Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections December 2014/Candidates/Euryalus/Statement

Euryalus

Hi. Given Arbcom’s importance and the fairly limited field so far, I ask for your support for this nomination.

Background

I joined Wikipedia in April 2007. I became an admin in November 2008 and an OTRS volunteer in 2013. As an admin I try to focus on good communications, a calm attitude and a willingness to consider feedback. I also work hard at simply "taking care" - that is, viewing and reviewing materials before responding.

In addition to admin work, I'm active in the Ships and Australian Wikiprojects and used to be informal co-ordinator of WikiProject Ports (now merged into Maritime Trades). For a few years I was semi-active while completing a masters degree, but have since returned to daily Wikipedia work. My most important article contributions are on eighteenth century naval and Australian history. Mostly I research and expand shorter pages to C- or B-class but have also written one FA, a GAN, 5 DYKs and created around 40 new articles. In the context of Arbcom, I believe a decent content contribution record can assist in understanding dispute context and the potential impact of sanctions.

I presently spend 10-15 hours/week editing or researching for Wikipedia. If elected I could comfortably devote this time to Arbcom, plus an additional 5-10 hours/week as required.

Views on Arbcom

As a statement of the obvious, a good arbitrator needs a clear grasp of policy, patience, an enthusiasm for communication and a commitment to effective outcomes. These are the approaches I would pursue if selected for the Committee.

In addition, I suggest Arbcom consider:

on occasion, better clarifying the scope and direction of accepted cases;
more detailed decision rationales to reduce the need for followup clarifications; and
swifter acceptance of cases alleging admin misconduct, while noting that acceptance does not presuppose a finding.

Technical info

I have one test account that made five edits in 2009 and was legitimately declared to Arbcom at the time. I have previously self-identified to the WMF as an OTRS volunteer, and would be happy to comply with any further identification requirements.

Thanks for considering this statement.