Forum:Abstain/Neutral votes

Just a general observation. We've recently passed a motion to not count Neutral votes for consensus. However, some users are still using Neutral or Abstain votes. While they haven't been banned, I want to point out that making an Abstain vote (or similar Neutral vote) achieves absolutely nothing. I'm talking about votes who state, simply, "I don't care" or "I don't want to be involved". The very definition of abstaining is not being involved. By posting, you are becoming involved, thus defeating the purpose of what you are saying. Unlike committees and organisations, not every editor is obliged to vote and thus there is no need to abstain from any voting process. If I see a motion that I'm not interested in or don't care about, I don't post in it.

In short, please stop Abstain voting or using Neutral votes to say "I don't care". I'm personally in favour of abolishing Neutral votes in general, but I'd like to push for pointless votes to be deleted entirely to clean up voting pages. --Scottie theNerd 08:24, June 7, 2011 (UTC)