hi there,
whatever the protocol is, it should be explicit. My general feeling is that
we have too little rather than too many opportunities to understand what
people propose, represent, want to achieve, understand. From that point
of view, it is valuable to allow reaching out larger audiences, as
Den ons 30 juni 2021 kl 13:49 skrev টিটো দত্ত Tito Dutta <
trulyt...@gmail.com>:
>
> I believe, any process where "vote count" is the "only" way to decide the
> winners, appropriate canvassing policy should be a behavioral guideline.
>
>
On the contrary, I believe that in actual votes, in
Greetings,
If it is promotion on mailing lists, it is still open and people can see
that post. I have been more concerned about the numerous one-to-one
communication over different social networking and communication platforms
(chats) and votstacking attempts. In many of the cases, it is just
Speaking personally only, I'd prefer not to have candidate statements or
self-promotion on this mailing list, although I'd be fine if candidates
announced their candidacy and gave a link to their statements on Meta. We
have to keep in mind that the majority of potential voters do not read this
On Fri, Jun 25, 2021 at 3:05 AM টিটো দত্ত Tito Dutta
wrote:
> In such a situation there is a possibility that if a candidate has many
> social media or contacts and friends (Wimimedian), they will end up getting
> more votes than someone who entirely relied on their nomination and
> performance.
Greetings,
Thanks for your message. Not that particular link, but the
promotion/canvassing policy/protocol and the concept behind it may be
relevant. I believe it is important to work on a behavioral guideline for
major elections and similar processes.
In a few other languages it may be seen here:
Hoi,
Why is a guideline on English Wikipedia the right place for a policy that
is of a global relevance?
Thanks,
GerardM
On Fri, 25 Jun 2021 at 09:05, টিটো দত্ত Tito Dutta
wrote:
> Hello,
> This is something I have been thinking about for some time. This June–July
> we will see a couple of
