the librarian who tweeted "cutural buzzsaw" also tweeted: "good luck with that. remember the buzzsaw. I personally won’t touch WP w/10ft pole."
finding 300 librarians who would is the hard part. On Tue, Oct 20, 2015 at 8:28 PM, Pine W <wiki.p...@gmail.com> wrote: > I agree with Kevin on most points. However I would point out that WMF has > overruled community decisions on multiple occasions, and Jimbo also can > theoretically override Arbcom, so for better and for worse, Arbcom is not > always ENWP's binding authority. I am hopeful that, with the new > composition of the WMF board this year, we will continue to see an > improving relationship between WMF and the community. > > Please do participate and vote in the elections. > > Pine > On Oct 20, 2015 5:19 PM, "Kevin Gorman" <kgor...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi all - >> >> I'll be circulating this to multiple lists, in part to ensure that >> everyone is aware of both the importance and ability of ENWP's >> arbitration committee, and in part to ensure that everyone who is >> eligible to vote is aware that they are eligible to vote, and aware >> that their votes are anonymous - and aware of how significantly they >> can count. Although oppose votes do carry more weight than neutral >> votes or support votes, in our last tranche of elections (which had a >> steep decline in voters from previous elections,) an arbitrator was >> elected with only 227 support votes, and a total of only 593 votes >> cast in relation to that arb in general. >> >> The arbitration committee has, for all practical purposes, binding >> decision making ability on all matter that come before the English >> Wikipedia. For members of that committee to have been elected on the >> basis of only 227 support votes seems (sorry to the arb in question >> for using him as an example) absolutely bizarre to me. The >> arbitration committee is the body ultimately responsible for ensuring >> the health of ENWP's community, including on issues of gender, >> harrassment, and everything else. I'm not going to suggest who you >> vote for (especially because another three weeks of nominations are >> coming in,) but if you are concerned about the state of ENWP's >> community, please take the minimal time necessary to scrutinize >> candidate statements and cast your anonymous votes according to those >> candidates who you believe are most likely to represent your >> interests. >> >> In comparison with the 227 positive votes and the 593 total votes that >> an arbitrator was actually elected with last year, this list alone has >> over 400 members, most of whom are eligible to vote in arbcom >> elections. Again, I'll be circulating this (or a very similar >> message) around to multiple other lists, and won't be making direct >> suggestions or endorsements of candidates on-list, although I may >> compile a voter candidate guide on-wiki when all nominations are in. >> >> If you meet the fairly minimal requirements to ote, please take the >> fairly minimal time out of your day once elections start to cast your >> anonymous votes in favor of the candidates who best supports your >> interests and the interests of the community - and I know that even on >> this list, there are certainly people who will disagree with me about >> what candidates will be represent the interests of the community, and >> am totally fine with that - vote how you want to vote. But vote! >> ENWP's final ruling body shouldn't be determined by a small fraction >> of eligible voters who will all be effected by the decisions our next >> arbcom makes: >> >> These are literally the only requirements to vote in the English >> Arbcom's upcoming elections: >> "(i) has registered an account before 28 October 2015 >> (ii) has made at least 150 mainspace edits before 1 November 2015 >> and,(iii) is not blocked from the English Wikipedia at the time of >> their vote. >> (iii) is not blocked from the English Wikipedia at the time of their >> vote." >> >> If you meet those requirements, please consider the candidates and >> their position statements and their answers to questions, and vote for >> whatever candidates best think represent how you would like the future >> of ENWP's community to be. >> >> Best, >> Kevin Gorman >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Gendergap mailing list >> Gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org >> To manage your subscription preferences, including unsubscribing, please >> visit: >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap > > > _______________________________________________ > Gendergap mailing list > Gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org > To manage your subscription preferences, including unsubscribing, please > visit: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap >
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