Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections December 2009/Candidate statements/Jehochman

Jehochman

 * My name is Jonathan Hochman. I hold two degrees in computer science from Yale University. (verify)  I live in Connecticut, USA and am self-employed as an Internet marketing consultant. (profile)


 * My wiki-philosophy is based upon three principles:
 * Wikipedia is for enjoying and creating quality encyclopedia articles and media. We are not a social club, nor an ideological battleground.
 * All editors have equal stature. Some gain access to additional tools through experience, but this does not entitle them to deferential treatment. We have no royalty.
 * Editors who contribute quality content should receive leniency when they make errors. Those who primarily stir up trouble should be politely yet firmly shown to the door.


 * During 2009 I participated in the following article milestones:
 * Gamma ray burst
 * 2009 flu pandemic


 * My project-space contributions in 2009 include helping to reform the process at arbitration enforcement, which has lead to an increase in administrator participation and better handling of requests. I am also trying to encourage better methods of handling administrators' noticeboard/incidents and community sanction requests. We've had some initial success by posting links to open requests for comment on the Administrators noticeboard and ANI headers.  This will hopefully increase participation at user and admin conduct RfCs.  Whatever we can do to strengthen our dispute resolution processes may help arbitration operate more efficiently by reducing the number and complexity of cases.  I've also been involved in or commented on numerous arbitration cases this year.


 * I am running because two editors I respect have asked me to run.  I've been on Wikipedia for nearly five years and only once took a short wikibreak.  If elected I have the time, stamina, and constitution to serve. Jehochman Talk 18:19, 12 November 2009 (UTC)