Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees/Call for feedback: Community Board seats/Reports/2021-02-10 French-speaking discussion about Ranked voting system on Twitter

2021-02-10 French-speaking discussion about Ranked voting system on Twitter edit

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Saying that it is a Great idea! Arguing that it is a modern voting method that has far fewer perverse side effects than the current techniques, whose limits are well known.

https://twitter.com/ChoixMultiple/status/1361253139194646535 This participant said that Given the number of seats, it is rather a good method, which gives a certain proportionality. Closer to the original method, proportional approval voting could be used as well. This participant also suggested having a look at other possible alternatives here.

https://twitter.com/ELw38/status/1359829266695942150 This participant commented that the new proposed voting system should be tried out a few times, then lessons should be learned (a protocol to be defined before starting, of course).