Wikibase Community User Group/2025 Board Candidate Shortlisting

This page records voting by the Wikibase Community User Group to select the best six candidates from the twelve applicants for the upcoming election to the Board of the Wikimedia Foundation, according to the candidate criteria.

Voting is similar to the 2021 candidate election:

• Eligible voters score all candidates independently from 1 to 5 - where 1 =  Oppose, 2 = Neutral, 3 =  Weak support, 4 =  Support and 5 =  Strong support
  • You can use {{Oppose}} / {{Neutral}} / {{Weak support}} / {{Support}} / {{Strong support}}, or a number.
• If a voter gives no vote for a candidate, it's assumed to be Neutral. An average of  Weak support across all voters is required.
• Each person may vote on all candidates only once, with one account. Anonymous votes will not be counted.
• The top six candidates by score will be selected. In the event of a tie, the candidates for which the most Oppose, then Neutral scores will be eliminated in turn. Failing that, tied candidates will not be selected.
• Votes must be made by Monday, July 28, 2025 23:00 GMT

Voting

Enter votes below for each candidate, followed by your signature (~~~~). The first link goes to their candidate statement.

Abdul-Rafiu Fuseini (Alhaj Darajaati (talk • meta edits • global user summary • CA))

• Neutral GreenReaper (talk) 19:01, 26 July 2025 (UTC)
• Neutral —Ismael Olea (talk) 10:03, 28 July 2025 (UTC)
•  Weak support DL2204 (talk) 17:26, 28 July 2025 (UTC)
• ...

Ahmad Ali Karim (EmpAhmadK (talk • meta edits • global user summary • CA))

•  Weak support GreenReaper (talk) 19:01, 26 July 2025 (UTC)
• Neutral —Ismael Olea (talk) 10:03, 28 July 2025 (UTC)
•  Weak support DL2204 (talk) 17:26, 28 July 2025 (UTC)
• ...

Bobby Shabangu (Bobbyshabangu (talk • meta edits • global user summary • CA))

• Neutral GreenReaper (talk) 19:01, 26 July 2025 (UTC)
• Neutral —Ismael Olea (talk) 10:03, 28 July 2025 (UTC)
•  Weak support DL2204 (talk) 17:27, 28 July 2025 (UTC)
• ...

James Alexander (Jamesofur (talk • meta edits • global user summary • CA))

•  Support GreenReaper (talk) 19:01, 26 July 2025 (UTC)
• Neutral —Ismael Olea (talk) 10:03, 28 July 2025 (UTC)
• ...

Jonathan Cardy (WereSpielChequers (talk • meta edits • global user summary • CA))

•  Weak support GreenReaper (talk) 19:01, 26 July 2025 (UTC)
• Neutral —Ismael Olea (talk) 10:03, 28 July 2025 (UTC)
• ...

Lane Rasberry (Bluerasberry (talk • meta edits • global user summary • CA))

•  Strong support GreenReaper (talk) 19:01, 26 July 2025 (UTC)
• Neutral —Ismael Olea (talk) 10:03, 28 July 2025 (UTC)
• ...

Maxime Baidakov (Baidax (talk • meta edits • global user summary • CA))

•  Weak support GreenReaper (talk) 19:01, 26 July 2025 (UTC)
• Neutral —Ismael Olea (talk) 10:03, 28 July 2025 (UTC)
•  Strong support DL2204 (talk) 17:30, 28 July 2025 (UTC)
• ...

Michał Buczyński (Aegis Maelstrom (talk • meta edits • global user summary • CA))

•  Support GreenReaper (talk) 19:01, 26 July 2025 (UTC)
• Neutral —Ismael Olea (talk) 10:03, 28 July 2025 (UTC)
• ...

Mohammed Kamal-Deen Fuseini (Dnshitobu (talk • meta edits • global user summary • CA))

•  Weak support GreenReaper (talk) 19:01, 26 July 2025 (UTC)
• Neutral —Ismael Olea (talk) 10:03, 28 July 2025 (UTC)
•  Support DL2204 (talk) 17:30, 28 July 2025 (UTC)
• ...

Ravan J Al-Taie (Ravan (talk • meta edits • global user summary • CA))

•  Support GreenReaper (talk) 19:01, 26 July 2025 (UTC)
• Neutral —Ismael Olea (talk) 10:03, 28 July 2025 (UTC)
•  Support DL2204 (talk) 17:31, 28 July 2025 (UTC)
• ...

Shahen Araboghlian (ShahenWasHere (talk • meta edits • global user summary • CA))

•  Support GreenReaper (talk) 19:01, 26 July 2025 (UTC)
• Neutral —Ismael Olea (talk) 10:03, 28 July 2025 (UTC)
• ...

Wojciech Pędzich (Wojciech Pędzich (talk • meta edits • global user summary • CA))

•  Weak support GreenReaper (talk) 19:01, 26 July 2025 (UTC)
• Neutral —Ismael Olea (talk) 10:03, 28 July 2025 (UTC)
• ...

Results

Candidates \ Voters	GreenReaper	Ismael Olea	DL2204	Score
Abdul-Rafiu Fuseini	2	2	3	2⅓ / 5
Ahmad Ali Karim	3	2	3	2⅔ / 5
Bobby Shabangu	2	2	3	2⅓ / 5
James Alexander	4	2	2 (def.)	2⅔ / 5
Jonathan Cardy	3	2	2 (def.)	2⅓ / 5
Lane Rasberry	5	2	2 (def.)	3 / 5
Maxime Baidakov	3	2	5	3⅓ / 5
Michał Buczyński	4	2	2 (def.)	2⅔ / 5
Mohammed Kamal-Deen Fuseini	3	2	4	3 / 5
Ravan J Al-Taie	4	2	4	3⅓ / 5
Shahen Araboghlian	4	2	2 (def.)	2⅔ / 5
Wojciech Pędzich	3	2	2 (def.)	2⅓ / 5