Proposal Archive
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Date Resolved: July 22, 2014
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Introduction
There were some concerns regarding discussions and administrators' participation in them. The major concern was that administrative opinion might influence the opinions of non-administrators.
Proposal
The proposal is as follows, adding this to the discussion policy:
- Restrict administrative participation in discussions (regular discussions and administrative requests) for the first 25% of the time of the proposal. In the case of a 7-day discussion, administrators cannot participate until 1 day and 18 hours has passed.
There are both pros and cons to this:
- Pros:
- Possible decrease of administrative influence on other users. This could bring out certain opinions by non-administrators who may feel influenced by administrative opinions.
- Possible increase of participation due to early non-participation by administrators. Some people may see a lack of early participation as a sign to put in their opinions.
- Cons:
- Possible decrease of participation due to early non-participation by administrators. Some people may see no participation early on, and then decide not to participate themselves.
- Possible no administrative vote if they forget. If an administrator waits too long to participate, the discussion may be over.
This discussion ends on Tuesday, July 22, 2014 at 11:53 a.m., eastern time.
As a test to this discussion, to see how it would work, administrators cannot participate in this discussion until Thursday, July 17, 2014 at 5:53 a.m., eastern time. — AMK152 (Wall • Contrib) 15:53, July 15, 2014 (UTC)
Discussion
Support
Weak Support - JosephHawk 📪 19:22, July 15, 2014 (UTC)
Support - —Road Runner1 WCB
Oppose
- Oppose - I don't see the point in this really. Yes I see your reasoning, but we can't restrict users voting until a certain point. There must either be another way or we should leave it. Perhaps we could make a separate section for Admins to vote in or something. This just seems counterproductive. --Spongebob456 talk 15:58, July 15, 2014 (UTC)
- Just to add to this, Admins often vote first which encourages other users to vote. --Spongebob456 talk 18:47, July 15, 2014 (UTC)
- Strong Oppose - I don't see a point either. This is nuts, and you're right, people could forget, AMK. 16:38,7/15/2014 Muchacha (W•C)OVERTIME?!!!
- Strong Oppose - I don't really think such a rule is needed. Auron May the odds be ever in your favor! 02:38,8/23/2015
- Strong Oppose - — AMK152 (Wall • Contrib) 16:32, July 17, 2014 (UTC)
- Strong Oppose - per above. Nicko756 (M•C•E) Sign! 05:23, July 18, 2014 (UTC)
- Strong Oppose - Sorry, but this is a really bad idea. ZeoSpark Talk Contribs Edits 12:00,7/18/2014
Neutral
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