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'''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.
Welcome to Electowiki!
=== Election Methods ===
 
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.▼
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:
 
== History ==
*[[:Category:Voting methods|'''Voting methods''']], the main focus of this wiki, describes specific methods for selecting between various choices, their implementation details and features.
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|RobLaLanphier]] as a complementary site to the [[election-methods mailing list]] (started in 1996 by [[User:RobLa|RobLaLanphier]]).▼
**[[: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.
 
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, RobLaLanphier registered "electowiki.org", and began slowly redirecting traffic from wiki.electorama.com to the site you see today.▼
▲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.
 
== HistoryJournal ==
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.
▲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]]).
 
=== 2019-12-09 note from [[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:
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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>
 
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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]].
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