[WikiEN-l] Suffrage in ArbCom election

[Red Rocket]

On 06/12/2007, Nathan Awrich <nawrich at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Following up with my post to the election discussion pages:
>
> I think the 150 mainspace edits requirement was poorly discussed and
> is an ill-advised change to the requirements in prior elections. It
> disenfranchises relatively new (but not brand-new) editors who make
> large edits to articles and make most of their edits by numbers to
> talk pages. According to the discussion the rule is aimed at
> preventing the participation of sockpuppets. I think that the actual
> effect of this rule has been to deny suffrage to more than a dozen
> editors whose total edit counts and edit history make it clear that
> they are not sockpuppets. I and others have spent a fair amount of
> time reading and following along with the growth and change of the
> Wikipedia community for some time without always actively
> participating and in some cases prior to registering a username. This
> does not mean that we are unqualified to vote or have no interests in
> Wikipedia that we would like to protect/advance through voting.
>
> There ought to have been a fuller discussion about this restriction,
> particularly considering the mainspace edit count rule has not been
> well received in any forum where it was aired in a limited fashion.
> Additionally, the decision should have been made by consensus in the
> community - not be an election volunteer 'officer' - however hard
> working.
>
> If I have misunderstood the process that led to the restriction, I
> apologise, but my objection to the restriction itself remains.
>
> Avruch
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It wasn't a change though - it's always been 150 edits (mainspace or
otherwise). What precautions would you put in to stop sockpuppets?

--Redrocketboy