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Undo
Undo
16:52
Couple hours left!
I'm nervous.
 
2 hours later…
Izzy
Izzy
18:25
@Undo Ask me! Just one hour left …
Tom
Tom
19:01
Election ends >1 hour!!!
Izzy
Izzy
@Tom 48 minutes =:-0
Undo
Undo
19:34
Last chance to file your votes for me ;)
Undo
Undo
19:45
Yay, it still works
Izzy
Izzy
@Undo Huh? Manipulating the ElectionBot, or what? #D
Ah, strike that #D
6 minutes!!!
Undo
Undo
Here we go...
ElectionBot
ElectionBot
20:00
Unofficial results: Winners are Undo, Izzy, and Nicolas Raoul. 
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Undo
Undo
Congrats @Izzy and Nicolas! :)
And thank you to @Gilles and @Journeyman for being great teammates for the last few dozen months!
Gilles
Gilles
@Undo you're welcome, and ditto
Tom
Tom
Congratulations to @Undo @Izzy & @Nicolas
Izzy
Izzy
Huh? I'm just a few minutes AFK, and … something happens :) Thanks! And congrats as well!
ᔕᖺᘎᕊ
ᔕᖺᘎᕊ
20:20
Congrats from me as well! :)
Izzy
Izzy
Thanks, @ᔕᖺᘎᕊ!
What I don't understand is those "decimals". How can there be decimal votes? I thought a vote is a vote (unless the numbers are percent – in which case they don't sum up to 100).
Undo
Undo
@Izzy STV is weird - the votes that you don't need to win get transferred to the second, third, etc. choices of the people who voted for you.
Izzy
Izzy
@Undo Ah! That's where the decimals come from (splitting between the others). Thanks, that explains a little. Still looks weird, right.
Undo
Undo
It's really weird, yeah.
Izzy
Izzy
Especially where the "broken numbers" in line 1 come from.
Undo
Undo
20:29
I think that's at least partially floating point imprecision.
Izzy
Izzy
Basically, after counting "first choice", the two of us already had "made it" – so all votes from "second choice" should have split? – well, nevermind. Guess it's too complicated to grasp :)
Undo
Undo
Politics in the Animal Kingdom: Single Transferable Vote
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^ Highly recommended for understanding this.
Izzy
Izzy
@Undo floating point from adding votes? Ah well, forgot: it's an election. Must be a "provisional extrapolation" then #D
@Undo Thanks, will check!
Undo
Undo
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Q: 2015 Community Moderator Election Results

Jon EricsonSoftware Recommendations's first moderator election has come to a close, the votes have been tallied, and the 3 new moderators are: They'll be replacing the existing crew shortly — please thank them for volunteering, and share your assistance and advice with them as they learn the ropes! A...

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Izzy
Izzy
Ui. More TOS #D
Undo
Undo
20:38
Reading that is highly recommended.
Izzy
Izzy
@Undo Yeah, I'm on it. Just a matter of order: 2 pages TOS, a mail with more, invitations to new rooms … #D
Tom
Tom
21:01
Just wondering, how many moderators are we looking at next year?
Undo
Undo
@Tom It's generally a year-by-year thing.
If the current group is doing well, there won't be an election at all. If they need help, there'll be one.
Tom
Tom
Sure, that makes sense
Izzy
Izzy
21:31
@Undo @Tom and even before/after a year, if need arises.
Mod team can always "ask for re-inforcements", which then triggers an election if confirmed.
Tom
Tom
@Izzy Cool, I could see how that could be needed at times
Izzy
Izzy
@Tom Yepp. One can't tell such things for years in advance. Another reason for elections is when a mod steps down.
In such a case direction of the question might be reverted (staff asking the remaining mods)
Izzy
Izzy
22:10
@JeremyBanks Yes, please?
Anonymous
22:25
@Izzy Yes, please. ;)
Izzy
Izzy
@JeremyBanks You knowcked our door, but it's not carnival so we don't let anyone in :) Did you have anything we can help you with?
Anonymous
Nope. I was just curious if the new folks forgot to lock the door on their way in.
Anonymous
Congrats and good luck.
Izzy
Izzy
@JeremyBanks Ah. No, it was already locked. We sneaked in through the window (German saying, literally translated: "couldn't use the door as christmas stands in front of it" – if something is approaching, the German term is it's standing at the door).
@JeremyBanks Thanks!

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