Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2006-01-16/Steward election

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Nine stewards elected

By Flcelloguy, January 16, 2006

The steward elections concluded this week, with nine of the sixteen candidates meeting the requirements, which included a minimum of eighty percent support and at least thirty support votes. All nine were later granted approval by the Board. The nine new stewards are Jean-Christophe Chazalette, Ausir, Romihaitza, Walter, Paginazero, Jon Harald Søby, Suisui, Rdsmith4, and Ascánder. One current steward, Arno Lagrange, was also demoted after he failed to garner the required amount of support.

In addition, Raul654 withdrew from the race prior to its closure after he faced opposition from users citing that he had little or no interlanguage experience. "While I don't agree with [the users who voted oppose], I can appreciate where they are coming from," he said. "So, I'm withdrawing my candidacy, with no hard feelings."

The full results of the elections:

Username Total votes For Neutral Against Support percent
1 Jean-Christophe Chazalette 81 77 1 3 96%
2 Ausir 72 71 1 0 100%
3 Romihaitza 45 42 2 1 98%
4 Arno Lagrange 36 10 9 17 37%
5 Walter 83 82 1 0 100%
6 Traroth 26 9 10 7 56%
7 Klemen Kocjancic 16 3 4 9 25%
8 Paginazero 65 54 5 6 90%
9 Jredmond 19 5 3 11 31%
(10) brian0918 24 11 6 6 withdrawn
(11) Raul654 72 54 3 15 withdrawn
12 Jon Harald Søby 58 56 2 0 100%
13 Suisui 78 77 1 0 100%
14 Rdsmith4 48 44 3 1 98%
15 Ascánder 49 47 2 0 100%
16 Linuxbeak 6 0 0 6 0%


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