Wikipedia:Administrator elections/July 2025/Detailed schedule

=== Get ready ===
* {{Tick}}test election on localhost
* {{Tick}}test election on enwiki
* {{Tick}}post on WT:AELECT asking someone to duplicate and update all subpages
* {{Tick}}watchlist all subpages
* ask for 2 admins to volunteer as discussion phase monitors. list them on the candidates page
* notifications about schedule and plans via
** MMS
** admin newsletter ([[WP:ANL]])
** [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/Newsroom/Suggestions]]

=== Call for candidates ===
* notifications via
** watchlist notice
** T:CENT
** MMS
** Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Header

=== SecurePoll setup phase ===
* archive expired notices (watchlist notice, header of WP:RFA). keep T:CENT notice but take out the "call for candidates" part
* make sure [[Wikipedia:Administrator elections/July 2025/Call for candidates]] contains a complete list of candidates
* this phase gives candidates time to get their nominators to post statements, and answer questions 1–3
* redirect each candidate RFA page to point at the AELECT subpage
* make sure [[Wikipedia:Administrator elections/July 2025/Discussion phase]] transcludes each subpage
* Queue up "discussion phase" and "voting phase" MMS messages at WT:MMS
* set up SecurePoll - see [[Wikipedia:Administrator elections/July 2025/SecurePoll setup]]
* Remove "don't discuss yet" message boxes from candidate subpages

=== Discussion phase ===
* notifications via
** watchlist notice
** T:CENT
** MMS
** Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Header
* note: be strict about ending the discussion phase exactly at the stated time. no more questions or discussion after that, per RFC and per the original intent of AELECT, which states that questions after the discussion phase are discouraged and must go to user talk
* insert SecurePoll link into the voting page
* make sure SecurePull is fully configured and ready to go (voter roll added, translation messages added)

=== Voting phase ===
* notifications via
** watchlist notice
** T:CENT
** MMS
** Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Header

=== Post voting ===
* scrutineering by stewards
* results posted
* inform bureaucrats so they can promote
* change candidate pages to have green/successful and red/unsuccessful atops
* MMS with results?
* give barnstars to folks who helped (e.g. created subpages, scrutineered, etc.)

=== Next election prep ===
* debrief: get feedback on how the election went
** debrief for voters
** debrief for candidates
* mini RFCs of things to change, based on themes in the debrief
[[Category:Wikipedia administrator elections July 2025]]