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| ::] probably, and yes, the announcement is very heavy on Silicon Valley biz jargon. - ] (]) 21:26, 23 June 2017 (UTC) | ::] probably, and yes, the announcement is very heavy on Silicon Valley biz jargon. - ] (]) 21:26, 23 June 2017 (UTC) | ||
| ::: It wasn't entirely clear in the announcement and there was no time to get clarification before the publication deadline, so I thought it would be best to stick to their lingo. I'd like the record to show that I did try to figure it out though!!! —<span style="text-shadow:#C09 .2em .2em .1em">]</span> ] 10:08, 24 June 2017 (UTC) | ::: It wasn't entirely clear in the announcement and there was no time to get clarification before the publication deadline, so I thought it would be best to stick to their lingo. I'd like the record to show that I did try to figure it out though!!! —<span style="text-shadow:#C09 .2em .2em .1em">]</span> ] 10:08, 24 June 2017 (UTC) | ||
| *I know I'm confused. As I recall, the community re-elected Raystorm and Pundit as well as returned Doc James to the seat he was wrongly removed from. I can see that WMF keeps several editors in non-voting positions (no surprise) but I guess I don't understand what Doc's position means. <span class="nowrap" style="font-family:copperplate gothic light;">] (])</span> 10:09, 24 June 2017 (UTC |
*I know I'm confused. As I recall, the community re-elected Raystorm and Pundit as well as returned Doc James to the seat he was wrongly removed from. I can see that WMF keeps several editors in non-voting positions (no surprise) but I guess I don't understand what Doc's position means. <span class="nowrap" style="font-family:copperplate gothic light;">] (])</span> 10:09, 24 June 2017 (UTC | ||
| **I was wondering and asked {{u|Doc James}} in ] of his user talk page. The !election for the WMF Board only provides advice / recommendations to the Board, which controls the appointment of its own members. The meeting where the decision will be taken is not until August. Apparently, if Doc James is appointed to the Board, he would also move from a non-voting / advisory position on the Committee to which he has been appointed to become a full voting member of it. He sees this advisory appointment as a positive sign for the actions of the Board in appointing its new members in August, so hopefully this (temporary) advisory appointment is good news. ] (]) 14:20, 24 June 2017 (UTC) | |||
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- Misplaced Pages:List of administrators states 1262 admins (544 active, changes in Misplaced Pages talk:List of administrators). User:NoSeptember/Admin_stats lists 1463 in 2012 (latest date). Extrapolating a linear loss at last five year rate gives (which doesn't take into account the current zero new admins rate):
- annual loss at (1463-1262)/5 = 40.2 admin/year
- no admins in (1262/40.2) = 31 years, the year 2048
- active annual loss at (744-529)/5 = 43 active/year
- no active admins in (529/43) = 12 years, the year 2029
- annual loss at (1463-1262)/5 = 40.2 admin/year
- Is "Departments reorganized at Wikimedia Foundation, and a month without new RfAs (so far)" meant to be "wikt:rearrange the deck chairs on the Titanic"? Widefox; talk 12:29, 23 June 2017 (UTC)
- You can't use a linear extrapolation. The number of active administrators is proportional to a Poisson point process and is a subset of active editors, which have stabilized over the past five years. 153.120.214.254 (talk) 10:50, 24 June 2017 (UTC)
- What are "audience verticals"? Not all of us use such jargon. Thanks. Julietdeltalima (talk) 19:29, 23 June 2017 (UTC)
- Vertical market probably, and yes, the announcement is very heavy on Silicon Valley biz jargon. - Bri (talk) 21:26, 23 June 2017 (UTC)
- It wasn't entirely clear in the announcement and there was no time to get clarification before the publication deadline, so I thought it would be best to stick to their lingo. I'd like the record to show that I did try to figure it out though!!! —A L T E R C A R I ✍ 10:08, 24 June 2017 (UTC)
- Vertical market probably, and yes, the announcement is very heavy on Silicon Valley biz jargon. - Bri (talk) 21:26, 23 June 2017 (UTC)
- I know I'm confused. As I recall, the community re-elected Raystorm and Pundit as well as returned Doc James to the seat he was wrongly removed from. I can see that WMF keeps several editors in non-voting positions (no surprise) but I guess I don't understand what Doc's position means. Chris Troutman (talk) 10:09, 24 June 2017 (UTC
- I was wondering and asked Doc James in this secion of his user talk page. The !election for the WMF Board only provides advice / recommendations to the Board, which controls the appointment of its own members. The meeting where the decision will be taken is not until August. Apparently, if Doc James is appointed to the Board, he would also move from a non-voting / advisory position on the Committee to which he has been appointed to become a full voting member of it. He sees this advisory appointment as a positive sign for the actions of the Board in appointing its new members in August, so hopefully this (temporary) advisory appointment is good news. EdChem (talk) 14:20, 24 June 2017 (UTC)