Approved by DougJustDoug via PM.
Disclaimer:
What would happen is before the next CaP starts, everyone who wishes to vote at any time in the process would have to fill out a short questionnaire pertaining to past projects and the process itself. These would be sent in via PM to a designated person (or more), who would tally the right answers. This would almost totally eliminate c/p-ing the answers off of an "answer thread". The answers to the questions would be very general knowledge and easily found if they searched the forum for a couple minutes. Questions like: "Who was the first TL and what pokemon was created?" would be acceptable. Questions like: "In detail, write a short essay about the changes in the metagame that took place after each pokemon were introduced." would not be acceptable.
If the applicant passes with at least 65% right, they would be put on a list of registered voters. This list would last forever, once you register, you're set. Registrations will also be accepted during an ongoing project, to allow more voters in. If a person is not registered, but still votes, their votes will only count in an event of a tie, or not at all.
All in all, I feel that this will encourage more people to learn about the CaP project, and help them make more informed votes. This would be like becoming a citizen in a way, where before you can become naturalized, you need to pass a test.
Disclaimer:
This is an idea I recently came up with to help with the massive amounts of newly registered people coming and voting with little to no prior experience or knowledge of the past projects and the process as a whole.If you are not an experienced member of the CAP community, it is strongly recommended that you do not post in this thread.
This thread is intended to contain intelligent discussion and commentary by experienced members of the CAP project regarding CAP policy, process, and rules. As such, the content of this thread will be moderated more strictly than other threads on the forum. The posting rules for Policy Review threads are contained here: http://www.smogon.com/forums/showpos...86&postcount=2
What would happen is before the next CaP starts, everyone who wishes to vote at any time in the process would have to fill out a short questionnaire pertaining to past projects and the process itself. These would be sent in via PM to a designated person (or more), who would tally the right answers. This would almost totally eliminate c/p-ing the answers off of an "answer thread". The answers to the questions would be very general knowledge and easily found if they searched the forum for a couple minutes. Questions like: "Who was the first TL and what pokemon was created?" would be acceptable. Questions like: "In detail, write a short essay about the changes in the metagame that took place after each pokemon were introduced." would not be acceptable.
If the applicant passes with at least 65% right, they would be put on a list of registered voters. This list would last forever, once you register, you're set. Registrations will also be accepted during an ongoing project, to allow more voters in. If a person is not registered, but still votes, their votes will only count in an event of a tie, or not at all.
All in all, I feel that this will encourage more people to learn about the CaP project, and help them make more informed votes. This would be like becoming a citizen in a way, where before you can become naturalized, you need to pass a test.