Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections December 2004/Candidate statements: Difference between revisions

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Simple. No matter how you feel on an issue, I'm not going to inflame things. The most important thing in Wikipedia is the work, not the disputes. The creation, not the destruction--to romanticise a bit.</b> [[User:DG|D.]] [[User_talk:DG|G.]] 03:23, 18 Nov 2004 (UTC)

== [[User:Ed Poor|Ed Poor, aka Uncle Ed]] ==

I've been around longer than most (I'm user #188). I was the developer who did most of the sysop promotion (using direct edits to the MySQL database!) until we automated that. I was the first admin to be elected as a Bureaucrat.

I probably have the lowest ratio of (extreme POVs held) to (edits reverted), because I'm rather good at distinguishing between "common knowledge" and "what I personally believe". So I hardly ever engage in [[edit war]]s. (Okay, except with Dr. Connolley, but it's all in good fun - it never gets mean-spirited. ;-)

I can get any relevant idea into any article, and make it stick -- without sparking an edit war -- simply by taking into consideration WHY the warring parties are so keen on keeping or deleting a certain wording. It's almost always because they feel that's the only way to keep Wikipedia from endorsing a biased POV.

Well, I'm all about improving accuracy and eliminating bias. Even though occasionally I get flamed for '''holding''' POVs that other contributors dislike, I'm generally one to whom people come frequently to '''put out the flames''' when the edit wars get out of hand.

I've brought peace to the Balkans, the history of Chile (see [[Augusto Pinochet]]), and so many other disputed articles that I've lost count.

If elected to the arbcom, I would encourage all contributors to try courtesy and empathy first before making an appeal. Also, maintain a "clean audit trail" yourself, as Jimbo used to say when he WAS the arbcom. I prefer to say, "People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones" or "Let him who is without sin cast the first stone." We shouldn't be making personal remarks about each other (that's why I wrote [[Wikipedia:Avoid personal remarks]]). And if others start teasing us, it's generally better to shrug it off (which is why I wrote [[Wikipedia:Staying cool when the editing gets hot]]).

I favor quick action. If an uncooperative user doesn't respond to polite requests on their talk page, I think an admin would be well-advised to block their account temporarily (i.e., a "temp-ban"). I have found even a 10-minute temp-ban works wonders. It's more about how swift the consequences are, than how stern they are.

For determined trolling or POV pushing, I would prefer to talk the matter over by private e-mail with arbcom members like Cecropia, Mav, sannse, Raul, Theresa and The Cunctator. I'm sure we can think of something effective if we put our (virtual) heads together.

Of course, if elected I would step down from the Mediation Committee. One must either mediate or arbitrate.

And if not elected, I'll still support the arbcom. [[User:Ed Poor|--user:Ed Poor]] [[user talk:Ed Poor|(talk)]] 19:50, Nov 23, 2004 (UTC)

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