Hell, I'm villified by a large portion of the community simply because I had an association with the group that's been trolling him. I've written an FA, created over 250 articles, and I have 10k edits to my name, but that doesn't change anything in a number of people's minds.
You can run for admin anytime you want and I will abstain from voting. I dropped out of the arbcom race since I had no chance of success..a number of others did as well. I counted 10 opposers that were in some way affiliated with ED in some manner or another, and with an open arbcom hearing, I saw no reason to continue.
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