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===2007 — 2009=== <!--T:17-->

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2007 sees the increasing formalization of the steward role and the elections. The [[<tvar name=1>Special:MyLanguage/Stewards/elections_2007</tvar>|2007 elections]] saw a standardized header, organized translations, and sections laid out for questions, yes, no, and neutral. The questions section was not widely used during this election — in all, only 17 questions were asked for 18 candidates, and most candidates got zero questions. The talk page reveals a lot of discussion about administering the election, including on the organization and on how to increase question use during the election. This was the first year in which many serious candidates were not elected. In the past, those users with advanced permissions on individual projects who ran were typically elected; in 2007, the trend began wherein serious candidates who held advanced permissions on multiple projects were not elected, primarily due to lack of experience in steward areas.

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The 2007 elections were in Nov/Dec; the next elections were in February 2009. The [[<tvar name=1>Special:MyLanguage/Stewards/elections_2009</tvar>|2009 elections]] used a very formalized election process with subpages, templates, and transclusion to get as much as possible translated into as many languages as possible, and streamline the voting process for users. A separate questions page enjoyed much use: 150 questions were posed, many of them leading to protracted back-and-forth. No serious candidate was posed fewer than 4 questions. We also see in 2009 the first instance of so-called “generic” questions – supposedly asked to enlighten voters. Most of these simply ask for a rehashing of the candidate’s statement, and all were asked and answered in English (though most voters are not anglophone). These candidacy statements have been expanded considerably too – from a short introduction of a few sentences to a paragraph or two, translated into multiple languages. Because of the lack of requirements to put oneself forward as a candidate, 26 users ran in the election; at least an additional 5 candidates were disqualified. Most of the candidates lacked understanding of the steward role, and were demonstrably unfit to even run: 6 received less than 25% support. The 2009 elections also saw the institution of the #wikimedia-stewards-elections IRC channel to monitor and administer the elections, and a dedicated team of volunteers verifying the “smooth” operation of the election process. Of the 26 candidates, only 9 were elected, representing a further decrease in the number of new stewards elected compared to those who applied.

==== 2008 — global groups ==== <!--T:20-->

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There were no elections in 2008, though significant changes occurred in steward access. The CentralAuth extension was implemented during 2008, and this involved the creation of the steward [[<tvar name=1>Special:GlobalGroupPermissions/steward</tvar>|global group]], which granted global access to sysop and oversight rights, as well as access to the CheckUser log - this access would later be removed after an internal steward discussion in 2009. Prior to centralauth, stewards exercised rights through adding and removing themselves to local user groups through meta using the <tvar name=2><code>userrights-interwiki</code></tvar> permission; for example, to delete a page, a steward would need to add themselves to the local sysop group. After 2008, this was only done for using CheckUser and oversight permissions. This was also the first year in which global accounts could be locked, preventing them from logging in. 2008 also marked the creation of additional global user groups managed by stewards, including [[<tvar name=3>Special:MyLanguage/global rollback</tvar>|global rollback]]. At the time, requests for global permissions were handled through the steward requests page for [[<tvar name=4>Special:MyLanguage/SRP</tvar>|permissions]].

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Also implemented in 2008 was the global [[<tvar name=1>Special:GlobalGroupPermissions/staff</tvar>|staff]] user group, for paid employees of the Wikimedia Foundation, trustees, and others acting in an official capacity for the Foundation. As a result of a [[<tvar name=RFC>Special:MyLanguage/Requests_for_comment/Wikimedia_Foundation_staff_permissions</tvar>|request for comments]], the global group was created and managed by Wikimedia Foundation staff, and gave global access to the wiki interface as with stewards, except with full global access to CheckUser and oversight permissions as well. While membership in this global group was initially managed by Wikimedia Foundation staff, that responsibility has since been delegated to stewards, who assign staff rights to global accounts as needed.

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During the 2009 confirmation process, the interesting case of <tvar name=Jimbo>[[User:Jimbo Wales|Jimmy Wales]]</tvar> was raised. Wales had been appointed in 2006 by the [[<tvar name=1>Special:MyLanguage/Board of Trustees</tvar>|Board of Trustees]], who were still responsible for deciding who the stewards were, though in practice they followed the community wishes in all other cases. Wales was not confirmed during the 2009 confirmations, due to his inactivity in the steward role, and the suggestion that staff rights were more appropriate for him to hold. A compromise was reached, with Wales agreeing to have a [[<tvar name=2>Special:GlobalGroupPermissions/founder</tvar>|global group]] created for himself. That global group would go on to have most of the active rights removed, following a [[<tvar name=RFC>Special:MyLanguage/Requests for comment/Remove Founder flag</tvar>|request for comments]] regarding deletions that Wales performed on Commons in 2010.