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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)[reply]

Further information

Questions

Please ask any questions you have about me or my candidacy. I will answer on this page and inform you on your user talk page that I have responded. I have added this page to my watchlist.

jguk

  • How many hours a month do you think you will need to be a good Arbitrator and are you really willing to put in the time?
I believe a statement of the number of hours a month I would arbitrate for would not be accurate or fair to the people who would be bringing cases. I would recuse from all cases where I have some kind of relationship (either a close friendship or a previous personal dispute), and examine all the necessary evidence for cases I was arbitrating. I believe that it is better to be fair with a decision than hasty.
  • If chosen, you will need to arbitrate on disputes arising from the creation or revision of articles. Experience of creating and revising articles yourself, particularly where it has involved collaboration, is very valuable in understanding the mindset of disputants who come to arbitration. With reference to your own edits in the main article namespace, please demonstrate why you think you have the right experience to be a good arbitrator.
While not in the article namespace, I was responsible for the relaunch of both the United Kingdom collaboration of the fortnight and the collaboration of the week. I have helped improve one article to featured status, A. E. J. Collins, and I have contributed to articles related to Northern Ireland, which, as reflected in real life, are frequently politically slanted. My favourite NI-related article, while not long, is Northern Ireland naming dispute, which examines the different names for the region by people of different political parties. I would invite people to look through my contributions to see the entire picture, as well as the 'highlights' I have written about above.
  • Please list out what other Wikipedia usernames you have edited under.
I have only contributed to Wikipedia from the username 'Talrias'.
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