Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections December 2019/Candidates/David Fuchs/Statement

David Fuchs

 * While things have improved much more than I feared, there's still a lot of open seats this election season that could do with a large crop of good candidates for people to choose from; hence, I'm throwing my hat in. I'm David; you might remember me from past Arbitration Committees such as 2010 and 2012. If not, you may have seen me around Good Article Nominations and Featured Article Candidates, where I spend most of my time.


 * My original candidate statement in 2010 included this line that I think remains pretty useful as a guiding statement about my thoughts on ArbCom: My belief is that we should all be here to—in some way or form—create an encyclopedia, and all of ArbCom's actions should be mindful of that. Fostering a site that allows editors to work diligently means having an Arbitration Committee that acts fairly, quickly, and prudently. Wikipedia is a different place than it was nearly ten years ago, but the project's goals remain the same. As such, I think the role of the Arbitration Committee and how it should operate have stayed germane—and I think it's reasonable that there are community members who feel recent committees have not lived up to that ideal.


 * I'm already identified to the Foundation, and will abide by the nonpublic information policy. I look forward to answering specific questions posed.