Hey,

The first round was using the standard voting process in wikis (using support/oppose and the thresholds like 70%) and this is the way we elect admins, checkusers or other user rights, or change policies in Wikis. I don't recall that there has ever been anyone elected as admin with below 70% or we have ever changed any policies with below 70% (not to mention the runner up logos are 56% and 61%, basically for any support, they had an opposition). Our logo is similar, no logo except proposal six could reach seventy percent and while there were good designs that almost made it but clearly none of them has enough support (and percentage of support) to reach the next round. That's a pity (one of the runner ups was actually by me) but if that's what the community wants, I happily accept it.

The second round has always been about different variants of the logos that pass the first round.

HTH

On Mon, Sep 28, 2020 at 9:30 AM Adam Wight <adam.wight@wikimedia.de> wrote:

Hi, thanks for helping coordinate this process!

I have concerns about what happened between round 1 and round 2, it seems that we're no longer left with a real choice. It's unclear what method was used to tally the round 1 votes, was this a "support percentage"? Whenever a vote is taken, it's important to stick to democratic norms, basically "one person, one vote". Round 2 is entirely variations on a single proposal, which disenfranchises everyone who didn't prefer that design. Is it too late to discuss?

Kind regards,
Adam

On 9/25/20 11:42 PM, Amir Sarabadani wrote:
Hello,

The subject line is self-explanatory, you can go to the voting page and cast your vote.

This is going to continue for a month and it's about different variants of the top contender (different colors, different wordmarks, etc.). You need to order logos based on your preference (the most preferred one first, the least preferred one the last) and then cast your vote. The final winner will be chosen using Schulze method.

If you have mistakenly voted in the test phase, you can just copy your vote from the test page to the actual voting page (the numbers of logos haven't changed).

Special thank you to Chuck Roslof from WMF legal for doing the preliminary clearance of the proposal.

Have a nice weekend!

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Amir (he/him)
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