June 11, 2002, 07:25
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King
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A problem with the polls.
In many of the polls I've noticed that there are a lot of options, while this is great for finding out what people think it's terrible for actually making a decision. Take the term limits poll I believe the current leader is no term limits however if you add the total votes for positions supporting term limits they outweigh those against. For this reason I propose that there should be runoffs between the popular options. I'm not sure what the exact methodology should be however; any thoughts.
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June 11, 2002, 09:41
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Prince
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what about making decision threads for a minimum of 2 days mandatory before posting a poll?
this would run like this, for example:
a discussion is taken, after 2 days, somone summarizes the discussion into the poll threads. those can be discussed for 1 day. next, a poll with the discussed options would be posted and cross-linked (a link from poll to discussion and one in the other direction).
negative aspect of this:
it would lead to 2+1=3 days of discussion + polling time before we have a conclusion.
i believe polls also should be kept up for a minimum of 2 and a optimum of 4 days, so we would need about 1 week for taking a decission, which may be too long.
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June 11, 2002, 13:14
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Technical Director
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Yes, I realized that once I had posted it.
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June 11, 2002, 13:15
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Technical Director
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However, I think that the two best options can be used in a finalization run. (At least for that poll´(We don't need the results for a while anyway)
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June 11, 2002, 16:21
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Deity
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We can add, you know. 5 no, 4 yes A, and 4 yes B makes it pretty obvious that it's not NO.
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June 11, 2002, 16:30
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King
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Things like these do need to be clarified. I think.
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June 11, 2002, 16:45
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Deity
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Now we're getting near the problem of democracy; efficency.  Maybe we next time should make a "Civ3 - Tyrrany" game? 
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June 11, 2002, 17:41
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Deity
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It may take a little more time, but the alternative, having several successive polls for a single issue, would a) REALLY clutter up the forum, even more than it is now, which adds confusion,  and b) cut down on time time available to vote etc.
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June 11, 2002, 21:39
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King
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This thread would be a good place to discuss these concerns, and propose solutions.
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