Re: [Foundation-l] Elections email

On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 6:35 PM, Andrew Garrett wrote: > On Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 1:38 AM, Casey Brown wrote: >> It would be a good idea for someone to make a list of things that need >> to be done/were done to make your job easier in the future. >> Pathoschild, do you remember what was done in th

Re: [Foundation-l] Elections email

On Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 1:38 AM, Casey Brown wrote: > It would be a good idea for someone to make a list of things that need > to be done/were done to make your job easier in the future. > Pathoschild, do you remember what was done in the past?  Could you > start such a list? :-) http://wikitech.

Re: [Foundation-l] Elections email

Before I start, can I just point out these exact same issues was discussed on this list during the last Board election 2 years ago On 14/06/2011 16:38, Casey Brown wrote: > On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 8:37 AM, Andrew Garrett > wrote: >>> 1. I already voted. It may be a good idea to send this on

Re: [Foundation-l] Elections email

On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 8:37 AM, Andrew Garrett wrote: >> 1. I already voted. It may be a good idea to send this only to people >> who didn't. > > I don't think this is possible. I think Pathoschild did it in the past and he was able to remove people who voted already, who didn't meet requirement

Re: [Foundation-l] Elections email

Sarah, 11/06/2011 21:54: > Also, looking at the elections e-mail again, it links to a page that, > so far as I can see, doesn't tell people where to go to vote, except > for those most active on meta. It says «Go to the wiki page "Special:Securepoll" on one wiki you qualify to vote from». Could b

Re: [Foundation-l] Elections email

Also, looking at the elections e-mail again, it links to a page that, so far as I can see, doesn't tell people where to go to vote, except for those most active on meta. Sarah ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: h

Re: [Foundation-l] Elections email

On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 21:03, Marc A. Pelletier wrote: > On 10/06/2011 5:55 PM, Sarah wrote: >> [...] that the software is actively inviting all accounts that meet >> those requirements, it means we're alerting all the socks that they're >> able to vote. They might otherwise not even have remembe

Re: [Foundation-l] Elections email

Fajro, 11/06/2011 19:13: > 2011/6/11 Béria Lima: >> why try to increase participation is sad, Fajro? > > The lousy performance of the committee is sad. What did /you/ do? Nemo ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe:

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2011/6/11 Béria Lima : > why try to increase participation is sad, Fajro? The lousy performance of the committee is sad. -- Fajro ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/f

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> > 2011/6/11 Fajro > On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 7:16 PM, Milos Rancic wrote: > > > Election committee did what is in their power to increase participation. > > That's sad. > why try to increase participation is sad, Fajro? _ *Béria Lima* (351) 925 171 484 *Imagine um mun

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On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 7:16 PM, Milos Rancic wrote: > Election committee did what is in their power to increase participation. That's sad. :( -- Fajro ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikime

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Well thanks for the invite, and I voted. Same here two invites, and also I got the mail a little late, cause the voting is already half over. I blogged about this as well http://undeletewikipedia.blogspot.com/2011/06/funny-voting-for-wikimedia-board-of.html mike On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 5:00 PM,

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On 10/06/2011 5:55 PM, Sarah wrote: > [...] that the software is actively inviting all accounts that meet > those requirements, it means we're alerting all the socks that they're > able to vote. They might otherwise not even have remembered some of > the accounts the software is reminding them of.

Re: [Foundation-l] Elections email

Oh wait, On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 10:34 PM, Andrew Garrett wrote: > On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 11:30 PM, Yann Forget wrote: >> Hello, >> >> I also received one, with >> >> {{GENDER:Yann|Cher|Chère|Cher/Chère}} Yann, >> >> Well, is this an attempt to be politically correct for BTGL? ;o) > > Ha, looks

Re: [Foundation-l] Elections email

On 06/10/2011 11:55 PM, Sarah wrote: > 2011/6/10 Jon Harald Søby : >> As Shane said, there are built-in features in the SecurePoll software >> that help us to control for sockpuppeting, so we are pretty safe. >> Sockpuppeting in a large enough scale to influence an election of this >> size would al

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2011/6/10 Jon Harald Søby : > As Shane said, there are built-in features in the SecurePoll software > that help us to control for sockpuppeting, so we are pretty safe. > Sockpuppeting in a large enough scale to influence an election of this > size would also be very difficult to pull through, and p

Re: [Foundation-l] Elections email

As Shane said, there are built-in features in the SecurePoll software that help us to control for sockpuppeting, so we are pretty safe. Sockpuppeting in a large enough scale to influence an election of this size would also be very difficult to pull through, and practically impossible to do undetect

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> On 10 June 2011 22:19, Sarah wrote: >> I've received two invitations to vote -- also both at the same e-mail >> address -- so all I'd have to do now (if it were a user name that >> didn't make it obvious it was mine) is go somewhere else to vote. And >> given how low the voting requirements are

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Perhaps. Although with that said nearly 1000 people have voted today - compared to between 100-200 on the previous days (excepting the 29th, first day, which had about 600-800). So it's a case of; is the risk worth the reward? Tom On 10 June 2011 22:19, Sarah wrote: > On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 1

Re: [Foundation-l] Elections email

On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 14:38, Shane Simmons wrote: > Well, the SecurePoll extension has multiple measures built-in that allow for > easy sock detection. It captures some data in addition to the username that > would help eliminate those votes. > > On a side note: would a simple check for duplicat

Re: [Foundation-l] Elections email

On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 13:58, Sarah wrote: >Thanks, Phoebe. That seems awfully low, and makes sockpuppetry a lot >easier, particularly given that people's multiple accounts are being >invited to vote. Well, the SecurePoll extension has multiple measures built-in that allow for easy sock detection

Re: [Foundation-l] Elections email

On 6/10/11 3:30 PM, Yann Forget wrote: > Hello, > > I also received one, with > > {{GENDER:Yann|Cher|Chère|Cher/Chère}} Yann, > > Well, is this an attempt to be politically correct for BTGL? ;o) > > Regards, > > Yann Yes, this one was very cute :) I also liked the "Le comité directeur est l'orga

Re: [Foundation-l] Elections email

On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 11:49, phoebe ayers wrote: > Hey Sarah -- the voting requirements are here -- > http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Board_elections/2011/en#Requirements > > 300 edits, 20 recent ones -- the requirements were roughly halved from > the last elections. There's discussion about this

Re: [Foundation-l] Elections email

On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 8:00 AM, Sarah wrote: > On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 08:16, Béria Lima wrote: >> I receveid two mails: >> >> 1. To my main account (Beria) in portuguese. >> >> 2. To one of my bot accounts, in english. >> >> So, i will guess that the language is chosen based in the home wiki (m

Re: [Foundation-l] Elections email

On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 08:16, Béria Lima wrote: > I receveid two mails: > > 1. To my main account (Beria) in portuguese. > > 2. To one of my bot accounts, in english. > > So, i will guess that the language is chosen based in the home wiki (my bot > has more edits in en.wiki than in pt.wiki) > ___

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I receveid two mails: 1. To my main account (Beria) in portuguese. 2. To one of my bot accounts, in english. So, i will guess that the language is chosen based in the home wiki (my bot has more edits in en.wiki than in pt.wiki) _ *Béria Lima* (351) 925 171 484 *Imagine

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On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 11:30 PM, Yann Forget wrote: > Hello, > > I also received one, with > > {{GENDER:Yann|Cher|Chère|Cher/Chère}} Yann, > > Well, is this an attempt to be politically correct for BTGL? ;o) Ha, looks like we need to give better instructions to the translators next time :-) --

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Hello, I also received one, with {{GENDER:Yann|Cher|Chère|Cher/Chère}} Yann, Well, is this an attempt to be politically correct for BTGL? ;o) Regards, Yann 2011/6/10 Amir E. Aharoni : > Hallo, > > I just received an email (see below) that invites me to participate in > the elections. ___

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On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 11:22 PM, Sarah wrote: > I was invited to vote too, as was a little-used alternative account of > mine, one that's obviously mine from the name. Sorry, there were 43,000 accounts to email. I've used SUL to filter for duplicates, but we could hardly filter them for duplicat

Re: [Foundation-l] Elections email

>> On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 10:06 PM, Amir E. Aharoni >> wrote: >> > There are several technical issues with it: >> > >> > 1. I already voted. It may be a good idea to send this only to people >> > who didn't. I was invited to vote too, as was a little-used alternative account of mine, one that's

Re: [Foundation-l] Elections email

2011/6/10 Andrew Garrett > On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 10:06 PM, Amir E. Aharoni > wrote: > > There are several technical issues with it: > > > > 1. I already voted. It may be a good idea to send this only to people > > who didn't. > > I don't think this is possible. > The list of accounts which ha

Re: [Foundation-l] Elections email

>> I also got one, even though one of my accounts (to which is was sent) is >> globally blocked, and another one has an insufficient number of edits and >> both are thus ineligible to vote. I only got the e-mail in English, but I >> assume this is because I use English interface in all projects. >

Re: [Foundation-l] Elections email

On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 10:32 PM, Yaroslav M. Blanter wrote: > > On Fri, 10 Jun 2011 15:06:14 +0300, "Amir E. Aharoni" > wrote: >> Hallo, >> >> I just received an email (see below) that invites me to participate in >> the elections. >> >> There are several technical issues with it: >> > > I also

Re: [Foundation-l] Elections email

On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 10:06 PM, Amir E. Aharoni wrote: > There are several technical issues with it: > > 1. I already voted. It may be a good idea to send this only to people > who didn't. I don't think this is possible. > 2. The subject says "2009". Whoops. I updated everything except the su

Re: [Foundation-l] Elections email

On Fri, 10 Jun 2011 15:06:14 +0300, "Amir E. Aharoni" wrote: > Hallo, > > I just received an email (see below) that invites me to participate in > the elections. > > There are several technical issues with it: > I also got one, even though one of my accounts (to which is was sent) is globally

Re: [Foundation-l] Elections email

I think it is based on your home project :) I voted from meta, but got an email in Dutch - which is almost only on nlwiki my preferred language. I made some other suggestions on how to improve the email next time, maybe it would make sense to collect other suggestions there too: http://meta.wikimed

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I think the system did NOT work for you :) It seems strange to send the same email in several languages. I only received it in Romanian. I think this is taken based on your language preferences (on meta?) Strainu 2011/6/10 Amir E. Aharoni : > Hallo, > > I just received an email (see below) that i

[Foundation-l] Elections email

Hallo, I just received an email (see below) that invites me to participate in the elections. There are several technical issues with it: 1. I already voted. It may be a good idea to send this only to people who didn't. 2. The subject says "2009". 3. The email is sent in English and Hebrew. I d