Re: [opennic-discuss] [PROPOSAL] Using the DokuWiki as our voting platform

I like it too. We really should adopt this.
Voting has been a mess in the last couple of years.

~ Ole


On Thu, 19 Jul 2018 09:36:04 +0200
Amunak <[email protected]> wrote:

> I like it.
> 
> Though I think it lacks a "connection" to the members'
> profiles and such. IIRC the login to wiki and opennic
> "members" page is still separate, which means there is
> (at least theoretically) no connection between some wiki
> users and members /and/ there's even no requirement to
> show your email anywhere, which is one of very few of our
> "identity measures"; a way of identifying people and
> making sure that they are actual people and not bots and
> such.
> 
> It's not that it'd be hard to make some sockpuppets and
> vote on the ML, but it's pretty easy to see how an
> account/address has been active and maybe investigate a
> little.
> 
> What I'd like to see is members' emails being available
> (at least for logged in members) and then having the same
> login for the wiki, linking the "member" profile (with
> their email) from the wiki / vote page so that we have at
> least some form of identifying people-
> 
> Otherwise it looks great.
> 
> 
> On 07/17/2018 10:12 AM, Fusl wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I've recently been working on a DokuWiki plugin to
> > allow OpenNIC members to start votings in a centralized
> > place that is more cleanly, straight forward and easier
> > to use:
> > https://github.com/opennic/dokuwiki-opennic-vote-plugin
> >
> > The plugin was enabled on our wiki.opennic.org instance
> > since a few months but was not mature and stable
> > enough. It can be seen in action here:
> > https://wiki.opennic.org/votings (scroll down to the
> > end of the page). With the latest commit
> > (https://github.com/opennic/dokuwiki-opennic-vote-plugin/commit/4d5dd3075168fa383508b29f8486f881746c7bc8)
> > the plugin became more stable and ensures that all
> > votes are recorded now.
> >
> > To create a new voting, one has to browse to
> > "https://wiki.opennic.org/votings/new_voting_name_here?do=edit"
> > and fill the textarea with
> >
> >
> > ====== Piwik ======
> > <columns 100% 30% 70%>
> > <devote title="Test Voting" close="2018-10-18">
> >    * Option 1
> >    * Option B
> >    * Other Option
> >    * etc.
> > </devote>
> > <newcolumn>
> > <code>
> > Long, detailed text of what is being voted on.
> > </code>
> > </columns>
> >
> >
> > This creates a new wiki page that is automagically
> > included into the /votings page where all previous and
> > currently open votings are displayed in chronological
> > order (newest to oldest). Once a voting expires
> > (`close="2018-10-18"` field), it is automatically
> > closed, no new votes are possible and the results are
> > displayed.
> >
> > Note that our DokuWiki instance automatically syncs
> > changes to GitHub
> > (https://github.com/opennic/wikipages/commit/b66d3f5758fc4181a15786c9346ed72775f4f3c3)
> > and GitLab
> > (https://gitlab.com/opennic/wikipages/commit/b66d3f5758fc4181a15786c9346ed72775f4f3c3)
> > so anyone interested can go there to verify the end
> > results of votings by comparing these to the results
> > displayed on the wiki.
> >
> >
> > What do you all think about using the DokuWiki system
> > for voting going forward from now on?
> >
> > Let me know if you have any questions.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Fusl
> >
> >
> >
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