Thread:ComradeJ/@comment-2052424-20140511135527/@comment-2052424-20140512194847

ComradeJ wrote: By my definition of "serious issue," it means that there's a problem going on. By your definition of "serious issue," it means emergency situations, if I interpret it correctly.

In that case, that's why you extend the deadline.

No, Comrade, it's not. Your idea of a serious issue seems to be any problem on any scale. Two people missed the deadline. That is not a serious issue. A Wikia system error is a serious problem. It's the point of a deadline to limit votes to a certain period, to when they would be relevant. If we're just going to allow any votes from any time then deadlines would be useless.

You don't extend the deadline just because you missed a few votes you could have had, you extend it if something affects everybody's, or the majority of user's, abilities to vote. Not tardiness, not a missed flight, but a large and serious problem. Not a personal problem that only affects one person, but a large scale problem that affects a big number of potential voters.

You set the deadline, Comrade, stop complaining because came to pass.