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From: jj@alice.UUCP (alice!jj)
Newsgroups: news.admin
Subject: Re: Fixing the unbroken
Message-ID: <10201@alice.UUCP>
Date: 1 Dec 89 16:23:00 GMT
References: <7139@ficc.uu.net> <2974@cpoint.UUCP>
Reply-To: jj@alice.UUCP (alice!jj)
Organization: ATT-BL, Murray Hill, Signal Processing Research Department
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In article <2974@cpoint.UUCP> alien@cpoint.UUCP (Alien Wells) writes:
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>Usenet voting has a serious problem. 
Oh, what's that?  Or are you doing proof by assertion?
That is, after all, the most utilized SNOOZENET debate technique.
>It can't deal with multiple names. 
Oh?  How's that?  It's doing it quite well right now.
>If concensus isn't reached (and it often can't be), it is the whim of the 
>proposer to pick the name that will be voted on. 
So, the proposer's done the work. If you don't like it, propose your
own.  Run your own vote.  Use your own name.  Convince your own audience.

>If it passes, a better name has no chance.
Of course it has a chance.  All you have to do is convince people to
vote for your name.  Maybe some people won't carry the first group,
some won't carry yours, but such problems are usually quickly are 
decided quickly by traffic.  

You haven't convinced me there's a problem, you've convinced me that
the system works (well, it's too much to call it a system, but
it still works).  Why break it if it ain't broke?
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