questions for the wikipedia signpost hi my name is ral and i'm the editor in chief of the wikipedia signpost a weekly newspaper on the english wikipedia i'm sending out an optional questionnaire that i hope you'll respond to these questions will be published in next week's issue and hopefully translated into many languages and copied to the meta wiki prior to the election so if you speak multiple languages it'd be fantastic though certainly not required if you'd be willing to translate your answers into any languages you speak fluently there's no word limit on any of these questions but i suggest that brevity maybe about words per answer is best if at all possible answers should be submitted by utc on monday june though late responses will also be accepted i'm posting these to your talk pages because they don't really fit well on question pages since many will repeat questions you've already answered you can reply to me by e mail or at my english wikipedia english wikinews or meta talk pages thanks again for answering these and good luck in the elections sincerely ral do you have any other usernames or pseudonyms what current or former user rights or positions do you have and on which projects i e administrator bureaucrat arbitrator developer steward board member etc outside of wikipedia what do you do for a living what languages do you speak why do you want to join the board what qualities do you feel you can bring to the board about how much time do you think you'll put into the role ideally where do you see the wikimedia foundation in years as a board member how will you ensure a balance between openness and necessary privacy in board matters recent discussion has centered around the wikipedia and wikimedia brands how do you feel the wikimedia brands should be used or changed wikimedia projects in developing nations are growing in popularity but still lag far behind the more popular projects what steps would you suggest to improve the quality readership and number of editors on smaller wikis what do you feel should be done to increase participation on non wikipedia projects as a board member what strategies would you consider to raise money for the foundation what else do you want to say to voters this is a good place to answer a question specific to your candidacy that you think should be answered