<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2011/11/8 robert bristow-johnson <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:rbj@audioimagination.com">rbj@audioimagination.com</a>></span><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
On 11/7/11 2:24 PM, MIKE OSSIPOFF wrote:<br>
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Robert:<br>
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/I'd said:<br>
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/>/ I've watched someone vote in a rank-balloting presidential mock<br>
/>/ election. Though she<br>
/>/ prefers Nader's policies to those of the Democrats, she ranked all of<br>
/>/ the Democrats<br>
/>/ over Nader.<div class="im"><br>
/<br>
You replied:<br>
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it depends on how the ranked ballots are tabulated.<br>
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Quite.<br>
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>/ Is there an FBC-complying method meets UP and SDSC and that does<br>
/>/ better by other criteria?<br>
/>/<br>
/>/ Is there an FBC-complying method that doesn't fail in the Approval<br>
/>/ bad-example?<br>
/>/<br>
/>/ ...and maybe that also meets at least 1CM and 3P.<br>
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too much alphabet soup going on here.<br>
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We typically abbreviate the names of criteria, using the initial letters of<br>
some of the words of their names.<br>
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On 11/7/11 2:47 PM, Jameson Quinn wrote:<br>
> How about a new rule? We only get to abbreviate if there's an electowiki<br>
> article / redirect at the abbreviation name (preferably linked from the<br>
> abbreviation), or if we've fully spelled it out earlier in the same message.<br>
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> I unilaterally promise to follow this rule. This might be annoying to have to<br>
> do sometimes but it would more than pay for itself if others followed suit.<br>
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On 11/7/11 2:49 PM, Andy Jennings wrote:<br>
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I like it! I'll follow it.<br>
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how 'bout also refraining from ALL CAPS, the use of a really dumb text quoting protocol (is that what Hotmail does for you?) that makes it very difficult to read, and the assumption that one speaks for the group when they've been around for an entire month.<br>
</blockquote> </div><div class="gmail_quote">R B-J, I sympathize with what you're asking for here, but I think it would make for healthier group dynamics if you contained your frustration in a more civil tone.</div><div class="gmail_quote">
<br></div><div class="gmail_quote">Jameson</div>