On Tue, 18 Mar 2003, Jimmy Wales wrote:
> Erik Moeller wrote:
>> Secrecy is necessary for real world votes, but here we can
>> afford some openness. It's the wiki way.
>
> One reason secrecy is important in real world political voting is the
> possibility of backlash against those who vote on the losing side.
> That's not really possible here. The winners can't round up the
> losers into concentration camps.
It depends... What about the next vote being to ban
the losers from all
Wikipedias except the Russian one?
Well, what about a "nearly unanimous consensus" to do that (decided by
Jimbo)?