And what they say about Brussels goes on and on:Jim wrote:Meta is the Brussels of the wmf, I suppose.
Having seen some of those arguments, he totally has my vote.EricBarbour wrote: MarcoAurelio "As of today I am a sysop and bureaucrat on the Spanish Wikibooks and Meta-Wiki (where I am also a CheckUser) and I have held administrator permissions on the Spanish Wikipedia and at Wikimedia Commons. I also was a member of the OTRS system." I've seen him arguing with people on Commons occasionally.
I remember in at least one previous election Thelmadatter was running, and she at least spoke English, even if she is a college professor in Mexico. And she was really instrumental, so far as I can remember, in the developing the classroom system. But I have to think that, maybe, for whatever reason, the comparatively minor and obscure English language WMF entities might maybe not get that much attention from many of these people? I've got nothing against any of the more successful non-English language entities maybe getting on board to teach us a few things, but being the parochial little bastard I am I have to think that maybe at least one editor who knew something about our trivial little English language entities would be maybe more likely to get my vote than many of these.Jim wrote:Ok, so today, wikipedia gives me a banner: "The steward elections have started - please vote"
I click on it, and get this:
If I stare at it, I can see about 2, maybe 3 names I have ever seen before.
I see exactly none I know anything at all about.
Are these guys just meta career "politicians", alt accounts for folks we know, or what?
How on earth would I cast an informed vote?
That sentence is missing a word or a phrase at the end. For example: "twice" or "more than just the three times".Poetlister wrote:As you can see, I decided not to stand.
You're not supposed to. The stewards are intended as a counterweight to the English Wikipedia and all the filthy nasty Americans who hang out there. As a result, they would prefer that people whose first language is English, and especially Americans, not participate at all in steward elections as that just skews the results. It is virtually impossible for an American to get elected steward anymore, and Brits are only slightly less intolerable in this regard.Jim wrote:How on earth would I cast an informed vote?
Kelly, you have this uncanny ability, and I can't quite put my finger on what it's called - but I think it might be called "putting your finger on it". Thank you.Kelly Martin wrote:You're not supposed to. The stewards are intended as a counterweight to the English Wikipedia and all the filthy nasty Americans who hang out there. As a result, they would prefer that people whose first language is English, and especially Americans, not participate at all in steward elections as that just skews the results. It is virtually impossible for an American to get elected steward anymore, and Brits are only slightly less intolerable in this regard.Jim wrote:How on earth would I cast an informed vote?
Quotable yet again.Kelly Martin wrote:The stewards are intended as a counterweight to the English Wikipedia and all the filthy nasty Americans who hang out there. As a result, they would prefer that people whose first language is English, and especially Americans, not participate at all in steward elections as that just skews the results. It is virtually impossible for an American to get elected steward anymore, and Brits are only slightly less intolerable in this regard.
Steward is the political landing zone for people who want influence in the Wikimedia sphere but who are not seeking to actually work for the WMF, choosing instead to try to land grants through the WMF's funds dissemination process and, of course, to get a "scholarship" to go to the annual party. Being a steward is a virtual lock on a scholarship if you should want one.
Jim wrote:Ok, I can probably vote for Natuur12 then.
Genuinely made me giggle... Actually, thanks for posting that - you reminded me to go and vote.spartaz wrote:Genuinely made me giggle...Jim wrote:Ok, I can probably vote for Natuur12 then.
