On 4/11/07, Dycedarg <darthvader1219(a)gmail.com> wrote:
I don't favor any side. I don't even participate on RFA regularly. What
I'm
trying to do is get some idea of what exactly RFA is, as opposed to what
people say it is. Is it a vote or isn't it? Are people supposed to
substantiate their opinions or not? If it's a vote then stop discounting
oppose votes because of their stated opinions and come up with a hard
number
for passing and stick with it. If it's a discussion to determine consensus
then start discounting useless support votes. As it is, it seems closer to
a
vote, with the occasional "interpretation of consensus" to justify
controversial decisions.
The reason that they don't discount useless support votes is because the
main purpose of RfA is to see whether we trust the user in question with the
tools. The default option is "support", but you must have a good reason to
oppose.
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