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tabisuke

Presentation draft

https://wikimania2017.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions/Wikiparliament_-_enhancing_both_freedom_and_efficiency_on_wiki%3F

About the speaker

 A.k.a. Tabisuke
 Independent researcher
 Tokyo, Japan

Abstract

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1. The essence of parliamentary principles

Freedom  ---- Efficiency
(x) central control
(o) autonomous distributed control
 2. Examples of parliamentary rules – traditional / for wiki

Motion
Second
Debate
Vote
3. Vote

A variety of votes – decision making
  Silence (no objection)
  Voice vote
  Majority vote
  Special majority vote
  Unanimous consent

  Low cost --- High cost
  Low importance -- important

Who should be a voter ?
  Committer
  Everyone
  Those who are interested, e.g., those who edited the doc three times
4. Second

What is the object of seconding ?
5. Motion

Which motion first ?
6. Debate

How to (effectively) debate ?
  Motion centered
  Pro/con switching
  Restrict frequent speech by one participant
  Visualize positions – pro/con/neither
7. Structuring policy debate and decision making

Separate out facts and values (weighting/prioritizing)
Pursuit consensus on facts 
Explicit confrontation and pursuit consensus on values
Vote + Calculation
8. A wikiparliament “maturity model”

Level 1: Introduce seconding for editing
Level 2: Support drafting and publishing cycle with motion
Level 3: Support voting
Level 4: Support debating
Level 5: Implement structural decision making  
9. Debate !

Pro/con ?
Suitable/unsuitable use case ?
Modification ?