The Wikimedia Foundation, which owns Wikipedia, has proposed revisions to its eligibility criteria for community-elected Board of Trustees members after a community revolt last year over the disqualification of candidates. In the revised criteria, only community members with significant board experience or who have held highly-privileged positions with Wikipedia-affiliated sites or organizations would be eligible. Community members noted this would automatically render ineligible one candidate disqualified in last year’s election.
Members of the community objected that the new criteria seem to privilege Wikipedia insiders over other community members with one calling it an “oligarchical self-coup.” One current member of the board does not appear to meet the proposed criteria, though...
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