Wikipedia talk:Mediation Committee/Nominations/Geo.plrd 3/Daniel's notes

Statement in Response to Allegations
You have read the allegations made. I do not deny what was done. However, I do disagree with the way it is presented.

First, everything on that page is over a year old. Is it possible that change can happen in the course of year? Yes, because change is constant. I have changed in the course of that year, a continuation of the growth that can be seen in the proposals. When I made the first proposals, I had very little experience. When I proposed the Arbcab, I did not set it up and say this is law as with the earlier ones. The links will show that I actively sought to initiate a discussion. This is a change from the initial unilateral steps I took.

The multiple requests for permissions I filed were done while I was not cognizant of the high level of trust WP requires. I have not requested permissions of any kind since then, save for rollback. Two of the four comments were made by an individual (Zoe) who left after being accused by Jimbo of having a vendetta against another user, these should therefore be discounted. In addition this page only talks about negative things I did.

Let's talk about positives. I oversaw the expansion the coordination of Motto of the Day to five, leading to stuff getting processed faster. I advocated for several users at AMA before it was shuttered. At OPV, I helped clean out a backlog. Recently, I was helping out at textile Arts where I flushed the slush pile.

I was marginally active for nine months due to being at Conservapedia. Let's look at my conduct there. I made Sysop shortly. This means that I earned the trust of the site owner, a group of students, and the other Sysops. I was appointed to the Advisory Board for the site, one out of only ten users selected. Currently, on a site run by detractors, I am one of the only members of this Board to not have a page chronicling misdeeds. I think this speaks for itself.

Respectfully;

Geoff Plourde (talk) 06:46, 14 March 2008 (UTC)