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Ballot spoiling

This has a venerable history, but I wonder why you would do it in this instance? Is it about this specific RfA, RfA in general, or something else? (I ask partly because I'm sure the candidate wonders, too, and because RfA is a blend of vote and discussion, rather than a situation where the ballot response is the only opportunity to make one's opinions heard. Yngvadottir (talk) 22:01, 6 June 2024 (UTC)

Hey, thanks for asking! I've explained this elsewhere off-wiki, but will expand a bit here. I've looked at various RfAs in the past since joining (but not all of them) - and this is the first one I've actually commented on. In this instance, I wanted a way to acknowledge that I had read the RfA and questions/answers/some of the discussions below, but not vote in it.

Some parts of the discussion process in RfAs still feel to me to have a "student union politics" kind of feel - with arguing and people taking others' answers to the extreme - and I just don't have the desire to get involved with that. Although, I have seen some good chances being implemented with the discussion period before voting opens.

But to me, spoiling the ballot in this instance made the most sense in acknowledging that I had read the RfA but did not wish to participate. Let me know if that makes sense! Pretzelles (talk) 18:08, 10 June 2024 (UTC)

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