This article states CyberAcme's voting system.
Introduction[edit]
Voting is an important part of the CyberAcme community, and is used very frequently in community activities: proposals usually require voting and administrators sometimes hold votes to determine how to shape CyberAcme's public appearance and its guidelines. Because of the frequency that votes are held on CyberAcme, there are a uniform body of regulations that regulate how all CyberAcme votes will be held.
Policy[edit]
Democracy[edit]
| “ | CyberAcme votes are democratic. | ” |
All CyberAcme votes are democratic, unless explicitly stated otherwise by policy. For example, requests for adminship are not democratic: oftentimes, they require higher than a 70% support rate and strong administrator support, among other criteria. However, the democracy of elections does not extend to the rest of CyberAcme: CyberAcme is plainly declared as not a democracy, despite of its many democratic features. For more information, please refer to what CyberAcme is.
Sockpuppets[edit]
| “ | No sockpuppets are allowed in votes. | ” |
While all CyberAcmians are invited to vote, sockpuppets are an exception.
Sockpuppets are alternate accounts that a user uses to influence a vote. Sockpuppets are not allowed in votes, and their votes will automatically be redacted, and the sockmaster may suffer a suspension of voting privileges or a block. Users may be suspected as sockpuppets if they have been inactive for over two months and return to vote, if they vote but have minimal edits, or because of a stated association with another voter or a candidate being voted upon.
Therefore, in order for voters to ensure that they are not tagged as "sockpuppets" and their vote removed, users should try to achieve over 50 article edits before voting, and should have edited Halopedia for a few weeks or more before voting.
Campaigning[edit]
| “ | No campaigning is allowed in votes. | ” |
Campaigning for any CyberAcme position, regardless of where one campaigns, is not allowed. It is inappropriate to campaign in, but not limited to, CyberAcme or its associated IRC channels. A CyberAcme position may range from administrator, patroller, or otherwise. Violation of this policy may lead to immediate disqualification of a vote and/or blocking from CyberAcme.