Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2005-12-26/Steward elections

The election for stewards continued this week, with several users joining the race and two withdrawing from the race. Raul654, Jon Harald Søby, Suisui, and Rdsmith4 all announced candidacies, while Evilphoenix withdrew after opposition. Brian0918 entered the race this week, but also withdrew. In addition, it was announced that the voting rules from last year's elections would be used: anyone with a meta account and three months' participation in a Wikimedia project would be enfranchised.

Wikimedia board member Anthere also commented on the elections this week, urging that only people active on meta run. "Note that I consider that someone inactive on meta should not become a steward, since the steward by definition should follow what is going on in terms of requests," she said. "[Other voters and myself will most likely] vote against those inactive on meta. No matter how trusted these editors might be on their own project, if they do not help answering requests, they are not useful so should not be given [steward] status." In addition, Anthere also expressed her concerns about the lack of understanding regarding the new CheckUser policy adopted by the board. "I am concerned... that accessing [the] steward status will give them freedom to use check user status," she stated. "I see no evidence [that] these editors are aware of our privacy policy, nor that they are aware of current rules for using this tool." She concluded by saying, "I hope voters will take these points into account."

The vote continues until 10 January.