[Theforum] Re: VotingReqs

[.jeff]

matt,

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> From: Warden, Matt
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> > I see public polling happening on w.e.o and in such a
> > manner that *anyone* could participate whether or not
> > they are logged in or even have a user/login.
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> Damn! As Michele can attest, I was hoping no one would
> ask for anonymous polling. *that* makes it harder to
> keep the same architecture, as currently each vote is
> related to a userid. personally, i'd like to keep it to
> logged-in users anyways, as that would help enforce a
> one-vote-per-user restriction.
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+1.  polling should not be anonymous or we can't guarantee single votes.

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> also, amanda, i think everyone is pretty much agreed
> that running results should not be shown during votes,
> only during polls. so, i think we're good there.
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+1

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> thanks for doing that doc, btw, amanda. just read it a
> while ago and it's a great summary of features [...]
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i wish i could read it but the wiki is throwing a zope error on nearly every
page for me right now.  not sure what that's all about.

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> and will surely make isaac's life easier. it also helped
> review the db design isaac and i have been discussing.
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i'd like to see the finalized database architecture for this before it's
settled on as being the final design.  i've built a fair number of
applications like this and may have some insight to share.

thanks,

.jeff

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