| No.
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Statement summary
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Author
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| Voter guides
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| 1a
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Candidates in the election are not allowed to write voter guides.
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Rschen7754
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| 1b
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Any editor may write a voter guide.
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Thryduulf
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| 1c
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A candidate who writes a guide must declare that they are a candidate in that guide.
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Izno
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| 2a
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In the case of dispute about the content of an election guide, the election commissioners are empowered to make a binding decision for the purpose of ensuring a fair election
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Thryduulf
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| 2b
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There should not be any specific rules regarding disputed content in election guides.
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idem
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| 3
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How may election commissioners enforce their decisions?
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idem
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| 4a
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Candidates have the right of reply to comments about them made in election guides.
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idem
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| 4b
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Candidates do not have an explicit right of reply to comments about them made in election guides.
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idem
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| 5a
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The content of election guides must comply with all relevant Wikipedia policies and guidelines, including but not limited to Wikipedia:No personal attacks and Wikipedia:Casting aspersions.
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idem
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| 5b
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There should be no explicit requirement for election guides to comply with policies and guidelines.
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idem
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| 6a
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Only guide authors may add guides to official templates or categories for guides.
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idem
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| 6b
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Only election commissioners may add guides to official templates or categories for guides.
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idem
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| 6c
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Any editor may add guides to official templates or categories for guides.
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idem
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| 7a
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Completely deprecate guides to candidates
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SchroCat
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| 7b
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Editors are allowed to have an online guide to candidates in their userspace
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idem
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| 8a
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User guides to the candidates will not be advertised on the ACE banner.
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idem
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| 8b
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User guides to the candidates will be advertised on the ACE banner.
|
idem
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| Withdrawn candidates
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| 1
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Show withdrawn or disqualified candidates on the candidates page.
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Wugapodes
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| 2
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Show withdrawn or disqualified candidates on the candidates page unless their questions page can be or has been deleted under WP:G7.
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idem
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| 3
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Do not show withdrawn or disqualified candidates on the candidates page.
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idem
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| 4
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Do not show withdrawn or disqualified candidates on the candidates page if they withdrew/were disqualified before the start of voting.
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Ivanvector
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| Nomination timing
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| 1
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The self-nomination will only be considered completed if both the nomination page has been created, and the page has been properly transcluded to the candidates page prior to the cut-off time as recorded by the server.
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xaosflux
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| 2
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A self-nomination may be considered completed if the candidate makes any effort to complete the process prior to the cut off time.
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idem
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| 3
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Same as #1 but Election Commissioners may make an exception if they confirm a technical issue on the side of Wikipedia.
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Nosebagbear
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| Voter suffrage
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| 1a
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Exclude users with usernames beginning with Vanished user... or Renamed user... from eligibility to vote.
|
xaosflux
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| 1b
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Allow users with usernames beginning with Vanished user... or Renamed user... eligibility to vote.
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idem
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| 2a
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For purposes of determining voter eligibility factors related to tenure, edits, or edit timing all required factors must be met using the same named user account.
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idem
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| 2b
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An editor may combine tenure, edits, or edit timing from any number of named user accounts to meet eligibility requirements.
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idem
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| 3a
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Regarding the ten edits within one year of November 1 requirement, drop the requirement that those edits remain live.
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Altamel
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| 3b
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Besides the other suffrage requirements, a voter must have made 10 live edits (in any namespace) within one year of 1 November to be eligible to vote.
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idem
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| Electoral commission
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| 1a
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Repeal the "Appointments to the Commission should be confirmed by the Arbitration Committee per the CheckUser policy." requirement.
|
xaosflux
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| 1b
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Require the Arbitration Committee to confirm members of the election commission.
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idem
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| 2a
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During the RfC to select the Election Commissioners, editors may express their endorsement of a commissioner at any time.
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idem
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| 2b
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During the RfC to select the Election Commissioners, endorsement of a commissioner will not be accepted until the second week of the RfC.
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idem
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| 3
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Commissioner nominations will be accepted during a drafting period before the RfC is publicized. Endorsements of candidates may only be made during the public RfC phase.
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SMcCandlish
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| Questions to candidates
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| 1a
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Impose a limit to the number of questions any editor may ask of a single candidate. This limit includes follow-up questions.
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Thryduulf
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| 1b
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The same as 1a except the limit excludes follow-up questions
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idem
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| 2
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Do not limit the number of questions any editor may ask of a single candidate.
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xaosflux
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| 3a
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Establish criteria for acceptable posts on a candidate question page.
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Thryduulf
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| 3b
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There should be no specific rules about what is and is not acceptable on questions to candidates pages
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idem
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| 4
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Who may remove inappropriate questions to candidate question pages?
|
idem
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| Candidate listing order
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| 1a
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Candidates should be listed in a static order
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Floquenbeam
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| 1b
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Candidates should be listed randomly on the candidates page and randomly reshuffled each time the page is refreshed.
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idem
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| 1c
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Candidate order should be randomized by viewer but not change between refreshes.
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SMcCandlish
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| 1d
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Candidates should be listed in a sortable table.
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idem
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| 2a
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The preferred static ordering should be alphabetical order.
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Floquenbeam
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| 2b
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The preferred static ordering should be chronological by order of transclusion of their statement.
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idem
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| 2c
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The preferred static ordering should be something besides that described in #2a or #2b.
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idem
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| 3a
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The order of candidates on the voting page (i.e. the ballot) should be the same as the order of the candidates on the WP pages.
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idem
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| 3b
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The order of candidates on the voting page (i.e. the ballot) should still be randomized
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idem
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| Voting process
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| 1a
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Editors will vote for candidates they support; the ability to vote against candidates will be removed.
|
SMcCandlish
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| 1b
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The voting instructions page should clearly explain the implications of the double-voting mechanics.
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idem
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| 1c
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It should be made very clear to voters that neutral votes do not count.
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PJvanMill
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| 1d
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It should be made clear to voters that an oppose vote on one candidate benefits all other candidates, and a support vote on one candidate makes it more difficult for all other candidates.
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idem
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| 2
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Voters will be able to select "Support", "Oppose", or "Neutral" for each candidate.
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L235
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| 3
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Voters will be able to select "Support", "Oppose", or "Neutral" for each candidate. However, only "Support" votes will determine the election.
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SMcCandlish
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| 4
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Voters will be able to select either "Support" or "Oppose".
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Wugapodes
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| 5
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Voters will be able to rank candidates in order of preference using the Schulze method.
|
EllenCT
|
| Deadlines
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| 1a
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In the event of significant technical or other issues affecting the election, the election commissioners may adjust affected deadlines.
|
Thryduulf
|
| 1b
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Once deadlines are set they may not be altered.
|
idem
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| Metaproposals
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| 1a
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At least 15 editors need to support any statement at the Arbitration Committee Election Request for Comment for it to be closed with consensus. Implement this decision for this year.
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Barkeep49
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| 1b
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Same as 1a, except implemented next year.
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idem
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| 1c
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There will be no set minimum number of people who must support a proposal for there to be consensus.
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idem
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| 2
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Starting in 2021, users are strongly encouraged (but not required) to limit the amount of RFC proposals they make.
|
MJL
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| Notifying candidates of new prohibition against multiple roles
|
| 1
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A sentence advising that sitting arbitrators may not also serve on the Ombuds Commission or the WMF Case Review Committee will be added to the candidate information page.
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Newyorkbrad
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