Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections December 2014/Candidates/Hahc21/Statement

Hahc21
Hey all, I am Hahc21. I have been an editor since 2008, becoming active in 2011. I’ve been an administrator in the English Wikipedia since earlier this year, although I’ve been a holder of advanced permissions in other WMF wikis for almost two years now. My main field of work here is content writing, as I have collected a couple of featured articles, lists and pictures during my tenure as an active editor. I have served as an ArbCom clerk for the past two years, as well as held other responsibilities such as delegate for the Featured list candidates process. As a content editor, I understand the value of proper treatment to all users during a dispute no matter what they do to improve Wikipedia (be it writing articles or doing administrative work) or what level of permissions they hold.

I have decided to run because i) I believe I can bring a neutral voice, and fresh ideas, to the committee; and ii) I didn’t think we had enough solid candidates willing to do the thankless but necessary job of being an arbitrator. I have been part of Arbitration for a while, and have been close to many conflicts as well as the issues the committee has, and is currently facing. ArbCom has been through a lot of rough moments in the last two years, and there is certainly a need for the community to have faith in, and respect it, again. There is also the need to deal with the current overload of tasks arbitrators handle that could be better left in the hands of the community (such as non-ArbCom related ban appeals).

I am well over 18, and have been identified to the Wikimedia Foundation since 2012. I will continue to meet the criteria for access to nonpublic information, as I have extensively dealt with nonpublic data as part of my work as an OTRS member. I have one alternate account,, which I haven’t used since April 2013.

Withdrawn.  → Call me  Hahc  21  19:05, 7 December 2014 (UTC)