Wikimedia Foundation elections/Board elections/2008/Candidates/Questions

The election ended 21 June 2008. No more votes will be accepted.
The results were announced on 26 June 2008.

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Eligible voters can ask questions to all candidates on this set of pages. Please read the instructions below and use the link provided to ask a question.

Instructions

Eligible voters

We ask voters to leave no more than 4 non-duplicative, brief and rigidly-relevant questions. Questions which do not directly relate to candidacy in the Board Election will be removed at the discretion of the Committee. Please be respectful of the time that candidates must spend answering, and the time other voters must spend reading.

Please do not use the question pages to link to other pages with more questions (to ask further or non-eligable questions, contact the candidates on their talk pages or via email). You can ask your question in any language; if necessary, the election committee will try to find translators. Click here to add a question.

Candidates

It is strongly suggested that answers to questions do not exceed approximately 1600 characters per question (not counting spaces). Please do not link to another page containing an extended answer, although relevant links used for descriptive purposes are fine. Due to the number of voters and candidates, this is necessary to keep these pages readable, informative and therefore useful for voters.

Directory

For readability, the questions page has been broken up into subpages, each containing 20 questions and the answers by the candidates.

Questions/1 (22 May-27 May) Improving Wikipedia's responsibility regarding biographies Board restructuring Candidates' content contributions to Wikimedia Continued contribution & representation of unfamiliar projects Prior finance and non-profit experience Supporting Wikimania and other events WMF and Chapters Wikicouncil / Volunteer Council Legal basic policy statement for Media Skeletons, closets, etc. Conflicts of Interest How can the Foundation help Wikinews? The Future Scalability of consensus decision-making Your one goal as a Board member Office performance Membership Offline goals Who can we trust? Response to Threats of Violence

Questions/2, (27 May-June 3) Future growth Who would you vote for? Ads? Anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions Biggest mistake Why? Print media, and the direction of the WMF Attitude to "obscene material" Legal Counsel Diversity Off wiki / external discussions Image licensing Feedback from community to board Wikispecies Flagged revisions / sighted versions Your edit count Due Process License Migration Wikinews' EDP Quality and recruitment

Questions/3 (June 3-present) Your candidacy Recent scandals Determining number of community-elected seats Images and censorship Wikiversity Non-free content Competitor or independent to other media? Have the viewpoints of other candidates impressed you? How do you perceived yourself as a mainboard member What would you do to encourage WOMEN to run for the board; there are no women candidates! Important subject Promotions and recruitment Promoting Wikipedia II American politics and wikipedia Re: Promoting Wikipedia II Wikiquote and fair use Article quality incentives/awards