[Foundation-l] spamming of the english wikipedia users detected

[! Chris Sherlock]

IMO, having a public list of all eligible voters is a very good thing. It
helps make the process more transparent, and it also helps stops
vote-rigging.

Chris - Ta bu shi da yu

> What I find most disturbing in this is that someone, other than the
> people who are independently running the election, should have access to
> records of who has and who hasn't voted, and then be able to use that
> for his spam list.  Saying that only 15% have voted is one thing, but
> identifying who is in that 15% is quite another.

Thank you for putting to rest the question of how experienced our much
our most tenured editors are about the election process. ...

While I'd like to accept the compliments about my HAxX0r skills, I can't...

The list of voters is public. It always has been public.

https://wikimedia.spi-inc.org/index.php/Special:Boardvote/list

It is very good that it is public because the community helps the
election com detect sock activity.