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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Is it fair that people with no karma can vote on
 RFCs?
From: derick@php.net (Derick Rethans)

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On Sat, 20 Sep 2014, Andrea Faulds wrote:

> Perhaps I=E2=80=99m being unfair and overthinking things, but I wonder if=
 it=20
> is really fair for people who have no karma, i.e. not contributors to=20
> the documentation, extensions, php-src or anything else, to have the=20
> ability to vote on RFCs?
>=20
> I=E2=80=99d never suggest people without internals karma can=E2=80=99t vo=
te. I think=20
> doc and peck contributors are as valued as any other contributors.=20
> However, people with no karma whatsoever (a blank people.php.net page)=20
> voting irks me.

I think people's votes should only count if they have karma to the=20
section of the code that the RFC/feature/whatever relates to.

cheers,
Derick
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