On Aug 10, 2009, at 12:15 AM, Tisza Gergő wrote:
> Which begs the question: why was the central notice taken down when
> there is
> still a day left?
It went down earlier than we expected. It's back up, after a brief
outage.
Philippe
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phoebe ayers writes:
>
> ** Despite the election's importance, turnout is so far pretty
> pathetic, esp. from smaller wikis.
Which begs the question: why was the central notice taken down when there is
still a day left?
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On Aug 9, 2009, at 4:15 PM, phoebe ayers wrote:
> On a general note, I for one greatly appreciate the Election
> Committee's efforts to get wide community participation in the Board
> elections**, even if the mailing could have gone more smoothly.
>
> On an even more general note, the constructiv
> Thomas,
>
> On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 9:40 PM, Thomas Dalton wrote:
>> I have just received an email telling me I am eligible to vote in the
>> board elections when I have already voted. Please don't send
>> untargetted mass emails - they are spam.
on 8/9/09 5:15 PM, phoebe ayers at phoebe.w...@g
Thomas,
On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 9:40 PM, Thomas Dalton wrote:
> I have just received an email telling me I am eligible to vote in the
> board elections when I have already voted. Please don't send
> untargetted mass emails - they are spam.
You think nothing of routinely filling up all of the list
2009/8/9 Ray Saintonge :
> Geoffrey Plourde wrote:
>> Although I had already voted, I was not bothered by one tiny email reminding
>> me that I was eligible to vote. Thanks guys, hopefully this will get people
>> to the polls.
>>
>>
>>
>>
> It didn't bother me either even though it came after I v
Geoffrey Plourde wrote:
> Although I had already voted, I was not bothered by one tiny email reminding
> me that I was eligible to vote. Thanks guys, hopefully this will get people
> to the polls.
>
>
>
>
It didn't bother me either even though it came after I voted. As far as
spam goes this
On Sun, Aug 9, 2009 at 3:43 AM, Bod Notbod wrote:
> OK, *ideally* an email wouldn't be sent to those who have already
> voted. But it's really not as if Wikimedia is a persistent spammer.
> I'd let it slide.
Yeah, that's about where I sit on it. :) I wouldn't have said anything, if
it weren't a
On Sun, Aug 9, 2009 at 11:38 AM, Luna wrote:
> Indeed. I had already voted, and got an email, but I'm not going to do any
> complaining. It's one email, for Pete's sake.
The irony is that those who dislike having received an email about the
election have now received about 30 more due to reportin
On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 10:39 PM, Steven Walling wrote:
> I already voted when I got my email, and I didn't think it was spam. I
> smiled at the fact that Wikimedia is making sure everyone who can vote has
> the opportunity.
>
Indeed. I had already voted, and got an email, but I'm not going to do
Milos Rancic wrote:
On Sun, Aug 9, 2009 at 11:47 AM, Kwan Ting Chan wrote:
Just out of interest, how many such email did you get last year because I'm
sure I only (try to) send one email to each email address (that hadn't voted
already).
* One email to myself (mill...@gmail.com). I voted first
On Sun, Aug 9, 2009 at 11:47 AM, Kwan Ting Chan wrote:
> Just out of interest, how many such email did you get last year because I'm
> sure I only (try to) send one email to each email address (that hadn't voted
> already).
* One email to myself (mill...@gmail.com). I voted first day and a
couple
Milos Rancic wrote:
On Sun, Aug 9, 2009 at 5:00 AM, Casey Brown wrote:
Bot accounts will probably be excluded in the future, since they are
explicitly not allowed to vote.
I think that it shouldn't be so complicated to do one "sort -u" over
emails. As I said, some of my bots don't have bot fla
On Sun, Aug 9, 2009 at 5:00 AM, Casey Brown wrote:
> Bot accounts will probably be excluded in the future, since they are
> explicitly not allowed to vote.
I think that it shouldn't be so complicated to do one "sort -u" over
emails. As I said, some of my bots don't have bot flags and because of
th
Keep in mind that this election didn't go off as well as it could
have, we all know that, the important thing was getting the e-mails
out before the vote ended. It was already too late, so it's better to
get more people notified than less. It wasn't perfect, last year was
better because there was
On Sat, Aug 8, 2009 at 6:40 AM, Thomas Dalton wrote:
> I have just received an email telling me I am eligible to vote in the
> board elections when I have already voted. Please don't send
> untargetted mass emails - they are spam.
Ah, I may imagine how your reaction would be in my case :) I have a
Pavlo Shevelo wrote:
The list of users who have voted is available at
https://wikimedia.spi-inc.org/index.php/Special:SecurePoll/list/17
Some names/nicks there appeared crossed (by horizontal line).
Would somebody please explain what does it mean?
Those that are grey out (or at least slightl
Generally speaking, that means that the user appears to have voted
more than once, or from more than one username on more than one
project. The line denotes that vote has been struck.
Philippe
On Aug 8, 2009, at 3:03 PM, Pavlo Shevelo wrote:
>> The list of users who have voted is available
> The list of users who have voted is available at
> https://wikimedia.spi-inc.org/index.php/Special:SecurePoll/list/17
Some names/nicks there appeared crossed (by horizontal line).
Would somebody please explain what does it mean?
2009/8/8 Jon Harald Søby :
> 2009/8/8 John Vandenberg
>
>> On S
2009/8/8 Geoffrey Plourde :
> Although I had already voted, I was not bothered by one tiny email reminding
> me that I was eligible to vote. Thanks guys, hopefully this will get people
> to the polls.
If it was difficult to avoid emailing people that have already voted,
I wouldn't mind, but I do
:40 PM
Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] Board election spamming
On Sat, Aug 8, 2009 at 12:40 AM, Thomas Dalton wrote:
> I have just received an email telling me I am eligible to vote in the
> board elections when I have already voted. Please don't send
> untargetted mass emails -
2009/8/8 Casey Brown :
> On Sat, Aug 8, 2009 at 12:40 AM, Thomas Dalton wrote:
>> I have just received an email telling me I am eligible to vote in the
>> board elections when I have already voted. Please don't send
>> untargetted mass emails - they are spam.
>
> "telling me I am eligible" and "unt
On Sat, Aug 8, 2009 at 6:42 PM, John Vandenberg wrote:
> Oh, I am not affronted.
>
> I am thrilled that the election committee decided that computer
> engineers should be rewarded for their ingenuity by allowing their
> fine opinion to be counted twice.
>
> This motivates me to write more bots for
2009/8/8 John Vandenberg
> On Sat, Aug 8, 2009 at 6:09 PM, private musings
> wrote:
> > No silly - it's a mistake! (don't be so grumpy. - or be aware that
> this
> > could come across as grumpy at least)
> >
> > I recall the grumbles when Greg sent something out last year or the year
> > befo
Yes. And are doing so.
Philippe
On Aug 8, 2009, at 2:42 AM, John Vandenberg wrote:
>
> p.s. can the election committee ensure that votes from bot accounts
> are not counted??
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On Sat, Aug 8, 2009 at 5:40 AM, Thomas Dalton wrote:
> I have just received an email telling me I am eligible to vote in the
> board elections when I have already voted. Please don't send
> untargetted mass emails - they are spam.
Well, one good thing came out of it.
I didn't receive such an ema
On Sat, Aug 8, 2009 at 8:00 PM, Cormac Lawler wrote:
> On Sat, Aug 8, 2009 at 6:05 AM, wrote:
>
>> I'm sorry you got an email that bothered you. Trust me, we try to make
>> sure no one is bothered by them. Sometimes people fall through the cracks,
>> and I'm sorry that was the case here and in a
Cormac Lawler wrote:
On Sat, Aug 8, 2009 at 6:05 AM, wrote:
I'm sorry you got an email that bothered you. Trust me, we try to make
sure no one is bothered by them. Sometimes people fall through the cracks,
and I'm sorry that was the case here and in a few other cases.
I'm supposedly one w
Hello,
As far as I know the email users function doesn't show the emailadres to
people so you could email me with that function and you still doesn't
have my emailadres :)
Best regards,
Huib
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On Sat, Aug 8, 2009 at 6:05 AM, wrote:
> I'm sorry you got an email that bothered you. Trust me, we try to make
> sure no one is bothered by them. Sometimes people fall through the cracks,
> and I'm sorry that was the case here and in a few other cases.
I'm supposedly one who fell through the
Huib! wrote:
Hello,
Aren't we working to wrong way, I think it should be better to let
people opt-in, because we didn't release our e-mail addresses for this
kind of spam. I use different emails for private / mailinglist use and I
didn't give permission to use my private email.
Can I just p
Philippe Beaudette wrote:
Yeah, that one's noted for the post-mortem.
I'm going to add some notes for "future generation" that send this in 2
years time based on my experience sending this last year (and also
thinking about it this year) before I forget. I'm sure this year's
committee & Werdna
John Vandenberg wrote:
On Sat, Aug 8, 2009 at 6:09 PM, private musings wrote:
No silly - it's a mistake! (don't be so grumpy. - or be aware that this
could come across as grumpy at least)
I recall the grumbles when Greg sent something out last year or the year
before, and feel the same abou
On Sat, Aug 8, 2009 at 6:09 PM, private musings wrote:
> No silly - it's a mistake! (don't be so grumpy. - or be aware that this
> could come across as grumpy at least)
>
> I recall the grumbles when Greg sent something out last year or the year
> before, and feel the same about this as that -
Gerard Meijssen wrote:
Hoi,
This is a huge improvement over the last election where not all projects
were targeted for this type of mail. As a result there is less bias in the
system. So you can opt out if you do not want to receive an e-mail for the
next election.
Huh? All eligible voters who
No silly - it's a mistake! (don't be so grumpy. - or be aware that this
could come across as grumpy at least)
I recall the grumbles when Greg sent something out last year or the year
before, and feel the same about this as that - the folk sending the email
are using an imperfect system, but ov
Hello,
Aren't we working to wrong way, I think it should be better to let
people opt-in, because we didn't release our e-mail addresses for this
kind of spam. I use different emails for private / mailinglist use and I
didn't give permission to use my private email.
Its kind of stupid that this
On Sat, Aug 8, 2009 at 5:47 PM, Robert Rohde wrote:
> On Sat, Aug 8, 2009 at 12:34 AM, John Vandenberg wrote:
>> I had forgotten that my bot gave me a second vote.
>
> Is that a joke?
My bot, which has a bot flag on two projects, was sent an email asking
it to vote.
Is that a joke?
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John Vande
On Sat, Aug 8, 2009 at 12:34 AM, John Vandenberg wrote:
> I had forgotten that my bot gave me a second vote.
Is that a joke?
-Robert Rohde
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On Sat, Aug 8, 2009 at 2:52 PM, Meno 25 wrote:
> and also please don't send e-mails to bot accounts.
I found that email quite helpful.
I had forgotten that my bot gave me a second vote.
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Yeah, that one's noted for the post-mortem.
Philippe
On Aug 8, 2009, at 12:47 AM, Gregory Maxwell wrote:
> On Sat, Aug 8, 2009 at 2:38 AM, Gerard
> Meijssen wrote:
>> Hoi,
>> This is a huge improvement over the last election where not all
>> projects
>> were targeted for this type of mail. As
On Sat, Aug 8, 2009 at 2:38 AM, Gerard
Meijssen wrote:
> Hoi,
> This is a huge improvement over the last election where not all projects
> were targeted for this type of mail. As a result there is less bias in the
> system. So you can opt out if you do not want to receive an e-mail for the
> next e
Hoi,
This is a huge improvement over the last election where not all projects
were targeted for this type of mail. As a result there is less bias in the
system. So you can opt out if you do not want to receive an e-mail for the
next election.
Iit is a huge improvement to have an e-mail by the orga
I already voted when I got my email, and I didn't think it was spam. I
smiled at the fact that Wikimedia is making sure everyone who can vote has
the opportunity.
Steven
On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 10:05 PM, wrote:
> Thomas,
>
> I'm sorry you got an email that bothered you. Trust me, we try to make
Thomas,
I'm sorry you got an email that bothered you. Trust me, we try to make sure no
one is bothered by them. Sometimes people fall through the cracks, and I'm
sorry that was the case here and in a few other cases.
We try - hard - to make sure that everyone who is entitled to vote knows it.
On Sat, Aug 8, 2009 at 12:40 AM, Thomas Dalton wrote:
> I have just received an email telling me I am eligible to vote in the
> board elections when I have already voted. Please don't send
> untargetted mass emails - they are spam.
"telling me I am eligible" and "untargetted mass e-mails" don't re
On Sat, Aug 8, 2009 at 7:40 AM, Thomas Dalton wrote:
> I have just received an email telling me I am eligible to vote in the
> board elections when I have already voted. Please don't send
> untargetted mass emails - they are spam.
>
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