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

Casliber

Hi folks, here again. For those who don't know me, my name is Cas Liber and I am a psychiatrist and clinical director (hint: I now have RL experience managing staff and disputes/complaints) in his early 50s from Australia. I have been elected to the committee three times before (2009, 2011-12, 2016-17). My previous statements in 2008, 2010 and 2015 still hold true. I hadn't really planned on this but the events of this year worried me. Funnily enough I was consulted years ago about the formation of a Trust and Safety Committee and did envisage a time where dispute resolution issues (on the one hand) and scope and profile of the WMF (for safety/privacy issues) would make arbcom redundant. However, this obviously hasn't turned out as planned, and keeping an eye on how this process moves forward from here was one of the motivations for me running again. I also do content (I've written some stuff and run the Core Contest and Stub Contest) and feel that helps me appreciate what it takes to build and maintain the 'pedia. As previously, I will push examination of how editors use sources in disputes in cases. If we restrict arb cases to socking, edit-warring and incivility we are leaving wikipedia wide open to organised assaults by parties seeking to influence content. FWIW, I've still only had the one account. Maybe a few IP edits while accidentally logged-out over the past thirteen years...

PS: I have previously confirmed my identity with the WMF and signed the WMF confidentiality agreement