Mav wrote in part:
I think Erik is doing an excellent job and think he
should be thanked for the
many hours of his /own/ time he has put into this effort
Yes, that is true.
instead of being accused of dictating terms.
To reiterate, I do not make that accusation.
(Well, there's a nonjudgmental literal sense in which it's a clear fact.
But one should avoid the term "dictating" for that sense!)
This is, after all, the largest vote in
Wikipedia's history and we are all learning as we move along. But at the same
time the vote does have to move along. Arguing over the vote method to use on
the vote to decide what the second stage voting method should be, is, IMO a
petty activity that tends to rerail the process instead of moving it along.
Yes, just as choosing the Round 2 voting method by FPTP,
when that is known to be unpopular among just about everybody,
would tend to derail the process. Accidentally, of course.
I don't believe that anybody is /trying/ to derail the process.
-- Toby