DCW Board Elections/2025/Guidelines for candidates

Latest revision as of 09:40, 22 August 2025

Candidates must complete the provided performa, addressing all required questions, and submit their candidacy to moderatordcwwiki.org before March 8, 2025. The Moderators will review submissions and verify eligibility before creating candidate pages.

Eligibility check

DCW Board Elections#Requirements

Performa

Candidate details
- Personal: Location and languages known
- Editorial: Wikimedian since
- UG degree:

Mandatory Questions
- Why are you running for the DCW Board? What unique contributions do you bring to the role? What areas would you like to learn more about?
- Please describe your Wikimedia experience (such as contributions to the Wikimedia projects, activities as a Wikimedia movement organizer, or other relevant participation).
- From your perspective, what should the Deoband Community Wikimedia prioritize over the next 3 to 6 years? Why do you consider these priorities to be the most important?

Optional questions- Professional experience and Education
- Describe your educational background, including degrees, certificates, and courses of study finished, and their relevance to board work.
- Describe your experience in making impactful decisions
- Outline your career experience and key roles you have held.
- Provide two examples where you successfully addressed or advised on complex organizational challenges. How did you collaborate with others to resolve these issues?
- Add any relevant links describing your professional background, experience, profile (such as LinkedIn, etc.).

Optional questions - Leadership and Strategic Thinking
- How have you been able to empower people to make their voices heard?
- In professional settings, personality conflicts can arise. How do you stay productive and maintain effectiveness in such situations?
- Describe ways in which you have helped to form a bridge between multiple communities.

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 * '''Optional questions- Professional experience and Education'''
-** Please describe your educational background, including degrees, certificates, and courses of study finished, and their relevance to board work.
+** Describe your educational background, including degrees, certificates, and courses of study finished, and their relevance to board work.
 ** Describe your experience in making impactful decisions
-** Please describe your professional career experience.
+** Outline your career experience and key roles you have held.
-** Please briefly describe 2 situations that show how you tackled, or advised others on, a complex problem in an organisation. How did you collaborate with others to address the situations?
+** Provide two examples where you successfully addressed or advised on complex organizational challenges. How did you collaborate with others to resolve these issues?
-** Please add any relevant links describing your professional background, experience, profile (such as LinkedIn, etc.).
+** Add any relevant links describing your professional background, experience, profile (such as LinkedIn, etc.).
 * '''Optional questions - Leadership and Strategic Thinking'''
 ** How have you been able to empower people to make their voices heard?
-** At times, there are personality conflicts in professional situations. Explain how you remain productive even with personality conflicts.
+** In professional settings, personality conflicts can arise. How do you stay productive and maintain effectiveness in such situations?
-** Please describe ways in which you have helped to form a bridge between multiple communities.
+** Describe ways in which you have helped to form a bridge between multiple communities.
 [[Category:2025 Board Elections]]