Wikinews:Arbitration Committee/Elections July 2007/Skenmy Questions

This is the page dedicated for allowing anyone to ask Skenmy questions regarding his candidacy for the July 2007 Arbitration Committee elections.
 * Is the Moon made of cheese? Brian | (Talk) | New Zealand Portal 03:06, 14 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Okay, let's think this one through. When Apollo 11 and Apollo 12 landed, they measured the "seismic velocity" of the moon. From these measurements you can estimate the density of the material. Lunar basalt comes out at 1.84 km/s - while Cheddar cheese comes out at 1.72 km/s. The increase in density is probably due to the effects of the Sun baking it rock hard - but the basic elements are still there. Then again, who on Earth can argue with this evidence (zoom all the way in)? --Skenmy(t•c•w•i) 06:37, 14 July 2007 (UTC)
 * What are your thoughts on this proposal/statement?  Daniel  05:18, 14 July 2007 (UTC)
 * While the idea has merit, I do not believe that suspension, or even abolishment, of the ArbCom is a good idea. The ArbCom not only acts as a mediation committee, it acts as a backline deterrent and encourages people to resolve issues by themselves through more conventional and civil means, rather than relying on ArbCom to resolve matters. Suspension of the ArbCom is pointless in the proposal in my opinion because it can be brought straight back - so why get rid of it in the first place? It seems like process for the sake of process, and I don't feel that is either productive or beneficial to the community as a whole. --Skenmy(t•c•w•i) 06:42, 14 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Isn't it contradictory to list yourself for reconfirmation while trying to get elected on ArbCom? --Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 22:49, 14 July 2007 (UTC)
 * I don't believe so. ArbCom and sysop are two totally separate areas of serving the community, and I don't believe that my running for reconfirmation of my sysop powers should have any impact on my ArbCom election running. Unless I am misunderstanding your question, in which case please re-iterate :) --Skenmy(t•c•w•i) 08:55, 15 July 2007 (UTC)
 * You felt you weren't devoting enough time to the project, but now you're running for ArbCom? Will your availability change? --Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 17:07, 15 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Very good question. I feel that, and hope that others understand that, if I am called upon to hear an ArbCom case, I will be there and devote as much time as is required to solve the case - not taking into account any exceptional circumstances. My devotion focuses especially on articles, of which I have written very few as of late, instead doing other random tasks, such as the new weatehr service, ArchiveBot, and other bits and bobs. --Skenmy(t•c•w•i) 19:27, 15 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Is it a sign of your trust in the community, that you are running a reconfirm at the same time? Brian | (Talk) | New Zealand Portal 02:45, 15 July 2007 (UTC)
 * My reconfirmation is to assure myself that I have the trust of the community still. ArbCom also requires a certain level of trust, and I hope that there will not come a time when I feel I have lost that trust, either through wrongdoing or misuse of my powers as a sysop, or my "authority" (for want of a better word) during ArbCom cases.--Skenmy(t•c•w•i) 08:55, 15 July 2007 (UTC)