I like to know the results of moderator elections, but only find this page with 4 images, usually called flair in ambigious order - no numbers for each candidate.
Is that all?
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You should probably post this on meta, no?– John LyonCommented May 14, 2012 at 1:10
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Also, looks like the raw voting data is available here: skeptics.stackexchange.com/election/1– John LyonCommented May 14, 2012 at 1:11
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@jozzas: Sorry, I thought I'm on meta. Will delete and restate there. Or better flag it? However, your link only gives me the number of total votes (64) or am I missing something?– user unknownCommented May 14, 2012 at 1:23
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2Even as someone who got elected, I have no idea what the break out was. :) I think that's a totally behind the scenes type of thing.– Larian LeQuella ModCommented May 14, 2012 at 1:40
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1There's a hidden link in that yellow block at the bottom, "election data" in "Download the election data and use OpenSTV for windows or mac to audit the results" is a link. I've got that file open which I believe breaks down the (anonymised) 64 individual votes into their first, second and third choices.– John LyonCommented May 14, 2012 at 1:48
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@Thanks jozzas for the hint with the link. I have problems with some colors - maybe it is better visible for the majority.– user unknownCommented May 14, 2012 at 3:09
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4@userunknown Not your fault, the link is completely invisible until you hover over it. It's a UI bug that has popped up a few times since the redesign. That kind of thing should at least be underlined to give users a hint.– John LyonCommented May 14, 2012 at 3:11
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1These invisible links keep popping up over and over again. How is it major usability bugs like this keep slipping thorough?– Sam I AmCommented May 14, 2012 at 5:14
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@YannisRizos yes, I understand that. I've even made a post myself already. In fact, I've made two! My point is the same major usability bug keeps cropping up over and over again in many different places, which is really not acceptable and sloppy. Shows very poor quality control.– Sam I AmCommented May 14, 2012 at 13:40
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@SamIAm I've made a meta post that consolidates all of these issues with links.– John LyonCommented May 16, 2012 at 0:45
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OpenSTV reports:
Ballot file contains 7 candidates and 64 ballots.
No candidates have withdrawn.
Ballot file contains 64 non-empty ballots.
Counting votes for Skeptics Moderator Election 2012 using Meek STV.
7 candidates running for 4 seats.
R|Fabian |Sam I Am |Sklivvz |Konrad Rudolph |Larian LeQuella
|------------------+------------------+------------------+------------------+------------------
|Alain |Rory Alsop |Exhausted |Surplus |Threshold
=================================================================================================
1| 7.000000| 3.000000| 17.000000| 10.000000| 25.000000
| 0.000000| 2.000000| 0.000000| 16.399998| 12.800001
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
| Count of first choices. Candidates Sklivvz and Larian LeQuella have reached the threshold and
| are elected.
=================================================================================================
2| 13.724591| 5.566676| 15.372058| 12.928181| 13.432494
| | 2.975998| 0.000002| 4.257324| 12.800000
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
| Count after transferring surplus votes. Keep factors of candidates who have exceeded the
| threshold: Sklivvz, 0.752942 and Larian LeQuella, 0.512001. Candidates Fabian and Konrad
| Rudolph have reached the threshold and are elected.
Winners are Fabian, Sklivvz, Konrad Rudolph, and Larian LeQuella.
A more readable version of that, courtesy of user unknown:
R|Fabian |Sam I Am |Sklivvz |Konrad Rudolph |Larian LeQuella
|---------+-----------+-----------+---------------+---------------
|Alain |Rory Alsop |Exhausted |Surplus |Threshold
====================================================================
1| 7.00| 3.00| 17.00| 10.000| 25.00
| 0.00| 2.00| 0.00| 16.399| 12.80
|-----------------------------------------------------------------
| Count of first choices. Candidates Sklivvz and Larian LeQuella
| have reached the threshold and are elected.
====================================================================
2| 13.72| 5.56| 15.37| 12.928| 13.432
| | 2.97| 0.00| 4.257| 12.800
|-----------------------------------------------------------------
| Count after transferring surplus votes. Keep factors of candidates
| who have exceeded the threshold: Sklivvz, 0.752942 and Larian
| LeQuella, 0.512001. Candidates Fabian and Konrad Rudolph have
| reached the threshold and are elected.
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1Should have mentioned before, but congratulations to Fabian, Sklivvz, Konrad and Larian! Commented May 14, 2012 at 12:29
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1Without 6 digits of precision, it would even be readable. :) While the calculation process isn't very obvious. So I accept it, but don't upvote. :) Commented May 14, 2012 at 14:39
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I love it how they use Float instead of Decimal in OpenSTV and get all these absurd approximations.– Sklivvz ModCommented May 14, 2012 at 20:44
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Y'll gonna laugh! I already edited it in my editor, and then I realized, that I don' have edit permissions here. :) I can put it into my question, so that you can cut'n'paste it away - would you do that? Commented May 14, 2012 at 21:22
Ok. From the file, being advertised as pro Mac and Windows, I extracted:
cat skeptics-stackexchange-com-2012-election-results.blt | sed 's/^1 //;s/ 0.$//;s/1/F/;s/2/I/;s/3/S/;s/4/K/;s/5/L/;s/6/A/;s/7/R/' | head -n 65 | tail -n 64 > skeptics
for c in F L S K I R A; do echo -n $c" "; grep -c $c skeptics; done
F 48
L 45
S 35
K 28
I 24
R 7
A 2
That is:
48 Fabian
45 Larian LeQuella
35 Sklivvz
28 Konrad Rudolph
24 sam I am
7 Rory Alsop
2 Alain
Gratulations to the winners, and thanks to all candidates from the community - from a minor part of the community. :)
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4You'll have to run the election using the STV software to get a more accurate picture, you combined the 1st, 2nd and 3rd vote in your count, as far as I can tell. The number of 1st votes for the candidates differs a lot from this count.– Mad Scientist ModCommented May 14, 2012 at 6:31