his prose when he contributes to case drafting not bad though Only just scrapes across the line for endorsement I was put off by his early resignation last time I do hope it doesn t happen again I m away from my computer for this week last Friday was not a good sign Will he have the time to be an arb I will vote Support for him giving him the benefit of the doubt Kirill Lokshin An old hand knows the process very well which is important for continuity and inducting the new arbs Trustworthy Very bright guy Doesn t play games Good understanding of CoI Good writer drafter Overstepped the mark with that GovCom thing in 2009 and admirably resigned which was more than he had to do IMO Has come back shining Solid arb still fresh a big tick Roger Davies Shows a fine sense of justice and balance Well developed sense of CoI particularly in separating his personal views from his judgments plays it by the book Has kept the whole thing running by doing a lot of the hard yards from what I ve been told Excellent writer drafter and has a strong track record of MilHist and FAC involvement Good commitments in his candidate statement I like his policy of small government Has a reputation for being highly skilled at managing the stream of sociopaths ArbCom saves the community from having to deal with Don t see eye to eye with him on the size of judgement texts but what the heck If he s been one of the arbs pushing for the shortening of case times I like it A stand out for his professionalism pragmatism and intelligence