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: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q13365390
ইতি,/Thanks, টিটো দত্ত/User:Titodutta (মাতৃভাষা থাক জীবন জুড়ে) শুক্র, ২৫ জুন, ২০২১ তারিখে ১০:৪৭ PM টায় এ Gerard Meijssen < [email protected]> লিখেছেন: > 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 <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Hello, >> This is something I have been thinking about for some time. This >> June–July we will see a couple of elections/selections. I think wherever a >> voting is in process, an effective canvassing/promotion policy should be >> there. We may need to notify our friend Wikimedians about our candidacy, >> that is understandable, but there should be behavioral guidelines on what >> is appropriate and what is inappropriate promotion/canvassing. >> This email thread is about the process, and I won't mention any specific >> example, however during every election/committee formation we see different >> votestacking attempts and efforts. 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. >> >> There is a behavioral guideline on a Wikipedia project: >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Canvassing >> I don't think this is globally applicable, and I am note sure if we have >> one global policy. >> Hence, >> 1) We can work on "Canvassing guidelines", discussing appropriateness, >> inappropriateness etc. >> 2) These guidelines should be effectively used and it would be great if >> the candidates/contestants read and acknowledge that they will adhere to >> the protocol/policy. >> Kind regards, >> >> ইতি,/Regards >> টিটো দত্ত/User:Titodutta >> (মাতৃভাষা থাক জীবন জুড়ে) >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimedia-l mailing list -- [email protected], guidelines >> at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and >> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l >> Public archives at >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/[email protected]/message/OUHBTWFZSPAG6V42AFBI56WBTIMRA3FX/ >> To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list -- [email protected], guidelines > at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > Public archives at > https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/[email protected]/message/27NSH4XDEKZWKTOS2BUO7BSWWEVTPWIJ/ > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected]
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