[conlang_learners] Conlang learners vote: results

[Mechthild Czapp]

> An: conlang_learners <conlang_learners at conlang.org>
> CC: conlang_learners_vote <conlang_learners_vote at conlang.org>
> Betreff: [conlang_learners] Conlang learners vote: results

> Fellow conlangers!
> 
> Amanda, Matthew, and I have counted the votes and have come to the
> conclusion that the voting is a tie between Kēlen and gjâ-zym-byn.
> Both languages have ten first-place votes (after reassigning votes
> from other ballots) out of 20 non-exhausted ballots.
> 
Thanks for your prompt work. As it seems, the voters have spoken (these bastids* ;) ).

*this is meant as a joke. Please don't feel insulted by it, I mean, it includes myself as well...

> Where multiple languages have the same number of first-place votes, we
> used the number of total votes for that language as a tie-breaker;
> however, even this was not sufficient to give a clear winner; both
> Kēlen and gjâ-zym-byn have 14 votes each.
> 
> Jim suggested not assigning equal weight to each language, but to use
> linear or exponential backoff (so a first-place vote is worth 1, and
> subsequent votes are worth 1 - 0.0X*(place-1) or 0.Y^(place-1)), but
> even this did not give a clear winner; they both ended up with a near
> tie between Kēlen and gjâ-zym-byn, and which came out first depended
> on the method and the exact factor used, with the tie-breaker values
> typically being within about 1.5% of each other.
> 

That's pretty extreme. And definitely the weirdest IRV-result ever... 

> So we've decided to declare the vote a tie; of 20 valid
> (non-exhausted) ballots at the end of voting, exactly half were for
> each language.
> 
> We suggest that those who ranked Kēlen over gjâ-zym-byn or only listed
> Kēlen learn Kēlen, those who ranked gjâ-zym-byn over Kēlen or only
> listed gjâ-zym-byn learn that language, and that those who picked
> neither pick whichever one of the two they prefer.
> 
So, fellow Kēlen-learners, hands up! 

Will we split conlang_learners or just prefix messages with [Kēlen] or [gzb]?

> Participation was 28/58, or 48%, of which one ballot was empty.
> 
Rather low, unfortunately :( Even municipal elections get a higher turnout.


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