Editing LambdaMOO (section)

==Politics==
While most MOOs are run by administrative fiat, in summer of 1993 ''LambdaMOO'' implemented a petition/ballot mechanism, allowing the community to propose and vote on new policies and other administrative actions. A petition may be created by anyone eligible to participate in politics (those who have maintained accounts at the MOO for at least 30 days), can be signed by other players, and may then be submitted for administrative 'vetting'. Once vetted, the petition has a limited time to collect enough signatures to become valid and be made into a ballot. Ballots are subsequently voted on; those with a 66% approval rating are passed and will be implemented.  This system suffered quite a lot of evolution and eventually passed into a state where [[Wizard (MUD)|wizards]] took back the power they'd passed into the hands of the people, but still maintain the ballot system as a way for the community to express its opinions.<ref>{{cite book
 | last = Bartle | first = Richard | author-link = Richard Bartle
 | title = [[Designing Virtual Worlds]]
 | publisher = New Riders
 | year = 2003
 | isbn = 0-13-101816-7
 | pages = 60
 | quote = The original designers only create the core of the world and the means by which it can be extended; thereafter, they hand it over to the players to do with as they wish (although there's a problem if what the players wish for is that the designers will take back control, as they famously did with ''LambdaMOO''). 
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