Re: [EM] Re: fixing DMC page on electowiki

2005-05-12 Thread Abd ulRahman Lomax
At 01:30 PM 5/12/2005, Araucaria Araucana wrote: In both my post and my writings on the DMC web page, I was trying to explain the method, not the motivation behind it. Note that good explanation for a complex proposal will include motivation because motivation for an aspect of the proposal allows

[EM] Re: fixing DMC page on electowiki

2005-05-12 Thread Araucaria Araucana
Hi Abd, As you say, we are all busy people. Unfortunately I don't have time to reply to each of your most recent points right now. In both my post and my writings on the DMC web page, I was trying to explain the method, not the motivation behind it. I'm afraid that for the moment I'll have to l

Re: [EM] Re: fixing DMC page on electowiki

2005-05-11 Thread Abd ulRahman Lomax
At 01:19 PM 5/11/2005, Araucaria Araucana wrote: On 10 May 2005 at 19:56 UTC-0700, Abd ulRahman Lomax wrote: > [re wikis] I > don't know why Mr. Araucana got the idea that I didn't understand > this basic concept. Please, call me Q (see sig). And please don't take offense [there's a bit too much o

[EM] Re: fixing DMC page on electowiki

2005-05-11 Thread Araucaria Araucana
On 10 May 2005 at 19:56 UTC-0700, Abd ulRahman Lomax wrote: >At 01:25 PM 5/10/2005, Araucaria Araucana wrote: >>It appears that you are reading my comments out of context, and are >>also misunderstand the intent of a wiki -- it is a *collaborative* >>site. See these links: [deleted] > > Perhaps it

Re: [EM] Re: fixing DMC page on electowiki

2005-05-10 Thread Russ Paielli
Actually, I don't think I got that quite right, but I'm not feeling too well so I'll let someone correct it. --Russ Russ Paielli 6049awj02-at-sneakemail.com |EMlist| wrote: Abd ulRahman Lomax abd-at-lomaxdesign.com |EMlist| wrote: The whole page is not exactly a model of clarity, but I did think

Re: [EM] Re: fixing DMC page on electowiki

2005-05-10 Thread Russ Paielli
Abd ulRahman Lomax abd-at-lomaxdesign.com |EMlist| wrote: The whole page is not exactly a model of clarity, but I did think that I understood what Definite Majority Choice meant. But here is how the text in question reads now, having been changed back by Mr. Araucana: >>The least-approve

Re: [EM] Re: fixing DMC page on electowiki

2005-05-10 Thread Abd ulRahman Lomax
At 01:25 PM 5/10/2005, Araucaria Araucana wrote: It appears that you are reading my comments out of context, and are also misunderstand the intent of a wiki -- it is a *collaborative* site. See these links: [deleted] Perhaps it doesn't matter, but I operate several wikis, and I've contributed to

[EM] Re: fixing DMC page on electowiki

2005-05-10 Thread Araucaria Araucana
On 9 May 2005 at 18:02 UTC-0700, Abd ul-Rahman Lomax wrote: At 06:45 PM 5/9/2005, Araucaria Araucana wrote: >>Some anonymous person from IP location 71.98.149.61 modified the >>Definite Majority Choice page >>(http://wiki.electorama.com/wiki/Definite_Majority_Choice) a couple of >>days ago, changi