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Hello all,

A reminder that the steward elections[1] & reconfirmations[2] are on now, so please come to Meta and let us know who you think should become a steward, and which of our current stewards you're unhappy with (that may include me!).

Stewards are users with complete access to the wiki interface on all Wikimedia wikis, including the ability to change any and all user rights and groups. They are tasked with technical implementation of community consensus, dealing with emergencies, and intervening against crosswiki vandalism.

Stewards generally do not perform actions on wikis where local users are available to perform them, except in emergency cases. This position was originally created to dissociate rights management from software development.

Stewards are elected roughly annually by the global Wikimedia community, and appointed from the elected candidates by the Board of Trustees. Candidates must have a support/oppose ratio of at least 80% with at least 30 supporting users. Current stewards are confirmed during each election.

Thanks, - -Mike

[1] http://tinyurl.com/SE2010 [2] http://tinyurl.com/SConfirm