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Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections December 2009/Candidate statements/Shell Kinney

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I'll be the first to admit that I hate trying to talk about myself, but I'll give it a go. I've been a Wikipedia editor for just shy of four and a half years, an Admin for four of those, an OTRS agent for just under that and a member of the Mediation Committee for around two. I'm mostly a wiki-gnome; I help out where I can. I have experience mentoring editors and digging in to some of the stickier disputes on Wikipedia. Sometimes I make mistakes, but I'm always willing to listen and keep an open mind. I sympathize with the community's need to have cases run more smoothly and with a bit less drama. I'd like to contribute new ideas - things that might encourage better signal to noise on evidence pages and less argumentation among case participants. Arbitration will never be a painless process, but I think it's important that it evolves to best meet the community's needs. Thank you for this opportunity.