[Tagging] Clarify explicit abstention when voting on a proposal

[Martin Koppenhoefer]

Am Fr., 14. Feb. 2020 um 10:43 Uhr schrieb European Water Project <
europeanwaterproject at gmail.com>:

> Hi Martin,
>
> According to wikipedia
>
> "Abstentions do not *count* in tallying the *vote* negatively or
> positively; when members *abstain*, they are in effect attending only to
> contribute to a quorum. "
>
> Do you think abstention should be equivalent to a no vote for the final
> tally ?
>



While I admit at first I have found it strange in the past, that (explicit)
abstentions had the same effect on the counted result than voting no, I do
not think it is a real problem and the quoted text from Wikipedia, while
generally not relevant for OSM votes, does not contradict the way we are
counting. We do not "count" abstentions as no, and neither as "yes", so
while they will contribute to the quorum, they will not be counted as yes
or no.

Cheers
Martin
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