Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections January 2006/Candidate statements/Talrias
Nomination statement
As someone who believes wholeheartedly in the principles of community, collaboration and consideration, I wish to join the Arbitration Committee as I believe committee members should hold those three C's as their key principles. They are all important, not just for the Committee but for Wikipedia as a whole. It is important to remember not just what Wikipedia is, but how it will achieve its goals - free access to knowledge for all. Community, collaboration and consideration are the key to this. If I am elected to the Arbitration Committee, I will employ these three principles in the following manner:
- Community. Wikipedia works, on the whole, because the vast majority of people can harmoniously contribute to articles. However, the few who do not, the people who end up before the Committee, are also part of the Wikipedia community. To that end, Committee members must realise that the people being sanctioned are human beings too and that the aim of the Arbitration Committee is not just to punish people, but to make sure at the end of their punishment they are able to cooperate and collaborate on articles, helping in the aim of a fantastic encyclopaedia.
- Collaboration. Many Arbitration Committee cases are due to failure between different parties to collaborate on articles in a polite and respectful manner. As an Arbitration Committee member, my emphasis would be towards finding an amicable solution allowing collaboration in the future.
- Consideration. Respect for other people, not just their viewpoints, should be shown by both the Arbitration Committee and the people in the dispute. It is important to share not just an opinion but reasoning as to why that opinion is held. Arbitration is not a place to criticise people or their opinions, but to aid them in becoming a welcome member of the community and making sure they can join in the development of the encyclopaedia; the key is showing consideration to all views.
- Talrias (t | e | c) 22:30, 9 October 2005 (UTC)
Further information
- I am 18 years old and studying Life Sciences at the University of Manchester.
- I am currently an administrator (nomination).
Questions
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