Ireland / Republic of Ireland vote

edit

This is a vote on whether to move the current Ireland and Republic of Ireland articles to a new location. In one of the options the location of the Ireland (disambiguation) page is affected. What do you think?

Notes:

The Ballot Options

edit
  • A: The island at Ireland. The state at Republic of Ireland.
  • B: A disambiguation page at Ireland. The island at Ireland (island). The state at Ireland (state).
  • C: The state at Ireland. The island at Ireland (island).
  • D: The island at Ireland. The state at Ireland (state).
  • E: Merge Ireland and Republic of Ireland into one article at Ireland.
  • F: A general "all-Ireland" topic at Ireland. The island at Ireland (island). The state at Ireland (state).

Procedure for voting

edit
  • The ballot will be conducted under PRSTV
  • Please rank each option in order of preference e.g. "A6B1C2D4E3F5", "A6 B1 C2 D4 E3 F5", or "A6, B1, C2, D4, E3, F5"
  • Any option may be omitted from the vote, e.g. "B1 C2 E3"
  • Votes must be sequential, e.g. "B3 C1 E2" NOT "B3 C1"
  • Sign and date your vote but do not append any comments

Closing date/adjudication

edit
  • Voting will end at midnight (UTC) of the evening of --/--/2009
  • The ArbCom committee will assign one of the moderators who will adjudicate the result of the vote
  • Results of the vote are final and binding for a period of two years

Procedure for counting the votes

edit
  • The assigned moderator will privately appoint 3 tellers to count the votes. Their Wiki IDs will not be made public
  • All tellers will use the same software to count the ballots, namely OpenSTV, using the "Instant Runoff Voting" method
  • The tellers will all submit their tally sheets to the moderator
  • The moderator will ensure that all 3 tallys agree
  • Should the tallys not agree the moderator will notify the tellers of a discrepancy and request that ALL votes are recounted and will repeat the validation process

Participants

edit
  • Unregistered users may not vote (to prevent fraud) but may contribute comments
  • Punishment for canvassing, forum shopping, ballot stuffing, sock puppetry, meat puppetry or otherwise manipulating the ballot (or attempting to do so) will be a 12 month block
  • Votes by sock puppets or meat puppets (and their masters) or similar will be removed from the balloting area
  • There is a minimum number of XX participants required to validate the ballot

The Result

edit
  • The assigned moderator will announce the result on this page
  • They will announce which option has been chosen and will include a copy of the final tallysheet as a linked subpage
  • The result will be open for peer review for a period of 7 days from date/timestamp of the announcement
  • Unless directed otherwise by ArbCom, the assigned moderator will perform any necessary page moves after the 7 day peer review

.=== Balloting area ===

(No comments in this area. Please bullet and sign all ballots.)

Comments

edit