[theforum] Vote re: nofollow tags in articles

[Drs Marcel Feenstra, MALD, MBA]

Elfur Logadóttir wrote:

> .:| So the original election, which was supposed to run for
> .:| five days, has now
> .:| been extended by three weeks, and AFAICT, there have been
> .:| no votes on this
> .:| issue since October 23rd... Just wondering if/when it would
> .:| it be reasonable
> .:| to tally the votes!
> .:|
> .:| Marcel
> 
> If you're offering, now would be a good time ;)
> 
> Thanks
> elfur

OK, I can take a hint... :-)

First, let me repeat the three questions Dean posed:

1) Should 'nofollow' be added to links in user profile (signatures and
personal information blocks)?

2) Should 'nofollow' be added to links in comments?

3) Should 'nofollow' be added to links in articles?

Tallying the votes wasn't *completely* straightforward because not everyone
used a simple +1/-1 format, and some people only seemed to address one or
two of the questions and/or added "qualifiers".

Below, in order to make things as "transparent" as possible, I'm listing the
respondents, the time stamp of the messages in which they cast their votes
(copied from the site, so that results can be checked more easily in case of
confusion or disagreement), and the votes as I understood them (in a few
cases, I've added a "?" if, IMO, they were not completely self-evident).

1) Drew Shiel (Wed Oct 17 03:18:27 CDT 2007, confirmed Tue Oct 23 07:48:22
CDT 2007): 1) +1, 2) -1 [assumes comments ARE moderated], 3) -1

2) Marcel Feenstra (Wed Oct 17 06:24:18 CDT 2007):  1) +1, 2) +1 [assumes
comments are NOT moderated], 3) -1

3) David Kaufman (Wed Oct 17 16:33:09 CDT 2007): 1) +1, 2) +1, 3) -1

4) Joel Canfield (Mon Oct 22 15:47:04 CDT 2007): 1) 0, 2) 0, 3) 0

5) Paul Waring (Mon Oct 22 15:56:56 CDT 2007): 1) ?, 2) ?, 3) -1

6) Elfur Logadóttir (Mon Oct 22 18:06:18 CDT 2007): 1) ?, 2) +1?, 3) -1

7) Dean Mah (Mon Oct 22 16:00:27 CDT 2007): 1) 0, 2) 0, 3) 0

8) Adrian Simmons (Tue Oct 23 05:57:25 CDT 2007): 1) +1, 2) +1, 3) +1

9) Ron Luther (Tue Oct 23 07:26:58 CDT 2007): 1) ?, 2) +1, 3) -1 [assuming
this is "easy" enough to implement]

10) Dave Davies (Tue Oct 23 18:54:28 CDT 2007): 1) ?, 2) +1?, 3) -1

11) William Anderson (implicit, various messages): 1) +1, 2) +1, 3) +1

RESULTS:

1) Nofollow in profiles - 5x +1, 2x 0, 0x -1, 4x ? --> YES
2) Nofollow in comments - 7x +1, 2x 0, 1x -1, 1x ? --> YES
3) Nofollow in articles - 2x +1, 2x 0, 7x -1, 0x ? --> NO

--If I've misinterpreted anything, I'm sure I will be told... ;-)

Respectfully submitted,

Marcel Feenstra