Questions tagged [election]
This tag is only used for Moderator election questions & answers.
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When is the next moderator election?
Recently an election took place on Stack Overflow.
When is the next moderator election on Ask Ubuntu scheduled?
What are the intervals between elections?
Where and when can I participate in the ...
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2022 Moderator Election Q&A – Question Collection
The purpose of this thread was to collect questions for the questionnaire. The questionnaire is now live, and you may find it here.
Ask Ubuntu is scheduled for an election next week, 2022-03-14. In ...
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2022 Community Moderator Election
The 2022 Community Moderator Election is now underway!
Community moderator elections have three phases:
Nomination phase
Primary phase
Election phase
Most elections take between two and three weeks, ...
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2022 Community Moderator Election Results
Moderator election #8 on Ask Ubuntu has come to a close, the votes have been tallied, and the new moderator is:
They will be joining the existing crew shortly — please thank them for volunteering and ...
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2020 Potential Moderator Election: Community Interest Check
It's time for us to consider holding an election for moderators for Ask Ubuntu.
The last election we held was back in 2019, where we elected a single moderator, and since then, several of our ...
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2020 Community Moderator Election Results
Ask Ubuntu's seventh moderator election has come to a close, the votes have been tallied and the two new moderators are:
They'll be joining the existing crew shortly—please thank them for ...
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2020 Community Moderator Election
The 2020 Community Moderator Election is now underway!
Community moderator elections have three phases:
Nomination phase
Primary phase
Election phase
Most elections take between two and three weeks,...
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2020 Moderator Election Q&A - Questionnaire
In connection with the moderator elections, we are holding a Q&A thread for the candidates. Questions collected from an earlier thread have been compiled into this one, which shall now serve as ...
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Present Moderator Elections, When the Election Closes, are the Results Immediate?
On this page https://askubuntu.com/election?cb=1 I see the message
Election closes in <x> hours.
So are the results immediate?
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Why is sportsmanship considered under the moderation badges in election statistics?
I was looking at the election page and was surprised how some of the nominees don't have 100% of the moderation badges. Only to find out it was the sportsmanship badge that is missing.
That badge ...
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2020 Moderator Election Q&A - Question Collection
The purpose of this thread was to collect questions for the questionnaire. The questionnaire is now live, and you may find it here.
Ask Ubuntu is scheduled for an election next week, June 8th 2020. ...
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2019 Moderator Election Q&A - Questionnaire
In connection with the moderator elections, we are holding a Q&A thread for the candidates. Questions collected from an earlier thread have been compiled into this one, which shall now serve as ...
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2019 Community Moderator Election Results
Ask Ubuntu's sixth moderator election has come to a close, the votes have been tallied and the new moderator is:
They'll be joining the existing crew shortly—please thank them for ...
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Unable to add my answer link to the 2019 Moderator Election Q&A - Questionnaire
I am unable to edit the 2019 Moderator Election Q&A - Questionnaire in order to add the link to my answer below the said question. I think it is due to the fact that;
"Suggested edits are not ...
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2019 Moderator Election Q&A - Question Collection [closed]
The purpose of this thread was to collect questions for the questionnaire. The questionnaire is now live, and you may find it here.
Ask Ubuntu is scheduled for an election next week, May 6th 2019. In ...
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2019 Community Moderator Election
The 2019 Community Moderator Election is now underway!
Community moderator elections have three phases:
Nomination phase
Primary phase
Election phase
Most elections take between two and three weeks,...
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Why is stack overflow asking me to vote for moderators?
I'm sure I'm not the only one getting this solicitation today: https://stackoverflow.com/election
I don't understand why I'm being asked to vote regular Stack Overflow users to become mods? I hardly ...
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When are the 2017 elections?
When are the 2017 elections? Is there a way to tell when the next one is? I checked the previous elections, but it didn't tell me when the next one is. Also how long are they?
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2016 Community Moderator Election Results
Ask Ubuntu's fifth moderator election has come to a close, the votes have been tallied, and the 2 new moderators are:
They'll be joining the existing crew shortly — please thank them for ...
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2016 Moderator Election Q&A - Questionnaire
In connection with the moderator elections, we are holding a Q&A thread for the candidates. Questions collected from an earlier thread have been compiled into this one, which shall now serve as ...
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Election: minimum reputation/moderation requirements
Two years ago there were one or two nominations from users with low reputation and hardly any moderation track record. At the time this brought up a discussion on raising the minimum requirements for ...
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2016 Moderator Election Q&A - Question Collection
Like we've done in the past, in connection with the moderator elections, we will be holding a Q&A with the candidates. This will be an opportunity for members of the community to pose questions ...
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Why can't we upvote comments on this years mod elections?
I was reading a post from the 2014 elections and it has many upvoted comments.
Why can't we do it this year? it would save a lot of "me too" comments.
I wonder if this is a bug, as you can highlight ...
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The need to provide a link to your LaunchPad account for the elections
In order to nominate one self for the community moderator elections one must provide a link to one's LaunchPad account in order to verify that one has signed the Ubuntu Code of Conduct. However some ...
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2016 Community Moderator Election
The 2016 Community Moderator Election is now underway!
Community moderator elections have three phases:
Nomination phase
Primary phase
Election phase
Most elections take between two and three weeks,...
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When will moderator election 2015 start?
It is mid march but I didn't saw any moderator election out yet. When does elections for moderator start?
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Is there a bug at the election page?
I went into the election page to vote for the 2013 Community Moderators election (Primary).
But when I clicked into @green7's vote, it went strange:
turned into
8-15 = -7. How could this be -1?
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What can be done for rogue moderators (Moderators that go bad)
I have read the question about What is the process of removing a moderator from office if he/she goes rogue? but here I want to know what actions would be done after a moderator is known to be rogue. ...
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What STV method is used for the moderator elections?
I have been reviewing the OpenSTV results for the election, and would like to know what STV method has been used to run the election. Where can I get this information?
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The election banner is not shown on the main site close to the beginning of the election
It is 8 hours until the election begins. Currently no election banner is shown on the main site but the election banner is showing on the meta site.
The main site:
The meta site:
Is this a bug?
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2011 Moderator Election - Town Hall Chat: 4pm UTC on the 8th
In connection with the moderator elections, we will be holding a Town Hall Chat session with the candidates. This will be an opportunity for members of the community to pose questions to the ...
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2014 Community Moderator Election Results
Ask Ubuntu's 4th moderator election has come to a close, the votes have been tallied, and the 2 new moderators are:
They'll be joining the existing crew shortly — please thank them for ...
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Can we link to OpenSTV in the Ubuntu repos on the election page?
The election results tell you that you can use OpenSTV to audit the results and provide links to windows and mac installers. This is Ask Ubuntu. We don't need to download random installers from the ...
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2014 Moderator Election Q&A - Questionnaire
In connection with the moderator elections, we are holding a Q&A thread for the candidates. Questions collected from an earlier thread have been compiled into this one, which shall now serve as ...
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2014 Moderator Election Q&A - Question Collection [closed]
The purpose of this thread was to collect questions for the questionnaire. The questionnaire is now live, and you may find it here.
In connection with the moderator elections, we will be holding a Q&...
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Different helpful flag counts in election entry and profile?
This is the helpful flag count on my profile:
And this is the one on my nomination
Which is quite different. Is this normal and am I overlooking something obvious or is this some sort of bug?
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Why is Meta given so much importance in the elections?
So far most of the reactions to the 2014 candidatures concern user activity here at Meta. Why so? How relevant can it be to the requirements of a moderator?
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What are the privileges needed for a user to vote in elections?
I'm wondering about voting system.
Anybody can vote for a candidate in elections?
Are there some privileges or needs for so?
If no, How can you protect the election from fake accounts?!
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Why are the moderator elections only self nominations?
If I am understanding the AU page about the Mod. elections, the only nominees that we will have the opportunity to vote on will be ones that have nominated themselves.
Could someone please explain ...
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2014 Community Moderator Election
The 2014 Community Moderator Election is now underway!
Community moderator elections have three phases:
Nomination phase
Primary phase
Election phase
Most elections take between two and three weeks,...
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2013 Community Moderator Election Results
Ask Ubuntu's third moderator election has come to a close, the votes have been tallied, and the three new moderators are:
They'll be joining the existing crew shortly — please thank them for ...
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2013 Community Moderator Election
The 2013 Community Moderator Election is now underway!
Community moderator elections have three phases:
Nomination phase
Primary phase
Election phase
Most elections take between two and three weeks,...
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During the election phase, do I need to cast all three votes for my votes to count?
In the currently ongoing elections, do I need to cast all 3 votes for my votes to count, or is casting say, one vote or two votes, also counted ?
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Weirdness on the election page - missing comments, and disqualified candidate is visible
I'm using chrome on a HTC one V and noticed two odd things when attempting to view the election page
Firstly, the candidate here has been disqualified (twice?) and dosen't turn up on the non mobile ...
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2013 Moderator Election - Town Hall Chat
In connection with the moderator elections, we will be holding a Town Hall Chat session with the candidates. This will be an opportunity for members of the community to pose questions to the ...
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2013 Moderator Election - Town Hall Chat Digest
The following is a "digest" version of the 2013 Moderator Election Town Hall Chat. The format, as described on Meta Stack Overflow, is one answer to this question for every question asked in the Town ...
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Can we update the election page to reflect code of conduct changes?
The introductory page about moderator elections still contains text about the Ubuntu Leadership Code of Conduct. As that was merged into the Ubuntu Code of Conduct the page needs updating. It might ...
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Did I read the rules for the nomination phase correctly?
Does
After 7 days, the top 30 nominees, ordered by reputation, advance ...
really mean that people with lower rep don't get into primary, no matter how good their presentation is ?
I am trying ...
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Duplicate Community Bulletin election entries
Browsing the meta site, I came across this little oddity:
As you can see, there are two election entries. Wouldn't it be better to just have a single link for the entire election, as the nominations ...
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2012 Community Moderator Election
The 2012 Community Moderator Election is now underway!
Community moderator elections have three phases:
Nomination phase
Primary phase
Election phase
Most elections take between two and three weeks,...
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