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== Living people ==
I added a [[Electowiki:Policy#Living_people|"Living people" section on the Policy page]] yesterday, based on the norms that [[User:Dr. Edmonds]] and I have started to establish. None of this is written in stone; I'm planning to use [[w:WP:BRD|Wikipedia's BOLD, revert, discuss]] process for editing, and I invite other site admins (e.g. [[User:Psephomancy]] to do the same. Other active editors on this site should be more cautious about making similar policy changes, but please don't be bashful about at least suggesting changes on this talk page. -- [[User:RobLa|RobLa]] ([[User talk:RobLa|talk]]) 00:54, 27 November 2019 (UTC)
== EPOV ==
This funny little disclaimer adorned [[Electowiki:Policy]] earlier today:
: '' '''Note''': this policy is new, and subject to revision.'' -- [[User:RobLa|RobLa]] 22:38, 15 Mar 2005 (PST)
Well, it's 14 years old now. I think it has held up alright. Some considerations:
* '''Editorial board''' - that used to be [[User:DanKeshet|DanKeshet]] and I. The idea was to have a small group of people deciding what the voice of Electowiki was going to be. I haven't (yet) tried to track down Dan and recruit him back, but other folks have helped a lot over the years (e.g. [[User:Araucaria]], [[User: homunq]], [[User:Psephomancy]]). As the policy says, we point people to Wikipedia for content that aspires to NPOV, and are trying to develop a voice for reform.
* '''Err on the side of neutrality''' - as we said in 2005, while the EPOV will come out from time-to-time, it should be hard to distinguish it from Wikipedia-style NPOV in the vast majority of cases.
* '''Fairness to other points of view''' - this point seems pretty sound. I've come back to this one over the years in my edits.
* '''Latitude to editorialize on other positions''' - I put this point in there because I was expecting to do more editorializing myself on the site, and wanted the latitude to collaborate on editorial pieces. My inclination these days is to use my User: namespace as my editorial page (and moving editorial content written by others to their user space).
* '''Controversial points of view should be vetted on election-methods list''' - editorial disputes still should go to [[election-methods mailing list]] by default. In many ways, EPOV is the voice of rough consensus on election-methods list.
* '''Meta-View''' - [[User:Wegerje]] added this one late in 2005, and it's good point. It says "currently practiced electoral systems in many countries are woefully inadequate expressions of democracy.". Perhaps this bullet point should be retitled to '''Most jurisdictions need much better election systems''' This isn't a site that celebrates the status quo.
Anyone want to discuss these points before I embark on some [[w:WP:BOLD|bold edits]] to [[Electowiki:Policy]]?
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