Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee Elections December 2006/Summary table

message: I started by adding the information for the 5 candidates that signed up first. I'm hoping that this serves as a model for others. I haven't looked at the links themselves yet and need to do other things for the rest of the day, but here are my experiences so far: My source was what the candidates themselves wrote in reply to questions. What I found especially helpful was Brian New Zealand's question, usually #6, a question by maclean and one under Additional questions (#2). When a candidate points to a page where they contributed, I use the link to its history. — Sebastian (talk) 06:02, 2 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Adding links 

message: copied from Wikipedia_talk:Arbitration_Committee_Elections_December_2006 
Some collaborative work has been taking place to produce the summary table seen here. There may be better tables around elsewhere, and the Signpost might also produce some useful summaries of information. I suppose the questions are:
*Is the current form of this table acceptable. ie. does it strike a balance between usefully summarising information (good) and over-emphasising certain aspects of a candidate's record (bad)?
*What needs to be changed and how can it be improved further?
*Can it/should it be made more visible? Where is the best place to put the table? How can this be done without giving the wrong impression that it is in any way official? How can it be made clear that it is mostly produced by the voters, and not the candidates?
If the summary table is acceptable, I'd be happy to maintain and update it until the elections start, though I'd hope that it would also be maintained by the community, in the same way that it was built. Carcharoth 02:38, 28 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: And to update this, more work needs to be done on this table so it is up-to-date, objective, and balanced. Some entries need dates and links and supporting diffs. Unfortunately, I'm away this weekend, but will be able to look in on this on Sunday evening. Carcharoth 02:17, 2 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Regarding the visibility, the current situation is that it is linked from near the bottom of Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections December 2006. Tra (Talk) 02:32, 2 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Final push to get table completed 

message: Kirill Lokshin is linked to the Giano RfA. Is this in error? Jd2718 18:36, 2 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I think it might be the wrong link; there's no reference to him anywhere on that page. I've commented it out for now. Tra (Talk) 19:08, 2 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm guessing it was meant to be a link to the workshop page, as I was merely a participant in the discussion, not a party to the case itself. Kirill Lokshin 19:42, 2 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Dispute link question 

message: Is there a tidier way to mark candidates as withdrawn after voting starts? I don't want to see them removed from the table completely, as that distorts the history slightly. Maybe move to a different table down the bottom? Carcharoth 17:50, 4 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: What do you mean by "that distorts the history slightly"? — Sebastian (talk) 18:03, 4 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Only that I think the table should preserve a record of how many candidates entered the voting phase. Don't care how it's done, but just want to avoid the impression that 36 candidates started. See how it is handled on the election pages. Stuff is marked as "withdrawn", not just quietly removed. It is just more informative to update, rather than remove. Carcharoth 18:35, 4 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I've set his row to grey and strikethrough. Does that look any better? Tra (Talk) 19:52, 4 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text:  Works for me. I have a slight preference for keeping it in a separate table because that will reduce scrolling for the reader, but it's not worth any extra effort. — Sebastian (talk) 19:57, 4 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Withdrawn candidates 

message: What is the "age" column doing on this page? --Tony Sidaway 07:28, 20 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: The table is a summary of selected data about the candidates, including ages where they have stated this. See the note/disclaimer at the bottom of the table. The age data was also published in the Signpost series on the candidates. Carcharoth 11:51, 20 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Age