On all measures except one, this year's election is showing an ever decreased general lack of interest..... Only one NOTYET? Only one wholly divisive candidate? Only one person standing just to fix the supposed errors of last year's Committee? Only one person standing to keep an eye on them bastards...

Kumioko wrote:Yep I sure deserved to get banned for a talk page comment on my talk page.

Yes you did. At the very basic level, someone who did what you did, can't be considered WP:COMPETENT. What possible reason could anyone have for letting you ignore your unblock conditions straight off the bat? Because you're special? Or rather, incapable? I genuinely want to know, how does letting you of all people think you can keep whining even when told specifically to stop whining, benefit Wikipedia?

Kumioko wrote:Cause banning people indef over talk page comments after spending years and hundreds of thousands of edits is how Wikipedia justifies getting rid of a critic.

In English please, FFS.

Kumioko wrote:Aside from that stupid notion by crowsnest

What "stupid notion"? I specifically said it can't be blamed on you. It isn't hard, reading what people say and responding accordingly. A basic skill required of Wikipedia editors. As demonstrated by your failure to do so.

Kumioko wrote:, the real reason there aren't many candidates is that people don't respect the arbcom or their process.

and that has arguably been the case for years and years. Doesn't remotely explain the collapse of even the basic idea this is supposedly about the community choosing from a healthy slate of viable candidates, which has played out over recent years, as any serious critic would appreciate.

Kumioko wrote:They have shown the community they can't be trusted and the community has finally shown they don't need or want them.

Eh? Does that really make sense, to you? That the community would express these things through every single one of them unilaterally choosing not to stand? No, not even remotely plausible. Hundreds of editors demanded Fram's case be handled by ArbCom, just months ago. Liiterally smashed shit up to get it. So there is clearly a need and desire for it to exist and be useful. Far more plausible that virtually all viable candidates don't need or want to be the elected representatives of a bunch of unruly gangsters and downright evil stalkers, which is basically what large sections of the community have become unafraid to be seen as these last couple of years, outgrowing their previous reputation of merely being a bunch of closed shop assholes.

Kumioko wrote:I for one sincerely hope this year sees the collapse of the arbcom.

Well, they say it's the hope that kills, so.......

It's like you don't even realize this is complete horseshit. It's more like Crow lost the bet by a thousand miles, then didn't keep up his end of feeding the puppies and tried to sneak his way out by calling Tim a liar, which backfired, so now he says it's horseshit. Real man own their mistakes and...

That's the thing about smoke. Doesn't respect international borders.

Boy, we are all learning today!

Carrite wrote:Here's a chance to reclaim a little bit of the cred you squandered in the Bat-Cow fiasco...

It's like you don't even realize this is complete horseshit.

What the candidates really said: Worm: Kumioko, I'll unblock you now if you promise not to keep whining. Kumioko: sure Worm: OK, unblocked Kumioko: So, these Wikipedia Administrators, what's that about? Worm: FUCKING HELL. Kill me now. Five days to the deadline and only four viable candidates for e...

Timmy lied. Hi. A heads-up that I've rolled back your conversion of content to a redirect; this piece was substantial enough that it needs to run through a standardized community deletion process (PROD or AfD) rather than being unilaterally put to the sword. I share your belief it is not gonna pass ...

I'm pretty sure the Chinese have better things to spend $600 billion on.

I think you could lay your hands on eighty or so people in a third world country to turn their hand to a bit of IT work, no?

Yeah, it's terrible when you have no choice but to breathe polluted air, or have to watch your beautiful ancient forests burning down. On the bright side, you didn't lose any of those shiny high speed trains unlike some countries, right?



Suck it up.