On 23/01/13 20:38, Jon Robson wrote:
Suggested solution: Maybe some kind of voting system might be of use to force some kind of consensus rather than leaving problems unsolved. I'm fed up of receiving emails about the same problem I discussed weeks before that never got solved. It makes my mailbox ill.
I mean if the question is really what colour is the bikeshed it would be good for people to propose colours, people to vote on preferred colours and at the end of say a week the majority colour wins and gets implemented (or in cases where there is no majority we discuss the front runners and other possible solutions).
Excuse me, but your proposed solution is wholly inadequate. For example, a few people might prefer a green bikeshed, more people might prefer blue, yet a small majority might prefer awful grey. The greens would of course prefer blue to grey, yet this would not be reflected in the voting outcome.
Obviously, if this is ever to be implemented, we need a better way of counting the votes, such as instant-runoff voting.