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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Voting irregularities
From: smalyshev@gmail.com (Stanislav Malyshev)

Hi!

> So consider that discussion open.

I guess this would have to happen sooner or later - sooner or later
somebody, when the vote doesn't go their way, would cry "who are all
these people? It can't be right they are all legit, there must be
something wrong". I'm not sure though where this discussion is supposed
to lead. What outcome should it produce? OK, you have singled out 12
people (some I recognize, some I do not, which means nothing except
probably my memory is bad or I haven't met them) and called their votes
"irregularity". I know if you did that to me I'd be annoyed, but of
course they don't have to think like I do.
Still, I don't see where this is going - are we to question or reject
every vote from a person that votes rarely? Are we to institute stricter
rules for who gets a vote, and if so, which ones? Are we just to throw
out votes because RFC author doesn't accept them and without them the
RFC passes and is it going to be a normal process for us from now on?

Discussion of such sort, especially while singling out people for
exclusion, is very dangerous and should be done very carefully. Even
when not connected to a controversial topic and is bound to change the
resulting outcome. When it does, I'm not sure it's a good place and time
to start it at all.
-- 
Stas Malyshev
smalyshev@gmail.com