Editing Schulze method (section)

== History ==
The Schulze method was developed by Markus Schulze in 1997. It was first discussed in public mailing lists in 1997–1998<ref>See:

* Markus Schulze, [http://lists.electorama.com/pipermail/election-methods-electorama.com/1997-October/001570.html Condorect sub-cycle rule], October 1997
* Mike Ossipoff, [http://lists.electorama.com/pipermail/election-methods-electorama.com/1998-July/099943.html Party List P.S.], July 1998
* Markus Schulze, [http://lists.electorama.com/pipermail/election-methods-electorama.com/1998-August/100045.html Tiebreakers, Subcycle Rules], August 1998
* Markus Schulze, [http://lists.electorama.com/pipermail/election-methods-electorama.com/1998-August/100131.html Maybe Schulze is decisive],  August 1998
* Norman Petry, [http://lists.electorama.com/pipermail/election-methods-electorama.com/1998-September/067383.html Schulze Method - Simpler Definition], September 1998
* Markus Schulze, [http://lists.electorama.com/pipermail/election-methods-electorama.com/1998-November/068099.html Schulze Method], November 1998</ref> and in 2000.<ref>See:

* Anthony Towns, [https://lists.debian.org/debian-vote/2000/11/msg00121.html Disambiguation of 4.1.5], November 2000
* Norman Petry, [https://lists.debian.org/debian-vote/2000/12/msg00045.html Constitutional voting, definition of cumulative preference], December 2000</ref> In 2011, Schulze published the method in the academic journal ''[[Social Choice and Welfare]]''.<ref name="schulze20113" />