Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections December 2015/Candidates/Casliber/Statement

Casliber

 * Hi folks, my name is Cas Liber and I am a psychiatrist in his late 40s from Australia. For those who don't know me, I am active in writing and reviewing Featured Articles, Good Articles, DYK and have resurrected the Core Contest and Stub Contest. I have been elected to the committee twice before (2009, 2011-12). My previous statements in 2008 and 2010 still hold true. The adminship/deadminship issue is still live and much of this year has been subject to debates and arguents that have been particularly divisive but maybe needn't have been so. Sitting on the committee can feel like one is under siege at times, and I have worried that arbs have fallen into an "us vs them" type thinking in prolonged disputes, which may not be helpful at times. I (hopefully) haven't been subject to this and will try to look at Big Picture issues and conflicts neutrally and add perspective. Furthermore, I have pushed for the examination of how editors use sources in disputes in cases. If we restrict arb cases to socking, edit-warring and incivility we are leaving wikipedia wide open to organised assaults by parties seeking to influence content (i.e. we're screwed). I've not seen other arbs do this in drafting cases though I concede I have not looked at many this year. I hope I am wrong but I am running because I fear I am right. I have also pushed behind the scenes for WMF to take a more active role in child protection, which has been productive but I think needs more discussion/negotiation. FWIW, I have only had the one account. Maybe a few IP edits while accidentally logged-out over the past nine years...