Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections December 2019/Candidates/Thryduulf/Statement

Thryduulf

 * I'm Thryduulf (AKA Chris McKenna). I've been an editor since December 2004, an admin since June 2005. I served as arbitrator for a one year term in 2015 and have remained a member of the Oversight team since then. I have been involved with the community for many years, including helping organise Wikimania 2014 in London and have helped at many training events in conjunction with Wikimedia UK and organisations including the Wellcome Collection, University of St Mark and St John and National Railway Museum. I attend the London and Oxford meetups most months and get to others around the country when I can, and there is barely a day when I don't read Wikipedia.


 * This year there are a large number of seats available on the committee after a tumultuous year, and I feel there is a need for some steady hands from long-time community members to work with those who are newer to ensure that the Committee best represents the editing community. In 2015 I did my best to communicate progress on cases as much as possible, and I did a lot of chivying behind the scenes to keep things progressing and get decisions made - a role I intend to repeat if elected. I firmly believe that every new request for a case, clarification or amendment should be acknowledged and responded to as soon as possible, and that no open business should go for more than a week without at least one arbitrator commenting at least once (and ideally more). Accordingly I will endeavour to always acknowledge new business if no arbitrator has yet done so, and to provide weekly updates (if required) on ongoing business I am not recused on. I will also answer reasonable queries about decisions where I can (but I will not feed trolls).


 * My philosophy is that everybody's first priority should be to do what benefits readers of the encyclopaedia, and that everybody's second priority should be to facilitate a collegiate and welcoming environment that enables editors to improve the encyclopaedia. I am prepared to take tough decisions if necessary to do back up this philosophy - no one editor is bigger than the project (including me) and nobody should be unblockable.


 * Declaration: As an Oversighter I have already signed the confidentiality agreement and will supply the Foundation with my contact details if they don't already have them. All my accounts and their purposes are listed on my user page at User:Thryduulf. Thryduulf (talk) 17:32, 9 November 2019 (UTC)