On Tue, Aug 16, 2011 at 8:57 PM, Thomas Dalton <thomas.dalton(a)gmail.com>wrote;wrote: Aside from the definition of culturally-neutral (does it mean it should include anything that any culture would consider controversial or only things that most cultures would consider such) and the general phrasing of the questions, it seems that getting to the referendum is made quite complicated. While the eligibility rules would encourage wide participation, the 1) click on sitenotice 2) read wall of text 3) go back to your own wiki, but remember the arbitrary string "Securepoll/230" that doesn't mean anything in languages other than English 4) find and use the search function 5) click the "go to vote" link sequence is not very user friendly or usable even for the more experienced of editors. Given the prominence it is given with the sitenotice, things could be made easier for the users (e.g. move the wall of text to the securepoll server – even if it makes localization a bit more difficult; and make the sitenotice point to the voting server directly or at least to the on-wiki redirects) with relatively little effort. Best regards, Bence

On Tue, Aug 16, 2011 at 20:57, Thomas Dalton <thomas.dalton(a)gmail.com> wrote: Ah, that reminds me on Milosevic's referendum from 1998. ... Actually, after searching for the precise question, I've realized that the question itself was neutral ("Do you accept involvement of foreign representatives in the process of solving problems on Kosovo?"). At the other side, need for justification of already made decision and propaganda around it makes them very comparable. In other words, this referendum is worse than Milosevic's one. I have to say that I was thinking to give vote in favor. However, after this kind of gaming community's opinion, on the line of many infamous referendums in totalitarian regimes and banana republics, I will boycott it.