Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2007-07-16/Board elections
Möller, Walsh retain seats; Brioschi elected
Möller, Walsh retain seats; Brioschi elected
16 July 2007
Board election series: Elections closed, results pending
9 July 2007
Board elections open
2 July 2007
Board election series: An interview with the candidates
25 June 2007
Board election series: Election information
18 June 2007
Board candidacies open, elections planned
11 June 2007
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Möller, Walsh retain seats; Brioschi elected |
Here is the original version of this historical template, from 2007:
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| 2007 Board of Trustees elections A Wikipedia Signpost series | |
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| June 11 | Candidacies open |
| June 18 | Election information |
| June 25 | Candidate interviews |
| July 2 | Elections open |
| July 9 | Elections closed |
| July 16 | Election results |
This week, the Signpost covers the results of this year's Board elections.
In an announcement late Thursday evening, the Wikimedia Board Election Steering Committee announced the results of the 2007 Board Elections: Incumbents Erik Möller (Eloquence) and Kathleen Walsh (Mindspillage) were re-elected for a two-year term, with Frieda Brioschi (Frieda) narrowly edging out incumbent Oscar van Dillen (Oscar) for the third and final seat.
Möller finished in first, with 1,671 votes (40.1% of the vote), and Walsh finished in second with 1,427 votes (34.2%). The race for the third and final position was unusually close, with third (Brioschi) and fourth (van Dillen) separated by just 20 votes, or less than one-half of one percent of the 4,170 valid ballots cast in the election. In three prior board elections, the closest vote was a difference of just eleven votes in 2004, when Florence Devouard defeated Möller, 269-258 for one of the two seats; however, that vote was a difference of just over one percent.
Behind Brioschi and Van Dillen, who held 1,254 and 1,234 votes, respectively, was Michael Snow, who took fifth with 1,229 votes, just five votes behind Van Dillen. Danny Wool finished in sixth with 1,217 votes.
The Board of Trustees officially approved the results, and all users have officially taken their positions, which will last until July 14, 2009.
This year's elections set a record, by far, for the number of valid ballots cast. The 2004 elections received 1,088 votes; in 2005, the elections received 1,484 votes, and in 2006, 2,347 ballots were cast; this year's 4,170 valid ballots represent a 78% increase over the elections held in 2006. This year's elections also show much more turnout from the English Wikipedia than in previous years; in 2005 and 2006, English Wikipedia voters accounted for 48.92% and 45.27% of the vote, respectively. In this year's elections, English Wikipedia voters accounted for 58.67% of all votes (statistics were not kept for 2004's elections).
The final results of the election were as follows:
| # | Name | Username | Votes | % |
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| 1 | Erik Möller | Eloquence | 1,671 | 40.1% |
| 2 | Kathleen Walsh | Mindspillage | 1,427 | 34.2% |
| 3 | Frieda Brioschi | Frieda | 1,254 | 30.1% |
| 4 | Oscar van Dillen | Oscar | 1,234 | 29.6% |
| 5 | Michael Snow | Michael Snow | 1,229 | 29.5% |
| 6 | Danny Wool | Danny | 1,217 | 29.2% |
| 7 | Yann Forget | Yann | 1,153 | 27.6% |
| 8 | Kim Bruning | Kim Bruning | 1,124 | 27.0% |
| 9 | Steve Dunlop | UninvitedCompany | 1,047 | 25.1% |
| 10 | River Tarnell | Kate | 889 | 21.3% |
| 11 | Stephen Kennedy | Kingboyk | 864 | 20.7% |
| 12 | Pawel Dembowski | Ausir | 693 | 16.6% |
| 13 | Michael "Chad" Horohoe | ^demon | 672 | 16.1% |
| 14 | Artur Jan Fijalkowski | WarX | 571 | 13.7% |
| 15 | Jason Safoutin | DragonFire1024 | 495 | 11.9% |
The next elections to the Board of Trustees will be in June or July 2008. Florence Devouard's seat is currently the only seat up for re-election, though current board expansion plans call for two new seats to be added, with elections for these seats in June 2008. If these plans are enacted as anticipated, it is unclear whether the seats will be filled temporarily, as was the case when Walsh and van Dillen took expansion seats in December 2006, or whether they will first be filled by the 2008 elections.
July 30: Interviews with the elected trustees.
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Just a note, I stole this (translated) for the Hebrew Wikipedia equivalent of the signpost. Yonatan talk 21:08, 16 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Frieda who??? Never even heard of her. Anyway, who would vote for a candidate who has "NO FAIR USE" banner on their userpage. Just horrible. Grue 07:39, 18 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]