[WikiEN-l] Voting (was PP and ban)

Tue Jun 24 20:00:14 UTC 2003

Ec wrote:
>Out of the 6 options given in that vote, when I last 
>looked 4 of them had a significant number of votes.  
>When that happens you want to be able to look for a 
>solution that respects all of these views.  A winner 
>takes all approach just leaves people angry.

Amen to that! We need to avoid the tyranny of
simple-minded voting schemes as much as possible here
in order to maintain good will and all that happy
crap. :)

That's why the current vote is fatally flawed; it is
winner take all solely based on which option gets the
largest share of votes (which wouldn't even be 30% of
the total!). 

What we need to work on, as Ec wrote, is something
that combines the best parts of each of the 4 leading
options. That way the great majority of voters can
have a system they can at least live with.

Eloquence is planning on creating a graduated
approval/disapproval voting vote to replace the
current one. Hopefully we can reach a consensus before
it comes to that though (IMO voting should be one of
the last things we use to resolve conflicts -
consensus should always be sought first). 

-- mav

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