Bjorn-
Voting deadline is April 12, 2004, 20:00 UTC. Please distribute this announcement to your local projects. This is not only relevant to Wikipedia but to all Wikimedia projects.
Personally, I have no opinion on what syntax is preferable. But it annoys me that at the time I read this message (April 15) the deadline has already passed.
"I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by." - Douglas Adams
No matter what deadline you choose there will always people who miss it, particularly in the small Wikimedia projects which only have a handful of active contributors. We don't need to reach every single one of them, we need to get a reasonably representative sample of Wikimedia membership.
I personally think the poll went far too long, especially as it was clear after a couple of days which option would win. The point of these polls is to get a reasonably representative *sample* of Wikimedia opinions. But knowing you guys, I picked a very generous deadline so that people wouldn't complain about. I should have known better than that.
Oh well, next time it's back to 72 hours then. ;-)
Regards,
Erik