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This page statistically summarizes the 2009 steward elections. See also a summary of the 2009 confirmations, and the collected statistics page.

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Unique participants: 1116.
Last update: 2009-02-22 01:02 (UTC)

candidate support ratio oppose reasons result
Meno25 0.963,  96.3% (157/163) elected
Erwin 0.96,  96% (192/200) elected
Kylu 0.954,  95.4% (207/217) elected
Laaknor 0.944,  94.4% (119/126) elected
Mike.lifeguard 0.884,  88.4% (258/292) elected
Leinad 0.868,  86.8% (138/159) inexperience. elected
Dorgan 0.844,  84.4% (141/167) inexperience. elected
Alexanderps 0.817,  81.7% (125/153) too much access, allegations of canvassing and misuse of checkuser tool. elected
Mardetanha 0.813,  81.3% (217/267) disputes on fawiki, fear that Iranian government will gain his access under torture. elected
putnik 0.792,  79.2% (152/192) inexperience, unanswered questions, dispute on ruwiki. failed
Avraham 0.785,  78.5% (150/191) inexperience, limited language skills. failed
Fabexplosive 0.781,  78.1% (114/146) dispute on lmowiki, allegedly executes tasks without understanding them, unanswered questions (later answered). failed
Jredmond 0.759,  75.9% (66/87) inexperience, too much access, unanswered questions (later answered). failed
PhiLiP 0.71,  71% (66/93) inexperience, copyright issues with uploads, fear that Chinese government will gain his access under torture. failed
SpeedyGonsales 0.696,  69.6% (87/125) inexperience, misunderstanding of steward role, disputes on hrwiki. failed
Mywood 0.671,  67.1% (55/82) inexperience, copyright issues with uploads. failed
EVula 0.546,  54.6% (77/141) inexperience, too much access, limited language skills, appearance of incivility. failed
avjoska 0.4,  40% (38/95) inexperience, intent of inactivity as a steward. failed
Fadesga 0.3,  30% (21/70) inexperience, no steward goals, unanswered questions. failed
Al Lemos 0.255,  25.5% (35/137) inexperience, misunderstanding of steward role. failed
Pasquale 0.19,  19% (12/63) inexperience, misunderstanding of steward role, unanswered questions, little activity. failed
Apteva 0.016,  1.6% (2/124) inexperience, prior block, lack of steward goals, misunderstanding of steward role, little activity. failed
Loco085 0.646,  64.6% (42/65) inexperience, unanswered questions. withdrawn
Cometstyles 0.598,  59.8% (76/127) alleged abuse of OTRS access, checkuser requests with insufficient reason. withdrawn
Orderinchaos 0.265,  26.5% (13/49) inexperience, limited language skills. withdrawn
Gutza 0.193,  19.3% (11/57) intent of inactivity as a steward, misunderstanding of steward role, unanswered questions. withdrawn
Chase me ladies, I'm the Cavalry 0.000,   disqualified; not identified. disqualified
Drakesketchit 0.000,   disqualified; not identified. disqualified
Fipplet 0.000,   disqualified; not identified. disqualified
Jagwar 0.000,   disqualified; not identified. disqualified
Wykypydya 0.000,   disqualified; not identified, not linked to an account meeting account requirements. disqualified

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