I have a simple request for those posting to this list: If you use abbreviations for voting methods, please include a small glossary at the end of your message. For example,
... here I'm saying something about DMC, GATV, and IBIFA ... [... rest of text ...] Glossary: DMC: Definitive Majority Choice (a Condorcet method) GATV: Graded Approval Transferable Vote (quota-based PR method based on ER-Bucklin) IBIFA: Irrelevant Ballot Independent Fallback Approval (Chris Benham single-winner method based on ER-Bucklin) If you make a file containing your usual terms, you can just include it at the end of your message. Okay, maybe that isn't such a simple request ;-), but it would really help, especially when certain posters use a whirlwind of initialisms that I didn't pay attention to when they introduced them in 20 separate messages 28 months ago ... Ted -- araucaria dot araucana at gmail dot com ---- Election-Methods mailing list - see http://electorama.com/em for list info