Hi, Any single-winner method can be made to comply with Mike Ossipoff's Minimal Defense criterion (a.k.a. Strong Defensive Strategy criterion) by using the Defense// filter beforehand: Defense ------- If at least one alternative is ranked by a strict majority, then eliminate every alternative which is unranked by a strict majority. It's not a panacea for inferior methods since it demands strategizing, but maybe it would be worthwhile trying to convince advocates of inferior methods to adopt it as a filter. And maybe Demorep will see enough similarity to his "yes/no plus rankings" methods that he won't agitate against methods which comply with Minimal Defense. ---Steve (Steve Eppley [EMAIL PROTECTED])
