[mb-users] Last minutes votes

[Aaron Cooper]

On Fri, Apr 18, 2008 at 12:36 PM, Florent Jochaud <fjochaud at yahoo.fr> wrote:
> Hi,
>
>  Just get an edit rejected for a no vote 5 mins before expiration...
>  http://musicbrainz.org/show/edit/?editid=8578160
>
>  I don't want to cry here cause my edit was rejected but simply this last
>  minute vote without comment is bugging me. I wonder if there would be a
>  solution to avoid losing edit cause of that (although i don't know if
>  this is common and maybe my edit was wrong)
>
>  - force user to enter a comment for a 'no' vote at least if this is the
>  first no (but i know voters are a rare resource that shouldn't be
>  discouraged too much... so this one might be a wrong idea)
>
>  - delay the expiration by putting a minimum delay after first no/yes
>  vote (the one which change the default depending on the quality level)
>  to let the editor react to this vote or get some clarification. at least
>  a few days... cause in this case i read the mail after the edit was
>  rejected.
>
>  So what do you think? Is this problem a common one? can something be
>  done to avoid losing edit?

This is annoying and we really should extend the voting window for an
edit that receives a No vote to allow the editor to respond.

-Aaron