[Wikipedia-l] Voting Phase 3

[Ray Saintonge]

tarquin wrote:

> I suggest the following:
>
> * we set out some basic design goals: image size, max filesize, 
> possibility to go greyscale for t-shirts & letterheads. 

That should have been the first discussion before we had any specific 
submissions.

> * we invite all 10 finalists to rework their logos, with help from the 
> community, to fit these guidelines 

Each finalist should be somehow reduced to one design.  Two variants for 
one of our candidates differed only between the use of bright blue or 
strumpf blue, a meaningless difference.  In other cases these may 
require separate decision making processes.

> * after this process, we run the vote again, this time informing 
> voters of how the logos meet these requirements 

There should be no hurry.  There can be as many rounds as it takes. 
 Winning would require an absolute majority of votes cast.  After each 
round the logo with the fewest votes would be dropped.  More could be 
dropped if they have fewer than 10% of the votes received by the highest 
vote getter.  This latter provision could even be workable over the 
entire range of 137.  Transferable ballots would improve the efficiency 
especially in the early stages, but only with a very limited number of 
transfers.  Going beyond third choice is likely to create confusion. 
 The first round when there is a very large number of candidates will 
result in significant reduction in the number of candidates.

Ec