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procedure is expected to start trials in October. This will be a one time trial to allow an alternate path to adminship, parallel to RFAs. Candidates can sign up from October 8 to October 14, with a discussion period from October 22 to October 24. This will be followed by a Securepoll private voting
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shows that 2024 is also near setting a record in another related area: the year is likely to be near the low point for number of new admins (s)elected during any year since inception of the project, with only 8 so far. Only 2021 is definitely lower, with a total of
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for the administrator recall proposal also recently finished, after waiting for a closer for several months. This proposal will allow a community-initiated path to de-adminship by requiring certain admins to pass RFA again.
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This month, the "discussion only period" trial finished. The proposal converted 5 RFAs (non SNOW-closed) to have "discussion only" for the first 2 days out of the 7 day period. After this initial trial,
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of the discussion about the Movement Charter and thanking everyone who had been engaging with the WMF and the Trustees "with a spirit of generosity, openness, and collective problem-solving".
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concluded earlier this month with the election of just one candidate. With 613 votes cast between the 18 eligible candidates, only
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across the projects. They are expected to begin hearing cases shortly. Further information can be found on the
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The committee was formed primarily to assist larger scale disputes with smaller wikis and enforcement of the
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CEO of the WMF opens up on the outcome of the Movement Charter vote
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on Movement Strategy Grants (Spoilers: it focuses on Hubs). –
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welcomes the English Knowledge (XXG)'s newest administrator,
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More changes to Requests for adminship on the way in October.
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month-by-month chart of successful Requests for adminship
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limit suffrage to only voters who are Extended Confirmed
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