Actually, Jimmy, aren't they to determine consensus, not build it?
On 9/10/05, Jimmy Wales jwales@wikia.com wrote:
Mark Williamson wrote:
If I hold a vote on the creation of a Wikipedia in Venetian, do I have to inform wikiit-l? No. Would it be nessecary? Probably not.
Yes, that would be wise. I can't think of any reason why *not* to inform them.
In fact, it has. Just because I didn't heed YOUR suggestions doesn't mean I suck.
No, you don't suck. He didn't say that you suck, either. Chill, man, it's WikiLove, ya know...
- The lack of announcement was partially intentional. I felt that it
was most fair to send a message to wikipedia-l, and international mailing list, and then to individual Cantonese-speaking users.
To me this sounds pretty much an unfair way to go about it.
One reason the final (sixth) GNAA VfD was accepted after several controversial rounds of voting was because of how professionally the vote was administered. We should learn from that.
And by "we", you mean "Node", right?
I think he means all of us. This is a tough call, and therefore in order to generate widespread support throughout the entire community, a very professionally done vote is critical.
This is why I'm opposed to rampant voting on everything. The only valid purpose for a vote in Wikipedia is actually as a *poll* which seeks to build community consensus. Deliberately excluding some interested parties is a great way to "win" a vote, but it is not a great way to get buy-in from the entire community.
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