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[[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: | [[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 to conduct more than one vote at a time | ||
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** Administration | ** Administration | ||
** Ending dates or conditions | ** 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]]) |