'Selfless'
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.
Current Stompy Feet: ita, Jon B, DXMachina, P.M. Marcontell, Liese S., amych
Am I the only one who thinks having a long, detailed, sometimes-academic discussion isn't a wholly negative thing, thinks it's not an UnBuffistan thing to do?
Speaking just for myself, it's one thing to have long and involved debates about the meaning of a soul in the Buffyverse, and another one to have long and involved debates about administrivia.
Because voting would cut this process way short...
Voting would cut this process to under 4 days. Short? I'm not feeling that's short.
Mostly, right now, I just want to know who meant what by "simple majority". I already voted against this, and perhaps that's my my eyes are hurty.
Mostly, right now, I just want to know who meant what by "simple majority".
I think I agree.
Ironically, we have had our first vote and it seems a significant number of people didn't understand the ballot.
For a start, I seem to have voted for some guy called "Pat Buchanan" and I don't even know who he is...
I meant 50%+1 by "majority".
I'm afraid I saw "majority" and thought "plurality". Bad, bad reader. No dictionary.
Betsy, isn't that the same as "the preponderant quantity or share"? Or are all my big words broken?
Nope. The precise meaning of "majority" is "more than 50%". Plurality is "preponderant quantity or share."
Actually, that quote was from Merriam Webster.
edit: as 3c) for majority
Am I also the one thinking that people saying "oh dear, a very long detailed discussion about voting, I don't like it, we should just try and achieve consensus..." are saying something kind of illogical?
No, for two reasons. First, the objection isn't to long detailed discussions in general, it's to long detailed, mathy discussions about voting. (And I say that as someone who rather enjoys math.)
Second, this is a long, detailed, Buffistish conversation whose goal is to be the last of its kind, which makes me kind of unhappy.
Wow, maybe I've just convinced myself I'm against voting altogether. Because voting would cut this process way short... and I love everyone's commitment to this place and the energy they put into it.
Great! Now we just need 64 more people, and a revote...
In an attempt to be the Most Annoying Buffista Ever, I have to say that I don't know the word "plurality" in this context -- it means "the biggest number"?