Has there been a vote? RickK John Lee <johnleemk(a)gawab.com> wrote: Sannse suggested to me on IRC that we conduct a trial run of this policy before a permanent implementation. Do you guys agree? And if yes, how long would you suggest it should be? John Lee ([[User:Johnleemk]]) John Lee wrote: _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l(a)Wikipedia.org http://mail.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Take Yahoo! Mail with you! Get it on your mobile phone.

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To Rebecca, Rick, and whoever else is interested: The vote is scheduled for this Friday, beginning at midnight UTC. The questions are available at [[Wikipedia:Preliminary Deletion/Vote]]. Basically, voters will be asked to judge whether the policy should be implemented, and whether a trial should be conducted before a permanent implementation. I'm hoping somebody can provide suggestions on how long this trial should last so that can be added to the question (I'm personally considering a three-week to a month long trial). John Lee ([[User:Johnleemk]]) Rick wrote:

John Lee wrote: Thanks for mentioning the vote on this list. Too many votes happen with proper notification ever having gone out to the extent that all sorts of things are adopted without the majority knowing that it has happened. I would propose that no vote would create valid official policy unless the vote has been properly sanctioned. To do so: 1. It must have at least five nominees. 2. It must have broad application. 3. It must be clear and unambiguous. 4. It must have a minimum voting period of at least 14 days. 5. Any amendment while the voting is in process would restart the 14-day voting period. 6. Where a proposed policy provides alternative policies, the winning alternative must do so in its own right. 7. The proposal should be listed on a list of active votes throughout the active voting period. That listing would include the bare text of the resolution, and the ending date and time for the vote. It should also be time-stamped to ensure that the 14 day period is respected. 8. The active vote list should be accessible from the side-bar. 9. The active vote list should be published daily on the relevant mailing list(s). 10. The passage of a vote for one project does not imply its passage on any other project. This would not restrict the occurrence of preliminary, informal or limited application votes. The result of these would simply not be binding on the entire community. I have purposely avoided any mention of "winning margins" in the above, as this could be the subject of further debates, and the margins could vary with the circumstances. Several of the above clauses could be open to debate or clarification. If there is broad support this could be the first one adopted under these rules. It could then be followed by a systematic review of policies to ensure that all policies have been properly adopted. Can the process of putting the active vote list on the mailing list be automated? Ec