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#REDIRECT [[Introduction to Voting]] |
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<ul><li style="list-style-type:none">'''Note''': ''We are currently standardizing the terminology used in our documentation. In some the following terms used interchangeably.'' |
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* ''Album and Release'' |
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* ''Moderate and Edit'' |
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'''Release''' ''and'' '''Edit''' ''are now standard.'' |
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==Purpose== |
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This pages answers [[Frequently Asked Questions|FrequentlyAskedQuestions]] about voting on addition, changes and deletions of [[MusicBrainz]] [[Metadata|MetaData]]. See [[How Voting Works|HowVotingWorks]] for some more detailed documentation. |
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If that still doesn't help, please find us in one of the [[MusicBrainz Forum|MusicBrainzForum]]<code><nowiki></nowiki></code>s or via the [http://www.musicbrainz.org/support/contact.html contact page]. If you would like to update the content of [http://wiki.musicbrainz.org/VotingFAQ this page] on the wiki, feel free to do so but please do not add questions without answers. |
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==FAQ== |
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====What's this voting business?==== |
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Since the database is going to be huge and mistakes are going to be made, there are several mechanisms in place to check as much stuff as we can every step of the way. |
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When you propose a change, it is entered in the database provisionally, and will be voted on by other editors. A change will remain provisional for a period of seven days before the change becomes permanent. In that time, everyone who checks the moderation pages gets to vote for or against it. If a change is voted down, it is discarded and the data reverts to the original. |
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====How does the voting process work exactly?==== |
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See [[How Voting Works|HowVotingWorks]]. |
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Firstly, the moderation is entered into the system. Next, the system works out whether this moderation should be auto-moderated or not (see above, 'What moderations get "auto-moderated"?'). If yes, then the moderation is immediately applied, and the moderator credited (their "moderations approved" count goes up by one). End of story. |
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Otherwise, the moderation is left "open", any associated data is marked has having moderations pending, and voting begins. |
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Each time a user looks at [http://www.musicbrainz.org/moderate.html the main moderation page], the system fetches a list of all mods which are open (i.e. still in the voting process), and on which this user has not yet cast a vote. The web server then shows them the first (i.e. oldest) few moderations. The user then casts their votes on those moderations (Yes, No, or Abstain), and they go around the loop again. |
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If you vote 'No' to an edit, it's helpful if you also leave a note as to the reason why. This |
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* helps new users to learn how to make better edits in future, and |
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* acts as a point of departure for a discussion as to what the correct edit should be. |
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Every now and then (actually, every hour on the hour), the "[[ModBot]]" ("Moderation Robot") wakes up. It's the [[ModBot]]'s job to see how voting is going for each open mod, and decide if each of those moderations should stay open for more voting, or be closed and applied, or be closed and rejected. The [[ModBot]] also checks for moderations which the original moderator has asked to be deleted, and deletes them. |
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For each open moderation, exactly one of these things applies (checked in order): |
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* if the moderation is marked as "to be deleted", then the moderation is deleted (i.e. it is "undone", and then marked as "deleted"). |
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* if the moderation has failed some dependency or other, then it is rejected with an appropriate status (e.g. "Failed Dependency", "Failed Prerequisite", "Internal Error" etc). In these cases, the [[ModBot]] often adds a note to the moderation explaining what happened. |
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* if the moderation has expired, and at least one non-abstain vote has been cast, and there are MORE "yes" than "no" votes, then the moderation is applied. |
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* if the moderation has expired, and at least one non-abstain vote has been cast, and there are FEWER OR AS MANY "yes" than "no" votes, then the moderation is rejected ("Failed vote"). |
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* if there are NO "no" votes, and at least THREE "yes" votes, then the moderation is applied (i.e. this can happen before the moderation has expired. This is known as a "unanimous yes"). |
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* if there are NO "yes" votes, and at least THREE "no" votes, then the moderation is rejected, "Failed Vote" (i.e. this can happen before the moderation has expired. This is known as a "unanimous no"). |
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* otherwise, the moderation stays open, and voting continues |
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In practice this means that voting works like this: |
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* if your moderation manages to get at least THREE unanimous votes (all yes, or all no) before the moderation expires, then it is approved or rejected as appropriate. |
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* when the moderation expires, if at least one vote has been cast, then the mod is either applied (if more YES than NO) or rejected. |
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* otherwise (if the mod expires, and there are no votes cast yet), then the mod stays open until the first person votes either "yes" or "no" - that single vote then decides the fate of the moderation. |
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====What's the difference between "Abstain" and "No Vote"?==== |
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Short answer: |
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* '''Abstain''' means ''I don't know''. |
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* '''No Vote''' means ''I don't want to vote'' (yet). |
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Long answer: The "New Moderations" page only shows you things you haven't voted on yet. If you ''abstain'' on a moderation, that's counted as a vote, and you won't be shown that moderation again. On the other hand, if you use "No Vote", that's just as if the moderation hadn't been shown to you - a vote from you is ''not'' inserted into the database, and thus the moderation in question will remain in your "not yet voted on" list (as a result you'll probably be shown that moderation again on the next page). Using "No Vote" is exactly the same as leaving the ''yes'', ''no'' and ''abs'' options all deselected. |
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[[Category:To Be Reviewed]] [[Category:FAQ]] [[Category:WikiDocs Page]] |
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