On Sun, Mar 20, 2011 at 8:52 PM, Philippe Beaudette <phili...@wikimedia.org>wrote:
> > > > 2011/3/20 KIZU Naoko <aph...@gmail.com> > >> Phillipe could give the whole recollection perhaps? Or it would be >> somehow embarrassing for now a WMF staffer? :D >> > > I don't recall anything that would be particularly embarrassing, but I'll > be honest and say I don't recall anything at ALL about that decision. Let > me dig through some old emails and see if I can find out why. :) > > pb > OK, I did some reading of the archives. It appears that we determined the endorsements process served one significant purpose (to eliminate non-serious candidates) but beyond that wasn't a fairly tremendous help to anyone. At the time we were doing a pretty complex endorsements system that had a phase in which people without enough endorsements were dropped from the ballot. Objections were raised that it seemed odd to go through the work of translating statements, etc, and then eliminate someone before the "second phase" - the actual vote - began. In the end, I think the final feeling was "lot of work, not a lot of value provided". That said, it was years ago, and I have no idea if I'd say the same things today that I said then. (This is a 30,000 foot overview based on a few minutes of research). pb _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
