Jimmy:
That is not to say that polls/votes can't play any
role in the process,
nor is it to say that we don't need to advance the state of the art in
dealing with such cases. But introducing binding votes destroys some of
what is most essential about the interaction between the wiki process
and the generation of high quality neutral content.
What we have here is a belief. I would like to see some arguments in
support of that belief. "Binding vote" doesn't mean "cannot ever be
questioned for all eternity." But there should be good reasons for doing
so. And when you define these conditions and processes, the distinction
between votes and polls becomes less clear, and what you think is
"something you will never support" might actually turn out to be
something you already support, albeit in a less formally defined manner.
Erik