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== History ==
=== 1996 through 2003 ===
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The list was started in 1996 by Rob Lanphier.<ref name=":0">First message to the new EM-list on February 15, 1996: http://lists.electorama.com/pipermail/election-methods-electorama.com/1996-February/065327.html</ref><ref>Rob Lanphier is "[[User:RobLa]]" on this wiki</ref>. It was started as an unofficial spinoff to the "[[ER-list]]", which was more concerned about promoting [[Instant-runoff voting|single-winner STV]] than diving into the weeds about the [[Electoral systems|theory of electoral systems]].
During its first few years, it was on [https://eskimo.com eskimo.com], and was originally a "Majordomo" list.
During its first few years, it was on [https://eskimo.com eskimo.com], and was originally a "Majordomo" list. In 2003, the list moved to the newly-formed [[Electorama.com]] website on [[Dreamhost]], and transitioned to becoming a [[wikipedia:GNU Mailman|GNU Mailman]]-based mailing list.<ref>[http://lists.electorama.com/pipermail/election-methods-electorama.com/2003-March/074889.html <nowiki>[EM] election-methods list move</nowiki>] -- Rob Lanphier, 2003 March 4</ref> [[EM-list]] remains hosted on Dreamhost, but the old "[[Electowiki]]" wiki, hosted on Dreamhost was copied the [[Miraheze]] infrastructure in 2018 and rebranded "[[electowiki]]" (with a lowercase "e"). The old "[[Electowiki]]" wiki is still running to serve up history of articles written prior to 2018.▼
=== 2003 until today ===
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The archives and the latest subscription information for EM-list can be found at:
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The 25th Birthday of the EM-list happened on Monday, February 15. That's when [[User:RobLa]] sent the first email to the list.<ref name=":0" />
== Future ==
This section contains a couple of items about the future of the EM-list (as of February 2021):
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