Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections December 2019/Candidates/Beeblebrox/Statement

Beeblebrox

The basics: I've been an active Wikipedian for most of the last 12 years, I've been an admin for the last decade, and a functionary for about 9 years. I also previously served on the 2014 ArbCom.

I honestly can't believe I'm nominating myself. After my previous stint in 2014 I swore I wouldn't do it again, but here we are. Why? Because the committee has clearly had a very rough year and there is massive turnover/burnout, and a lot of new blood is needed. I think we also need some old blood, some institutional memory and experience with the process, and it has been five years since my previous term expired, so it doesn't burn quite as bad anymore.

This job is hard. It often is no fun at all, but it does need to be done, and I've done it before and was surprised to find I'm willing to do it again. I believe my record speaks for itself, although I have a low tolerance for disruption of the project, I also endeavor to remember, and remind others, that we are dealing with real people here, whether we are patrolling their very first edit or deciding whether to ban them or not, we have to remember that.

As a functionary I am already signed off on all relevant documents required for arbitrators.
I have some non-editing doppelgänger accounts that redirect to my user page, but I do not have any alternate accounts and never have.

Beeblebrox (talk) 22:45, 11 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]