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White Cat

Hi, everybody out there. For those who may be surprised why am I even a candidate there is a very simple yet unorthodox explanation for this. I have had gotten into a fair share of disputes. Of course being into disputes is by very nature not pleasant. It isn't necessarily a bad thing either. After how can anyone truly be able to deal with disputes big or small without experiencing big or small disputes.
I'd like to talk about my "failures"
  • I have one hell of a block log (as user "Cool Cat" and "Coolcat")
  • I have had 4 failed RfA's here on en.wikipedia. Full list is available here and I would recommend a short peek at it at least.
  • I let my paranoia bother AKMask to the point of an RFC.
  • I had been in front of ArbCom twice as an involved party:
    1. WP:RfAR/Coolcat, Davenbelle and Stereotek had put me on a year long temporary mentorship on issues concerning Turkey and/or the Kurds and banned me from mediating indefinitely until I am officially appointed to the Mediation Committee. That case was closed on 5 October 2005. Two out of three the other involved parties User:Davenbelle and User:Fadix ended up getting banned indefinitely* and for a year* respectively.
    2. WP:RfAR/Moby Dick had not levied any remedies on me. That case was closed on 13 August 2006. A number of remedies were levied on Moby Dick, a user treated like a sockpuppet of Davenbelle at least by arbcom*.
I am not "proud" of any of this and I will not even attempt to make excuses. But I can't change the past. I was not genetically engineered with wikipedias policies and I do have a learning curve with a finite slope.
I have been recommended to have a fresh start with an unconnected account but I desire not to do that. My reason for this is simple. I value honesty above everything else. It would be dishonest for me to come and claim to be a different user - at least in my own mind. I refuse to give up on my ideals simply because it is convenient.
So in sum I am not any near your "ideal" and popular candidate. I think I have a lot of experience that I can put to good use should I get appointed as an arbitrator. I hope to offer a different perspective which I feel is healthy in any median. I strongly feel that if everybody is thinking alike, often nobody is truly thinking. Weather I have grown adequately with my involvement with wikipedia and other wikimedia projects such as commons in my 2+ years here is for you to judge.
-- Cat chi? 22:31, 1 November 2007 (UTC)

Support

  1. —trey(wiki) 00:13, 3 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  2. fuck yes. we need drastic change on arbcom.  ALKIVAR™ ☢ 00:50, 3 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  3. --U.S.A.U.S.A.U.S.A. 01:05, 3 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose

  1. Too much drama This is a Secret account 00:01, 3 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  2. Kwsn (Ni!) 00:02, 3 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  3. Creating drama out of a signature was not the best thing Wikipedia has ever seen. Kurykh 00:02, 3 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  4. --W.marsh 00:04, 3 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  5. — Coren (talk) 00:09, 3 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  6. Rschen7754 (T C) 00:10, 3 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  7. Er, no. BLACKKITE 00:11, 3 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  8. Woodym555 00:18, 3 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  9. Heimstern Läufer (talk) 00:19, 3 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  10. Chaz Beckett 00:22, 3 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  11. – Gurch (talk) 00:22, 3 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  12. -- Ned Scott 00:23, 3 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  13. Nishkid64 (talk) 00:23, 3 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  14. —Charles P._(Mirv) 00:25, 3 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  15. — TKD::Talk 00:25, 3 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  16. The signature drama is enough to leave a sour taste in my mouth. Qst 00:27, 3 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  17. --uǝʌǝsʎʇɹnoɟʇs(st47) 00:27, 3 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  18. Nope. — Rlevse • Talk • 00:30, 3 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    Nishkid64 (talk) 00:31, 3 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    Voted once above. — TKD::Talk 00:41, 3 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  19. Oppose (vote explanations) -- Jd2718 00:31, 3 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  20. Daniel 00:33, 3 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  21. east.718 at 00:34, December 3, 2007
  22. Nufy8 00:34, 3 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  23. --Duk 00:35, 3 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  24. Angus McLellan (Talk) 00:36, 3 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  25. I respect this candidate, but am concerned about his past behavior in dispute resolution. GracenotesT § 00:37, 3 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  26. Oppose per Gracenotes. Sorry! Jonathan (T•@•C) 00:38, 3 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  27. Nick 00:39, 3 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  28. I respect this user, but I'm just not so sure about maturity and associated behaviour. 哦， 是吗？(review O) 00:39, 03 December 2007 (GMT)
  29.  — master sonT - C 00:40, 3 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  30. Ρх₥α 00:43, 3 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  31. - auburnpilot talk 00:47, 3 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  32. I like cool white cat, but not in DR. Prodego talk 00:50, 3 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  33. Stardust8212 01:03, 3 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
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