Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections December 2016/Candidates/DGG/Statement

DGG
I've been at Wikipedia for the last nine years as editor and administrator. Over those years I've worked with new articles and drafts, trying to keep improvable ones from being deleted--and removing the others, while trying to give realistic advice to new editors and dealing with questions about reliable sources.

As a member of Arb Com for the last two years, I've helped reach fair and realistic decisions. We have unsolved problems where some progress has been made in the two years, and I want to continue the effort: simplifying procedure, rationalizing Arbitration Enforcement, dealing with outing, and accommodating our rules to the terms of use. I hope I have been a voice for editors interested in the quality of the encyclopedia; their efforts can sometimes be lost in the bureaucracy.

My real name and my background are on my user page; I am identified to the foundation, I've signed the necessary agreements. I have an alternate active account as User:DGG (NYPL) for use as a volunteer Wikipedian in Residence at the New York Public Library; for other accounts I have used in the past see User:DGG/accounts