Woo hoo! Lightbulbs, please.
Oh, wow. This place looks great. Oh, I feel like a witch in a magic shop.
Willow ,'Help'
Bureaucracy 4: Like Job. No, really, just like Job
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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Jesse - May 15, 2008 10:38:05 am PDT #2926 of 6786
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Wolfram - May 15, 2008 10:38:53 am PDT #2927 of 6786
Visilurking
As a point of irony, any vote on eliminating the no preference option would still have to have the no preference option.
Jesse - May 15, 2008 10:39:50 am PDT #2928 of 6786
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Ha!
Although, I think it's always been an option, not a requirement.
Wolfram - May 15, 2008 10:42:36 am PDT #2929 of 6786
Visilurking
Although, I think it's always been an option, not a requirement.
But if it's an option we wouldn't need a vote to get rid of it. If we need the vote to get rid of it, it's a requirement and must be included.
I think that made sense.
Jesse - May 15, 2008 10:43:51 am PDT #2930 of 6786
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I want to eliminate it as an option.
NoiseDesign - May 15, 2008 11:28:28 am PDT #2931 of 6786
Our wings are not tired
As a point of irony, any vote on eliminating the no preference option would still have to have the no preference option.
It has never been a requirement, it has been up to the individual proposer to include it if they so desired. I assume this proposal would be more along the lines of banning it as an option.
Jon B. - May 15, 2008 12:08:05 pm PDT #2932 of 6786
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
I don't have the stats in front of me, but I have looked at them in the past. As I recall, there have always been enough Yes and No votes alone (i.e. 42 of 'em) to pass or fail every primary item on every ballot. The only time(s) there haven't been enough Yes and No votes (I forget if it's been more than once), it's been the secondary items like spoiler policy for the proposed thread.
So, I have (off the top of my head) two issues with eliminating NP as an option. 1) Like voter ID laws, it seems like a solution looking for a problem and 2) What do we do if enough people vote to create a thread, but not enough vote on things like its spoiler policy?
Jesse - May 15, 2008 12:10:19 pm PDT #2933 of 6786
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Is this not the discussion to have in Lightbulbs?
Laga - May 15, 2008 12:12:48 pm PDT #2934 of 6786
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
Lightbulbs isn't open yet.
Liese S. - May 15, 2008 12:26:42 pm PDT #2935 of 6786
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
It is now.