VirianPolicy:VirianVoting:VirianProceduralVote
A Procedural Vote is a Wiki Vote to establish a page on the Virian Wiki as authoritive; to obsolete a previously authoritive page; or to replace a previously authoritive page with some other page or pages. All Virian Votes regarding policy or doctrine are Procedural Votes and are subject to the Wiki Voting and Virian Votes rules.
All Virian Vectors should endeavor to vote in all Procedural Votes for which they are qualified by Meridion.
Parameters reflected here other than the links must be changed only by the unanimous consent of those authorised to approve this vote.
Numbers, periods and links on this page may be altered as required by the Virian Council without requiring a revote on this procedure.
This page template must be copied to a new VirianProcedural<Topic> vote page and completed in order to propose a vote.
Optionally, the VirianProcedural<Topic> vote page may contain motivation and explanation about the page being voted on.
Vote topics and descriptions should not include slanted questions or adjectives, but should simply contain the wiki page title. The topic must point to the the VirianProcedural<Topic> establishing the vote, including the version number for the vote to be valid.
The Luminary responsible for establishing the vote is responsible for updating the WikiPageStatus to WorkInVoting as soon as a vote is established on the 
BBS Voting Page.
The Luminary responsible for establishing the vote is responsible for closing the vote and updating the affected wiki page(s) (WikiAccepted or WikiRejected) to reflect the results under penalty of Disciplinary Action. This update must include the voting results and may include comments on the voting.
The Luminary responsible for establishing the vote is responsible for closing the vote and updating the affected wiki page(s) (WikiAccepted or WikiRejected) to reflect the results under penalty of Disciplinary Action. This update must include the voting results and may include comments on the voting.
Advocacy should be restricted to the BBS or official (logged) Virian IRC channels. Virians are encouraged to ignore private communications advocating voting in a particular fashion.
The original WikiPage
must be updated to reflect VoteCalledFor and a link to the VirianProcedural<Topic>. The link must include the version number of the document in question. e.g. http://virus.lucifer.com/wiki/VirianProceduralVoteVirianVoting?version=12.
A vote must be announced in the Announcements section of the BBS and should be announced upon the main list of the BBS.
If a quorum and a majority is not achieved at the time a vote is closed, the vote must be regarded as having failed and the document rejected.
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[1] Category: You must select one and only one of the categories shown. Delete all the rest. As additional categories are established, they will be added above. If a new category is contemplated, this must be discussed with DavidLucifer.
[2] Restricted: This reflects the minimum reputation as determined by Meridion required to vote. If set to zero, all Vectors may vote whether or not they are members of Meridion.
[3] Visibility: This reflects the minimum reputation as determined by Meridion required to view this vote. If set to zero, all Vectors may view this vote whether or not they are members of Meridion
[4] CloseQuorum: This is a single line which determines whether or not to close a vote
[5] CloseDuration: This is a single value (Can take a suffic of hours, days, weeks, months) when the vote will be closed irrespective of the previous line.
[6] Title: The title must be the same as the wiki page title.
[7]+ Adjudication (Single): This field may contain a number of values:
[8]+ Question: The question must include a link to the wiki page establishing and possibly motivating the vote and the link must include the version number of the document in question. e.g. http://virus.lucifer.com/wiki/WikiVote?version=12
[9]+++ Option: Each option must include a link to the wiki page being voted upon and the link must include the version number of the document in question. e.g. http://virus.lucifer.com/wiki/WikiVote?version=12