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From: david@gorm.ruc.dk (David Stodolsky)
Newsgroups: news.admin,news.groups,comp.groupware
Subject: Re: Reform Trial.* (was: Trial flawed)
Keywords: group creation votes preference
Message-ID: <1991Jun4.170128.26382@gorm.ruc.dk>
Date: 4 Jun 91 17:01:28 GMT
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brad@looking.on.ca (Brad Templeton) writes:

>There are two things wrong with votes, and particular STV, for picking names.

The "votes" are really interest surveys. They are the only accepted method for
newsgroup creation for the moment. I would like to address a concrete 
problem in this thread.


>a) The most important thing about a namespace is that it be consistent.

Not self evident. Are we not talking about groups of people discussing 
various topics? The question then becomes a totally different one.

>b) STV, while intellectually an interesting system, confuses a remarkable
>number of people.  Even the reasonably educated Hugo awards constituency

If people can not stack up the names in their preferred order they should
let their betters select the name.
People do not have to understand the system to participate effectively.

>Naming is not an important issue.  Because it is the only issue on USENET,
>it gets blown up way out of proportion.  (Also because name and distribution

This is why STV is needed. Saying it not important will not stop it from
getting blown up way out of proportion.
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