Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections December 2013/Candidates/NativeForeigner/Statement

NativeForeigner

Hello, I am NativeForeigner. I have been an editor here since 2006, became active in 2009, became an administrator in 2010, and became a CheckUser earlier this year. In the past I have done Featured Pictures work, participated in the DYK process, served on OTRS, and served as a coordinator of the Military History Wikiproject. At present I mostly work with Sockpuppet Investigations where I have been a clerk since 2010. After obtaining CheckUser in the 2013 CUOS appointments I have spent much of my time using the tool at SPI, clearing the perpetual backlog.

I'm running because I think that I could be a neutral voice on the committee unaffected by any existing politics that may exist. My experience at SPI has shown me that while Arbcom remedies can be effective, they can also create rifts in the community that can never be resolved fully. Furthermore I feel that the Arbcom case pages give frustratingly little insight into the thought process or discussion involved in reaching a decision, and would advocate that non sensitive information be discussed in a more public way, as was advocated by AGK. In short I feel like as an Arbitrator I would bring an outside view of Arbcom, as well as an openness to change.

Right now the committee faces many issues, but I would characterize the following goals as being most important to me:

1. Letting content contributors largely ignore administration so long as they follow core policies.
2. Moving whatever parts of the mailing list that can viably be moved on wiki, on wiki.
3. Establishing the means for the community to take over the role of Arbcom, in the long term. While Arbcom currently serves as an essential body, as the community matures there should be increasingly few reasons to go to Arbcom.

I am over 18 years of age, and have identified to the Foundation for access to the CheckUser tool. I created ForeignNative for usage as a non admin account, but I have blocked it, and plan to not use it. NativeForeigner ^Talk 21:17, 19 November 2013 (UTC)

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