Auto-Editor Election

The auto-editor elections happen on the main server and are available for anyone to review, however, you must be an existing auto-editor to vote on an election.

When viewing election details a vote tally and the election results will be visible for closed elections, individual users' votes are always hidden. The election details goes back as far as 2004 which is when the current election system was implemented.

Becoming an auto-editor

In order to become an auto-editor, you must first be nominated by an existing auto-editor and then have your nomination put to a vote.

There are no hard and fast prerequisite criteria that must be met before a user is "worthy" of being nominated, and while each situation may differ, the following are some general guidelines to keep in mind.

Auto-editors should have:

• experience with the various editing aspects of the site
• a clear grasp of the Style Guidelines
• a willingness to help and support other users
• the ability to take an objective point of view regarding the data they edit
• a reasonably significant volume of current activity

Rules/Regulations/Formalities

1. Any auto-editor can nominate any user to become an auto-editor.
2. A nominated user must be seconded by two other auto-editors.
3. Once seconded twice, other auto-editors have one week to vote on the election.

Any auto-editor who nominates or seconds a candidate cannot vote in the election itself.

Process

1. A new election is started by clicking "Nominate for auto-editor" on the profile page of the candidate.
2. While it is not required, it is then customary for the proposer to send an email to the auto-editors mailing list to personally announce their nomination and give others a brief introduction to the candidate and why they should be elected.
3. Two other users second the nomination by going to the candidate's election page and click the "Second" button.
4. The election is then voted on by going to the candidate's election page. Possible choices are "Yes", "No", and "Abstain". A simple majority is required to pass the election.

Note: All the above actions can only be performed by an existing auto-editor.

Communication

The auto-editors mailing list, like all of MusicBrainz' mailing lists, is a publicly readable list and is used to discuss nominations.

Additionally, once a candidate is elected they will be automatically subscribed to the mailing list; this is a mandatory subscription for all auto-editors.