User talk:ElectionJune2016/Referenda/5

Can't see provision for election of EiC. Peter Jackson (talk) 17:16, 26 May 2016 (UTC)

I do not intend to vote in support of this referenda. It strikes me that this is simply an easy way to avoid confronting the uncomfortable truth that more of an effort should be made to get more people involved with the project. If this project simply becomes a one-man band driven by the EiC, then the project has become no better that a personal website that anyone could create and update. The emphasis should be on adding content that is of use to those searching for people using the internet. Without intending to disparage other editors, articles such as "English Spellings" are unlikely to result in much traffic coming to this site. I would support the role of the EiC with a different referenda, one where the EiC works to complete articles to a list provided by the governing committee, and which is focused on articles that bring the work of the project to the attention of a wider audience, thus also supporting a recruitment drive for more editors. Alan Horton (talk) 10:59, 6 June 2016 (UTC)