[Foundation-l] Steward elections: summary, week one

Mon Feb 9 19:29:28 UTC 2009

Looking at the summary and comments, I am struck by the fact that
Mardetanha [1] is getting a significant number of oppose votes from
people who believe it is fundamentally unsafe for a Steward to live in
Iran.  Including comments that the Iranian government might arrest and
torture him for his access, or that he might otherwise feel compelled
to co-operate with them.

Similar concerns were also voiced about a Chinese candidate, but that
candidate already has significant opposition for other reasons, and so
the political comments do not seem to be a major factor.

[1] http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Stewards/elections_2009/statements/Mardetanha

-Robert Rohde

On Sun, Feb 8, 2009 at 2:43 AM, Jesse (Pathoschild)
<pathoschild at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> This is a summary of the steward elections and confirmations so far. The
> elections are open February 1 to 22, at <
> http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Stewards/elections_2009> and <
> http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Stewards/confirm> respectively.
> 902 unique users have participated in the elections and 149 in the
> confirmations, already almost double last year's total participation of
> roughly 575 users. The current tendency is to remove 14 current stewards
> and elect 7 to 9 new ones.
>
> If your email client has HTML enabled, a summary of each discussion is shown
> below; if not, visit <
> http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Stewards/elections_2009/Statistics > for the
> latest summaries.
>
> --
> Yours cordially,
> Jesse Plamondon-Willard (Pathoschild)
>
>
> Elections
>
> Unique participants: 902.
> candidate   support ratio      oppose reasons
> Kylu<http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Stewards/elections_2009/statements/Kylu>
> 97.2%
> (173/178) —  Meno25<http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Stewards/elections_2009/statements/Meno25>
> 97%
> (128/132) —  Laaknor<http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Stewards/elections_2009/statements/Laaknor>
> 96%
> (97/101) —  Erwin<http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Stewards/elections_2009/statements/Erwin>
> 95.7%
> (154/161) —  Mike.lifeguard<http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Stewards/elections_2009/statements/Mike.lifeguard>
> 91.9%
> (227/247) —  Leinad<http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Stewards/elections_2009/statements/Leinad>
> 87.4%
> (118/135) inexperience.
> Dorgan<http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Stewards/elections_2009/statements/Dorgan>
> 84.4%
> (114/135) inexperience.
> Alexanderps<http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Stewards/elections_2009/statements/Alexanderps>
> 81.7%
> (98/120) too much access.
> putnik<http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Stewards/elections_2009/statements/putnik>
> 78.9%
> (120/152) inexperience, unanswered questions, dispute on ruwiki.
> Mardetanha<http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Stewards/elections_2009/statements/Mardetanha>
> 78.7%
> (159/202) disputes on fawiki, fear that Iranian government will gain his
> access under torture.
> Fabexplosive<http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Stewards/elections_2009/statements/Fabexplosive>
> 77.7%
> (87/112) unanswered questions, dispute on
> lmowiki<http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Forum#Analysis_of_the_Fabexplosive.27s_election>,
> allegedly executes tasks without understanding them.
> Jredmond<http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Stewards/elections_2009/statements/Jredmond>
> 77.6%
> (52/67) inexperience, too much access, unanswered questions (later
> answered).  Avraham<http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Stewards/elections_2009/statements/Avraham>
> 74.5%
> (102/137) inexperience, limited language skills.
> SpeedyGonsales<http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Stewards/elections_2009/statements/SpeedyGonsales>
> 70%
> (70/100) inexperience, misunderstanding of steward role, disputes on
> hrwiki<http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requests_for_comments/Croatian_Wikipedia_-_User:Dalibor_Bosits_case>
> .  Mywood<http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Stewards/elections_2009/statements/Mywood>
> 65.6%
> (42/64) inexperience, copyright issues with uploads.
> PhiLiP<http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Stewards/elections_2009/statements/PhiLiP>
> 64.9%
> (48/74) inexperience, copyright issues with uploads, fear that Chinese
> government will gain his access under torture.
> EVula<http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Stewards/elections_2009/statements/EVula>
> 54.6%
> (65/119) inexperience, too much access, limited language skills, appearance
> of incivility, dispute on simplewikiquote.
> avjoska<http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Stewards/elections_2009/statements/avjoska>
> 37.7%
> (29/77) inexperience, intent of inactivity as a steward.
> Fadesga<http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Stewards/elections_2009/statements/Fadesga>
> 27.6%
> (16/58) inexperience, no steward goals, unanswered questions.  Al
> Lemos<http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Stewards/elections_2009/statements/Al_Lemos>
> 24.3%
> (27/111) inexperience, misunderstanding of steward role.
> Pasquale<http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Stewards/elections_2009/statements/Pasquale>
> 15.7%
> (8/51) inexperience, misunderstanding of steward role, unanswered questions,
> little activity.
> Apteva<http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Stewards/elections_2009/statements/Apteva>
> 2%
> (2/99) inexperience, prior block, lack of steward goals, misunderstanding of
> steward role, little activity.
> Loco085<http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Stewards/elections_2009/statements/Loco085>
> 64.6%
> (42/65) *withdrawn*; inexperience, unanswered questions.
> Cometstyles<http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Stewards/elections_2009/statements/Cometstyles>
> 59.8%
> (76/127) *withdrawn*; alleged abuse of OTRS access, checkuser requests with
> insufficient reason.
> Orderinchaos<http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Stewards/elections_2009/statements/Orderinchaos>
> 26.5%
> (13/49) *withdrawn*; inexperience, limited language skills.  Chase me
> ladies, I'm the
> Cavalry<http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Stewards/elections_2009/statements/Chase_me_ladies,_I%27m_the_Cavalry>
> — *disqualified*; not identified.
> Drakesketchit<http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Stewards/elections_2009/statements/Drakesketchit>
> — *disqualified*; not identified.
> Fipplet<http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Stewards/elections_2009/statements/Fipplet>
> — *disqualified*; not identified.
> Jagwar<http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Stewards/elections_2009/statements/Jagwar>
> — *disqualified*; not identified.
> Wykypydya<http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Stewards/elections_2009/statements/Wykypydya>
> — *disqualified*; not identified, not linked to an account meeting account
> requirements<http://toolserver.org/~pathoschild/accounteligibility/?event=3&wiki=metawiki_p&user=Wykypydya>
> .
>
>
> Confirmation
>
> Unique participants: 149.
> This table only shows overall tendency. The final results are determined by
> discussing the arguments, not counting votes.
>  steward   support ratio
> (approximate)   oppose reasons
> Spacebirdy<http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Stewards/confirm/2009/Spacebirdy>
> 100%
> (50/50) —  DerHexer<http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Stewards/confirm/2009/DerHexer>
> 100%
> (41/41) —  Lar <http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Stewards/confirm/2009/Lar> 100%
> (40/40) —  Drini<http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Stewards/confirm/2009/Drini>
> 100%
> (38/38) —  Pathoschild<http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Stewards/confirm/2009/Pathoschild>
> 100%
> (35/35) —  Bastique<http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Stewards/confirm/2009/Bastique>
> 100%
> (33/33) —  guillom<http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Stewards/confirm/2009/guillom>
> 100%
> (31/31) —  Darkoneko<http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Stewards/confirm/2009/Darkoneko>
> 100%
> (30/30) —  Jon Harald
> Søby<http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Stewards/confirm/2009/Jon_Harald_S%C3%B8by>
> 100%
> (27/27) —  M7 <http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Stewards/confirm/2009/M7> 100%
> (27/27) —  Shanel<http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Stewards/confirm/2009/Shanel>
> 100%
> (26/26) —  Angela<http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Stewards/confirm/2009/Angela>
> 100%
> (22/22) —  Effeietsanders<http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Stewards/confirm/2009/Effeietsanders>
> 100%
> (19/19) —  Thogo<http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Stewards/confirm/2009/Thogo>
> 97.4%
> (38/39) —  Dungodung<http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Stewards/confirm/2009/Dungodung>
> 96.9%
> (31/32) —  Nick1915<http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Stewards/confirm/2009/Nick1915>
> 95.2%
> (20/21) —  Andre
> Engels<http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Stewards/confirm/2009/Andre_Engels>
> 95%
> (19/20) no statement.
> Anthere<http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Stewards/confirm/2009/Anthere>
> 95%
> (19/20) inactivity.
> Wpedzich<http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Stewards/confirm/2009/Wpedzich>
> 94.1%
> (16/17) usurped account on
> kowiki<http://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%8A%B9%EC%88%98%EA%B8%B0%EB%8A%A5:%EA%B8%B0%EB%A1%9D?type=renameuser&user=wpedzich>
> .  Millosh <http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Stewards/confirm/2009/Millosh> 92.9%
> (13/14) exclusion of en-Wikipedians from Global sysop proposal
> vote<http://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Global_sysops/3rd_proposal&diff=1046720>
> .  Rdsmith4 <http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Stewards/confirm/2009/Rdsmith4>
> 89.5%
> (17/19) —  Mav <http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Stewards/confirm/2009/Mav> 77.8%
> (14/18) inactivity.
> Oscar<http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Stewards/confirm/2009/Oscar>
> 68.4%
> (13/19) inactivity.
> Walter<http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Stewards/confirm/2009/Walter>
> 63.2%
> (12/19) inactivity.
> Yann<http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Stewards/confirm/2009/Yann> 62.5%
> (10/16) inactivity, frwiki dispute, no statement (later added).
> Redux<http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Stewards/confirm/2009/Redux>
> 54.5%
> (6/11) inactivity.
> Jusjih<http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Stewards/confirm/2009/Jusjih>
> 50%
> (8/16) inactivity, violation of steward
> policies<http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Steward_policies>,
> too much access.
> Zirland<http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Stewards/confirm/2009/Zirland>
> 50%
> (8/16) inactivity.  Jimbo
> Wales<http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Stewards/confirm/2009/Jimbo_Wales>
> 42.5%
> (17/40) inactivity, should have
> 'staff<http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:GlobalUsers/Staff>'
> flag instead.  Cspurrier<http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Stewards/confirm/2009/Cspurrier>
> 21.4%
> (3/14) inactivity.
> Dbl2010<http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Stewards/confirm/2009/Dbl2010>
> 8.3%
> (1/12) inactivity.
> Sj<http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Stewards/confirm/2009/Sj> 7.1%
> (1/14) inactivity, no statement.
> .anaconda<http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Stewards/confirm/2009/.anaconda>
> 0%
> (0/9) *resigned*; inactivity, no statement.
> Paginazero<http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Stewards/confirm/2009/Paginazero>
> 12.5%
> (1/8) *resigned*; inactivity.
> Shizhao<http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Stewards/confirm/2009/Shizhao>
> 0%
> (0/2) *removed* (was appointed as
> ombudsman<http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Ombudsman_commission>);
> violation of steward policies<http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Steward_policies>
> .
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