Wikipedia:Times that 300 or more Wikipedians supported something
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This is a list of times when at least 300 Wikipedians (ideally excluding sock puppets) actually explicitly voted in support of something.
This is an extension of WP:100 and WP:200. The next step is at: Times that 1000 or more Wikipedians supported something.
Arbitration Committee Elections
December 2006 election
- Can't sleep, clown will eat me – 303 (not appointed, as 100 opposed)
December 2007 election
- Newyorkbrad – 552
- Raul654 – 317 (not appointed)
- Giano II – 312 (not appointed)
December 2008 election
December 2009 election
- Kirill Lokshin – 507
- Coren – 444
- Mailer diablo – 365
- SirFozzie – 364
- Hersfold – 351
- Fritzpoll – 351
- Steve Smith – 338
- Shell Kinney – 309
- AGK – 308
December 2010 election
- Newyorkbrad – 591
- Casliber – 459
- SirFozzie – 455
- Iridescent – 425
- Elen of the Roads – 381
- Xeno – 385
- Chase me ladies, I'm the Cavalry – 320
December 2011 election
- Courcelles – 433
- Risker – 401
- Roger Davies – 374
- Kirill Lokshin – 372
- Herfold – 347
- AGK – 342
- Jclemens – 313
- SilkTork – 309
December 2012 election
- Newyorkbrad – 584
- NuclearWarfare – 454
- Worm That Turned – 446
- Elen of the Roads – 375
- Carcharoth – 361
- Timotheus Canens – 347
- Coren – 341
- Salvio giuliano – 302
December 2013 election
- 28bytes – 475 (resigned before appointment)
- GorillaWarfare – 458
- AGK – 415
- Roger Davies – 389
- Floquenbeam – 350
- Seraphimblade – 339
- Beeblebrox – 314
December 2014 election
- DGG – 359
- Dougweller – 345
- Courcelles – 327
- Salvio giuliano – 323
December 2015 election
- All candidates that remained in the final election received more than 300 votes in support. Those elected were:
- Opabinia regalis – 1,121
- Casliber – 1,118
- Keilana – 1,118
- GorillaWarfare – 1,111
- Drmies – 1,038
- Kirill Lokshin – 965
- Gamaliel – 902
- Callanecc – 848
- Kelapstick – 738
December 2016 election
- All candidates that remained in the final election received more than 300 votes in support. Those elected were:
- Newyorkbrad – 1,097
- DeltaQuad – 987
- Doug Weller – 961
- DGG – 851
- Euryalus – 819
- Ks0stm – 720
- Mkdw – 677
December 2017 election
- All candidates that remained in the final election received more than 300 votes in support. Those elected were:
- KrakatoaKatie – 1,072
- Callanecc – 820
- Opabinia regalis – 810
- Worm That Turned – 751
- RickinBaltimore – 639
- BU Rob13 – 598
- Alex Shih – 598
- Premeditated Chaos – 593
December 2018 election
- All candidates that remained in the final election received more than 300 votes in support. Those elected were:
- GorillaWarfare – 1,064
- Joe Roe – 803
- AGK – 799
- Courcelles – 788
- Mkdw – 763
- SilkTork – 733
December 2019 election
- All but one of the candidates that remained in the final election received more than 300 votes in support. Those elected were:
- Newyorkbrad – 803
- KrakatoaKatie – 742
- Worm That Turned – 729
- Casliber – 709
- Xeno – 618
- Beeblebrox – 611
- DGG – 599
- SoWhy – 547
- Bradv – 506
- David Fuchs – 505
- Maxim – 486
December 2020 election
- All of the candidates in the final election received more than 300 votes in support. Those elected were:
December 2021 election
- All of the candidates in the final election received more than 300 votes in support. Those elected were:
- Worm That Turned – 906
- Opabinia regalis – 794
- Beeblebrox – 679
- Wugapodes – 679
- Enterprisey – 658
- Donald Albury – 610
- Izno – 573
- Cabayi – 554
December 2022 election
- All but one of the candidates that remained in the final election received more than 300 votes in support. Those elected were:
- Primefac – 862
- Barkeep49 – 854
- GeneralNotability – 822
- CaptainEek – 771
- L235 – 745
- SilkTork – 735
- Guerillero – 635
- Moneytrees – 612
December 2023 election
- All of the candidates that remained in the final election received more than 300 votes in support. Those elected were:
December 2024 election
- All of the candidates that remained in the final election received more than 300 votes in support. Those elected were:
- Liz – 1,103
- KrakatoaKatie – 907
- Worm That Turned – 902
- ScottishFinnishRadish – 901
- CaptainEek – 897
- Theleekycauldron – 819
- Primefac – 802
- Elli – 729
- Daniel – 681
December 2025 election
- All of the candidates that remained in the final election received more than 300 votes in support. Those elected were:
- HJ Mitchell – 954
- Asilvering – 921
- Aoidh – 887
- HouseBlaster – 878
- Girth Summit – 852
- Izno – 812
- Guerillero – 791
- SilverLocust – 771
- Sdrqaz – 769
Requests for adminship and Requests for bureaucratship
Regarding Policy
Pending Changes Straw Poll
- 407 in favour of implementation in some form, and 217 opposed, with 44 other responses.
Wikipedia:Attribution/Poll
- 424 in support (354 opposed; 102 neutral)
Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Granting bureaucrats the technical ability to remove the admin flag
- 312 supported, 33 opposed.
Request for non-admin rollback poll 2
- 304 supported, 151 opposed.
Miscellaneous
Straw poll on implementation of flagged revisions
- 429 support enabling a trial of flagged revisions.
WikiProject Usability/Main Page
- 687 supported changing the main page. 213 opposed it, making the Main Page change the first issue opposed by over 200 Wikipedians.
January 2012 SOPA discussion
- More than 1,800 participated; consensus led to the decision for a 24-hour shutdown on January 18 in protest of the Stop Online Piracy Act. Note that all three numbers decrease significantly if accounts created solely to participate in the discussion are excluded.
- 591 supported making it a global blackout (vs. 479 for U.S.-only).
- 763 supported a full blackout with no editing (vs. a "soft" blackout).
Wikipedia:VisualEditor/Default State RFC
- In a poll, which ran from 4 August 2013 until 2 September, on the presentation of the VisualEditor Wikipedia editing tool,
- 472 people indicated support for making its use an opt-in choice during its beta software stage of development
- 117 people indicated support for an opt-out choice
- 257 people indicated support for not presenting the tool to anonymous users
- 181 people indicated support for disabling VisualEditor on all existing accounts and requiring explicit re-opt-in
- 168 people indicated support for displaying a warning about using beta software when pressing "edit".
Wikipedia:New pages patrol/Coordination/2022 WMF letter
- 444 supporters
Rollback of Vector 2022 to Vector 2010 Legacy
- 355 people supported changing the default skin back to Vector 2010.
- 226 people opposed
2024 open letter to the Wikimedia Foundation
- 1200+ signatures as of 24 November 2024
Outside English Wikipedia
Board elections
Funds Dissemination Committee elections
- Laurentius – 536
- Wittylama – 365
- Aegis Maelstrom – 336
- Itzike – 309
FDC Ombudsperson elections
- Kirill Lokshin – 370
- NickK – 333
Petition to Jimbo
- 323 supporting the m:Petition to Jimbo.
Letter to Wikimedia Foundation: Superprotect and Media Viewer
- 973 people (as of December 2015) signed a letter to the Wikimedia Foundation in support of:
- Removal of WP:Superprotect (A new level of page protection denying even Admins the ability to edit a page)
- Allowing the Community to implement Consensus to set WP:Media Viewer to opt-in.
Requests for adminship on German Wikipedia
- As of 2024, more than 25 RfA's on German Wikipedia received more than 300 supports, with 405 as the maximum number.
- See also de:Benutzer:Geitost/Adminkandidaturrekorde