QUOTE(everyking @ Fri 5th December 2008, 9:49pm)
QUOTE(The Wales Hunter @ Fri 5th December 2008, 9:59pm)
Jimbo gives admin votes more weight than non-admin wotes:
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http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=...oldid=256105292I have traditionally looked at %support, and looked at the others carefully to see if they indicate anything particularly interesting or alarming. Another thing I have always looked at is %support by admins because if there is a major deviation between admin support and more general support, this could indicate a number of different kinds of problems. (For example: an external campaign by an activist group attempting to influence the election. For example: a rift between admins and some significant constituency of non-admin users.) As people often say "voting is evil" so what I am looking for is a consensus. And I'm most interested in a consensus of the thoughtful.--Jimbo Wales (talk) 20:35, 5 December 2008 (UTC)
If he passes over a successful candidate, the community is going to scream bloody murder and may very well strip him of his self-proclaimed right to make these appointments.
The "community" can go and wank. Nobody is stripping Jimbo of anything unless you get the WMF board to agree. They legally control the private property which is the hardware. From thence, all power flows. End.