There shouldn't be lasting decisions on policy in a site this small. And voting is not the only way to make a decision. I'm concerned we are goign to be stuck with policies that came through because of a couple of votes, and will be hard to get rid of when they become obsolete.
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<div><span class="gmail_quote">On 10/11/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Chad Lupkes</b> <<a href="mailto:chadlupkes@gmail.com">chadlupkes@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</span>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">Without a doubt. It's taking up way too much time, and it's driving<br>people away.<br><br>So, which of us on this list or of the people active on the wiki site
<br>shall impose our view of how things should be run on everyone else?<br>Which of us shall be the boss over all content decisions? I'm not<br>willing to do that. I'm not willing to be "the boss". And I would
<br>hope that none of us want to.<br><br>What I'm trying to say is that this is how groups organize themselves.<br>We make decisions about rules of conduct, we discuss them and debate<br>them, and then we vote on those decisions. We have not established a
<br>list of people who can present ideas, we've opened it up to everyone.<br>So we've had a lot of ideas.<br><br>Why this is preventing us from building the site in other ways, I<br>don't know. I'm doing everything I have time to do. I think that's a
<br>question of promotion more than anything else.<br><br>Chad<br><br>On 10/11/06, Brian Reilly <<a href="mailto:allthecoolnameshavegone@gmail.com">allthecoolnameshavegone@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>> There seems to be a lot of voting on policies on Campaigns Wikia at the
<br>> moment. I have taken part in them all, but now I am wondering if it's such a<br>> good idea.<br>><br>> First of all, this is still a small group. Around 7 people vote on a<br>> subject. Is counting "yes" or "no" votes the best way to resolve disputes?
<br>> Surely with the numbers getting involved in policy debates, more dialogue is<br>> a better idea.<br>><br>> Secondly, these are early days. Do we want policies which have been decided<br>> on by a tiny group of people (sometimes 2 or 3 votes approving of a policy
<br>> can be all it takes to get it passed) to direct this community? Yes, they<br>> can be changed later (more voting!) but do we need to be setting them quite<br>> yet?<br>><br>> Mopst people on this list aren't participating in these votes, why? Is it
<br>> because you feel much the same way as I do? Are there too many votes on the<br>> wiki at the moment?<br>> _______________________________________________<br>> Campaigns-l mailing list<br>> <a href="mailto:Campaigns-l@wikia.com">
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