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I have born witness to a possible account of canvassing in the votes for the February 2011 Featured Media. OavatosDK persuaded DrakeClawfang to vote in exchange for | I have born witness to a possible account of canvassing in the votes for the February 2011 Featured Media. OavatosDK persuaded the general Final Fantasy Wiki's large IRC community to support him. As a result, DrakeClawfang further canvassed in an odd reverse in manner, in which Drake arranged to vote for the Aqua picture in exchange for OavatosDK voting for the latter's nomination on an off-wiki poll. To me, this seems like an unfair exchange to both wikis. Now, months ago, we had the Room Core incident, which was stopped due to canvassing, as can be shown by the chewing-out by Miss BebopKate. If we stopped that image from being Featured Media due to canvassing of votes, we cannot allow an exception to the rule, especially when it was the exact same issue: using #FFWiki to "whore" for extra votes. This is certainly not the first time I have seen a link to this page asking for votes for the Aqua image on this channel either. Counting the nomination, at least two-thirds of the votes are from the FFWiki, and this is supposed to be ''our'' Featured Media. Not the trolls' and random followers' who want the image "for teh sexeh." | ||
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<pre>[2011-01-18 22:50:39] <OavatosDK> http://kingdomhearts.wikia.com/wiki/Kingdom_Hearts_Wiki:Votes_for_Featured_Media You don't have to be a member of KHWiki to vote here. | |||
[2011-01-18 22:50:47] <OavatosDK> My nomination is hilarious. | |||
[2011-01-18 22:50:50] |<-- Lashazior has left freenode (Read error: Connection reset by peer) | |||
[2011-01-18 22:51:13] <Chocolancer> Daiton: that's great | |||
[2011-01-18 22:51:41] <Randomnessity> That's an old image, ODK... | |||
[2011-01-18 22:51:51] <MasterThief> Nigth guy! | |||
[2011-01-18 22:51:54] <OavatosDK> Randomnessity: Not that old. | |||
[2011-01-18 22:51:57] <MasterThief> *night | |||
[2011-01-18 22:52:03] <Chocolancer> Bluesey: i took the school because they're known for hands-on experience along with theory | |||
[2011-01-18 22:52:04] <Daiton> night | |||
[2011-01-18 22:52:12] <Randomnessity> I remember people talking about it 2 months ago at least. | |||
[2011-01-18 22:52:32] |<-- MasterThief has left freenode (Quit: Hmmm, Choco....very tasty) | |||
[2011-01-18 22:52:40] <DrakeyC> ooooh really? Maybe I should check and make sure... | |||
[2011-01-18 22:52:40] <OavatosDK> Febuary is the month of Love. I believe my nomination fulfills those ideals the most. | |||
[2011-01-18 22:52:46] <DrakeyC> whoops | |||
[2011-01-18 22:52:50] <DrakeyC> Had scrolled up | |||
[2011-01-18 22:52:52] <DrakeyC> nvm that ;p | |||
[2011-01-18 22:53:05] <Randomnessity> Staring at boobs has what to do with love? :| | |||
[2011-01-18 22:53:21] <OavatosDK> Everything to do with it. | |||
[2011-01-18 22:53:31] <DrakeyC> ODK, I'll support you if you support me | |||
[2011-01-18 22:53:38] <DrakeyC> http://finalfantasy.wikia.com/wiki/Final_Fantasy_Wiki:Votes_for_Featured_Articles | |||
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However, when I raised the concern on the #FFWiki IRC Channel, it was impossible to reach a conclusion, which I find may possibly be due to different interpretations of the term "canvassing"--just what is it? It can refer to many different types and deviations of "whoring for votes," bribery, and persuasion. If the community of ''this wiki'' could settle the issue here on what we are going to define as "canvassing," we can get this all sorted out properly. Thanks! | However, when I raised the concern on the #FFWiki IRC Channel, it was impossible to reach a conclusion, which I find may possibly be due to different interpretations of the term "canvassing"--just what is it? It can refer to many different types and deviations of "whoring for votes," bribery, and persuasion. If the community of ''this wiki'' could settle the issue here on what we are going to define as "canvassing," we can get this all sorted out properly. Thanks! | ||
<small>''P.S. DISCLAIMER: I seriously, IN ABSOLUTELY NO WAY, bring this up due to my nomination lacking in votes. I honestly do not care who wins, as long as it remains a fair decision.''</small> --{{User:DoorToNothing/Sig}} 06:25, January 19, 2011 (UTC) | <small>''P.S. DISCLAIMER: I seriously, IN ABSOLUTELY NO WAY, bring this up due to my nomination lacking in votes. I honestly do not care who wins, as long as it remains a fair decision.''</small> --{{User:DoorToNothing/Sig}} 06:25, January 19, 2011 (UTC) | ||