When should each Weekly Catalogue Poll end?

[The Doctor]

Phil has changed the closing time of the polls week by week! This affects in the results! In the interests of impartiality and fairness let the Hub guide his hand!

(Adjust times for other time zones you may be in)

-Ralph

[Philip Ayres]

For some context, I present this conversation on FB:

Ralph
VOTE TAILGATE
tmukhub.proboards.com/thread/9737/great-catalogue-sub-group-poll?page=73#post-333439
The Great Catalogue Sub-Group Poll |
Gavin
Pipes deserves the win.
Ralph
He does not.
Gavin
He does.
Ralph
No.
Gavin
100% of scientists in this thread say yes.
Ralph
Kaptain has science skills and he sees The Truth!
Gavin
Right.. @chris Cathrine? #loyalty
Chris
Me what?
Gavin
Right.. @nicholas Davidson? #brotherhood
Vote Pipes! Not Tailgate. In fact the library warns against tailgaters! Must be for a reason.
Chris
Swerve.
Ralph
TAILGATE.
Best toy.
Chris
That's true.
Ralph
All lovers of tat love Tailgate.
Yes. Register for the forum. Vote TAILGATE.
Chris
He was one of my fave G1 figures. I still have him. And Swerve.
Ralph
Free. Quick
Easy.
Support democracy.
Nicholas
I got Swerve and Pipes together as a birthday present back in the day. I liked them both, probably played more with Swerve, and kids from my class stole them both.
Chris
I'm camping on Arthur's Seat. I'm not signing up to TFUK to vote on minibots just now.

In fact, I'm up at dawn to check moth traps. Night guys!
😆1
Nicholas
Night!
Chris
(My Pipes broke. 😔)
Ralph
Yes you can! You're online! Takes 60 seconds. The moths won't mind.
(Swerve is 2nd best)
Nicholas
My Huffer's arm was glued in, albeit in a haphazard way that froze his shoulder in the "truck mode" position.
Gavin
Sleep well!
Nicholas
Ooh! Outback. I still have him, and his gun! I like him because of Distant Thunder. Voted him. He is now joint fourth.
07:54
Gavin
But he isn't a small floating car 😞
09:11
Chris
Is the vote open today?
Ralph
Yes. Quick! Before Phil starts this week's poll!
Young Ralph hated Outback toy because it was not a floating car. 😞
10:21
The poll starts at about 7 every week. Except when I'm awol
Ralph
It should be 9am.every week!!!
Phil
It's never been as late as 9am. You're just moaning cos your attempt to get Tailgate to win failed due to poor planning on your part!
Ralph
No I am moaning because the time.varies week to week!!!
Phil
Play safe, get your votes (or voters) in by Thursday night!
Gavin
Why wait until the last minute to vote? There's a whole week to vote. And Phil has never said it starts at 9am.
Phil
Mr Tatical Voting is just humphing that his ploy to force a Tailgate win failed

[The Doctor]

The other week the poll continued until mid-day! Confusion reigns! Merely have a FIXED end time and have this stated for each poll!!!

-Ralph

[Fortmax2020]

+/- a couple of hours hardly matters given the poll runs for a full week giving more than adequate time for voting... and campaigning.

[The Doctor]

The time of closing is not as important as knowing when!

-Ralph

[Grand Moff Muffin]

Aug 31, 2018 12:18:52 GMT The Doctor said:

The time of closing is not as important as knowing when!

-Ralph

It's not important to know when it ends, so long as we all know it never ends before Thursday midnight, and that Phil doesn't deliberately delay in closing the poll when he gets up.

Because anyone who cares about their vote will vote before Thursday midnight. There's no excuse not to have voted by Thursday, since no-one has anything new to add to inform the debate by that point. Or at least they shouldn't have.

Vote early, vote once.

Martin

[The Doctor]

Then by that logic the polls should close midnight on Thursday. Which would be fine!

Make it so, Phil.

-Ralph

[Philip Ayres]

No. The pc is off at midnight so I can't set the new poll.

[The Doctor]

Then just put a bit on each week's question politely asking folk to vote by midnight Thursday. After all, we might have new Hubbers at some point.

-Ralph

[Pinwig]

New hubbers? I remember being new. Before the yoke was fastened. Now we all just trudge in circles driving the mighty engine that is Ralph's imagination.

I can only see the hard deadline being useful for last minute manipulation like sniping eBay auctions. It'd be more accurate if we all just voted as we felt, which after all is the point. This is more a survey than a competition.

[Philip Ayres]

Aug 31, 2018 17:41:08 GMT The Doctor said:

Then just put a bit on each week's question politely asking folk to vote by midnight Thursday. After all, we might have new Hubbers at some point.

-Ralph

I have added a note to that effect to the first post.

[The Doctor]

Good man! Democracy wins!

-Ralph

[Grand Moff Muffin]

Aug 31, 2018 18:19:24 GMT The Doctor said:

Democracy wins!

Democracy? But the vote is 5-1 in favour of sausages!

Martin

[Pinwig]

Where was the democracy there? Ralph dictated and Phil acceded!

[Philip Ayres]

Having detected a tinsy hint of an actual issue amidst Burns' guff at his choice not winning, I have taken prompt action!

Of course most of us had worked out you needed to vote by Thursday night some considerable time ago.....

[Fortmax2020]

I prefered the informality that was here before Ralph turned into an all American dictator.

[Philip Ayres]

I wouldn't worry, they'll be another midday+ start before too long as I'm going away without interweb access in late Oct. I might also be travelling this coming Friday when we Dare to find out who's got The Touch....

[Grand Moff Muffin]

Aug 31, 2018 19:45:06 GMT Philip Ayres said:

I wouldn't worry, they'll be another midday+ start before too long as I'm going away without interweb access in late Oct. I might also be travelling this coming Friday when we Dare to find out who's got The Touch....

And who's got silly tech-specs ratings.

Martin

[The Doctor]

Aug 31, 2018 18:27:03 GMT Pinwig said:

Where was the democracy there? Ralph dictated and Phil acceded!

I have won...won...

-Ralph

[The Doctor]

Aug 31, 2018 19:45:06 GMT Philip Ayres said:

I wouldn't worry, they'll be another midday+ start before too long as I'm going away without interweb access in late Oct. I might also be travelling this coming Friday when we Dare to find out who's got The Touch....

Hot Rod will win this poll!!!

-Ralph

[Philip Ayres]

Aug 31, 2018 20:33:19 GMT The Doctor said:

Aug 31, 2018 18:27:03 GMT Pinwig said:

Where was the democracy there? Ralph dictated and Phil acceded!

I have won...won...

-Ralph

To loose is to win and he who wins shall loose

[Llama God]

No, Toulouse is in France.

[Benn]

Painter, wasn't he?

[Shockprowl]

Wasn't he a French general at Blenhiem?

[Benn]

Blenhiem's a palace, yes?

[Shockprowl]

It is a palace, but the palace is named after a battle, the Battle of Blenheim, 1704, part of the War of the Spanish Succession, where the near invincible French armies of Louis XIV, The Sun King, were finally defeated by a British & Austrian lead coalition army commanded by John Churchill, the Duke of Marlborough, and Prince Eugene of Savoy. It is one of the greatest victories the British army has ever been involved in, and a crucial moment in european history. If Louis had managed to knock Austria out of the war early, as he was intending, the British, Dutch and German Princes would not have been able to withstand him, & France would have dominated Europe (and a hundred years later Napoleon would have been in an even stronger position). Marlborough and Eugene saved Europe. It's thrilling, but equally disturbing, given the destruction and lives lost. A grateful Queen Anne (I think) built the palace for Churchill. His ancestor, one Winston Churchill, was born there. Eugene would briefly mentor the future Frederick the Great later in life. IT'S ALL CONNECTED.

[Pinwig]

What just happened?

[The Doctor]

I don't know.

-Ralph

[Fortmax2020]

Shockprowl was... coherent.

[Pinwig]

I don't think we've been here before.