>Date: Thu, 6 Feb 2020 10:59:59 -0500

>From: Jmapb <[email protected]>
>To: Paul Allen <[email protected]>, "Tag discussion, strategy and
>    related tools" <[email protected]>
>Subject: Re: [Tagging] Feature Proposal - Voting - give box
>Message-ID: <[email protected]>
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>On 2/6/2020 10:47 AM, Paul Allen wrote:
>> And if they wanted to comment but not vote they'd add their comment to the
>> talk page instead.  Right?

>Absolutely! If that's what the instructions said. But they clearly say
>that if you do want to comment, but you don't want to vote, then choose
>"abstain."

>J

"abstain  /əbˈsteɪn/verb
1.   restrain oneself from doing or enjoying something:"she intends to abstain 
from sex before marriage"
2.  formally decline to vote either for or against a proposal or 
motion:"forty-one voted with the Opposition, and some sixty more 
abstained"synonymsnot vote, decline/refuse to vote, informal:sit on the 
fenceantonymsvote
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So an abstention is NOT a vote
Peter





  
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