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

Maxim

I'm Maxim, and I have been an administrator and bureaucrat for several years. What drives me to run are the unpleasant events of the past year. I feel that as a project, we are better off remaining autonomous with regards to behavioural concerns instead of having the Foundation intervening (with the obvious exception of matters such as child protection). Needless to say, I was disappointed by the events of the past June. I left a message on my userpage and took a break for a couple of months. I am decidedly back now, and not having previously served as an arbitrator, I would provide a new yet experienced voice on the committee.

I'm well aware that the role of arbitrator is difficult. There are for sure similarities to being a 'crat, where from time to time one is called on to make contentious decisions which leaves a vocal group quite upset. My gut feeling is that being a bureaucrat for many years may have prepared for some of the realities of serving on the committee as well as possible without previously being an arbitrator.

If elected, I will comply with the Foundation's policies on access to non-public information. My sock-drawer is declared to arbcom and includes User:Maximr, User:Maxim's JS test account and a few others in my user creation log (I forget passwords to test accounts from time to time). Despite sometimes being a bit of a lurker, I have been consistently present and around for many years for bureaucrat matters, and I intend to similarly honour my commitments if I am elected.