A problem with the polls.

[Moral Hazard]

In many of the polls I've noticed that there are a lot of options, while this is great for finding out what people think it's terrible for actually making a decision. Take the term limits poll I believe the current leader is no term limits however if you add the total votes for positions supporting term limits they outweigh those against. For this reason I propose that there should be runoffs between the popular options. I'm not sure what the exact methodology should be however; any thoughts.

[disorganizer]

what about making decision threads for a minimum of 2 days mandatory before posting a poll?

this would run like this, for example:
a discussion is taken, after 2 days, somone summarizes the discussion into the poll threads. those can be discussed for 1 day. next, a poll with the discussed options would be posted and cross-linked (a link from poll to discussion and one in the other direction).

negative aspect of this:
it would lead to 2+1=3 days of discussion + polling time before we have a conclusion.
i believe polls also should be kept up for a minimum of 2 and a optimum of 4 days, so we would need about 1 week for taking a decission, which may be too long.

[Gramphos]

Yes, I realized that once I had posted it.

[Gramphos]

However, I think that the two best options can be used in a finalization run. (At least for that poll´(We don't need the results for a while anyway)

[Kuciwalker]

We can add, you know. 5 no, 4 yes A, and 4 yes B makes it pretty obvious that it's not NO.

[Moral Hazard]

Things like these do need to be clarified. I think.

[Nikolai]

Now we're getting near the problem of democracy; efficency. Maybe we next time should make a "Civ3 - Tyrrany" game?

[Kuciwalker]

It may take a little more time, but the alternative, having several successive polls for a single issue, would a) REALLY clutter up the forum, even more than it is now, which adds confusion, and b) cut down on time time available to vote etc.

[punkbass2000]

This thread would be a good place to discuss these concerns, and propose solutions.