Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections December 2019/Candidates/Kudpung/Statement

Kudpung[edit]

I registered in 2006 and am an admin for nearly 9 years and over 100k edits. I was at Wikimania 2012, 2013, 2014, and 2016 and as I live in Thailand I'll obviously be in Bangkok 2020. I rarely take wiki breaks and I'm online almost 24/7 [1]. I've been round the WP block in varying phases of activity but this does not mean that I already know everything about how Arbcom works. I've instigated some changes to Wikipedia and campaigned hard for others but I'm not running on any specific platform and if I am elected, I have no designs on reforming the Arbcom, I simply want to contribute towards making the process as expedient and as equitable as possible.

I believe I am fair without being too lenient and firm without being possessed of power. I sometimes do not stand on ceremony, and occasionally call a spade a spade but I can also keep my trap shut and forego on the last word. My career in linguistics and communications has led me to resolve issues that otherwise get stuck on some cultural or social dichotomy. I'm familiar with and at ease in many different countries, continents, and languages and have lived, studied, and worked away from my native UK for getting on for 50 years.

Just like I believe the Committee needs a balance of gender, I believe it needs a balance of generation, a balance of world view, and solid experience in collaborative online projects. I am already identified to the WMF but I'll do it again. I have the following other accounts that are very rarely used and only for testing: Kudpung2, Kudpung3, Kudpung4, KudpungMobile, and Kudpung.wikimania. I have very, very strong passwords.

Arbitration Committee Election 2019 candidate: Kudpung