Forum:CT Archive/New FAN voting proposal

Ever since the decision to not count nominator FAN votes, the FAN page has steadily built up as the process has slowed down. (It's up to 45 at the moment, which I think may be a record.)

In the mean time, votes from regular folks like myself still don't count for anything.

So, I propose this: Let's say we still require a minimum of 4 Inq votes (while 5 Inq votes will still work as usual). But now we make either 2 or 3 regular votes count in place of that last Inq vote, and we count the nominator vote (whether they are an Inq or not) as a regular vote. Kills two lantern birds with one Zandor Rocker, if you will.

Now, I proposed to the Inquisitorious something similar a while back, but that didn't involve nominator votes, which I think evens it out this time and makes it a much better idea. But back then, and when I've brought up counting regular votes again other times, the biggest concern seems to be a possible decrease in the quality of FAs. However, like I say, I think doing it like this will balance everything out. On the FAN page right now, 29 of the 45 noms are from Inqs, meaning we're essentially requiring 6 Inq votes, not 5. (And that's obviously not working out.) By doing this, we'll still more likely than not get at least 5 Inqs looking over everything, and if not, we'll still be getting at least 4, plus at least 2 or 3 other users. And for those afraid of n00bs giving popularity votes, remember that the single issue voter policy would become applicable here again if this goes through.

So like I say, this just about getting everyone involved, and in doing so not only helping the process run more smoothly but perhaps bringing out new future Inquisitors.

I'm not gonna start a vote just yet because, if there's support for this, we need to decide if it'll be 2 votes or 3 votes (or however many) to require. Remember, though, that 5 Inq votes would still pass a nom regardless. -- Ozzel 04:36, 26 June 2008 (UTC)