-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1
geni wrote:
On 5/4/06, Ben McIlwain cydeweys@gmail.com wrote:
We cannot put up with these attempts at gaming our consensus-based system. Consensus doesn't work when it just becomes a numbers game of who can recruit the most votes. And trying to make a rational decision about the merits of an article when a bunch of sheeple are coming in mindlessly on both sides and voting without even considering the issues is absurd. We need to deal with this problem. We need to modify our policy so that it IS a blockable offense to vote-stack and game the system.
Way way way to subjective. RFC and arbcom would probably be a better option.
That would take weeks, and by then the vote-stackers have long gotten away with it. And I don't think vote-stacking is too subjective. If you see someone recruiting votes, deal with them. It's pretty simple.
As an update to the situation, the two users I blocked have been unblocked, but hopefully they are not going to keep on vote-stacking. Meanwhile, a third user has already started vote-stacking the DRV so I blocked him ... I imagine the same admin is going to revert me on that too, though. This is getting ridiculous. Our very system of how we make decisions is under attack and I'm trying to do something about it and meeting resistance.
- -- Ben McIlwain ("Cyde Weys")
~ Sub veste quisque nudus est ~