[Foundation-l] Fwd: Election vote strikes

[Gregory Maxwell]

On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 11:44 PM, Philippe
Beaudette<pbeaudette at wikimedia.org> wrote:
>> I'm interested in knowing the nature of the error (understanding is
>> the key to avoidance in the future!)
>>
>> I'd also like to know if any users were denied the ability to vote who
>> should have been permitted on account of this error?
>
> It was a coding error; it was corrected.

I am interested in the specific nature of the coding error, for
example "The script applied the wrong cutoff date" or "edits across
multiple projects for the 600 edit criteria were merged based on UID
rather than username" or "users from prior years were also permitted"
or "users whos name shared a common prefix with a permitted user were
additionally permitted".

The text I quoted began with "Due to an error in a script", so I had
expected my query would receive a response more specific than a mere
repetition of the already disclosed information.  I hope that my
inquiry has now been made abundantly clear now.

Since the error has been corrected surely there can be no harm in
disclosing its specific nature.

(we've had problems with the automatic list in the past, best to
discuss these things so that they can be well understood)

> This is important:  NO ONE WAS DISENFRANCHISED BY THE ERROR. People
> were given suffrage who weren't entitled.

Will people be given an opportunity to contest these strikes?

Without knowing the specific nature of the error I can only assume
that there may have been parties technically qualified, for example by
being system administrators or foundation staff, whom would have been
given a vote after being denied by the prior automatic rule who may
now be disenfranchised by a hasty correction.


It is my understanding that the parties incorrectly stricken
previously were not contacted. I believe that an attempt should be
made to contact stricken parties, even if it means delaying the
results.