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To: Ben Ramsey <ben@benramsey.com>
Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Who are the current eligible voters?
From: pmjones@pmjones.io ("Paul M. Jones")



> On Jan 15, 2020, at 14:12, Ben Ramsey <ben@benramsey.com> wrote:
>=20
>> Ben (and others) -- your thoughts? Is it really as straightforward as =
"having a php.net account alone is enough to be eligible to vote=E2=80=9D =
?
>=20
> I wasn=E2=80=99t answering based on the rules. My answer is based on =
practice.

Sure, though that practice has to be codified *somewhere*, otherwise =
there'd be no way for the wiki voting plugin to figure out who's allowed =
to vote.


> AFAIK, everyone with a php.net account also has access to the wiki =
(you log into the wiki using your php.net account), and therefore, also =
has the ability to vote on RFCs.

"As far as you know" is fine, but it would be nice to hear something =
more authoritative ...


> Whomever has admin access on the wiki can provide more information.

... as you note.

Can anyone besides Ben provide some insight here, perhaps even point to =
the code that determines if a wiki user is allowed to vote?


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