Re: Voting irregularities

On Sun, Mar 15, 2015 at 9:30 AM, Michael Wallner <mike@php.net> wrote: > > On 15 03 2015, at 16:23, Levi Morrison <levim@php.net> wrote: > > On Sun, Mar 15, 2015 at 8:29 AM, Michael Wallner <mike@php.net> wrote: > > > On 15 03 2015, at 15:19, Anthony Ferrara <ircmaxell@gmail.com> wrote: > > All, > > I ran some numbers on the current votes of the dual-mode vote right > now. There were a number of voters that I didn't recognize. So I > decided to pull some stats. > > The following voters never voted before the dual-mode RFC went up: > > dom - no > eliw - no > kguest - yes > kk - no > nohn - no > oliver - yes > richsage - yes > sammywg - no > spriebsch - no > srain - no > theseer - no > zimt - no > > Some of these names I recognize from list (sammywg and eliw), but many I do > not. > > The interesting thing happens when you look at the voting direction. > > Currently, the RFC is slightly losing 70:37 (65.4%). > > If we look at percentages, 4.2% of yes voters have never voted in a > prior RFC. But a whopping 24.3% of no voters have never voted before. > > If we adjust the votes to remove these "never voted" accounts, it > stands at 67:28. Which is 70.5%. Which is basically where the vote was > prior to the competing RFC opening. > > I'm not saying that all of these are bad votes. Nor that they > shouldn't be counted. I think it does raise a significant question > around the voting practices. > > Something that I think we need to discuss as a group. > > So consider that discussion open. > > > Jeez, that is becoming ridiculous. So, if you’re that good in counting, how > many did not vote before STHv0.3? > > > Is there a way to check when someone got a php.net account/karma? > > > http://people.php.net > I am aware of this, but unless I just missed it that site doesn't show *when* they got an account.