[Foundation-l] Possible solution for image filter - magical flying unicorn pony that s***s rainbows

Thu Sep 22 07:42:02 UTC 2011

On Wed, Sep 21, 2011 at 11:58 PM, Tobias Oelgarte
<tobias.oelgarte at googlemail.com> wrote:
> Am 21.09.2011 22:37, schrieb David Gerard:
>> On 21 September 2011 21:20, Kanzlei<kanzlei at f-t-hofmann.de>  wrote:
>>
>>> This poll was not representative for wikipedia readers, but only for some German wikipedia editors.  Scientifically research found that Germa editors are not representative for German speaking people but far more environmetal-liberal-leftists than avarage Germans. The poll was even not representative for German editors because only a few voted.
>>
>> 233 would be a *large* turnout on en:wp. What is a large turnout on de:wp?
>>
>> Your arguments look to me like fully-general counterarguments against
>> *any* on-Wikipedia poll whatsoever, no matter the structure or
>> subject. What would you accept as a measure of the de:wp community
>> that would actually be feasible to conduct?
>>
>>
>> - d.
>>
> A so called "Meinungsbild" (opinion poll) is the tool of choice to make
> basic decisions for the project. Admins and authors are bound to such
> decisions. It usually needs 2/3 of the users to agree with a proposal
> (formally correctness) and 2/3 of the users actually voting for and not
> against the proposal. There may be variations depending on the questioning.
>
>

I am mildly amused -- and please accept this as an attempt to defuse the
acrimony -- by the fact that the German vulva article makes no mention of
a symbol of it being very commonly used to spoil ballots here in Finland.
Losing only to a celebrated comic talent called "Spede" and to Donald Duck.

Connecting voting and vulvas...

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