Last modified: 2011-03-13 18:06:39 UTC
The goal is to add a vote module to the wikipedia so as to have : * Unicity of the vote (and may be autorize modification) * Anonymity of some vote (to avoid mass single vote) * Setting of the start time and the end time of the vote * Setting the condition to be a voter (number of commit, elderity, etc...) * Propose Yes/No, choice list vote and may be free vote * etc...
Personally, I am against this, because Wikipedia should not be run entirely by polls. If there was a feature specifically for polls, it would provide incentive for people to use it more.
I share Timwi's fear. When we have this feature, people will want to use it, and others will be motivated to game the system.
Against it, too and why should a vote be anonymous ? It's not like the votants would be arrested or something... also, I think justification for a vote is important
I think this poll would be useful. I admit that its use would have to be limited and kept under control, however, in response to Comments #1, 2 and 3's concerns. If it was added, what I would use it for on my wiki would be to allow users to rate how much liked a book or videogame. They could simply choose a quality level and vote, then have their vote added to the total. Simple and easy. This would be in addition to user opinions, though.
Wikipedia isn't a retail web site where customers need to compare products, and what individuals (aside from noted critics) think about a book, videogame, album, etc. is non-encyclopedic information. Wikipedia is not a democracy and does not follow conventional voting/polling; pages such as Requests for Adminship, Articles for Deletion, etc. use a method which is more complex than a straight vote, which aims to generate consensus, not a majority verdict. For further reading, see [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:ISNOT#Wikipedia_is_not_a_democracy].
All very true. Perhaps this would be better as an extension and not as an actual part of the code.
An optional extension would probably be a good compromise.
Do feel free to make an extension for polls; on many sites these may be fun or even on-topic. ;) I'm closing this bug as it doesn't look likely that we'll have such on Wikimedia. (We have had some special-purpose voting extensions however, for the Wikimedia foundation board elections.)
I think, Magnus has programmed something. He demonstrated the system to me in chat @ Wikimania conference. Magnus, you are the expert, can you elaborate, please ?
If someone has made an extension for this, could they post it please?
A meta user appears to have created such an extension. See http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Sent/Poll for more details.
