User:PhilKnight

Welcome to my user page. I started editing under the name 'Addhoc' in July 2006, and my request for adminship passed in September 2007. In March 2008, I changed my username and for the avoidance of doubt, I'm not this Phil Knight or anyone else notable. In July 2009, I joined the Mediation Committee, and following the December 2010 elections, I was appointed to the Arbitration Committee for a two year term. In January 2011, I was given checkuser and oversight privileges. In March 2013, I was appointed chairman of the Mediation Committee for a 6 month term. In February 2015, I was appointed to the Ombudsman commission for a 12 month term. Occasionally, I make mistakes, and in this context, I encourage other admins to be bold in reverting my admin actions. If you have any questions or comments, feel free to leave them on my talk page.

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Wikipedia is first and foremost an effort to create and distribute a free encyclopedia of the highest possible quality to every single person on the planet in their own language.

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Jimmy Wales, March 2005

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It's good to let your ego be punctured once in a while. Most of us, after several years and tens of thousands of edits, start to put a lot of our egos into our work here, more than we originally either intended or anticipated. While it's natural for this to happen, the unintended consequences include feelings of ownership over one's contributions and a quickness to react in poor faith, and even with arrogance. Someone reverted your edits with a sarcastic edit summary? Let it go. Someone called you a bad name somewhere? Don't retaliate. Let it go. While it hurts at first to let these things go, being able to do so is the true test of strength and maturity. You only gain in the long run. Retaliating not only brings you discredit, but it increases your anger, and corresponding risk of over-reaction, as the number of related provocations rises.

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Antandrus, January 2007

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This user is fallible and encourages other admins to be bold in reverting their admin actions.