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<blockquote data-quote="PurplePCEater" data-source="post: 73786" data-attributes="member: 235"><p><strong>OK, I volunteer (fool that I am...)</strong></p><p></p><p>If people are interested in taking this further, I'm prepared to volunteer some of my time and bandwidth (I'm on a 24/7 cablemodem connection at home with a dedicated mailserver) to process an email-based voting system - the only way that I can see to obtain a fair internet-based vote that is open to all.</p><p></p><p>The specific details of how to do so would have to be thrashed out, but in principle, having been thinking about this for the weekend, I don't think it would be too difficult to do. All one needs is for the rules of the voting mechanism to be agreed upon by all taking part, and that can be obtained by the simple method of the act of voting being seen to comply with said rules. Anything that doesn't comply with the rules is binned - if you can't read and understand simple instructions you probably shouldn't be qualified to vote... <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>My thoughts, for what they're worth, are to only process one vote per valid email address (with automatic verification upon vote submission to prevent automated voting and to counter forged email). There's not much one can do to prevent multiple votes from people with more than one legitimate email address, unless there's some means of tying that in with an ID here on the boards. I'd prefer not to have to go that route though and instead open the voting to those who read, but don't necessarily post to, the boards. A valid email address appears to be the lowest practical common denominator here. </p><p></p><p>A vote would then be processed with respect to the contents of the Subject: line - that is, the name of the encounter sent to a specific email address would count as a vote for that encounter.</p><p></p><p>Each vote-receiving email address would be valid only for the period of time that each round runs for. With a subdomain or two at my disposal this won't be much of an issue to set up. (I'm thinking along the lines of addresses such as 'vote-round1@..., vote-round2@... and so on).</p><p></p><p>A small amount of mail filter scripting should then take care of</p><p>authenticating and logging the votes, which neatly takes care of most of the grunt work. Casting an eye over the results and suchlike to ensure nothing has been missed shouldn't then take up much time.</p><p></p><p>I'm also more than willing to make logfiles, vote-taking emails or other relevant data available for auditing purposes so that a secondary vote-count can be taken or checked by another body.</p><p></p><p>If Morrus and/or any other board admins would like to proceed down this route, or to discuss options for a neutral third-party to oversee any further voting, please feel free to drop me a mail or to followup here.</p><p></p><p>All I'd like to see is the competition run fairly, so if there's anything I can contribute in terms of time/bandwidth/capabilities, I'd like to do so and help support the site in that manner.</p><p></p><p>As mentioned in an earlier comment, I am aware of the author of one of the entries in the current round, and have discussed offering to help out. If deemed necessary by others, the entry will be withdrawn from the contest to ensure no accusations of favouritism can be made, but I'd hope it wouldn't have to come down to that.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="PurplePCEater, post: 73786, member: 235"] [b]OK, I volunteer (fool that I am...)[/b] If people are interested in taking this further, I'm prepared to volunteer some of my time and bandwidth (I'm on a 24/7 cablemodem connection at home with a dedicated mailserver) to process an email-based voting system - the only way that I can see to obtain a fair internet-based vote that is open to all. The specific details of how to do so would have to be thrashed out, but in principle, having been thinking about this for the weekend, I don't think it would be too difficult to do. All one needs is for the rules of the voting mechanism to be agreed upon by all taking part, and that can be obtained by the simple method of the act of voting being seen to comply with said rules. Anything that doesn't comply with the rules is binned - if you can't read and understand simple instructions you probably shouldn't be qualified to vote... :) My thoughts, for what they're worth, are to only process one vote per valid email address (with automatic verification upon vote submission to prevent automated voting and to counter forged email). There's not much one can do to prevent multiple votes from people with more than one legitimate email address, unless there's some means of tying that in with an ID here on the boards. I'd prefer not to have to go that route though and instead open the voting to those who read, but don't necessarily post to, the boards. A valid email address appears to be the lowest practical common denominator here. A vote would then be processed with respect to the contents of the Subject: line - that is, the name of the encounter sent to a specific email address would count as a vote for that encounter. Each vote-receiving email address would be valid only for the period of time that each round runs for. With a subdomain or two at my disposal this won't be much of an issue to set up. (I'm thinking along the lines of addresses such as 'vote-round1@..., vote-round2@... and so on). A small amount of mail filter scripting should then take care of authenticating and logging the votes, which neatly takes care of most of the grunt work. Casting an eye over the results and suchlike to ensure nothing has been missed shouldn't then take up much time. I'm also more than willing to make logfiles, vote-taking emails or other relevant data available for auditing purposes so that a secondary vote-count can be taken or checked by another body. If Morrus and/or any other board admins would like to proceed down this route, or to discuss options for a neutral third-party to oversee any further voting, please feel free to drop me a mail or to followup here. All I'd like to see is the competition run fairly, so if there's anything I can contribute in terms of time/bandwidth/capabilities, I'd like to do so and help support the site in that manner. As mentioned in an earlier comment, I am aware of the author of one of the entries in the current round, and have discussed offering to help out. If deemed necessary by others, the entry will be withdrawn from the contest to ensure no accusations of favouritism can be made, but I'd hope it wouldn't have to come down to that. [/QUOTE]
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