Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee/CheckUser and Oversight/February 2009 election/CheckUser/Kingturtle

Kingturtle

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Here on en.wiki I have been an Administrator for close to six years and a Bureaucrat for close to five. In each of these capacities I consider myself fair-minded, level-headed and considerate. The integrity and success of Wikipedia is always at the root of my actions here.

Although I want to base my experience in Wikipedia on the tenets of making others feel welcome, creating a friendly environment, and forgiveness, I also accept the reality that a firm hand is necessary in disciplining people who won’t comply. Systems and policies are in place to deal with defiant people and hardcore vandals. I support the penalties issued by the community and/or ArbCom, and I do my part the help enforce them. For example, I have spent a great deal of time, research and energy over the past year to help contain the sockpuppetry charades of banned users Beh-nam, NisarKand and Tajik. Their relentless puppetry and edit wars sometimes occur faster than checkusers can keep up. I file appropriate reports, complete with evidence, and revert the edits in question. Through this experience I noticed that there was a need here for more checkusers – and that is what brings me here. I have the energy, the time, and the experience to be of use to Wikipedia in this regard.

I am familiar with the policies surrounding checkusers. I will not fish. I will not compromise privacy. If granted the responsibilities, I will use the tools only in extreme cases of disruption, sockpuppetry and vandalism. In regards to privacy and my potential interaction with personal information, I am a public school teacher. I am trusted with students’ mental and physical health status, criminal history and family situations. I review that information with complete respect to the individual and never compromise the information. Even though I would act as such on my own, I am actually bound by law to do so. I do not put myself or the school district at risk by compromising private information, and I will not put myself or WikiMedia at risk either. I respect privacy. I respect editors. I respect process. I respect policy. I have no history of abuse of power.

Thank you for your consideration. I welcome all comments and questions. I am happy to be a part of this process and to be working with you on Wikipedia. Kingturtle (talk) 21:16, 3 February 2009 (UTC)

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