Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections December 2006/Candidate statements/Questions for Imdanumber1

Three questions from Carcharoth
Thanks for running in the election. Hope these questions are an easy way to start.

These are copies of questions initially asked by John Reid.

1. Who are you?

2. Are you 13? Are you 18?

3. Should ArbCom arbitrate policy disputes or any other matter outside user conduct issues? Why or why not?

Answers:

1. I have been with WP since April. I currently don't hold any admin status (although I plan to become one by February). I live in New York City, which reveals my interest in the New York City Subway. I work on two WikiProjects, WP:NYCS and WP:THOMAS. If I'm not working on these projects, I'm working on fighting vandals, or cleanup (the most common backlog in the main namespace).

2. I am 14, going on 15. I really don't think age matters for this (then again, maybe so) but what does matter are my contributions. By assuming good faith, I make sure that other's edits are improvements to the project, instead of edits not supported by the community.

3. I believe that there is a lot of ground to cover. The project is still young, but I know that everyone should abide by Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. But what ArbCom should do is discuss any user's behavior when it comes to their edits. Bad faith contributions, such as blanking one's userpage or nominating articles for deletion without concrete evidence, should be good clauses as to why a user should be blocked. There are a lot of policies I (try to) respect. I respect the 3RR, upload images with a proper licensing rationale. These are just a few to list, but I know that the way contributions are made, how people communicate with others, etc. are important for people in order to keep the project running smoothly.

Note: I might as well make the best of this as possible. Please ask any questions you should have. I will try to answer them as best as I can, and I hope I do get elected and be a part of the ArbCom, as I definitely want to help out in any way I can improve the project as a whole. Thanks, -- Imdanumber 1 ( Talk &#124; contribs) 14:02, 2 December 2006 (UTC)