Thread:Fingyer/@comment-3492791-20140903231343/@comment-25173123-20140904023803

Again though, just because a vote might not be close in 24hr time frame (21hrs in this case) does not mean that it won't possibly change with other users possibly getting a chance to see it later and vote.

3 days is not such a long time that it prolongs a vote, nor is it so short that it requires someone to be on-line 24hrs a day to be able to vote on a subject.

The point is 24hrs is simply not a long enough time to allow people to voice their opinion on a subject without being constantly online. Not everyone is retired like myself... some have work, school, vacations, or just don't logon every single day to the internet. (I know that is unheard of by many.ha)

We had 40 votes on this subject alone. I am sure most would not have noticed it if not for the little red notification in their inbox that brought them to the subject? But the question is how many people logged in today and hadn't even seen the notification in time? Regardless of being close or not... we can't close a vote simply because one side is winning by a particular percentage at the forefront of the vote process. As this vote itself had very early votes favoring a merged page instead of the eventual choice of separate pages.

Bureaucracy is not a race that ends after 1 lap. It is a process that allows the community to have their voices heard.

We can do this... but we can't shoot from the hip on our decisions.

FINGYER has already voiced his identification also of a need to keep voting open for longer period in the future. So unless we discuss why a longer period is not prudent then I will be waiting for the next subject that comes to the front that might need a vote.