Nookipedia talk:Proposals
Adding the ability to veto proposals
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This was brought up in a Roost discussion a couple months ago, so I thought I'd expand on it and propose it here. The idea is that a Bureaucrat would be able to veto a proposal that does not follow the rules listed on this page (e.g. not fleshed out, not a binary choice, not a big enough change), is made in bad faith, or has no realistic chance of passing. A vetoed proposal would be removed immediately rather than when the voting period ends, and moved to the Archives as a failed proposal (bad-faith proposals would not be added to the Archives). When moving a vetoed proposal to the Archives, the Bureaucrat who vetoed it should leave a comment on the proposal explaining to the proposer why it was vetoed. ~ AlexBot2004 (Talk) 12:33, November 30, 2023 (EST)
Support per my comments in the Roost discussion linked above. In addition to the examples mentioned, I do think that proposals relating to how the staff operate should also be vetoed (but disallowing them would mean creating a new rule, so that's probably more suitable in a separate discussion). Drago (talk) 
12:51, November 30, 2023 (EST)- Support Good idea for filtering proposals. Although, is there going to be a Bureaucrat available for every bad idea?Briky
03:02, January 6, 2024 (EST) - Support Per all. -- PanchamBro (talk • contributions) 07:11, January 6, 2024 (EST)
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Adding minimum vote threshold
Currently, a proposal will pass if it ends with at least a 2/3 majority (66%) in favor. However, since there is no minimum vote threshold, a proposal could technically pass with only a single vote (1–0). A proposal could also pass 2–1, which I feel is too close to call one way or the other—which others seem to agree with, given that the result of the current proposal (2–1) has yet to be determined, even over 6 months after the voting period ended.
I think a minimum threshold of 5 votes would give a better grasp at what the general consensus is. For reference, every successful proposal so far has already had at least 5 votes. If a proposal's voting period ends without receiving the minimum of 5 votes, it will be extended for seven days. ~ AlexBot2004 (Talk) 23:30, March 3, 2024 (EST)
