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Wash ,'Objects In Space'


Voting Discussion: We're Screwing In Light Bulbs AIFG!  

We open it up, we talks the talk, we votes, we shuts it down. This thread is to free up Bureaucracy for daily details as we hammer out the Big Issues towards a vote. Open only when a proposal has been made and seconded according to Buffista policy (Which we voted on!). If this thread is closed, hie thee to Bureaucracy instead!


beth b - Mar 21, 2003 12:12:01 pm PST #157 of 10289
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!

Hmmm... my instincts said 4 - which is why I am leaning toward 3. However. 6 is starting to win in my mind as long as it is possible to reopen due to circumstances. I am guessing that someone bring up the same proposal 4 x in a year - might get shot down pretty fast by those annoyed with the topic and have people not participate. So I think 6 months will increases participation. and I'd like to see more people invovled , not less.

I guess that means I am leaning toward 6


Wolfram - Mar 21, 2003 12:14:30 pm PST #158 of 10289
Visilurking

Wolfram we don't want to close issues to keep people from having their say. We want to close issues because sometimes it's hard to divorce feeling from position on an issue. And if we don't accept the decisions made by people who voted (or didn't vote, or didn't second), what we're doing is picking at scabs. Picking at scabs is bad for the community. Picking at scabs is worse for the community than "not changing" any single topic that has been shut down for Xmonths. That's what it's all about - keeping this a happy and satisfying experience.

Agreed. I'm actually proposing making it harder to open a moratoriumed issue and that old style consensus may be too easy. Issues need to be closed. I'm just suggesting that there be a structured process to breaking a moratorium and that it be difficult to do, but doable when overwhelmingly necessary.

Note: This has nothing to do with my position on the war thread vote, and my opinion here may actually be contrary to the best interests of getting that thread to a vote.


DavidS - Mar 21, 2003 12:17:49 pm PST #159 of 10289
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Care to explain why?

It's tidier?


§ ita § - Mar 21, 2003 12:23:28 pm PST #160 of 10289
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

It's tidier?

It's prettier but I don't see any benefits to it.


Betsy HP - Mar 21, 2003 12:25:37 pm PST #161 of 10289
If I only had a brain...

Pretty is good. Some numbers just make me all happy and righteous. Like 42. And 17.

And 6.


Wolfram - Mar 21, 2003 12:28:16 pm PST #162 of 10289
Visilurking

So that leaves 1, 2, 3, 4, or 6 months. 1 and 2 are way too short. How about we put on the ballot: choice a) 3 or 4 choice b) 6

If choice a) wins we have a new ballot.

Or we can do prefmmphhnoholhh

t puts hand over mouth


§ ita § - Mar 21, 2003 12:32:08 pm PST #163 of 10289
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I'd rather have a sensible pick than a pretty one.


Nutty - Mar 21, 2003 12:34:04 pm PST #164 of 10289
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."

6 is it! Because who needs more divisors than that?

And can I say how pleased I am that my cheese butt thread notion has become general voting parlance? Carry on!

My thinking on the extraordinary circumstances is to set the bar at a clearly high mark. Also known as, the circumstances should have to be extraordinary enough and clear enough that a bunch of people all at once say, Gee, need to reconsider. Also known as, a Bureaucracy consensus.

(Also, much as I might approve a suddent TV programming move to All Butt All the Time, TV doesn't generally happen so quickly that we can't anticipate the boob tube. I mean, we fought over how westerns and sci fi are or are not alike for 2,000 posts in the Firefly thread before Firefly ever aired.)


Jessica - Mar 21, 2003 12:37:54 pm PST #165 of 10289
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?

As long as the ballot has exactly two choices and one of them is 6, I'm okay with it.

Because 6 is the One True Way. Go 6! Choose 6!


Wolfram - Mar 21, 2003 12:39:19 pm PST #166 of 10289
Visilurking

All Butt on the boob tube. There's a joke in there somewhere but I'm too tired to find it.