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

Xeno

Once more into the breach. The ship is listing, and here is a hand that has sailed before: registered 2006; began editing 2008; administrator 2008*; bureaucrat 2010; WP:ACE2010 (2-year term).

Arbitrator inactivity and attrition continues to be a significant concern and has impacted the committee's function. I was inactive in 2012 on almost all matters (and the project generally) for the final 11 months due to unforeseen life circumstances/time limitations. Risker (arbitrator emeritus-extraordinaire), was immensely helpful to me personally during this time and can confirm the gravity of the situation if that would set anyone at ease. My major contribution of that year was organizing the AUSC selections, where I was pleased to oversee the appointment of a non-administrator to CUOS permissions - I believe for the first time in project history. That 1 March 2012 motion represents the final arbitration action of my term, though I may have contributed to mailing list discussions (probably very sparsely).

Being an arbitrator is by-and-large not an enjoyable scenario, and I do not relish resuming the role - though I did enjoy the collaborative work with my colleagues, organizing the advanced permissions selections, and helping users who were reaching out for assistance. Since being nudged onto the plank, I've carefully considered my available time for committee business as I do not want to disappoint the electorate for a second time. While life does keep me fairly busy, it's a more positive busy and (perhaps paradoxically,) the unfortunate events of the past year in Wikipedia have energized, rather than diminished, my desire to contribute to the project and protect its ideals from overzealous outside influence.

*Note that I do not currently hold administrative privileges, as during the current period of uncertainty with respect to administrative conduct enforcement I have chosen to relinquish that user group. I reserve the right to seek procedural restoration of administrator privileges or remain as a non-administrator. In the latter case, it will be necessary to accept advanced privileges to review deleted content.

Regarding bureaucrat/arbitrator "separation of powers": I adopt WTT's Q2 responses to Vandamonde93.

Disclosures:

I found a significant error in the arbitration candidate editintro, requesting it be fixed at coordination.

I will fully comply with the Criteria for access to non-public data as a signatory to the Confidentiality agreement for nonpublic information.

The committee has seen inside my sock drawer, and asked me not to open it again.

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