Wiktionary talk:Votes/pl-2015-09/Coauthoring policy votes

Purpose
As of now, this vote says: "The proposed requirement that all policy votes have at least one coauthor, that is, a distinct individual who at the very least makes one edit to the descriptive section of the voting page before it starts, even if just to list themselves as a contributor." Why create an additional requirement to start votes? It seems to imply that there is a surplus of votes being started prematurely or that should not have started at all. Is that correct? On that note, I would support listing multiple people as major contributors of the text of a vote if that's the case. It's just that I don't see why would we want to have this as a requirement before starting votes. This vote seems to have been created without prior discussion on BP; though it is possible that it has been discussed and I missed it. IMHO, simply creating discussions before the votes is the perfect way to make good votes, which ideally already reflect the collective opinions of various people who participated in the discussion; compared to it, having a second contributor to the vote text is optional at best. At worst, it would be a hindrance to votes that could start perfectly otherwise. --Daniel Carrero (talk) 06:53, 15 September 2015 (UTC)

Objections
This is an incredible proposal. What a piece of meaningless bureaucracy. What is the problem being solved? I don't see any. --Dan Polansky (talk) 08:36, 20 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Not surprised. DAVilla 16:40, 22 September 2015 (UTC)