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

PhilKnight


Firstly, a little about me. I've been editing since 2006, originally under the username of 'Addhoc'. I've been involved in mediation, both with WP:MEDCAB and, more recently, WP:MEDCOM. I've also been an admin since 2007, and been active in arbitration enforcement. To give an example of my involvement, I recently set-up and closed this discussion, which established consensus for a 1RR restriction for the Arab-Israeli conflict articles.

Secondly, if appointed to the committee, I would try to avoid pushing the responsibility back to the community. At the moment, there are relatively few admins who are involved with arbitration enforcement, so in my humble opinion, the committee needs to be cautious about placing more disputes under discretionary sanctions.

(I've been asked to include a statement regarding any other accounts. Apart from editing as an IP prior to registering, I haven't used any other accounts.)