Star Wars Fanon talk:Voting policy/1



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This is good as it is. Different pages that feature different voting systems (FA, bureaucrats, Wiki Awards) should have the specific rules defined on that page, and as of now, this page summarizes pretty much everything you need to know about general voting.

However, I might want to add something about a preference for consensus, and how voting does not mean conjuring up a poll box. --C3PO the Dragon Slayer 6,000,000 forms of communication 22:52, 10 March 2007 (UTC)
 * I was thinking about adding that, but this is primarily for things like FA, UOTW, etc. -- [[Image:JM76Sig.gif]] Talk to an Admin Mind Trick Jedi Library

I like it! except you forgot to add the 4th tilde in the signing part ('''Darth Taikin (Talk to me) (My work)(Become a Jedi) 13:51, 21 March 2007 (UTC))

Absolutely yes. - Brandon Rhea 23:05, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Well I have to say, if they are banned, I think if they are banned x amount of times, or banned up to 1 month, like lets say a cool down ban, 1 week, or 2 days won't count. Tell me what you think.


 * I think it means they can't vote while on a ban. (But then they'd have to do it under an IP which would be a different story)SV undefined

So does that mean that if you have been a member for over a month, you get to vote, regardless of how many edits you've made?--Nightmare975 19:21, 11 June 2007 (UTC)

Policy change
I'm going to change the Voting Policy so it says 250 edits AND a month at SWF. I'm tired of seeing people that have been here a month, but only have 10 edits. Plus, it makes things simpler. -- Council Jedi Library
 * Now, granted this would make it a confusing thing, but, maybe make it either "250 edits" or "1 month and  edits". The only reason for that is, some users don't have a whole lot to contribute to the main namespace, but still deserve the right to vote.  Pinky Talk 18:59, 22 June 2007 (UTC)

I agree 100% with JM76. Those votes are annoying because people that registered long ago, made a few edits, left and then come back, can vote. That's unfair because they do nothing for the community or have done nothing (Other than sat around for a month). Besides, this is a place to write your own Fanon; why wouldn't you have a lot to write? It's reasonable in my opinion. -- Victor  ( talk ) 19:10, 22 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Well, some people might run out of stuff to write after like 200 edits(something that happened to me, for awhile). Anyway, I'd say we just get rid of the 1 month thing in general, and make it 250 edits or not. Lastly, I don't have a problem w/ JM76's policy change, I'm just making a suggestion.  Pinky Talk 19:25, 22 June 2007 (UTC)

I've checked and I don't think I have 250 edit. Is there a way to check? Or could we lower it to 200 edits? I think I have that much.--Nightmare975 19:31, 22 June 2007 (UTC)
 * You have 121 (in the main article namespace).  Pinky Talk 19:33, 22 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Well that sucks. I guess I'm going to have to do a full on massive edit spree.--Nightmare975 21:02, 22 June 2007 (UTC)

If you don't have anymore ideas for your own fanon, then you could always help categorize uncategorized articles and you could always help clean up articles that need clean up or you could fanonify articles that need to be fanonified. It is perfectly reasonable to need 250 edits. -- Victor  ( talk ) 21:05, 22 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Fair enough. Though, I think we should at least scrap the 1 month thing. If a user gets 250 in 2 weeks, why should they have to wait another 2 weeks to vote?  Pinky Talk 01:51, 23 June 2007 (UTC)


 * Perhaps they have to figure out how exactly SWF works. For example, I know a user who doesn't know what reverting is exactly or what the iRC is exactly. Those two could be essential on making a devoted and well developed community member. However, he writes great articles still, but the otehr two things could help him win UOTM. So I say do not scrap the 1 month limit. -- Victor  ( talk ) 01:53, 23 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Ok. Well, I still believe the 1 month limit should be scrapped. However, I don't really have any thing more to say about why, other than whats already posted above, so I won't argue with you.  Pinky Talk 01:58, 23 June 2007 (UTC)


 * I can't vote but, I think the, with all do respect, isn't really good. You can be on the computer for twenty-four hours making edits for a week that's 168 hours. So let's take away thirty hours that's 138 and I think you could make 250 edits in that time (but, I don't think most people would do that!) still I don't like the rule. Jonn1234 23:49, 27 July 2008 (UTC)


 * Uh huh... I'm just assuming I'm responding to your question. As Victor and I mentioned above, the Voting Policy is as it is because older users will register their accounts, let it stew forever, and then figure they could vote in Forums and such with very few edits. And as Victor has also mentioned above, the one month period lets users find out how Star Wars Fanon works. In one month (I hope) most users would figure out about policies like the MoS, Layout Guide, Categorization, Images, etc. Newer users, despite how many edits they have, usually don't learn to follow all the article-based policies until about a good amount of reminders have been slapped on their talk page. Regardless, one month is not as long as you think and perfectly fair and reasonable. I am sorry if you don't like the Voting policy, but that's just the way it goes. And besides, one month will go faster than you think, and as Victor has also mentioned above, you can easily get 250 edits by editing articles and fixing up stuff around the Wiki, so don't worry about it. --  JM  76   Ask   Archives  [[Image:Sabersmilyjm76.jpg|20px]] 01:31, 28 July 2008 (UTC)