RE: [EM] Approval for many candidate, non-partisan, multi-seat elections

2005-08-15 Thread Kevin Venzke
James, --- James Gilmour <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a écrit : > Markus Schulze Sent: Monday, August 15, 2005 12:10 PM > > I have made the experience that the members of Wikipedia's > > "Arbitration Committee" (ArbCom) work rather independently > > and that the one ArbCom member is rarely willing to rev

RE: [EM] Approval for many candidate, non-partisan, multi-seat elections

2005-08-15 Thread James Gilmour
Rob Lanphier Sent: Monday, August 15, 2005 9:46 AM > As you saw earlier, some people on Wikipedia are considering > a switch to Bloc voting (plurality-at-large) for a multi-seat > election, away from Approval. Whatever the merits or de-merits of multi-seat Approval, I am sure Bloc Voting (multi

RE: [EM] Approval for many candidate, non-partisan, multi-seat elections

2005-08-15 Thread James Gilmour
Markus Schulze Sent: Monday, August 15, 2005 12:10 PM > I have made the experience that the members of Wikipedia's > "Arbitration Committee" (ArbCom) work rather independently > and that the one ArbCom member is rarely willing to revert > the decision of the other ArbCom member. > > Therefore,

Re: [EM] Approval for many candidate, non-partisan, multi-seat elections

2005-08-15 Thread Markus Schulze
Dear Rob Lanphier, I have made the experience that the members of Wikipedia's "Arbitration Committee" (ArbCom) work rather independently and that the one ArbCom member is rarely willing to revert the decision of the other ArbCom member. Therefore, I suggest that the ArbCom should be elected by a

[EM] Approval for many candidate, non-partisan, multi-seat elections

2005-08-15 Thread Rob Lanphier
Hi folks, As you saw earlier, some people on Wikipedia are considering a switch to Bloc voting (plurality-at-large) for a multi-seat election, away from Approval. I had always thought Approval made the most sense here, but I'm starting to see the wisdom of the criticism. With a very large field,