Stewards/Elections 2026/Coordination

The steward elections are coordinated on #wikimedia-stewards-elections^connect, users interested in helping out should consider joining the channel to better coordinate and receive the feed or relevant recent changes.

Pre-vote

• Contact Pathoschild to get his eligibility tool set-up for the new election

A correction related to global sysops is still needed. Pending a response AramilFeraxa (talk) 19:20, 10 January 2026 (UTC)

Done [1] AramilFeraxa (talk) 23:07, 11 January 2026 (UTC)

• Contact Alchimista to get his bot for marking eligible voters set up

Wrote an email, waiting. AramilFeraxa (talk) 19:20, 10 January 2026 (UTC)

Already warming up the bot :D Alchimista (talk) 09:56, 11 January 2026 (UTC)

So Done :) AramilFeraxa (talk) 23:05, 11 January 2026 (UTC)

• Get all of the relevant pages added to the IRC watchbot
• Organize CentralNotice display

• Agree on a wording for the candidate banner
• Agree on a wording for the vote banner
• Notify translators
• Create campaigns
• Create calendar entries
• Update the javascript for the candidate banner

• Update the election counter ([2])
• Make an edit notice for Template:Stewards/Elections 2026/Voters/Check to explain how the checking works
• Verify if the voting script works

Candidate statements

See candidate statements page for the full list of candidates.

Confirmation statements

See confirmation statements page for the full list of candidates.

During vote

• Template:Stewards/Elections 2026/Voters/Check