[ERR5RS] Wiki voting mechanisms

[David Rush]

On 9/13/07, Lynn Winebarger <owinebar at gmail.com> wrote:
>      I didn't know if there was something ready-made for the task.

There is. <http://wiki.electorama.com/wiki/Electowidget>; however,

> If not, then perhaps we should just make an "ERR5RS:Polling Place" page.
> The protocol would be one section per poll, the statement of the issue
> at the top of the section, and votes recorded at one indent below
> that.  The votes would be yea/nay/mu followed by the voter's name,
> possibly followed by explanation or pointer to an explanation,
> depending on the length.

I think this is a much better mechanism for a whole bunch of reasons -
not the least of which is that it is more directed at consensus
building than on arbitrary decision-making.

>     I'd prefer to only count votes from logged-in accounts.

And I'd suggest that a vote only be finalized when 72 hours have
passed since the last page update (allows time for holiday weekends :)

david rush
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