Just a head's up that the ArbCom election has started and you can now officially go vote: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:SecurePoll/vote/398
Members of this list may be interested in Smallbones' voter guide for the election: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Smallbones/ACE2015 It focuses mainly on candidate's positions regarding harassment and bullying, especially towards women editors, although it also considers other qualifications such as experience and consistency.
As I'm up in the night with a cup of camomile to get me sleepy again, I went and voted. Checking candidate statements and voting took me about 5 minutes. It's easy and quick.
I skipped Smallbones' guide, and didn't bother with any others as there are too many old griefs being waived about.
This year sees a much more interesting selection of candidates, though a lack of any *openly* LGBT candidates as far as I could tell from the statements. Perhaps fear of being accused of having a "gay agenda" remains a sticky problem for the English Wikipedia?
Fae
On 24 November 2015 at 04:04, Ryan Kaldari rkaldari@wikimedia.org wrote:
Just a head's up that the ArbCom election has started and you can now officially go vote: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:SecurePoll/vote/398
Members of this list may be interested in Smallbones' voter guide for the election: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Smallbones/ACE2015 It focuses mainly on candidate's positions regarding harassment and bullying, especially towards women editors, although it also considers other qualifications such as experience and consistency.
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Next Saturday, November 28, 2015 will be an Edit-a-thon for the visibility of Aragonese women. From 9:30 am in Etopia (Location: Avenida Autonomía, 14th Floor B - 50003 Zaragoza). You can also participate remotely.
This activity is sponsored by AMIT-Aragón and opinion club La Sabina Club in collaboration with the city council of Zaragoza, the University of Zaragoza and Wikimedia Spain.
More information in https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Encuentros/Editat%C3%B3n_por_la_visi...
Thank you Santiago NavarroPresidentWikimedia Spain
Something should be said here about the importance of "oppose" votes. Because of the way the votes are counted, oppose votes can have a huge impact on the outcome.
Andrew Lih (Fuzheado) also has a very interesting voter guide, and explains "strategic" voting in more detail. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Fuzheado/ACE2015
The official election page description is here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Arbitration_Committee_Elections_Dece...
You can change your vote at any time during the election just by voting again.
On Mon, Nov 23, 2015 at 11:04 PM, Ryan Kaldari rkaldari@wikimedia.org wrote:
Just a head's up that the ArbCom election has started and you can now officially go vote: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:SecurePoll/vote/398
Members of this list may be interested in Smallbones' voter guide for the election: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Smallbones/ACE2015 It focuses mainly on candidate's positions regarding harassment and bullying, especially towards women editors, although it also considers other qualifications such as experience and consistency.
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