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''Q: How old are you and what do you do? (If student, please state what subjects you are studying.)''
A: 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.
''Q: How many hours a month do you think you will need to be a good Arbitrator and are you really willing to put in the time?''
A: Without seeming to evade the question, as many as are needed. How long is a piece of string?
''Q: If chosen, you will need to arbitrate on disputes arising from the creation or revision of articles. Experience of creating and revising articles yourself, particularly where it has involved collaboration, is very valuable in understanding the mindset of disputants who come to arbitration. With reference to your own edits in the main article namespace, please demonstrate why you think you have the right experience to be a good arbitrator.''
A: I have a lot of experience editing and creating articles, including a reasonable number of FAs, and have managed to never become involved in an edit war. I like to think that this is because I believe in achieving consensus as the primary means of defusing conflict. I think that my experience speaks for itself; however, I do not mean this in any arrogant sense. What I mean is that anyone who looks at my record as an editor will either conclude that I have handled myself reasonably or that modernist poetry is a field that is unlikely to give rise to conflict in the first place (if only!).
''Q: Please list out what other Wikipedia usernames you have edited under.''
A: I originally edited as an anon, then as [[User:Bmills]]. That username in combination with my field of interest made it easy for others in the same field to identify me and to start requesting articles on them or on their hobbyhorses. I will admit that this freaked me out at first, but then I came up with the simple solution of changing the name. The fact that it took me so long to do so may bring my credentials into doubt. [[User:Filiocht|Filiocht]] | [[User talk:Filiocht|The kettle's on]] 11:44, 10 October 2005 (UTC)
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