Hi Risker and all, It is true that the very controversy may have increased awareness of the vote (we shouldn't call it an "election" any more). This might have led some to vote who otherwise wouldn't have.
In addition, some users reported receiving more emails for this vote than previous ones, including some direct emails from Meta-Wiki. These Meta-Wiki mails appear to have been planned long ago, rather than as a response to the boycott calls: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T392232 (hat tip to Tilman/HaeB) There were also "Your vote is missing" emails from the Elections Committee (also a misnomer). I believe this year is the first time that specific messaging has been used. Altogether I myself got five "official" emails about this year's vote, vs. two last year. This should be borne in mind. If there was indeed a more intense email campaign designed to encourage participation this year, then the participation rates may not be statistically comparable. Andreas On Fri, Oct 24, 2025 at 6:31 AM Risker <[email protected]> wrote: > You may be correct, Ivan; I am sure that the exclusion of two candidates > is likely to have been the reason that some Wikimedians chose not to vote. > At the same time, 6140 individuals voted[1] in this election. This is the > current number and the final tally is likely to be slightly lower once > scrutineering has been completed. Nonetheless, more people have voted in > this election process than any other. > > Compare to previous years: > > - 6000 voters in 2024 > - 5955 voters in 2022 > - 5120 voters in both 2017 and 2021 > - 5167 voters in 2015. [2] > > Even at 6140 voters, that is only 7% of the accounts that were eligible to > vote, and that is still a better showing than we have had in prior years. > It is possible that the extensive conversations about this year's ballot > specifically, and the entire Board selection/election process, brought > greater awareness of the elections to many communities, whose members > decided to participate. I am sure that there are many people who are > unhappy with current processes but voted, and many people who are fine with > current processes who didn't vote. And I am also absolutely certain that > there is a very large portion of the community that doesn't have any > interest in this election, or the selection/election process for the Board, > or even the Board itself, just as long as the servers keep running. Those > of us participating in discussions, in voting, in communicating about the > election, are very much the minority within the global community. I am > pretty sure there is a message in that, but I'm not going to venture to > guess what it is. > > Risker/Anne > > [1] https://vote.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:SecurePoll/list/1864 > [2] > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2024/Stats > > On Fri, 24 Oct 2025 at 00:12, Ivan Martínez <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Thanks, colleague. >> Let it be noted that many people will not vote in this election in >> protest against the removal of Ravan and Lane. >> Best, >> >> El mié, 22 oct 2025 a las 13:33, Elections Committee (< >> [email protected]>) escribió: >> >>> Hello, >>> >>> A reminder that the voting period for this year's Board of Trustees >>> election will close soon. If you have not voted yet, make sure to have your >>> say - go to the SecurePoll voting page and vote now. Thank you to everyone >>> who has already voted [1]. >>> >>> >>> The results will be announced in a few weeks after the scrutineers have >>> completed their work [2]. The official announcement of the new trustees >>> will happen sometime in December 2025. >>> >>> >>> Data produced during the election will be published when the final >>> results are announced [3]. >>> >>> >>> Voting will close on October 22nd at 23:59 UTC. >>> >>> >>> >>> Best regards, >>> >>> Abhishek Suryawanshi >>> >>> Chair, Elections Committee >>> >>> >>> [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:SecurePoll/vote/405 >>> >>> >>> [2] >>> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2025/Results >>> >>> >>> >>> [3] >>> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2025/Stats >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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/YFEFIYUHQZ7OTVUGYMSMAL2UPB4OH2FB/ >>> To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] >> >> >> >> -- >> *Iván Martínez* >> >> *Voluntario - Wikimedia México A.C.User:ProtoplasmaKid * >> >> // Mis comunicaciones respecto a Wikipedia/Wikimedia pueden tener una >> moratoria en su atención debido a que es un voluntariado. >> // Ayuda a proteger a Wikipedia, dona ahora: https://donate.wikimedia.org >> _______________________________________________ >> 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/F6LDISG74VTDH3JBDPAWQIZL33TET5BI/ >> 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/YOT3N7KNKDW57YAIICBB6KZGI5NEL3R2/ > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected]
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