Should we have a poll?

Post by **jdaw1** » 12:38 Tue 04 Mar 2014

Should we have a poll? Any poll? A question of this nature must be decided by the members of

Obviously you should explain your vote, thereby perhaps persuading others to vote as you did.

(The point of the thread is the mock-vehemence of the explanation.)

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 12:42 Tue 04 Mar 2014

I strongly feel that we should NOT have a poll. Any suggestion of the planned incessant interrogation of members of

would transform its charming and clubbish atmosphere into.. well, into the same boring rubbish as the rest of the internet.
I'm sure that others will back me up on this. I'm happy to poll them to establish same.

Post by **jdaw1** » 12:42 Tue 04 Mar 2014

I’m married, so I must defer to her superior wisdom, character, and general being-the-boss-ness. That was my vote.

Post by **jdaw1** » 13:44 Tue 04 Mar 2014

djewesbury wrote:I strongly feel that we should NOT have a poll. Any suggestion of the planned incessant interrogation of members of would transform its charming and clubbish atmosphere into.. well, into the same boring rubbish as the rest of the internet.
I'm sure that others will back me up on this.

Undemocratic rubbish. Utter rubbish as well. It isn’t by accident that Port isn’t grown in China.

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 14:00 Tue 04 Mar 2014

You quoted selectively. I said I was happy for a poll to be taken to affirm that we didn't want polls to be taken.

You may lead a horse to water, but a pencil must be lead.

Post by **PhilW** » 14:34 Tue 04 Mar 2014

It sounds as though you had a pre-poll poll to determine whether to have a poll on whether we should have polls...

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 15:15 Tue 04 Mar 2014

PhilW wrote:It sounds as though you had a pre-poll poll to determine whether to have a poll on whether we should have polls...

Yes yes. But should we?

mosesbotbol · Post by **mosesbotbol** » 15:21 Tue 04 Mar 2014

Only if it's a stripper pole.

Post by **DRT** » 15:33 Tue 04 Mar 2014

Definitely not. The current situation in eastern Europe proves beyond doubt that giving people the impression that their vote actually matters is a very dangerous thing.

Post by **PhilW** » 15:36 Tue 04 Mar 2014

No! How could you even suggest such a thing? Don't you care about the planet at ALL?! Archiving of additional polls would cause further CO2 emissions due to additional hard disks being manufactured, increasing global warming and eventually causing the planet to explode. No to Polls!

Glenn E. · Post by **Glenn E.** » 18:49 Tue 04 Mar 2014

mosesbotbol wrote:Only if it's a stripper pole.

Or a fireman's pole. That would be the preferred method of entering the TPF cellar. An elevator would then be needed for exit, since climbing a fireman's pole while carrying a case of 1896 Dow would risk damage to the Port.

Post by **jdaw1** » 23:57 Tue 04 Mar 2014

You have persuaded me: I will change my vote.

Actually, not yet. Do people want me to change my vote?

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 09:21 Wed 05 Mar 2014

This just in:
76%.

Post by **jdaw1** » 11:19 Wed 05 Mar 2014

djewesbury wrote:This just in:
76%.

Rubbish. The Russians claim that it is only 9%.

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 13:31 Wed 05 Mar 2014

jdaw1 wrote:
djewesbury wrote:This just in:
76%.
Rubbish. The Russians claim that it is only 9%.

The RUSSIANS? You may as well just pick a number between 0 and 100.

Glenn E. · Post by **Glenn E.** » 16:22 Wed 05 Mar 2014

jdaw1 wrote:You have persuaded me: I will change my vote.

Actually, not yet. Do people want me to change my vote?

We'll need a poll to determine that.

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 16:24 Wed 05 Mar 2014

Glenn E. wrote:
jdaw1 wrote:You have persuaded me: I will change my vote.

Actually, not yet. Do people want me to change my vote?
We'll need a poll to determine that.

I think this is an abuse of the process.
And so do my generals.

Post by **PhilW** » 19:39 Wed 05 Mar 2014

Glenn E. wrote:
jdaw1 wrote:You have persuaded me: I will change my vote.

Actually, not yet. Do people want me to change my vote?
We'll need a poll to determine that.

Shouldn't we have a poll to decide whether to have a poll to decide?

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 19:52 Wed 05 Mar 2014

PhilW wrote:
Glenn E. wrote:
jdaw1 wrote:You have persuaded me: I will change my vote.

Actually, not yet. Do people want me to change my vote?
We'll need a poll to determine that.
Shouldn't we have a poll to decide whether to have a poll to decide?

I thought we just did that!

Post by **jdaw1** » 21:10 Wed 05 Mar 2014

djewesbury wrote:
jdaw1 wrote:
djewesbury wrote:This just in:
76%.
Rubbish. The Russians claim that it is only 9%.
The RUSSIANS? You may as well just pick a number between 0 and 100.

I did. Which proves that I’m right and you’re wrong.

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 21:13 Wed 05 Mar 2014

So have we got an outcome?

RAYC · Post by **RAYC** » 21:13 Wed 05 Mar 2014

jdaw1 wrote:Should we have a poll? Any poll? A question of this nature must be decided by the members of

Obviously you should explain your vote, thereby perhaps persuading others to vote as you did.

Apologies if i have missed the point of this thread, but is this a poll to see whether a "poll" option should be provided for people to use when starting a new thread?

A poll would be quite useful for "organisation" threads where someone suggests a range of dates for a tasting and others then click the one or more dates on which they can attend. Although things work fine without that at the moment.

Post by **jdaw1** » 21:14 Wed 05 Mar 2014

Voting so far has not been conclusive.

Even though “not conclusive” was not one of the choices.

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 21:35 Wed 05 Mar 2014

jdaw1 wrote:Voting so far has not been conclusive.

Even though “not conclusive” was not one of the choices.

I agree with this.

Glenn E. · Post by **Glenn E.** » 22:28 Wed 05 Mar 2014

djewesbury wrote:
jdaw1 wrote:Voting so far has not been conclusive.

Even though “not conclusive” was not one of the choices.
I agree with this.

That's a sloppy way to gather consensus. We're going to need a poll to determine whether or not there is sufficient agreement.

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 22:35 Wed 05 Mar 2014

I'm very glad that we did / did not have a poll, is all I know.

Post by **jdaw1** » 22:56 Wed 05 Mar 2014

I'm not at all glad that we did / did not have a poll, is all I know.

Post by **DRT** » 00:38 Thu 06 Mar 2014

I am only willing to have a poll if it is conducted using PR-Squared.

Post by **DRT** » 00:42 Thu 06 Mar 2014

RAYC wrote:Apologies if i have missed the point of this thread…?

Some might think that no poll is necessary to answer this question, but I disagree. Can we have a poll to see who is correct?

Post by **jdaw1** » 08:33 Thu 06 Mar 2014

DRT wrote:I am only willing to have a poll if it is conducted using PR-Squared.

Better link for PR². Which would not be an appropriate system for a decision of this type.

Yes, I know it was a deliberate wind-up. It worked.

Post by **jdaw1** » 16:18 Sat 29 Mar 2014

Voting so far has not been conclusive.

Even though “not conclusive” was not one of the choices.

Post by **jdaw1** » 11:35 Fri 30 May 2014

More voting; no more conclusion.

Post by **DRT** » 02:40 Sat 31 May 2014

Neck and neck. Who knows where it will end...

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Post by **DRT** » 22:52 Mon 09 Jun 2014

I hiope there is a better turnout for the Scottish referendum than we have had here. Come on chaps, get voting!

Post by **jdaw1** » 22:48 Fri 19 Dec 2014

I have changed my vote.

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