Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!xenitec!edhew
From: edhew@xenitec.on.ca (Ed Hew)
Newsgroups: news.groups
Subject: Re: A Completely Irrelevant Exercise in Poor Sportsmanship
Summary: is this a "vote" or a poll?
Message-ID: <1989Nov28.062952.406@xenitec.on.ca>
Date: 28 Nov 89 06:29:52 GMT
References: <4763@nigel.udel.EDU> <+0#S0.@splut.conmicro.com> <4782@nigel.udel.EDU>
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In article <4782@nigel.udel.EDU> berryh@udel.edu (John Berryhill) writes:
>
>>>Why is he using a voting scheme that has utterly no resemblance to the
>>>generally accepted guidelines?
>>
>>Because it's the only way of settling the aquaria controversy.
>
>And anyone may select any voting scheme they like?  Is this the new
>way to create groups?  Fine.  Everybody in favor of
>comp.protocols.tcp-ip.eniac raise your hand...  Looks like the group
>passes as the majority of people I see have their hand up.
>
>>>Why did Greg Woods, knowing full well that this vote has no relationship
>>>to any rules other than Da Silva's own delusions of grandeur, go ahead
>>>and post it in news.announce.newgroups anyway?
>>
>>Because, I suspect, it was a legitimate call for votes.
>>(Am I right, Greg?)
>
>It is not a legitimate vote.  Who or what conferred legitimacy upon this
>vote?  Since when is DaSaliva's STV scheme the approved method of
>newsgroup creation?

My question:  is this a "vote" (as per guidelines) or an opinion poll?
(we could discuss whether the 2 are actually the same thing, but my
 question is not intended to spur discourse on semantics.)
I have no problem responding to non-binding opinion polls, and as (per
the guidelines) this *must* be a poll, I had no problem responding
accordingly.  Would someone care to set me straight?

[from a previous poster....]
>>For that matter, why should he, especially since he doesn't support
>>the use of illegal drugs with his machine anyway?

I could have fun with this one, but my keyboard hasn't been drinking
tonight.  :-)

...on the topic of irrelevent matter... (no one on the 'NET advocates
illegal activities (chain letters, pyramid schemes excepted)....

>The reason I brought it up was to point out that Woods is being a biased
>moderator.  So, news.announce.newgroups exists to announce the groups and
>lists that Greg *likes*, is that what you're saying.  Furthermore, reading
>words on a screen and using drugs are two entirely different activities.

I always found that Greg adhered to the "rules", but that has never
prevented him from acceeding to someone's request for a "poll".  Find
the answer to my question above, and it'll help resolve this one.

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