Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections January 2006/Candidate statements/Filiocht: Difference between revisions

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I have no position on the performance of the existing ArbCom, and nothing I say should be taken as implicit criticism. I run on a simple platform. I would aim to follow the following basic principles:

*'''Equality of respect''': the same standards of behaviour should be extended to and expected of all users. Being an admin gives me no rights that are not also extended to non-admins, I deserve no more leeway than someone who has been here for 3 months. Of course, I exclude the real newcomers, who should never be bitten.

*'''[[Wikipedia:WikiLove|Wikilove]]''': enough said.

*'''[[Wikipedia:Assume good faith|Assume good faith]]''': ditto.

*'''Talking is better than blocking''', discussing is better than voting. In the last resort, blocking/banning is better than letting one person drain the time, energy and goodwill of the many.

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#How do you view the role (and relative importance) of [[WP:Civility]] in the process of building a factually accurate encyclopedia? How do you view editors who are normally correct in article namespace, but who may be perceived as rude – including to longtime, popular editors and admins – on Talk pages and the like?

::I think that [[WP:Civility]] is a basic plank of Wikipedia, uo there with [[WP:NPOV]], [[WP:AFG]], [[Wikipedia:WikiLove|Wikilove]], [[Wikipedia:Please do not bite the newcomers]], [[WP:NOT]], etc. Regardless of the standing of an editor, it is vital that all debate here be conducted with respect for each other and in a rational fashion, and I have generally tried to model this behaviour in my interactions with others. [[User:Filiocht|Filiocht]] | [[User talk:Filiocht|The kettle's on]] 09:29, 20 December 2005 (UTC)

#Do you have an academic background of any kind, and if so, in what field? How do you handle critiques from your peers and professors (assuming those aren’t one and the same), which may be sharply worded or otherwise skirt the edges of [[WP:Civility]] even if they are correct? Considering those professors who have recently had you as a student, what would ''they'' tell me if I asked them the same question about you?

:: To quote an answer to a question further up the page "I'm 51 and I work in scientific publishing, as well as being a widely published poet. I also occasionally teach and give talks on literary subjects." I'm not an academic, and it's been a long time since I was a student. Nowadays, most of my interaction with the academic community is at seminars I get invited to as a practicing poet to discuss my own writing or that of other poets I know a bit about. I can see where you're going with this question, but I do not see that it is relevant to my own situation. [[User:Filiocht|Filiocht]] | [[User talk:Filiocht|The kettle's on]] 09:29, 20 December 2005 (UTC)