Bleach Wiki talk:Voting

I am confused. Does the "only one voter per user" means I get to vote once either in support or opposition or does it mean I have one vote of support and one vote of opposition? Tinni 15:13, November 23, 2009 (UTC)


 * As the policy stands right now, it is one vote (regardless of it being support or oppose) per person. I wondered the same for a moment when I was updating the stuff, so I'll check if that is what was intended. --Yyp 15:44, November 23, 2009 (UTC)


 * Ok, we're going to allow users to use one "Support" vote and one "Oppose" vote. --Yyp 22:29, November 23, 2009 (UTC)


 * This has been changed. See below. -- Yyp  (Talk)  13:35, December 26, 2009 (UTC)
 * Resolved

Changes to the policy (3rd December 2009)
Following the vote for December's featured article, picture & quote, the admin staff were left with serious misgivings and have decided that changes are necessary due to problems with the way voting was conducted, both with the use of the new "oppose" option and the reasons that people were giving. The policy has been changed to reflect this. -- Yyp  (Talk)  12:38, December 3, 2009 (UTC)

The main changes are:
 * 1) Oppose votes will no longer be deducted from a candidate's total votes. This is due to abuse of the system.
 * 2) A list of acceptable reasons for supporting/opposing a candidate was added. The votes are not popularity contests - judge the article/picture/quote on its own merits only.
 * 3) Clarifying that the deadline for votes is based on the wiki's timekeeping system - ie if the timestamp on a vote says it was cast after midnight of the final day of voting, then it is too late to be counted.

Featured Quote: Support/Oppose Policy
I've read the voting policy a million times already, but none of the rules gives an idea of why or why not support/oppose a quote "candidate". For example, there's this Komamura quote about Friendship that's really clichè. You know "share happiness and sorrows, forgive your mistakes and show you the right path, etc." I must've heard it in a thousand movies, books, anime and even fanfiction. It's a beautiful quote, yes, but it's terribly clichè. Is that a good reason to Oppose it? I'm just saying that we should have a different Policy for the Featured Quote, or be more specific on the Oppose policy, because it seems to be solely directed to articles and characters. Lia Schiffer 01:28, December 26, 2009 (UTC)


 * Thanks for posting that. It's always good to see that some people do read our policies and bring issues with them to our attention. Yes, the policy is more focused on the article vote than on the pic/quote. But those are new features and we're still finding our way with them. The issue with listing the reasons in the policy is that we can't think of every reason that everyone out there could possibly give, so we can only put general reasons in and deal with other ones on a case by case basis. Anyway, I've tweaked it a bit. I think the reason you stated above would be good enough for using the oppose option. Imo, it would have fallen under "highlighting an issue with the candidate" anyway (the issue being that it is generic). Since the "Oppose" vote now serves only to highlight issues with a candidate and does not count towards a candidate's total votes, it is not that big a deal anymore. -- Yyp  (Talk)  13:35, December 26, 2009 (UTC)

Changes to policy (from 22nd January 2010)

 * Only the votes of users who have been on for a month will be counted.
 * Out of these users only those who have been active (i.e. contributing to the wiki, not just forums) will be counted.
 * Out of those users who are active only those "recently" active (i.e. within the past month as per the previous rule) will be counted.

The above was added to the policy on the 22nd January 2010. Reason being that there was suspicion regarding the way last months vote proceeded, and also in the interests of fairness towards those who actually contribute to and maintain the wiki. Basic message is that if you want to have a say in what appears on the main page's feature sections, you have to actually contribute to the wiki. Leave feedback (if any) here. -- Yyp (Talk) 09:28, January 28, 2010 (UTC)