On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 2:25 PM, Ray Saintonge wrote:
> Gregory Maxwell wrote:
>> On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 1:24 AM, Tim Starling wrote:
>>
>>> Gregory Maxwell wrote:
>>>
I'm interested in knowing the nature of the error (understanding is
the key to avoidance in the future!)
>>> It was
Gregory Maxwell wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 1:24 AM, Tim Starling wrote:
>
>> Gregory Maxwell wrote:
>>
>>> I'm interested in knowing the nature of the error (understanding is
>>> the key to avoidance in the future!)
>>>
>> It was my fault, and it was pretty much identical to th
On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 3:02 AM, Samuel Klein wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 11:50 PM, Brian wrote:
>> This comment makes my skin crawl. Everyone is entitled to have a voice and
>> it is only the Board's impoverished vision of the community and limited
...
>
> Brian, I like many things you say wh
On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 11:50 PM, Brian wrote:
>> This is important: NO ONE WAS DISENFRANCHISED BY THE ERROR. People
>> were given suffrage who weren't entitled.
>>
>>
> This comment makes my skin crawl. Everyone is entitled to have a voice and
> it is only the Board's impoverished vision of the c
On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 1:24 AM, Tim Starling wrote:
> Gregory Maxwell wrote:
>> I'm interested in knowing the nature of the error (understanding is
>> the key to avoidance in the future!)
>
> It was my fault, and it was pretty much identical to the error I made
> in 2007, where certain kinds of ed
Gregory Maxwell wrote:
> I'm interested in knowing the nature of the error (understanding is
> the key to avoidance in the future!)
It was my fault, and it was pretty much identical to the error I made
in 2007, where certain kinds of edits were double-counted and so the
effective edit count thresh
2009/8/12 Gregory Maxwell :
> I too agree that there is an obligation to contact, hopefully with
> enough time to respond and point out an error, but I don't believe
> that the the contact must be absolutely immediate.
I agree that there is no real need for it to be immediate, but in most
cases I
On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 12:04 AM, Thomas Dalton wrote:
> 2009/8/12 Gregory Maxwell :
>> It is my understanding that the parties incorrectly stricken
>> previously were not contacted. I believe that an attempt should be
>> made to contact stricken parties, even if it means delaying the
>> results.
>
On Aug 11, 2009, at 10:58 PM, Gregory Maxwell wrote:
>
> I am interested in the specific nature of the coding error, for
> example "The script applied the wrong cutoff date" or "edits across
> multiple projects for the 600 edit criteria were merged based on UID
> rather than username" or "users f
2009/8/12 Gregory Maxwell :
> It is my understanding that the parties incorrectly stricken
> previously were not contacted. I believe that an attempt should be
> made to contact stricken parties, even if it means delaying the
> results.
Really? That amazes me. Surely everyone that has their vote s
On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 11:44 PM, Philippe
Beaudette wrote:
>> I'm interested in knowing the nature of the error (understanding is
>> the key to avoidance in the future!)
>>
>> I'd also like to know if any users were denied the ability to vote who
>> should have been permitted on account of this er
On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 10:44 PM, Philippe
Beaudette wrote:
>> [Greg]
>> I'm interested in knowing the nature of the error (understanding is
>> the key to avoidance in the future!)
>>
>> I'd also like to know if any users were denied the ability to vote who
>> should have been permitted on account
On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 9:44 PM, Philippe Beaudette <
pbeaude...@wikimedia.org> wrote:
> >>
> >
> > I'm interested in knowing the nature of the error (understanding is
> > the key to avoidance in the future!)
> >
> > I'd also like to know if any users were denied the ability to vote who
> > should
>>
>
> I'm interested in knowing the nature of the error (understanding is
> the key to avoidance in the future!)
>
> I'd also like to know if any users were denied the ability to vote who
> should have been permitted on account of this error?
>
>
It wa
Betsy Megas wrote:
> Due to an error in a script that was used to generate the list of
> authorized voters for this election, roughly 300 votes were cast by
> users who were not qualified based on the posted election rules
> (requiring that voters have made at least 600 edits before 01 June
> 2009
Forwarded from Betsy Megas, who's subscribed under a different
address. Please read.
Austin
-- Forwarded message --
From: Betsy Megas
Date: Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 10:26 PM
Subject: Election vote strikes
To: "foundation-l-ow...@lists.wikimedia.org"
Due to an error in a script t
16 matches
Mail list logo
