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My thoughts on the 2010 ArbCom elections. Format of the page adapted from User:Lar/ACE2010.
Hi all. I'm NuclearWarfare. I have been editing Wikipedia since late 2007, and I have brought one and a half articles through the featured articles process, and have also created other content as well. I was elected as an administrator in August 2009. I currently serve as an Arbitration Committee clerk and OTRS volunteer. As part of the latter, a good portion of my work focuses on replying to subjects of biographies of living persons. By my own request, I do not serve as an administrator for the time being. What does that mean for you? Nothing. I just want alert you to my own background, which shall undoubtedly affect my decision to vote the way I do.
I continue to believe that the problem with biographies of living persons constitutes one of the three greatest issues that our project must address. While ArbCom of course does not set policy directly, the actions it takes, or as we saw in January 2010, chooses not to take, directly affect the project's trajectory. I personally have very strong views about the BLP problem. I do not expect the candidates to agree with me on every aspect of my views. I do however wish to see evidence that they have thought hard about the scope of the problem and perhaps even how to address it. (A hint for now: Arguing that a limited use of pending changes on a couple thousand articles with a history of problems might be enough to solve the BLP problem will earn yourself a strong oppose from me. Think about the issues and defend your position strongly.)
Candidates and community members, please feel free to leave feedback at User talk:NuclearWarfare/ACE2010.