In <a href="https://utopian.io">Utopian.io</a> we have been running a public poll to make the decisional process democratic. The public poll is on <a href="https://discord.gg/eZfqgnx">Discord</a>.

Changes to the rules and to the platform were discussed and soon implemented during the **Utopian Poll 12/09/2017**.

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## Results Of The Utopian Poll

- Should we integrate other platforms other than github in the short term? Vote yes only if you believe this functionality is a must have in the short term. **[RESULT: NO]**
- We should accept valid, non-official GitHub repos such as inkscape/inkscape? **[RESULT: YES]**
- We should accept always OFFICIAL repositories even if they are just mirrors. **[RESULT: YES]**
- Should we only allow contributions on repositories that have not been inactive for more than 1 year?  **[RESULT: YES]**
-  Un-official contributions on repos will be rejected unless present in a publicly readable "non-official GitHub repos" whitelist.  **[RESULT: YES]**
- We will provide a specific rule for every category where it is necessary to be informative and narrative. **[RESULT: YES]**
- Should we reject a contribution if it has been shared somewhere else before by the same author, but not yet in Utopian? **[RESULT: YES]**
- Should we allow same translations from different authors, if we can clearly evaluate that the latest translation is an enhancement of the previous one and not just copy and paste? **[RESULT: YES]**
- Should we allow only translations made on CrowdIn or Github and stop translations directly made on the Utopian post? **[RESULT: YES]**
- We will change the rule for the translations category, so to actually evaluate the work based on the number of WORDS **[RESULT: YES]**
- We won't accept proof-reading as valid translation contribution. **[RESULT: NO]**
- Moderators may ask contributors to enhance the format of the post and to use a more professional and formal writing style. **[RESULT: YES]**
- Should we give moderators a quality voting slider (0-10) functioning as quality metric for the bot? **[RESULT: YES]**
- The moderator may require to show an animated GIF or video if the bug is not easy to reproduce for contributions in the category bug-hunting.  **[RESULT: YES]**
- Should we only allow graphic contributions if the project owner is requesting for a specific design?  **[RESULT: YES]**
- Analysis Category: You should include example scripts which generated the results for your analyses, if applicable, or any informartion on how the data was generated  **[RESULT: YES]**
Analysis Category: Script-generated analyses should be entered in a separate category and given much less reserved voting power from the Utopian Bot.  **[RESULT: YES]**
- Graphic Category: If you are providing a logo, you should also provide the different logo variations in terms of sizes and colors and also compare the new logo with the previous one, if applicable.  **[RESULT: YES]**
- Video Tutorials: Should video tutorials also have a transcript?   **[RESULT: NO]**
- Video Tutorials: The video and audio recording should be in HD (480 the min)   **[RESULT: YES]**
- Moderators could reject a tutorial or video tutorial if the work involved seems not enough to be rewarded. **[RESULT: YES]**
- Copywriting. We should state what is meant for copywriting work in details. **[RESULT: YES]**
- Copywriting. Remove the rule that the copywriting work can only be accepted if in a merged Github Pull Request. **[RESULT: YES]**
- BLOG We will only accept high quality contents. The mission is to become the Medium.com for Open Source in the long run. **[RESULT: YES]**
-  Utopian should allow project owners to stop contributions for a specific task request, suggestions, bug hunting, etc. **[RESULT: YES]**
- Supervisors should get a percentage of the total moderated contributions of their team in order to be rewarded for their work while also being focused on managing the team and increase the quality. **[RESULT: YES]**
- Moderators should have an higher percentage of rewards, by either decreasing the percentage given to the sponsors or by splitting a portion of the curation rewards earned by Utopian. Please give a comment with your proposal and how this percentage should look like. . **[RESULT: YES]**
- Provide a posting limit (either in terms of # per day, or # per week) to prevent spam or reward hogging from getting out of control.  **[RESULT: YES]**
- A moderator should ALWAYS gives at least one opportunity to fix/edit a post, and NEVER rejects and hide it on the first sight, unless it is too obvious.  **[RESULT: YES]**

# Utopian Community-Driven Witness

We are made of developers, system administrators, entrepreneurs, artists, content creators, thinkers. We embrace every nationality, mindset and belief. 

<a href="https://utopian.io">Utopian.io</a> is the first Community-Driven Witness. Every decision will be taken as per the consensus of the entire community using our public <a href="https://discord.gg/2rSx9Eu">Discord server</a> and soon via a **public voting system**.

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- Scroll to the bottom
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