I'm not sure what I can add to this discussion to help, but from where I am standing there are a few things to consider.
1) When you leave things up to a majority vote, the more popular things will get more votes.
The result of this is on the outside this is "fair" and "balanced" because the most people are getting what they want. That being said, however, I don't think that this is as much about making the majority happy as it is about efforts to be inclusive. Inclusive is harder than "fair".
2) How do we include things that people may not know about?
The response, obviously, is to ask. Of course, then we get back into the "most popular things get the most votes." But what if the outreach was more specific? I have an idea, however it will take a lot of work (and I am willing to help if I can). It would require either a journal or a message board specific for fandom outreach and featuring fandoms. We would have to ask "Tell us about your fandom" and get links to where those fandoms are largest. Go to those places and ask about what tags/information needs to happen. We can have "featured fandoms" of the month that way, slowly add. I'm not sure if this will help with the problems or not, but there is something in reaching out in that way that may get the most positive response?
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1) When you leave things up to a majority vote, the more popular things will get more votes.
The result of this is on the outside this is "fair" and "balanced" because the most people are getting what they want. That being said, however, I don't think that this is as much about making the majority happy as it is about efforts to be inclusive. Inclusive is harder than "fair".
2) How do we include things that people may not know about?
The response, obviously, is to ask. Of course, then we get back into the "most popular things get the most votes." But what if the outreach was more specific? I have an idea, however it will take a lot of work (and I am willing to help if I can). It would require either a journal or a message board specific for fandom outreach and featuring fandoms. We would have to ask "Tell us about your fandom" and get links to where those fandoms are largest. Go to those places and ask about what tags/information needs to happen. We can have "featured fandoms" of the month that way, slowly add. I'm not sure if this will help with the problems or not, but there is something in reaching out in that way that may get the most positive response?