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A thread to discuss naming threads, board policy, new thread suggestions, and anything else that has to do with board administration and maintenance. Guaranteed to include lively debate and polls. Natter discouraged, but not deleted.
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Given that I've just PROVEN that NP votes have not affected the outcome of our votes, can we get back to naming the new thread?
In fairness, two of the six hit 42, and one has to accept your contention that the subissues were less important-- because several of them have yes/no votes below 42. For example, closing VM was not controversial, but I remember being annoyed that NP carried the day on leaving it open for awhile.
I like Mister Rogers!
Given that I've just PROVEN that NP votes have not affected the outcome of our votes, can we get back to naming the new thread?
Actually, not proven. Proven that the first or perceived main item on a ballot would not be affected by NP (in which case, then why have it?). But for some people like me, to whom the secondary issue matters, it DOES make a difference.
But for some people like me, to whom the secondary issue matters it, DOES make a difference.
This brings up the question of what would happen if the main item passed and the secondary item didn't. Would we discuss and vote again? To be specific, if we voted to close the Veronica Mars thread, but the vote on WHEN didn't carry, what would the action be?
But for some people like me, to whom the secondary issue matters it, DOES make a difference.
Fair enough. I apologize for that generalization. But in a case like this:
closing VM was not controversial, but I remember being annoyed that NP carried the day on leaving it open for awhile.
what's the solution? People want it closed. If we hadn't included the NP votes, when would it have closed?
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Oh, I like Job. In the biblical sense.
Don't know. Maybe the ballot needs to be structured differently. As in:
Don't close
Close thread now
Close thread one month after DVD.
Or something like this:
No Drama thread.
Drama thread no white font
Drama thread, white font for a 24 hours
Drama thread, white font for a week
Granted this leads to runoffs which I find irksome though more like consensus.
closing VM was not controversial, but I remember being annoyed that NP carried the day on leaving it open for awhile.
what's the solution? People want it closed. If we hadn't included the NP votes, when would it have closed?
You raise a good point, and I don't mean to say that you're wrong that the furor over NP might be largely moot by recent votes. I'm not sure how to solve it.
Granted this leads to runoffs which I find irksome though more like consensus.
Preferential Voting!!!
I will laugh like a hyena if we end up with preferential voting somehow!