Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections December 2010/Candidates/Georgewilliamherbert/Statement

Georgewilliamherbert

 * I am throwing my hat in the ring and signing up as a candidate for Arbcom this round. I held off out of concern about time committments, but have decided that it's important.
 * I've been editing Wikipedia since July 2005, was an early unblock-en-l member (inactive), an administrator for several years, and an OTRS member (inactive). For several years now I've helped at the Wikimedia Foundation booth at the Maker Faire in San Mateo.
 * In real life: I am an IT consultant in UNIX, Networking, Storage, IT infrastructure such as identity management, and web services; I also conduct interviews and do internal training. I also own a small aerospace business.
 * I care about content - I've worked on aerospace and engineering articles, military articles, California localities among others. I think I'd be happier if I just focused on that, but there's a reason I don't.
 * Wikipedia isn't just an encyclopedia anyone can edit; it's an encyclopedia we all edit together. We're all human - "all" and "together" are not a harmonious combination all the time.  Which is why Arbcom is here (and Admins, ANI, friendly individual contributors trying to calm disputes down, etc).
 * I've been called the Civility Police before; but I think that's somewhat of a mistake. I really don't care about rude language (watch me when I hurt myself welding or drop something on my toe in real life).  What I care about is that the community balances "all" and "together", and all participants remember both of those words.  Disrespect and personal attacks are a real problem.
 * I may not be able to dedicate several more hours a day to Wikipedia, but hopefully I can put in enough time to help with the above issues.


 * Disclosure of alternate account: created experimentally to examine sockpuppetry techniques in 2008, about 10 total edits.  I have never edited Wikipedia from another account other than my main account or this one, other than not-logged-in accidents.