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As part of WP:RFA2024, multiple RFA reform attempts completed trials or are currently under review. These were last covered by the Signpost in the 16 May issue.
There has already been consensus to add a reminder of RFA civility norms to WP:RFA. There was also consensus to increase suffrage to only voters who are Extended Confirmed and formally require all nominees to be Extended Confirmed.
This month, the "discussion only period" trial finished. The proposal converted 5 non-SNOW closed RFAs to have "discussion only" for the first 2 out of 7 day period. After this initial trial, Phase II discussions are ongoing on if this proposal will become permanent.
Admins can designate themselves as monitors for RFAs, with certain expectations for how monitors should act during the RFA. The full list can be found at its Phase II discussion. This proposal is intended to improve enforcement of civility guidelines during RFA.
Admin Elections is expected to start trials in October. This will be a one time trial to allow an alternate path to adminship, parallel to RFAs. Candidates can sign up from October 8 to October 14, with a discussion period from October 22 to October 24. This will be followed by a Securepoll private voting from October 25 to October 31. – S
The U4C special elections concluded earlier this month with the election of just one candidate. With 613 votes cast between the 18 eligible candidates, only Ajraddatz (for the North America seat) achieved the 60% support to support+oppose ratio required. This gives U4C just enough members (8/16) to establish their quorum, though it remains to be seen how they will handle inactive members.
The committee was formed primarily to assist larger scale disputes with smaller wikis and enforcement of the Universal Code of Conduct across the projects. They are expected to begin hearing cases shortly.
The full results can be viewed here. The special elections were last covered in the 22 July Signpost issue.
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