--Tomos--

Another possibility that I can think of is multi-staged voting. We first vote on size. Then given the result, we vote on further restrictions. Then with the size and further restrictions in mind, we vote on additional stats. I guess this would be a good way, except that it takes more time to finish.

--Ray Saintonge--

In these circumstances the purpose of the first ballot would be to create a short list. With numerous options available, very few will receive more than one or two votes. When the first ballot is finished eliminate anything that did not receive more than 10% of the total >vote, or some other workable criterion.

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I noticed some of my explanations were not clear enough. Here is an attempt to explain further about the last part, the multi-stage voting. Not that I strongly advocate for this method, but it has a merit, and I want to make it clear.

What I wanted to mean by multi-stage voting is this:

Stage 1: We evaluate each of the suggested file-size items, from 1-6. The item with the lowest average wins. That's the selected thresold.

Stage 2: We now evaluate each combination of the suggested items in "further restrictions" category. Again, each voter gives a number between 1-6 on each item.

If the thresold is decided to be 500 as the result of the stage 1, then people would not give good rates on "comma," "stab flag," and "two-paragraph." Because of the knowledge about the selected thresold, we can avoid some strange combinations like "500 bytes and a comma." That's the merit of multi-stage voting.

If there are five items proposed as further restrictions, we would have 2^5 =32 combinations, including "none" and "all of them."

Again, the combination receiving the lowest average wins.

(I omit the explanation of why we use combination here, instead of just each item.)

Stage 3: We evaluate each combination of the suggested items on "additional stats".

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