Template:Steward elections guidelines/doc

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For Stewards/Elections 2020/Guidelines etc.

Parameters: the default dates are fitting for February elections

year = the year of the election
previousyear = the year before the election
voters-edits = no. of edits users must have made for being able to vote (default 600)
voters-edits-before = the edits must have been made before this date (default: 1 November of the previous year)
voters-recent-edits = no. of edits users must have made recently for being able to vote (default 50)
voters-recent-edits-start / voters-recent-edits-end = timeframe for "recent edits" (default: 1 August of the previous year till 31 January of the current year)
voter-check-tool: link to a tool that shows whether a user is eligible to vote, e.g. "Pathoschild's tool" at //meta.toolforge.org/accounteligibility/40
candidate-check-tool: link to a tool that shows whether a user is eligible to candidate
application-start: default 15 January 00:00 UTC current year.
application-end: default 28 January 23:59 UTC current year.
startdate: the day that the election starts