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edit(Three days seems a little quick as an archiving time ...)
I'm sorry to see how it turned out: 80% is a brutal threshold, and you fluctuated quite a lot near it (at different points I thought you were safe, then you weren't). That must've been stressful. On the bright side, 10+ colleagues (or would-be colleagues, as well as even more former ones) supported you, and a sizable portion of the concerns are surmountable. I hope that things go better in the future; I've had unsuccessful and successful elections as well. All the best, Sdrqaz (talk) 15:49, 27 February 2025 (UTC)
- The one person I wouldn't envy being in this election would be you (TheresNoTime). Leaderboard (talk) 15:57, 27 February 2025 (UTC)
- @Sdrqaz and Leaderboard: Ah, thank you — it was very much an "it is what it is" situation for me, especially when it was fluctuating so close to the threshold. But I will say, as I mentioned in my now-already-archived note to whomever, that the oppose votes were very well reasoned and polite, which is all I can ask really! I'll give it another shot some other year, once I've addressed the concerned raised
— TheresNoTime (talk • they/them) 16:24, 27 February 2025 (UTC)
- @Sdrqaz and Leaderboard: Ah, thank you — it was very much an "it is what it is" situation for me, especially when it was fluctuating so close to the threshold. But I will say, as I mentioned in my now-already-archived note to whomever, that the oppose votes were very well reasoned and polite, which is all I can ask really! I'll give it another shot some other year, once I've addressed the concerned raised
