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A friendly face who'd like everyone to get along a little better. Disputes are resolved by finding common ground, and common ground is found by listening to each other. I try to be a catalyst for the latter.
I have been editing Wikipedia since 2005. My philosophy is that Wikipedia is an electronic workplace, and that disputes should be resolved collaboratively.
I'm Steve. I've been doing dispute resolution on-and-off for around ten years. I have a relatively decent knowledge of most policies. I generally prefer to take on more complex cases. Mutual respect is important to me, so I expect that you are prepared to put aside differences and work together as best as possible to bring the issues to a close. I was one of the founders of DRN, and have experience in many DR forums here on Wikipedia. I would be happy to provide prospective volunteers with assistance or advice.
I'm TransporterMan. (The transporter part refers to transporter bridges, not to transporter vans or other kinds of transporter.) About all I do at Wikipedia is dispute resolution, volunteering both here at DRN and also at Third Opinion and being a member of the Mediation Committee. In real life, I'm a transactional lawyer (the kind that writes documents and does legal transactions rather than the kind that goes to court) who's been practicing law for over 35 years. I have experience on both sides of the mediation table, both as a giver and taker of mediation, and have received a good deal of mediation training.
I have been editing Wikipedia since 2011 (with several long breaks) as a registered user, and for several years before that as an unregistered user. I volunteered here because I have over a decade of experience in conflict resolution as an educator and business manager, so I figured I may as well help out in my free time as well. I have been told empathy is my superpower- and I'm painfully able to see both sides of an argument- so being in the middle playing peacemaker is a role I am quite used to. I have been a DRN volunteer since December 2019 and I'm pretty active Monday-Friday. I'm rarely here on the weekends, I try not to take on cases on Thursday or Friday to avoid gaps, but if a conversation goes over the weekend and I'm not responding quickly- please have patience with me.
I have been on and off editing Wikipedia anonymously since 2017, but I started full on editing in May 2022 after I created my account in 2021. I became a DRN volunteer because I like to resolve disputes (duh) and I like Wikipediaing (thats totally a verb. citation needed).
