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Jehochman

Jehochman has withdrawn from the election.

I first came to Misplaced Pages in March of 2005. Several people in my industry, search engine optimization, had told me that Misplaced Pages was a good place to get some free links. So I tried it, and received a gentle warning. To those of you who don't bite the newbies, thank you.

Misplaced Pages is a tremendously useful and entertaining website. I enjoy reading articles on many different topics. I also use the encyclopedia as a reference for work, and to help my kids with their homework. My content editing interests currently include German submarines, Russian submarines, shipwrecks, naval battles, computer technology, and whatever else catches my eye.

In October 2007 I became an administrator. My areas of administrative interest include controlling sock puppetry, disruptive editing and harassment. These types of cases frequently end up at arbitration, where I have been a named party in eight cases, more than any other candidate. I believe my experiences, both positive and negative, would bring value to the Committee.

Our Arbitration Committee has performed well in a thankless and difficult job. However, we cannot take for granted that the English Misplaced Pages community will continue to thrive. Every generation of editors must guard against the destructive forces of blight, including:

• Vandalism and worse, the addition of misinformation or unreliable information;
• Parasitic marketers who spam, spin, and whitewash our articles;
• Sock puppetry and other types of gaming the rules;
• Harassment, personal attacks, and outing which discourage participation;
• Cabalism which disenfranchises individual editors and turns some of our articles into battle zones.

I think I can help guard against these threats, and help the Committee not only make the right decisions, but also enhance their reputation within the community. Thank you for your consideration. Please vote. Jehochman 00:18, 10 November 2008 (UTC)

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Voting in this election is now closed. Any votes cast after 00:00 15 December 2008 (UTC) will be reverted.

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1. Oppose, although nothing personal: I have chosen a group of seven editors that will make the best new additions to ArbCom, reflecting diversity in editing areas, users who will work well together, as well as some differing viewpoints.--Maxim_(talk) 00:03, 1 December 2008 (UTC)
2. Oppose. Rschen7754 (T C) 00:04, 1 December 2008 (UTC)
3. Nufy8 (talk) 00:04, 1 December 2008 (UTC)
4. Strongest possible oppose Jehochman has a long history of what could be termed dispute enhancement: passing out pitchforks and lighting torches. Most recently he did that with the banned sockpuppet that was spreading rumors about FT2, Giano, and Oversight. Jehochman even cross posted the troll’s claims to AE under the subthread heading ‘Conspiracy?’. A couple of weeks earlier Jehochman was the sole certifier for the unpopular RFC initiated by Charles Matthews on Slrubenstein. Jehochman was the one who initiated the controversial Elonka recall drive. In the leadup to the unfortunate Zeraeph arbitration he started a community ban proposal on her while other editors were seeking to deescalate. This is pattern behavior that Jehochman has demonstrated in a lot of other situations also: turning up the heat when it isn’t necessary, then after dozens of other people make the difficult decision to come down on one side or another he acts conciliatory and bows out of the resulting mess. Few administrators could be less suitable for arbitration than someone who does this habitually. Durova 00:09, 1 December 2008 (UTC)

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