Gov/en/Portal:Voting/Rules: Difference between revisions
Reformulate stakes/consensus wording (Swiss-inspired expression of stakes), link history page |
Q6 answered by Theo: planned (not ongoing) evaluation of voting tools, exclusively free software, link to Free-Licensing |
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The initial hypothesis distinguishes two regimes: | The initial hypothesis distinguishes two regimes: | ||
* '''Elections of people''' (committees, arbitrators, future bodies) would use a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secret_ballot secret ballot], so that nobody can be pressured or rewarded for their vote. Wikimedia runs its secret ballots with the SecurePoll extension; WikiDeal | * '''Elections of people''' (committees, arbitrators, future bodies) would use a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secret_ballot secret ballot], so that nobody can be pressured or rewarded for their vote. Wikimedia runs its secret ballots with the SecurePoll extension; WikiDeal plans to evaluate the same family of tools, exclusively free software, in line with the project's [[Gov/en/Portal:Legal/Free-Licensing|free licensing rule]] (the WikiDeal software stack itself is published under the GNU Affero GPL). | ||
* '''Editorial and procedural decisions''' on shared content would remain public, in the wiki tradition of open discussion and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consensus_decision-making consensus], where positions are signed and arguments matter more than counts. | * '''Editorial and procedural decisions''' on shared content would remain public, in the wiki tradition of open discussion and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consensus_decision-making consensus], where positions are signed and arguments matter more than counts. | ||