Editing MediaWiki approval voting code

[[MediaWiki]] currently lacks [[approval voting]] code with general applicability. It does have approval voting code specifically designed for the [[Wikimedia Board of Trustees]] election, see [[Board vote code]]. However everything except the candidates names is hard-coded, and there can only be one vote conducted on a wiki at any one time. General approval voting code requires:

* The ability to conduct more than one vote at a time
* The ability for users to start votes
* Flexibility in voting rules including:
** Who can vote
** Administration
** Ending dates or conditions

A possibly-vain hope is that it could be used for [[answer recommendation]].

Because voting is sensitive and full of [[conflict of interest]], a [[critical point of view]] should usually be taken when analyzing any voting facilities, for instance this view from the [[trolls]]:

[[MediaWiki]] is building in [[vote]] facilities to conduct [[Wikimedia]] elections.

'''See [[Board vote code]] for more detailed explanation of how the code works''' (mainly collated from information from [[User:Juxo/Chat Gallery/26.06.2004 with TimStarling]])