Several others (including myself) are inclined to agree. The current
draft reads:
Welcome, {{PAGENAME}}! We noticed that you placed a vote on
[[{{{1}}}]]. Participation in the community is encouraged, of
course, but your status as a brand new user means that your vote
''might not'' be counted. Voting on Wikipedia is meant to measure
community concensus, and should not necessarily not be taken as
literal voting. Please understand that this is a common practice on
Wikipedia, and that it is necessary to prevent deliberate "loading"
of our votes. However, we encourage you to make further
contributions to Wikipedia and to become a valuable member of the
community.
It's being discussed at
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard#Voting….
-ClockworkSoul
Chad Perrin wrote:
I agree that it should be kept short, but I'm also
of the opinion that
it should include text to the effect that "votes" are not votes per se,
and may be ignored for no other reason than the fact that they may be
considered invalid for purposes of gaining a community consensus. A
bunch of people whose only connection with Wikipedia is a VfD, and who
will likely never have anything to do with Wikipedia again aside from
that VfD and, perhaps, some vadalism, is not someone whose "vote" is
particularly valuable in a test of community consensus.
Maybe that's just me, though.