Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections December 2019/Candidates/David Fuchs/Statement

David Fuchs

While things have improved much more than I feared, there's still a lot of open seats this election season that could do with a large crop of good candidates for people to choose from; hence, I'm throwing my hat in. I'm David; you might remember me from past Arbitration Committees such as 2010 and 2012. If not, you may have seen me around Good Article Nominations and Featured Article Candidates, where I spend most of my time.

My original candidate statement in 2010 included this line that I think remains pretty useful as a guiding statement about my thoughts on ArbCom: My belief is that we should all be here to—in some way or form—create an encyclopedia, and all of ArbCom's actions should be mindful of that. Fostering a site that allows editors to work diligently means having an Arbitration Committee that acts fairly, quickly, and prudently. Wikipedia is a different place than it was nearly ten years ago, but the project's goals remain the same. As such, I think the role of the Arbitration Committee and how it should operate have stayed germane—and I think it's reasonable that there are community members who feel recent committees have not lived up to that ideal.

I'm already identified to the Foundation, and will abide by the nonpublic information policy. I look forward to answering specific questions posed.

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