[Foundation-l] Official Election Notice -- concerns about suffrage requirements

[Ryan]

On Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 4:35 PM, phoebe ayers <phoebe.wiki at gmail.com> wrote:

> I know several previously very active editors, people I would consider
> core Wikimedians who know the projects as well as anyone, that happen
> to be taking a wikibreak this spring -- and this new requirement would
> disenfranchise them. I can't imagine this was your intent.
> This problem is compounded by the fact that a) April is already almost
> over, leaving people just a month to get their edits in; b) the
> editors most affected by this may not be paying attention to these
> early election notices (but will want to vote when the time comes); c)
> since we have not had this requirement in previous elections, it is
> unlikely that people will be expecting it.<https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l>
>

Agreed.  I would urge the Committee to reconsider this requirement; if
necessary, expand the requirement to 50 edits over the last 12 months.

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