Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections December 2011/Candidates/NWA.Rep/Statement

NWA.Rep
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This campaign is about the little guys and the average good-faith editors who are sick of rogue admins and want one of their own in ArbCom. I'm not an admin. I'm not an insider. I have no ties to the so-called establishment and I have no special interest or vendetta. I have never been to IRC. I'm not on any mailing list.

Three years ago, my ultra-grassroots arbcom candidacy was sabotaged in controversial circumstances that culminated with my departure from 'pedia. A fellow candidate, User:Gwen Gale, who was an admin, gave me an unwarranted block for voicing my concern about another admin's patronage of a sockpuppet. Arbitrator User:FT2 had the decency to step in and at least acknowledge the questionable nature of the block User_talk:NWA.Rep. After too many unwarranted blocks and constant admin abuse including standing up to a rogue admin in the now infamous Wikipedia_talk:User_pages/UI_spoofing, I was disillusioned and decided to quit Wikipedia for good.

Now after a three-year-long hiatus, I want to throw my hat to the ring one more time. I always said Wikipedia is at a crossroad. We are losing contributors, especially content contributors who actually make this project works. The big-time players, insiders, and power brokers are not interested in actually writing an encyclopedia but only the political mudslingings to fulfill their egos. Admin abuse scares off newbies and potential valuable contributors who have something to offer to this comprehensive encyclopedia. I was a prime example of that during my initial foray to this site. Thankfully User:Bishonen took me under her wings and it pains me to see her, someone with so much passion, integrity, and love for this project getting crucified by a large chunk of the community who never contributed to the content. I learned a lot from several well-respected editors, which gave me an inside look of the intricacy of the Wikipedia power structure. I commented on various high-profile arbCom cases before my departure and regularly in AN/I and other policy making venues.

Wikipedia needs to dig deep and go back to the basic. That's it. I’m running not only to reform arbCom, but to bring the spirit, love, and passion back to wikipedia. ..full statement here User talk:NWA.Rep/Statement --NWA.Rep (talk) 06:45, 21 November 2011 (UTC)

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