User talk:-revi/Archive/2018/7

ArbCom
Hi revi,


 * 1) At 20:00utc today we need to close the nominations for arbcom and check that they are valid.
 * 2) Then we need to open the voting period I think.
 * 3) This time is a bit more than 12 hours from now. It is 6am Sydney time and 5am Seoul time (link) if I am not mistaken.

Perhaps if you could double check each of these two points it would be nice. :)

Also there are only six candidates as of yet. I am not sure what is the purpose of voting in the case there are only six. ArbCom itself comprises of six people also.

--Gryllida (talk) 06:37, 17 July 2018 (UTC)
 * Yeah, acknowledged.
 * That's true too, and we have 24 hours to validate the candidates. ("Voting will take place from 2000 UTC July 18 to 2000 UTC July 30")
 * It's 5am KST but I am currently in South African Standard Time (UTC+2), so it's 22:00 here.
 * And yeah, more candidates are always better but we can't force anyway :-p &mdash; revi  ☏  06:40, 17 July 2018 (UTC)
 * OK :) --Gryllida (talk) 11:14, 17 July 2018 (UTC)


 * I don't recall any formal process of validating candidates having been followed before. My own understanding of the candidacy criteria is that non-Wikinewsies can't stand for ArbCom &mdash; practice going afaik all the way back to the founding of the project says that while outsiders are welcome to speak their mind, in decisions relating to policy, only those who have actually contributed to news production have a voice.  (Seems likely this was put in place originally to prevent outsiders from ballot-stuffing to arbitrarily rearrange the project.)  Other than one occasion years ago that I don't remember clearly (which I think amounted to nothing in the end), we've always gotten confirmation from folks before nominating them, which I don't see explicitly in the rules though it seems advisable both to assure that the nominee is willing to stand and also that they're really available in case they're needed to hear a case; I was rather cheered, this year, that the ones I've nominated responded fairly promptly.  --Pi zero (talk) 13:57, 17 July 2018 (UTC)