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Voting competitions like "Mr/Miss Star Wars" and the present anniversary vote(s) are becoming more and more common place. As a result of a clash I had with another user in relation to the anniversary competition, we found out that we could probably benefit from a de jure policy regarding voting competitions. Apparently, there is a de facto standard format (but we don't seem to agree on what that format is exactly).

There are several possibilities for such a format; I can think of four right now (they're focussed on placement of comments/discussion since that was the problem the other user and I discussed):

  1. Comments on talk page: prevents comments from cluttering up votes but of course you'd have to open a new page to see and write comments
  2. Comments in separate section at the end of the page: prevents comments from cluttering up votes but the coment section itself might become messy nless
  3. Comments section for each nominee (kinda like on the vdf page except there's no 'object'/'oppose' section): prevents comments from cluttering up votes but may cause the entire page to become unnecessarily long
  4. Comments in vote section: clutters up the votes and, in my opinion, will mess up the vote page

Any comments? ;-) It's my impression that some users argue we don't even need a de jure policy for these things since they have no consequences for the structure of Wookieepedia in general. Do we need this sort of thing at all? KEJ 11:48, 5 January 2007 (UTC)

Option 1

Option 2

  1. I prefer 2. One way or another keep votes and comments apart. Fnlayson 02:11, 8 January 2007 (UTC)
  2. Two, just like this. —Xwing328(Talk) 00:00, 9 January 2007 (UTC)

Option 2

  1. Option 3, for me. That works better.---Vladius Magnum(Clan Magnum) 14:21, 7 January 2007 (UTC)

Option 4

  1. Ah...it's pretty easy. Count the numbers on the side. .... 00:09, 9 January 2007 (UTC)

No policy

Comments

  • Usually the votes aren't too hard to figure out, and if a long comment is needed like this one, it should go in the end comments section. —Xwing328(Talk) 00:00, 9 January 2007 (UTC)
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