225 verified opposes now, 38 short of the record.

Do you suppose people might be holding out because they want to enter vote #264?

If Kurt weren't in this the two current arbs running for re-election would be the top 2 in oppose votes.

It wouldn't surprise me - I myself actually waited an extra week or two to join Wikipedia Review, because I wanted to be the 100th member. At the time I didn't even realize that the board doesn't store that sort of information - I ended up being Member ID #275, and nobody remembers where I was at in the sequence. (I think I ended up being, like, 97th or something.)

And I don't think it's just me... there's always a lull period just before we reach a "landmark" number. Just before the 1,000th member recently, I think we went for almost a week without a single human registrant, whereas normally we get at least one or two a day.

I think a few people are waiting. Just like there are people who wait so they can make support #100 or whatever.




True, and that's a very interesting phenomenon to observe.

Kurt's at 251 opposes with 5 days left. He needs 12 more to tie and 13 to win. I think he'll get there, but one wonders if all the people who truly hate him would have shown up already.

Kurt stands at 262.

One for the tie, and one lucky voter gets to push him over.

While we're on this topic, I'd like to point out an interesting thread about "tactical support" votes.

I believe I am going to wait for the magic number 264 to come in, and then support him as a prize. Maybe include a cookie too, for good measure.

EDIT:
Done.

Oh, Lar! LOL!