I also want to note something about question 10. It's incredibly amusing that, on a list of questions for arguably the most senior position the community has any say in, names for Wikimedia projects (and referring to Wikimedia projects as a whole) are written incorrectly.
The bit: "WikiSpecies, WikiNews, Wikiversity and other smaller Wikiprojects" No. It's Wikispecies, not WikiSpecies. Wikinews, not WikiNews. And "Wikiprojects" generally refers to groups of collaborating editors on specific projects, not the projects themselves; use "Wikimedia projects". Best, Verm On Sun, Jul 4, 2021 at 7:56 PM Adam Wight <[email protected]> wrote: > As a candidate, I would be happy to work with the full list of questions, > and to choose which ones I want to answer. Whether we each prioritize the > harder or easier questions could be useful information for the electors. > Potential drawbacks are that our responses might be harder to compare if > the questions are less standardized, and that some might feel obliged to > answer the full set, which would be a heavy burden. > > Regards, > [[mw:User:Adamw]] > > > On Sun, Jul 4, 2021 at 8:55 AM Nosebagbear <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hello, >> >> I write to highlight concerns shared by a number of editors about how the >> questions selected by the Elections Committee < >> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2021/Candidates/CandidateQ%26A> >> from the broader Community-created list < >> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2021/Apply_to_be_a_Candidate#Community_Questions_for_Candidates> >> has not been well-chosen, on several grounds. >> >> First and foremost, is that of the questions that received significant >> Community endorsement, only one was selected. That the Community felt so >> strongly those questions should be answered by any candidate should be >> grounds for presumptive inclusion. >> >> The question list is also short - not even a fifth of those presented. As >> a role that needs significant time, and in a process that lasts weeks, it >> seems dubious to indicate that 11 questions is the most that can be >> answered in an election for the most "senior" community-selected positions >> in the movement. This is especially in comparison to, say, en-wiki RfA >> candidates who answer well over 20, on average. >> >> A number of editors have also raised concerns that some of the questions >> on the list are "soft" or "gimme" questions vs much more difficult ones >> left off. As engagement with individual editors is a must for Trustees, it >> is also unclear why the page is claiming grounds to prohibit editors from >> individually seeking answers from candidates. >> >> Finally, there has been a distinct communications failure, though I am >> unsure how much is purely ElectCom, WMF, etc. Questions were asked on the >> original Q&A talk page, and not answered. Then there was no reasoning given >> for specific questions excluded or included in the refined list. >> >> There are a number of facets in this post - thank you for reading, and I >> look forward to answers handling all of these concerns, not merely a >> section. >> >> Cheers, >> >> Nosebagbear >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimedia-l mailing list -- [email protected], guidelines >> at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and >> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l >> Public archives at >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/[email protected]/message/OQUL2MSPXBDUNHH7JI4IZFUHIBJ5ZNZS/ >> To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list -- [email protected], guidelines > at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > Public archives at > https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/[email protected]/message/FUWCYEI5K7AEX4YDR7HHD4XXHCIVARNK/ > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected]
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