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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. See [[electowiki:About]] to learn more general information about electowiki.
https://electowiki.org/w/index.php?title=Electowiki:About&oldid=10585
Electowikielectowiki 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]]). ▼'''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.
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.
== 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.
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