Talk:Board elections/2007/FAQ
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English: See Talk:Election FAQ 2006 for questions relating to last year's election. Questions about the 2007 elections can be asked here, or you can contact one of the Election committee. Your are encouraged to ask a question in your favorite language, but if you put a English note which language you are using, as "language: (your language)" at the beginning, it will be a great help for coordinating translation.
العربية: انظر Talk:Election FAQ 2006 للأسئلة المتعلقة بانتخابات السنة الماضية؛ الأسئلة حول انتخابات 2007 يمكن سؤالها هنا أو يمكنك الاتصال بأحد أعضاء لجنة الانتخاب يمكنك السؤال بلغتك المفضلة، و لكن لو وضعت ملاحظة توضح من خلالها اللغة التي تستخدمها ك"language: (لغتك)" في البداية، فسيساعد ذلك بشدة في جهود الترجمة.
Deutsch: Antworten zu Fragen bezüglich der Wahl im letzten Jahr findest du unter Talk:Election FAQ 2006. Fragen zur Wahl 2007 können hier gestellt werden, oder du kannst einen
der Wahlbeauftragten fragen. Du kannst deine Frage in deiner bevorzugten Sprache stellen, aber es erleichtert die Koordination der Übersetzungen, wenn du zu Beginn deiner Frage einen kurzen englischsprachigen Hinweis der Form „language: (deine Sprache)“ einfügst.Suomi: Katso keskutelu vuoden 2006 UKK-sivusta nähdäksesi viime vuoden vaaleihin liittyviä kysymyksiä. Kysymyksiä vuoden 2007 vaaleista voi kysyä täällä, tai voit ottaa yhteyttä yhteen vaalikomitean jäsenistä. Kannustamme sinua kysymään kysymyksen suosikkikielelläsi, mutta jos pistät kysymyksen alkuun englanninkielisen muistutuksen mitä kieltä käytät, eli "language:(kielesi)" niin se auttaa suuresti käännöstyön koordinoimisessa.
Français : Il est conseillé de consulter en premier la page Talk:Election FAQ 2006, relative aux questions concernant les élections de l'année dernière. Pour toutes questions concernant les élections de 2007, vous pouvez les poser ici, ou bien contacter le Comité en charge de l'élection. Nous vous encourageons à poser vos questions dans la langue de votre choix, dans ce cas il est préférable de laisser une note en anglais en début de message, telle que "language: (nom de la langue choisie en anglais)", afin de signaler la langue que vous avez utilisée, et ainsi faciliter l'organisation de la traduction.
Bahasa Indonesia: Lihat Talk:Election FAQ 2006 untuk pertanyaan-pertanyaan yang berhubungan dengan pemilihan tahun lalu. Pertanyaan mengenai pemilihan 2007 dapat ditanyakan di sini, atau Anda dapat pula menghubungi salah satu komite Pemilihan. Anda didorong untuk mengajukan pertanyaan dalam bahasa pilihan Anda, tapi jika Anda memberikan catatan dalam bahasa Inggris mengenai bahasa yang Anda gunakan, dalam bentuk "language: (bahasa Anda)" pada awal pertanyaan Anda, hal tersebut akan sangat menolong untuk koordinasi penerjemahan.
日本語: 昨年の選挙に関する質問はTalk:Election FAQ 2006をご覧ください。本年度理事選挙に関する質問をこのページにお寄せください。選挙組織委員会に会話ページまたはメールでご質問いただくことができます。日本語で質問をすることも出来ます。その場合、"language: Japanese" と冒頭に注記をお願いします。
Norsk nynorsk: Sjå Talk:Election FAQ 2006 for spørsmål omkring valet i fjor. Spørsmål om valet i år kan ein stille her, eller ein kan kan ta kontakt med ein av medlemmene i valkomitéen. Ein kan stille spørsmål på morsmålet sitt, men då er det fint om ein på engelsk skriv, «language: (språket ditt)» i byrjinga, så det vert lettare å koordinere omsetjing av spørsmålet.
Polski: Odpowiedzi do pytań odnośnie wyborów w zeszłym roku znajdziesz w Talk:Election FAQ 2006. Pytania do wyborów 2007 mogą być zadawane tutaj, bądź też poprzez kontakt z przedstawicielem komitetu wyborczego. Pytania możesz sformułować w wybranym przez Ciebie języku, ale informacja o preferowanym przez Ciebie języku odpowiedzi "language: (twój język)" będzie ułatwieniem dla koordynacji tłumaczeń.
Русский: Вопросы, касающиеся прошлогодних выборов — см. на странице обсуждения списка часто задаваемых вопросов (ЧаВО или FAQ) по выборам 2006 г.. Вопросы о выборах 2007 года можно задать здесь, либо связаться с кем-то из Избирательной комиссии. Вы можете задавать вопросы на наиболее удобном вам языке, однако при этом обязательно помещайте в начале своего вопроса английское примечание о том, что это за язык — в формате "language: (your language)"; это будет большим подспорьем для координации перевода.
Candidates[edit]When will candidates be named? "Candidate acceptance has not begun yet." Amgine 05:06, 10 June 2007 (UTC)
Voters[edit]Will it be possible to see a list of voters? This might be useful for rooting out users voting with sockpuppet accounts. Warofdreams 19:17, 10 June 2007 (UTC)
Time commitment[edit]Approximately how much time is required to carry out the duties of a board member? Presumably these aren't supposed to be full-time volunteer positions, so it would be nice to have some indication as to how many hours a board member typically spends on board-related activities per day/week/month. —Psychonaut 16:13, 11 June 2007 (UTC)
Board travel expenses[edit]Board members are not paid a fee but are their expenses reimbursed? (I think they should be, especially for intercontinental air travel). --A. B. (talk) 18:27, 12 June 2007 (UTC)
Appointed members.[edit]Board_elections/2007/FAQ/en#Will all the current board members be standing for election? Do they have to? states "Kat Walsh and Oscar van Dillen come to the end of their terms and their successors will be elected" and "Also please note the appointed members won't be elected by vote.". Kat and Oscar were appointed, so this currently contradicts itself. -- Jeandré, 2007-06-11t18:37z
Voters[edit]Here I have some questions about the technical counting of user edits.
Thank you. --SMP (talk page) 18:53, 15 June 2007 (UTC)
Start of term[edit]When do the newly-elected board members take office? - jredmond 22:00, 18 June 2007 (UTC) Board members' personal liability in the event of a suit against the Foundation[edit]What is the Foundation's attorneys opinions on this question: under U.S. and Florida law, can board members be held personally financially responsible in lawsuits against the foundation (especially copyright and libel actions)? Some organizations provide their members with "directors and officers liability insurance" against such an action -- does the Foundation do this? (If unpaid board members have a liability exposure as a result of their service, then I think they should be provided with such insurance.) --A. B. (talk) 18:04, 20 June 2007 (UTC)
Tied Election[edit]I've been reading through the Wikipedia article on approval voting and I got to think about what process the election committee is going to use in the off chance that a tie for 3rd place happens (as there are three seats open this time around). The time to worry about this is now, before the election, rather than after the polls have closed. There are a few different methodologies that are proposed in governmental elections to deal with this, such as flipping a coin or playing out a hand of poker (law in New Mexico and actually used in 2004 in one state-wide race). Other non-random tie breakers could be earliest date of account registration, date of filing as candidate, or something else along these lines although this seems to give certain biases that are not necessarily appropriate either. While this is a remote chance given the number of people who are likely to be voting in this election, it isn't something to completely ignore either. And it becomes a huge issue when the election results do come in and there is a tie vote and no policy or mechanism to deal with the situation. Hopefully, if this does happen, the two candidates can come up with a compromise that would resolve the situation in the first place. --Roberth 14:45, 24 June 2007 (UTC)
Can votes be changed?[edit]Can votes be changed at any time during the voting window? In other words, should we wait until the last day if we're not sure about a candidate's position? — Omegatron 04:26, 27 June 2007 (UTC)
At what point in time can we expect the results[edit]And via what medium? Mailing lists or wiki somewhere? -- Tawker 06:37, 27 June 2007 (UTC)
I can't seem to vote[edit]I am a regular contributor to Wikiversity. I checked my history, and I appear to have over 400 edits since the inception of my account, which was before March 1, 2007. But it won't allow me to vote. First it said I didn't have an account, and then I created an account on http://wikimedia.spi-inc.org with the same username as my wikiversity account (Jacob Walker, my real name), and yet I still couldn't vote. Can someone help me? --Jacob Walker 13:40, 28 June 2007 (UTC)
Not eligible to vote?[edit]Following the links to vote in the board election takes me to Wikimedia meta-wiki. I created an account on Wikimedia but it says I am not eligible to vote. I have been active on Wikipedia and commons for long enough and with enough edits to qualify. How do I connect that information so that I can vote in the board election. My accounts at each location have the same username that I have here. Cheers! --KenWalker 16:52, 28 June 2007 (UTC)
Multiple namespaces?[edit]I have 400 edits on Wikipedia, but when I go to Wikimedia it says I am not eligible. I think this is because I have the same user-name on both accounts. My Wikipedia account has the needed requirements, but not my Wikimedia account. How do I vote under my Wikipedia account? -- User:In Defense of the Artist
Same person from different projects[edit]How is the software supposed to find if the same person is voting from different projects? I saw that going to Special:Boardvote from en.wikibooks and clicking on "vote" in the external server page gives all the options although I had already voted from en.wikipedia. Of course, I didn't vote again from en.wikibooks. -- Paddu 17:24, 30 June 2007 (UTC)
Voting twice?[edit]To my great astonishment I read my name twice in the voters' list. I didn't change my vote and I'm sure I didn't hit back in my browser (the only possible explanations I can think of). Any ideas about it? --Elitre 11:48, 7 July 2007 (UTC) Off topic[edit]Fiwiki[edit]In Finland wikipedia supervisor called AdaL makes personnel terrorising to my documents please could you remove his rights and make him a normal user.
secure server[edit]Could you alter the link on the top of the en:wikipedia so that people can vote whilst logged into the secure server? Currently you get an error message instead. (I've voted but had to log in to the non-secure srever which I wasn't very happy about) 90.192.184.31 15:48, 2 July 2007 (UTC)
By project?[edit]The first question asks: "What does it mean by project?". There is no context provided. Where is the wording this question refers to? In this context, I am wondering if any steps towards countering systemic bias have been taken. Since en.wikipedia is the biggest project, I'm concerned that people who did good work in other projects will get much fewer votes. SebastianHelm 03:30, 3 July 2007 (UTC)
two questions; confirm that votes count, what prevents multiple votes?[edit]How can I confirm that my vote was actually counted and not lost/thrown out? I still do not understand how this system can prevent individuals from voting multiple times. --JWSurf 16:47, 13 July 2007 (UTC)
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