維基媒體基金會理事會選舉/2025年

See also: Objections to the 2025 WMF Board election removals and 2025 WMF Board reform petition

2025年，維基媒體基金會理事會有兩位社群及自治體理事任期即將屆滿。維基媒體基金會理事會誠摯邀請維基媒體運動全體成員參與此次選舉流程，投票填補前述出缺席次。

維基媒體選舉委員會將在維基媒體基金會工作人員的支持下監督此過程。

投票方式

今年的選舉將使用安全投票（SecurePoll）系統，採取單記名可讓渡投票制。

候選人須知

申請成為候選人

主頁面：候选人申请

篩選流程

主頁面：筛选流程

2025年選舉將有兩個席位出缺。前次選舉有四個席位出缺，當時候選人數量之多令人咋舌。維基媒體基金會理事會及選舉委員會認為，將候選人數量定為10名較為合理。因此，若選舉委員會認定合格之登記候選人超過10名，將有額外篩選流程，以篩選出6位候選人，以供社群投票表決。若合格候選人少於10名，則不會有篩選流程。對自治體而言，即使不過在社群投票階段以前剔除三位、甚至更少候選人，都可算是繁重的工作。

針對候選人的社群提問

主頁面：针对候选人的提问

社群可以提出問題，要求理事候選人回覆。選舉委員會且將自社群擬議的問題清單挑選特定內容，以供候選人作答。候選人必須回答申請中表列的特定問題，否則不得參選。

今年，社群提問徵集將與選舉公告合併提出，以便更早蒐集問題。選舉委員會將挑選5個問題，作為候選人申請必填項目；而擬定問題時，並可能整合社群所提出若干類似或相關者。最終問題清單將直接與候選人申請結合，因此他們僅需要統整一次回答；此舉旨在減輕候選人負擔，且亦方便選民查閱作答情況。

在維基媒體國際會議與候選人對話

A viewing party of the recorded lightning talks from all 6 (six) final candidates will be hosted at Wikimania 2025. In a 3-minute pre-recorded video from each candidate, the candidates will share what makes them a strong candidate and what skills and expertise they will bring to the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees to advance the Wikimedia movement.

• 日期：2025年8月6日
• 时间：内罗毕当地时间（东非时间）11:45–12:40
• Location: Nyeri (Meeting Room 6)

競選活動規則

主頁面：候选人指南

選民須知

Frequently asked questions

Are there requirements to be eligible to vote?

Yes, there are. The Elections Committee decides the voting eligibility criteria. You can use the AccountEligibility tool to quickly verify your voting eligibility.

How many times may I vote?

The rule is: one person, one vote. If you have multiple accounts that meet the voter requirement, you can still only vote once. Votes from multiple accounts belonging to the same individual will be struck. To meet the editor voting eligibility, your contributions will be counted across all wikis, if it’s your home-wiki or any other.

If you inadvertently vote twice, you should contact the Elections Committee and ask for the additional votes to be struck.

If you decide to change your vote, you may do so up until the moment the vote closes. This can be because you have changed your mind or if you have made a mistake. Simply vote again and your previous vote will be struck.

How does the STV on SecurePoll work?

Depending on the platform you are using to vote, you will see either drop-down selections or a drag-and-drop interface.

In both interfaces, the voting software requires you to rank at least one candidate.

If you are voting through the web, you will encounter a drag-and-drop interface

If you are voting through mobile or if you don’t have Javascript enabled, you will encounter a drop-down selection

On the voting page, you will see two boxes marked as “Not Ranked” and “Ranked”. In the beginning, you will see all candidate names in the “Not Ranked” box. You are to rank candidates from “Preference 1” (most preferred) to “Preference #” (least preferred; '#' will be the total number of candidates). Starting from the top, you can rank candidates you consider most suitable to be elected by dragging their names from “Not Ranked” and dropping it into the “Ranked” box. You may stop ranking candidates at any point during the voting process. For example, out of the 4 candidates, you can choose to only rank the top 2, and not rank the remaining 2.

On the voting page, you will see a sequence of dropdown boxes. You are to rank candidates from “Preference 1” (most preferred) to “Preference #” (least preferred; '#' will be the total number of candidates). Starting from the top, you can begin ranking candidates they consider most suitable to be elected. Candidates that you believe are less suitable should be marked toward the bottom of their list. Only stop ranking when you have no preference among the remaining candidates. If some candidates are less suitable to you than others, you should continue to rank the ones you consider more suitable. You may stop ranking candidates at any point during the voting process. For example, out of 4 candidates, you can choose to only rank the top 2, and not rank the remaining 2. Candidates need to be ranked without skipping numbers in-between. If you skip numbers you will see an error message. You may not rank the same candidate multiple times, and will see an error if you do.

You can re-vote in the election, which will overwrite your previous vote. You can do this as many times as you like up until the moment the vote closes.

How does transferring votes work? Why shouldn't I rank every candidate?

The voting system is meant to allow voters to rank candidates in the order of preference. Ranking a candidate means that the voter is willing to support that candidate if the higher-ranked candidates are either elected or eliminated.

During the tallying process, votes are initially allocated to each voter's top-ranked candidate. If that candidate is elected with surplus votes or eliminated due to insufficient support, the vote is transferred to the next ranked candidate, and so on.

For example, imagine a voter ranks candidates A, B, C, and D, but not E or F. If candidates A, B, and C are either elected or eliminated, the vote would be transferred to candidate D. If D is also elected or eliminated, and the voter did not rank E or F, the vote becomes exhausted and is no longer transferred. To indicate willingness to support E or F, the voter should rank them as well.

How do I know who to vote for?

You can use the following resources to decide who to vote for:

• Click their names to review their applications
• Watch the candidates' video statements

Why are only some of the answers in the candidate application translated?

In order to help with voter evaluation, translations are being made available in a number of languages. Translations will be made available for the required questions. The optional questions and answers were intentionally not marked for translation in the template or candidate profile pages for capacity reasons.

I can see the usernames of the voters. Can I or others see how I voted?

The voter list is public; you can see who has cast a vote. This list is used by the scrutineers to make sure all the votes are valid. However, no one can see how someone voted; your vote is not attributable to you.

候選人

在候选人审核流程后，这四个候选人将进入社区投票阶段：

• Bobby Shabangu (Bobbyshabangu (talk • meta edits • global user summary • CA))
• James Alexander (Jamesofur (talk • meta edits • global user summary • CA))
• Michał Buczyński (Aegis Maelstrom (talk • meta edits • global user summary • CA))
• Wojciech Pędzich (Wojciech Pędzich (talk • meta edits • global user summary • CA))

在下方查看候选人声明：

• Bobby Shabangu
• James Alexander
• Michał Buczyński
• Wojciech Pędzich

時間表

以下時間表視實際情況變化，可能有所調整。

日期	活動	狀態
2025年5月1日―2025年5月15日	社群檢視遴選規則	Completed
2025年5月22日	公布最終遴選規則，並徵求社群提問	Completed
2025年6月17日―2025年7月2日 2025年7月9日	候選人登記（為期兩三週）	Completed
2025年7月上旬	候選人身份驗證	Completed
2025年7月下旬	候選人篩選流程（如有需要）	Completed
2025年7月底	公布最終候選人名單	Completed
2025年7月	候選人的入選適職期	Completed
2025年7月29日―2025年10月7日	候選人競選活動期	Completed
2025年8月―2025年10月	當選人背景調查	Completed
2025年10月8日―2025年10月22日, 23:59 UTC	投票期（為期兩週）	Completed
2025年10月―2025年11月	確認投票初步結果	Completed
2025年12月	維基媒體基金會理事會確認當選人資格，並同意其就職

常見問題

有關理事會職責及其與社群關係的介紹影片

General questions

FAQ for candidates

FAQ for voters

Questions regarding the August 21 announcement