[Foundation-l] Changes to voter eligibility

Wed Jun 15 18:06:40 UTC 2005

Bjarte Sørensen wrote:

>Dear all,
>
>Please note below communication about the changes to voter
>eligibility. The election officials have unanimously decided to change
>the wording on http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Elections_for_the_Board_of_Trustees_of_the_Wikimedia_Foundation%2C_2005/En
> to read:
>
>"In order to vote you must have at least 400 edits prior to 00:00 May
>30, 2005 (UTC) on the Wikimedia project from which you cast your vote.
>The first edit must have been 90 days or more before the time of
>voting."
>
This looks bad.  Whatever the reasons or validity of a particular change 
it should NEVER happen once the election process has started.  It leaves 
the impression that the election officials can move the goal posts at 
any time.

Ec