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Arbitration is an important step in the Wikipedia process. There are, at times, certain intractable individuals who must (fortunately or unfortunately, depending on your personal views) be removed from Wikipedia. It is, as I see it, the job of the ArbCom to deal with such situations. This is not to say that every case referred to the ArbCom involves such an issue, but that the "buck stops here" so to speak.

Mediation is a very useful precursor to Arbitration. As a current mediator (as well as a long time Wikipedia contributor and Admin) I recognize that fact and would use my position as an arbitrator to ensure that Mediation is given every oppurtunity to succeed. Arbitration should never be a first option. Given the severity of the results able to be levied by the ArbCom, all other options should be exhausted beforehand.

I hope my record as a Wikipedian and person committed to attempting constructive resolutions is tempered by my steadfast opposition to intentional attempts to harm the Wikipedia and the Wikipedia process and results in your support for my bid for a post on the Arbitration Committee