Oppose. [[User:Neutrality|Neutrality/talk]] 18:51, Nov 27, 2004 (UTC)
Strongly Oppose (see below)
I simply don't think that Jguk has the maturity or temperance necessary to be an arbitrator, as I have discovered in the two days since I learned of his existence. While editing the Chinese art article, I learned that Jguk has apparently appointed himself the "BC/AD police," as is also evident in his own talk page. I had no idea I was just another person to incur his wrath by using BCE/CE notation in this scholarly article before today. His most recent admonishment to the latest Wikipedian to unwittingly stumble into this purely stylistic dispute: "There's absolutely no reason to change this, so it will not change."(!)
Jguk also fails to understand Wikipedia policies, though he is fond of citing them. For example, he frequently uses the dates and numbers policy to justify his repeated reverts in the name of "consistency" within articles; however, he has changed usages that are already internally consistent to his preferred usage, thereby disregarding the very same policy he cites! His behavior also reflects his disregard of the prominent caveat that prefaces the policy he continually cites: "Writers are not expected or required to follow all or any these rules."
In short, my interactions with Jguk have convinced me that he embraces a closed-minded arbitrariness that is antithetical to the task of being an open-minded arbitrator. Now I don't shrink from a debate, but I never make the kind of vague yet imperious decrees that Jguk seems to favor. I feel his behavior betrays a rigidity and, frankly, egotism, that are undesirable in someone entrusted with resolving disputes. Moreover, I find it disturbing that Jguk disregards the very same (non-binding!) policies at the same time he uses them against others.
I wouldn't normally make such a big deal about someone like this, or about petty stylistic disputes like this one. I've worked in newsrooms before and know when to throw in the towel. But when I saw that Jguk was running for arbitrator, I felt I had to share these experiences as evidence of his unfitness for the position.
