[conlang_learners] Conlang learners vote: results

[Philip Newton]

On Wed, Sep 9, 2009 at 12:47, Mechthild Czapp<0zu149 at gmx.de> wrote:
> That's pretty extreme. And definitely the weirdest IRV-result ever...

I think it was a factor of the large number of choices relative to the
number of voters (and especially to the number of ballots cast), so
most languages only had a handful of votes; the counting was pretty
sensitive to minor changes in ballots.

And also the fact that there were no clear favourites -- in many
elections, there are typically two or three favourites along with a
large number of also-rans, but here the four languages Feayran Kelen
gzb Ithkuil/Ilaksh were roughly equally popular, with Laadan following
fairly closely, which "diluted" the voting strength a bit.

You'd also get things such as languages "popping up" in a middle round
only to get eliminated in the immediately following round, which is
probably unusual.

Cheers,
Philip
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Philip Newton <philip.newton at gmail.com>