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Line 1: :''[[Project:History]]'' ~~Welcome to Electowiki!~~ The '''Electorama wiki''' (also known as "Electowiki" with an uppercase "E") is the predecessor website to [[electowiki]] ("electowiki" with a lowercase "e", served by [[Miraheze]]). "Electowiki" and "electowiki" share the same goal: to describe a variety of different [[Voting system\|election methods]], and their effect on the quality and timbre of elections and democracy. ~~=== Election Methods ===~~ Electowiki was started in 2005 by Dan Keshet and Rob Lanphier ([[User:~~RobLa\|~~RobLa]]) as a free-content, [[w:MediaWiki]]-based wiki dedicated to discussing election-methods related material. It is a spinoff of [~~https://electorama.com electorama~~[Electorama.com]], which was a [[Dreamhost]]-hosted website started in 2003 by ~~[[User:RobLa\|RobLa]]~~Lanphier as a complementary site to the [[election-methods mailing list]] (started in 1996, also by ~~[[User:RobLa\|RobLa]]~~Lanphier).▼ There has been an increasing awareness in many parts of the world of the effect that different [[Voting system\|election methods]] (voting systems, voting methods, etc; this site uses these words interchangeably) have on the quality and timbre of elections and democracy. For example, there are movements for [[proportional representation]], [[Approval voting]], [[Score voting]], [[instant-runoff voting]], and [[Condorcet method\|Condorcet methods]]. This site gives you a guide to what these things are, on pages categorized as follows: InEver ~~the~~since ~~twelve~~2005, ~~years~~the ~~between~~Electorama ~~2006 and 2018,~~wiki ~~Electowiki~~has ~~was~~been hosted at wiki.electorama.com. In 2018, [[User:~~Psephomancy\|~~Psephomancy]] ported the wiki.electorama.com content over to [https://electowiki.miraheze.org electowiki.miraheze.org], hosted by [[m:Miraheze\|Miraheze]]. In response, ~~RobLa~~Lanphier registered "electowiki.org", and began slowly redirecting traffic from wiki.electorama.com to electowiki.org. In December 2019, Lanphier finished the ~~site~~redirect project. The Electorama wiki is no longer available as wiki.electorama.com redirects to ~~you~~a ~~see~~default ~~today~~page.▼ [[:Category:Voting methods\|'''Voting methods''']], the main focus of this wiki, describes specific methods for selecting between various choices, their implementation details and features. [[:Category:Voting theory\|'''Voting theory''']] deals with the properties of voting methods and the criteria they can meet, scenarios in which they fail, etc. [[:Category:Advocacy\|'''Advocacy''']] is for descriptions about real-world reform: organizations, legislation, lobbying, and arguments for choosing one reform over another. [[:Category:Elections\|'''Elections''']] is for articles that analyze real or hypothetical elections under different methods, and examine their properties and outcomes. [[:Category:Forms of government\|'''Forms of government''']] is the level "above" election methods: Representative vs direct democracy, government structure and [[government formation\|formation]], etc. *[[:Category:Voting mechanics\|'''Voting mechanics''']] deals with real-world implementation details, such as paper ballots and electronic voting machines. == ~~History~~Journal ==▼ Electowiki ties all of these together. There is a vast literature on the [[:Category:Voting theory\|theory]] behind these systems: What [[:Category:Voting system criteria\|criteria]] can you use to judge whether a particular method works well? What [[tactical voting\|strategies]] will different systems encourage voters to use? To the best of our ability, we record the collective wisdom of scholars and enthusiasts, and work together to create a comprehensive reference for all to use. Below is a reverse chronological set of site notices, which also serve as a slightly-more detailed history of this wiki. than the paragraphs above. === 2019-12-09 note from ~~[[User:~~RobLa~~\|RobLa]]~~ ===▼ ▲== History == :''posted by [[User:RobLa]]'' ▲Electowiki was started in 2005 by Dan Keshet and Rob Lanphier ([[User:RobLa\|RobLa]]) as a free-content, [[w:MediaWiki]]-based wiki dedicated to discussing election-methods related material. It is a spinoff of [https://electorama.com electorama.com], which was started in 2003 by [[User:RobLa\|RobLa]] as a complementary site to the [[election-methods mailing list]] (started in 1996 by [[User:RobLa\|RobLa]]). ▲In the twelve years between 2006 and 2018, Electowiki was hosted at wiki.electorama.com. In 2018, [[User:Psephomancy\|Psephomancy]] ported the wiki.electorama.com content over to [https://electowiki.miraheze.org electowiki.miraheze.org], hosted by [[m:Miraheze\|Miraheze]]. In response, RobLa registered "electowiki.org", and began slowly redirecting traffic from wiki.electorama.com to the site you see today. ▲== 2019-12-09 note from [[User:RobLa\|RobLa]] == Last night, I set up redirects from almost all of the main namespace content on wiki.electorama.com to point here (e.g. [https://wiki.electorama.com/wiki/Special:AllPages?from=&to=&namespace=0&hideredirects=1 almost all of the main namespace pages on wiki.electorama.com]). As of right now, the pages are explicitly listed, so new pages created on wiki.electorama.com won't automatically redirect, and the page histories for everything should be intact. === 2019-12-01 note from [[User:RobLa\|RobLa]] ===▼ ▲== 2019-12-01 note from [[User:RobLa\|RobLa]] == Some way-too-detailed extra history expanding on the history above: Line 32 ⟶ 23: What I've added to the top of the page is a much shorter version. -- [[User:RobLa\|RobLa]] ([[User talk:RobLa\|talk]]) 06:39, 2 December 2019 (UTC) === 2018-09-19 note from [[User:RobLa\|RobLa]] === I've set up https://electowiki.org as a domain that points here. https://wiki.electorama.com still exists, but we'll gradually deprecate it as the content settles in over here. Elements of wiki.electorama.com will remain over at a static site at electorama.com. === 2018-09-01 note from [[User:Psephomancy\|<bdi>Psephomancy</bdi>]] === <span style="color: red">'''This is a mirror of Electowiki, for trying out Miraheze hosting.'''</span> Line 66 ⟶ 57: The site is currently hosted on the [https://miraheze.org/ Miraheze wiki farm], which is volunteer-run and [[Meta:Donate\|funded entirely by donations]]. ===2005 original "About" page=== Electowiki was launched by [[User:DanKeshet\|Dan Keshet]] on January 26, 2005, as a new free-content wiki dedicated to discussing election-methods related material. This wiki is intended first and foremost for the election-methods@electorama.com and Electorama community. The site is administered by [[User:DanKeshet\|Dan Keshet]] and [[User:RobLa\|Rob Lanphier]]. For more information about why this resource was created (i.e. why not just use Wikipedia?) as well as other information, see [[Project:FAQ\|the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) list]]. [[Category:electowiki]]