Board Thread:Voting For New Rules/@comment-18063949-20140516161537/@comment-24808864-20140517011244

You have a voice Aaron, and we all think it should be heard.

I am not sure how I feel about your "70% proposal." Let's say we have 6 voters, so we need 5 or 6 yes's to attain 70% or higher...

(I will use 1-letter edits as this example, but I agree, this particular hot topic (and some others) should be reserved for much later)

If 4/6, so 67% of people, say 1-letters edits are ok and 2/6=33% people say they are not, both percentages are below 70% so no rule would be approved.

But I think we NEED a rule so that the next time someone comes in here and says "Hey, you are cheating because you are performing 1-letter edits" there will be two possible outcomes:

1) "No, I am not. Look here in the rules of the wiki, voted on by our active members and clearly linked to from our main page, where it says that 1-letter edits might be against the spirit of our community but as long as they do not disrupt valid editing towards the community goals, they are not considered cheating."

OR

2) "Yes, you are right. I had not checked the rules of the wiki, voted upon by active members, which were clearly linked to from our main page. I just went there and you are right, one-letter edits are considered to be against the spirit of the community and are not to be done for the sole purpose of getting points on the achievement. I apologize and I will not do it again."

My solution? I would propose majority rules, and in the event of a tie the Bcrat(s) are trusted to make what they feel is the best decision.