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Line 50: ::# Well nothing has stopped me from participating in these activities; I just haven’t been a regular. I have voted in the past and I’m familiar the policies. I have worked on articles up for deletion to get it up to a higher standard, [[North Sydney Girls High School]] and [[Getaway]] come to mind. However, if the topic is rubbish, vanity etc. then clearly it deserved to be deleted. ::# ::# ~~::#~~ ::# I feel very comfortable editing and working in the Project space, having already made several hundreds edits. In regard to the policies relevant to admin powers, I have read the [[Wikipedia:administrators' reading list\|administrators' reading list]] and I will enforce policies where appropriate. I can assure you, I will not abuse my admin powers. ::5 One of the reasons why Wikipedia has been such a huge success and will continue to be huge success is the enforcing of the rules and policies under which it was established. Four of the five pillars of Wikipedia are [[WP:NOT]], [[WP:NPOV]], [[WP:GFDL]] and [[WP:WQT]], with the fifth being [[WP:IAR]]. The way I interpret [[WP:IAR]] is that ''if any rules are getting in the way of the betterment of this encyclopaedia then do not just blatantly follow it but do what is the best for Wikipedia''. Now this does not mean that admins or anyone else can use this as a way make up rules, but if genuine bureaucracy and red tape is hindering the project then IAR may be used. I like the final the sentence in the policy the most: "The spirit of the rules is more important than the letter".▼ ▲::5# One of the reasons why Wikipedia has been such a huge success and will continue to be huge success is the enforcing of the rules and policies under which it was established. Four of the five pillars of Wikipedia are [[WP:NOT]], [[WP:NPOV]], [[WP:GFDL]] and [[WP:WQT]], with the fifth being [[WP:IAR]]. The way I interpret [[WP:IAR]] is that ''if any rules are getting in the way of the betterment of this encyclopaedia then do not just blatantly follow it but do what is the best for Wikipedia''. Now this does not mean that admins or anyone else can use this as a way make up rules, but if genuine bureaucracy and red tape is hindering the project then IAR may be used. I like the final the sentence in the policy the most: "The spirit of the rules is more important than the letter". '''Questions for the candidate'''<br />

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