Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections December 2024/Candidates/Daniel/Statement

Daniel

Hi, I'm Daniel, an editor from Australia. I have been on Wikipedia since 2006, and an administrator* since 2008.

I was very active for the first five or so years of being on Wikipedia, and during that time (in addition to being an administrator) assisted in various dispute resolution functions, including as an ArbCom clerk and with the now-defunct Mediation Committee. I was also very involved in content work during this time, and a large part of my time was taken up as an VRT administrator. My life changed in the 2010's and I had a very low level of activity during this decade. I prioritised success in my work and sporting commitments during my 20's, and performed what can charitably be described as a minimal level of Wikipedia activity during this period.

Since 2021, I have returned to higher levels of activity, as I have stepped away from my sporting commitments and work is now at a point that I have spare capacity—both time-wise, but also emotionally and mentally—to invest. This return to being truly active in 2021 came with the inherent danger of being a 'legacy administrator', with all the negative connotations that come with that. In the four years since, I believe I have shown that I am able to still perform this role in tune with the community's expectations, and to a high standard. My recent involvement with the project as an administrator has largely been functional and somewhat behind-the-scenes — especially with article deletion processes (including Deletion Review), as well as community discussions at the relevant noticeboards.

While I do not edit every single day, I tend to read Wikipedia every day. My work commitments sees me travel frequently, which sometimes precludes sitting down and having a proper editing session. However, I generally always find time to read what's going on in the areas I'm involved with. As current arbitrator CaptainEek wrote in a discussion about serving on the Committee, I also find it easy to do on the go, which is a real bonus over regular editing. This suits me down to the ground given my current off-wiki commitments.

Thanks in advance for your consideration of my candidacy. I am currently travelling in North America so my apologies in advance if responses to questions are slightly delayed; I will get to them as soon as I can. Cheers, Daniel (talk) 01:09, 9 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Disclosure: I can confirm I have never edited for pay. I confirm I am over the age of 18 (with the dodgy knees to prove that I am in my mid-30's), will fully comply with the criteria for access to non-public data, and have no undeclared alternate accounts (User:DanielBot has been inactive since 2009).

* I am currently not an administrator temporarily, having voluntarily handed in my tools for a short period last month. I did this because I needed a brief break from being an admin, but also as disclosed here my availability until mid-way through January is awful. If successful at this election, I will re-request the tools at WP:BN in late December instead of mid-January as originally planned, so as to facilitate the additional userrights that come with AC membership.