[Wikipedia-l] Voting versus consensus

[The Cunctator]

On 9/27/03 1:31 PM, "tarquin" <tarquin at planetunreal.com> wrote:

>> 
> I still don't understand why this ratification came about --
> *given* that the goal was to have a single logo for all pedias, *why*
> give pedis the choice of opting out? Please could someone explain the
> reasoning behind this.
> 
The ratification process only makes sense if it's something like the
ratification of Constitutional amendments--that is, if enough groups ratify
the logo (say, 2/3), then all must accept it.

Opting out makes no sense, since one of the major goals of this process was
international unification.