On 11/6/22 05:10:51, Quim Gil wrote:
For context, the same email gives an option to candidates to answer the questions via email. In this case, the election organizers will post the answers in the forum on their behalf.
Answering by email isn't a great solution. I'm hoping to be able to reply on-wiki, which is the normal way of answering questions during Wikimedia elections. However, since the forum doesn't seem to specify copyright, I don't think CC-BY-SA responses on-wiki can be shared on the forum.
This is the only point of the election process where this forum is being used. It allows affiliates to propose and prioritize their questions quickly, and it allows to open the candidate replies to the public at the same time, automatically translated to the preference to each reader. Candidates can reply via email if they prefer. If a candidate doesn't want to use the forum, they don't have to.
It's good to hear that it won't be used more than that. It shouldn't even be used for this, though.
More context. This election process also includes an option for voters to use a voting advice tool that is off-wiki as well. This tool was used in the last MCDC election and received wide support and positive feedback. None of the candidates had any objections, and there were +70. Here too the candidates don't have to use this tool directly if they don't want to.
So because no-one objected before, my objections are clearly unreasonable?
These specialized tools are easy to use and they provide a benefit to users that right now we cannot replicate with wiki pages alone.
There is nothing on these forums that can't be replicated on-wiki, as has been thoroughly demonstrated in this thread.
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