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Thanks to all! It is my first article! Thanks and Thanks again! Md Mobashir Hossain (talk) 07:59, 18 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Board of Trustees elections

That shortlisting process for the Board of Trustee elections is getting ever more restrictive. Compare last year's meta:Wikimedia Foundation elections/2024/Shortlisting process:

The Elections Committee and Board of Trustees determined 12 candidates would be a reasonable number for voters to review. If there are more than 15 eligible candidates as determined by the Elections Committee, a shortlisting process will occur. The process will aim to shortlist 12 candidates, and these 12 candidates will be running in the community voting phase. If there are 15 or fewer candidates, there will be no shortlisting process.

It's true that last year there were four seats up for grabs rather than two but but with the affiliates eliminating all but six candidates this year it does feel like there is less and less meaningful choice. Andreas JN 466 08:18, 18 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

"The proposal currently implies content from Wikinews would be merged into respective Wikipedias," -> This is false. The 2024 Wikinews review PDF proposes closing Wikinews, not merging it to Wikipedia, albeit with the option of helping a new partner host it. meta:Public_consultation_about_Wikinews#Options mentions it as an option, yes, but also makes clear that this is simply one option mentioned, and it's an option that is almost assuredly not going to happen given lack of enthusiasm among both Wikipedians and the SPTF itself. I know that it's usually discouraged to edit articles after they're written, but this is kind of a big miss. SnowFire (talk) 15:39, 19 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
You are right. In lieu of making substantive changes, I edited it to say content from Wikinews could be merged instead. No comments on whether it will happen or not, the discussions have been long and messy, so it's unclear to me what happens from this point. Soni (talk) 16:29, 19 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]