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
And, seriously, if you want to discuss thtis further, I'm happy to do so
via email. Let's not clog this thread.
No thank you. Instead of repeatedly being told I don't understand, it would have been useful for you to take the points where I veered off and correct me. Now, I'm not interested. This isn't a taking my ball and going home sort of post. It's a blunt version of a I'm not going to vote for the preferential method post, so I don't want to make you repeat it ad infinitum.
I'm with ita, because a lot of this may be for nothing. If it's not, if people would prefer the preferential method, I trust you and the other Buffistas to do it correctly, regardless of the fact that I find it confusing.
Okay. I propose a vote. I suck at the official language thing, but I suggest something like:
DEFINITION OF MAJORITY
A
yes
vote on this item signifies the voter defined majority as 50%+1 votes when voting on item 3 in the previous ballot -- Sophia Brooks "Sunnydale Press" Feb 25, 2003 11:55:53 pm EST.
A
no
vote on this item signifies the voter was using the other definition of majority -- plurality (the largest number of votes, whether or not that number exceeds 50%)
Does "plurality" mean "the option with most votes"?
"Plurality -- the largest number of votes, whether or not that number exceeds 50%. For instance, if the votes are split 35%-33%-32%, the 35% number would win."
Edit at will.
Okay. I propose a vote.
If you want me to, I'm here to tally.
I second ita's proposal with suggested edits.
I'm with Betsy and Jim. I'm worried that this endless hairsplitting is damaging people's enjoyment of the board, and causing more strife than it aimed to fix. I'd like to see some voting process in place, but I don't think it has to be this complicated.
I've tried to stay involved in the process, but I haven't read that last 300 posts or so, because it's making me a little crazy. I'm now okay with letting everyone else tire themselves out chasing their own tail.
