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Line 1: :''[[Project:History]]'' '''Electowiki''' is a website which describes a variety of different [[Voting system\|election methods]], and their effect on the quality and timbre of elections and democracy. Much of the site focuses on [[Electoral system\|electoral systems]], describes specific methods for selecting between various choices, their implementation details and features as well as the theory behind it. Additionally the site contains information for [[Activism\|activists]], articles that describe outcomes of specific [[:Category:Elections\|elections]] (both real and hypothetical), various[[:Category:Forms of government\|forms of government]] throughout the world, and the [[:Category:Voting mechanics\|mechanics of voting]], such as paper ballots and electronic voting machines. 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. Electowiki was started in 2005 by Dan Keshet and Rob Lanphier ([[User:~~RobLa\|~~RobLa]]) as a free-content, [[~~w:MediaWiki\|~~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\|~~Lanphier]] as a complementary site to the [[election-methods mailing list]] (started in 1996, also by ~~[[User:RobLa\|~~Lanphier]]).▼ 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. 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, 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.▼ ~~== History ==~~ ▲Electowiki was started in 2005 by Dan Keshet and Rob Lanphier ([[User:RobLa\|RobLa]]) as a free-content, [[w:MediaWiki\|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\|Lanphier]] as a complementary site to the [[election-methods mailing list]] (started in 1996 by [[User:RobLa\|Lanphier]]). ▲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, Lanphier registered "electowiki.org", and began slowly redirecting traffic from wiki.electorama.com to the site you see today. == Journal == 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]]~~=== :''posted by [[User: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]]=== Line 60 ⟶ 59: ===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]]