I am concerned about that implied definition of "voters", and the "they get what they deserve" throw away.
I think it's more "in the unlikely event that people go crazy and vote for this person, they get what they deserve". I, and I think most people, expect the community to vote sensibly.
Wikimedia UK is meant to be open and inclusive (please correct me if I err).
Hence, the ins and out of Wikimedia, Wikipedia, WMF, ARBCOM, checkuser, Commons etc, etc may mean very little to a diligent editor who works away at articles from time to time.
Wikimedia UK should involve everybody, not just the hardened old timers, admins, and the cognicenti.
Indeed, which is why we need to make sure voters know what's going on. Perhaps the election committee should make a brief statement on this user's candidate statement and questions section explaining that they've been blocked.
This (a banned editor etc.) standing is not without precedence. This year WMF's Board election had one candidate which is permanently banned on the English Wikipedia. (There is the obvious difference he was up front from the start that he was banned on en.wp, and that he isn't actually banned on meta.) The election committee likewise decided at the time that it wasn't a good idea to retroactively disqualify someone that had met the candidate criteria already set out. I don't immediately recall whether in hindsight we would have set out better candidate requirement to have prevented him from standing, although I don't think so, along with similar reasons already stated on this thread regarding it being the community's job, and not the committee to decide who they want on the board.
While I'm writing this, as information for potential voters in this election reading this email list, I would like to state publicly for the reasons including but not limited to the topics of this thread, I would not be willing to serve on the board of a company intending to be the UK Chapter of WMF with the person controlling the account meta:User:ScribblewikiLover. So, either vote for him/her, or me, but not both as it would be wasting your time. :)
KTC
At 00:04 +0100 18/9/08, Kwan Ting Chan wrote:
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This (a banned editor etc.) standing is not without precedence. This year WMF's Board election had one candidate which is permanently banned on the English Wikipedia. (There is the obvious difference he was up front from the start that he was banned on en.wp, and that he isn't actually banned on meta.) The election committee likewise decided at the time that it wasn't a good idea to retroactively disqualify someone that had met the candidate criteria already set out. I don't immediately recall whether in hindsight we would have set out better candidate requirement to have prevented him from standing, although I don't think so, along with similar reasons already stated on this thread regarding it being the community's job, and not the committee to decide who they want on the board.
While I'm writing this, as information for potential voters in this election reading this email list, I would like to state publicly for the reasons including but not limited to the topics of this thread, I would not be willing to serve on the board of a company intending to be the UK Chapter of WMF with the person controlling the account meta:User:ScribblewikiLover. So, either vote for him/her, or me, but not both as it would be wasting your time. :)
KTC
Is it a condition of placing votes that you have to read this email list?
Gordo
On Thu, 2008-09-18 at 09:16 +0100, Gordon Joly wrote:
Is it a condition of placing votes that you have to read this email list?
Gordo
Not as far as I know / I bloody hope not.
KTC
At 13:35 +0100 18/9/08, Kwan Ting Chan wrote:
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On Thu, 2008-09-18 at 09:16 +0100, Gordon Joly wrote:
Is it a condition of placing votes that you have to read this email list?
Gordo
Not as far as I know / I bloody hope not.
KTC
Good.
Gordo
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