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It is 02:48:19 on November 30, 2024, according to the server's time and date.

-sysop (Dennis Brown)

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Please remove my admin bit for the time being. I don't need any other advance privileges at this time. Dennis Brown - 2¢ 05:11, 21 November 2024 (UTC)

 Done thank you for your service. — xaosflux ^Talk 11:37, 21 November 2024 (UTC)

Thanks, Dennis for your years of diligent competence in service to our mission. BusterD (talk) 11:45, 21 November 2024 (UTC)

Thanks for your service and hope you will get back soon. Ymblanter (talk) 11:47, 21 November 2024 (UTC)

Thanks. jp×g🗯️ 04:41, 24 November 2024 (UTC)

Dennis, you've been an inspiration to me and to this project for nearly 2 decades. Thank you so much. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 07:37, 24 November 2024 (UTC)

Admin Elections - would bureaucrats be willing to take on role of election administrators?

Hi folks - this is a pretty straightforward question. After the success of the recent administrator elections, I think it's pretty clear that the community liked this big change in how we select administrators. Most commentary about it was positive. It's reasonable to think that most candidates in the future will opt to participate in elections rather than the regular RFA process, given the choice. Thus, bureaucrats are unlikely to have to make many decisions about which candidates pass or fail at RFA. Would bureaucrats be willing to take on the role of election administrators for these elections in the future? The work isn't that difficult and requires a minimum of technical know-how and a willingness to communicate with the WMF staff who manage SecurePoll instances. (While comments from community members are welcome, I'd really like to see responses from the bureaucrats.) Risker (talk) 16:28, 29 November 2024 (UTC)

Have all the other components of how elections are going to technically and procedurally (e.g. who will scrutineer) been resolved yet? In general the election admins just need to make sure the right names are on the ballot, and make decisions about errors (such as someone missing from the electoral roll). The most complicated administrative component has been building and validating a whitelist of eligible votes - this can be complex if it will be required. — xaosflux ^Talk 18:54, 29 November 2024 (UTC)

So long as we can address any issues, I don't mind personally being involved. I do think that the crat role should be linked with admin promotion in whatever form that takes. Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 20:40, 29 November 2024 (UTC)

I was the de facto election administrator in the last election. I received positive feedback. I think replacing me with the bureaucrats needs further discussion at Wikipedia:Administrator elections/October 2024/RFC workshop#Supervising the election.

I also think the assumption that AELECT will replace RFA is a bit premature. Each process has pros and cons. For example with RFA you can do it whenever, it's not dependent upon software (SecurePoll) or busy partner groups (WMF T&S, scrutineers, etc.), it is extremely transparent so gets the candidate blunt but actionable feedback, etc. –Novem Linguae (talk) 20:55, 29 November 2024 (UTC)

I think the intent of this question is to determine whether the 'crats would be willing to take on the role if requested. If they aren't then there is little point in presenting that option in the RFC. Thryduulf (talk) 23:18, 29 November 2024 (UTC)

Do you mean specifically who is eligible to receive the electionadmin right, as discussed at Wikipedia:Village pump (proposals)/Archive 214 § Enabling SecurePoll elections with the electionadmin right, in order to setup and configure SecurePoll-based polls? I think the community still needs to discuss this further (along with who should gain access to personal identifiable information, in cases where polls are configured to collect it). If you mean who helps manage the elections, I think that can continue to be done by volunteers, as is done for the arbitration committee elections. isaacl (talk) 22:26, 29 November 2024 (UTC)

In my reading, this electionadmin right appears to be pretty adjacent to the checkuser right, which requires self-identifying to the WMF. Can someone confirm if the electionadmin right requires the same? If so, I will, unfortunately, have to decline to participate in that role. Useight (talk) 02:34, 30 November 2024 (UTC)

Please note unlike several years ago, you no longer need to send any copies of identify documents to WMF. GZWDer (talk) 02:47, 30 November 2024 (UTC)

Over the years the 'crat role has been expanded and contracted by the community and the WMF as the needs of the project have changed, so if the community thinks bureaucrats would be suitable for this new role, I’m sure at least some of us, myself included, would be happy to help out in that way as time allows. 28bytes (talk) 02:44, 30 November 2024 (UTC)