Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections December 2019/Candidates/Fish and karate/Statement

Fish and karate

Hi, I'm Neil, also known as Fish and karate. I am 39 years young and live in the UK. I have been a Wikipedian for 14 years, and an administrator for 13 years. Over that time I have created a couple of Featured Articles, a couple of Good Articles, and a smattering of Did You Know?s (details on my user page).

To be clear, I do not particularly want to be on the Arbitration Committee. However, I recognize that the community needs 11 new arbitrators and at time of writing there's only 3 nominations. If, by the nomination deadline, this process sees 11 other candidates nominated who would make decent arbitrators, I will withdraw from this process. If this does not happen and I should be elected, I will do my best to serve the community and help the Committee make the best decisions it can. I have spent a lot of time working on complex RFC closures and suchlike, and usually the feedback is positive, I do always try to do the right thing, and try to always be mindful that behind every username is a human being.

Declaration: I have no conflicts of interest or vested interests in or around Wikipedia. Should I be elected, I will fully comply with the criteria for access to non-public data and will identify myself to the WMF as required. I have one alternate account, which is User:Proto (my old username, and the one I passed RFA under) - this account has not been used since 2009. I guess I may technically have User:Neil also, thanks to renaming, but have never used that account.

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