Wikimedia Foundation elections/2024/Voter eligibility guidelines

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2024 WMF Board election

Introduction

Frequently asked questions

For candidates

For voters

Election method and platform

Organization

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Editors

You may vote from any single registered account you own on a Wikimedia wiki. You may only vote once, regardless of how many accounts you own. To qualify, this one account must:

not be site-wide blocked in more than one public project;
and not be a bot;
and have made at least 300 edits before August 4, 2024 across Wikimedia wikis;
and have made at least 20 edits between September 6, 2022 and August 4, 2024

The AccountEligibility tool can be used to quickly verify basic editor voting eligibility.

Developers

Developers qualify to vote if they:

are Wikimedia server administrators with shell access
or have made at least one merged commit to any Wikimedia repos on Gerrit, between September 6, 2022 and August 4, 2024.

Additional criteria

or have made at least one merged commit to any repo in nonwmf-extensions or nonwmf-skins, between September 6, 2022 and August 4, 2024.
or have made at least one merged commit to any Wikimedia tool repo (for example magnustools) between September 6, 2022 and August 4, 2024.
or maintainers/contributors of any tools, bots, gadgets, and Lua modules on Wikimedia wikis.
or have substantially engaged in the design and/or review processes of technical development related to Wikimedia.

Translators

Translators qualify to vote if they have made at least 300 edits before August 4, 2024, and 20 edits between September 6, 2022 and August 4, 2024, on translatewiki.net.

Wikimedia Foundation staff and contractors

Current Wikimedia Foundation staff and contractors qualify to vote if they have been employed by the Foundation as of August 4, 2024.

Wikimedia movement affiliates’ staff and contractors

Current Wikimedia chapter, thematic organization or user group staff and contractors qualify to vote if they have been employed by their organization as of August 4, 2024.
Members of formal bodies as defined in the bylaws of the current Wikimedia Chapters, thematic organizations or user groups qualify to vote if they have been serving in those functions as of August 4, 2024.

The Affiliations Committee and Elections Committee will confirm the list of eligible Wikimedia Affiliates by [DATE].

Wikimedia Foundation board members and advisory board members

Current and former members of the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees and the Wikimedia Foundation Advisory Board qualify to vote.

Wikimedia movement committees members

Current members of the Wikimedia movement committees qualify to vote if they have been serving in those functions as of August 4, 2024.

For the purpose of this guideline, Wikimedia movement committees are defined as Communications Committee, Elections Committee, Movement Charter Drafting Committee, Language Committee, and Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee.

Wikimedia movement community organizers

Community organizers in good standing, who do not qualify to vote under other categories, qualify to vote if they meet one of the following:

have applied for, received and reported on at least one Wikimedia Foundation grant since August 4, 2024.
were an organizer of at least one funded hackathon, competition or other Wikimedia event with on-wiki documentation and at least 10 attendees/visitors/participants between September 6, 2022 and August 4, 2024.

Note

If you meet the main criteria, you will be able to vote immediately. Due to the technical limitations of SecurePoll, people who meet the additional criteria may not be able to directly vote, unless they meet any of the other criteria. If you think you meet the additional criteria, please email board-elections@lists.wikimedia.org with the reasoning at least four (4) days before the last date for voting i.e. on or before September 13, 2024. If you meet the criteria, we will add you to a manual list, to be able to vote.