[top-politics] Re: Content added to Wiki

echarp — 2006-11-27 15:52:53+0100

> But what would be the name for d? > Participation constant?

The point is, not to have a constant :)

Besides, it is no such thing, because it can be changed.

It could be called a “ratification threshold” (buffer does seem strange). The one above which proposals are passed. When you explain it you would then just describe the calculation, and: “this goes on until a democratically chosen ratification threshold is reached” :)

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> > One consequence is that all proposals will be evolving at each iteration > > unless their (yes-no)=0. > > Does it have consequences? > > A very small risk indeed. But in those cases, I’m sure that the > originatior of the proposal starts to build more opinion around his > proposal in order to make it advance, jsut as he would do if there are > too few voting making the progress very slow. > > > > In regards to close calls without a clear majority, wouldn’t it > > > actually make sense for these to drag on until a proposal is > > > satisfactory enough for a larger support to gather and tip the balance? > > > > Agreed. > > And it would remove one “special case” and thus make it simpler to > > implement :) > > See my answer above, we should have the resetting as an option, > possible to use since there are many cases, today at least, which are > very near even. > It is possible to tell without more practical experiense if the option > is needed or not, I would say. > And is it really a big deal to implement?

Any “special case” or “option” is a big deal. Because it not only has to be implemented, but also to be tested and supported. The inevitable problems, bugs and evolutions will have to go around one more bump to be properly corrected or implemented.

Every “special case” in a project, is one more rule to remember. The less the better, for everybody, even the users.

echarp – http://leparlement.org

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