User:Filll/Peaceful Polling Pledge/Suggestions

There are a number of ways to reduce the drama surrounding RfAs and similar polls. For example:

1. Allow and encourage voters to add the notation "N.D." (for No Discussion) to their "vote" to show that they do not want to be questioned about their vote.
2. Temporariliy block those who announce they are seeking revenge for voting the "wrong way" on RfAs and similar polls. This would only have to be done once or twice before the point was made.
3. Temporarily block those making uncivil comments about the candidate or other participants. Again, this would only have to be done once or twice before the message got across.
4. (copied from main PPP talk page): Filll, if anyone said comments exactly like those you describe above, of course no-one would deny that is uncivil, and immature. The thing is there's usually a backstory- a group of people turn up and vote x for reason y, and it is their reason for doing so to which people usually object I like to think, rather than the vote itself. But even that is immature, really. How about- we allow people with sufficient edits to vote, anonymously, like we do for board members etc? Then have a discussion page where anyone who wishes can explain why they voted for the person, or didn't. If these arguments were convincing they would of course effect the number of votes, so they would automatically count for more. People could be encouraged to read the page prior to voting, and there needs to be a facility for people to be able to change their vote if they feel they have to as the debate progresses. Sticky Parkin 01:42, 5 July 2008 (UTC)