User:SebastianHelm/Sheep vote
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Sheep vote is a vote on Wikipedia which seems to be cast just to go along with the flow. E.g., on RfA, this can typically be a vote such as "Support because x, y, and z are supporting."
Speculated reasons for sheep voting include:
- Agreeing with the previous voters' reasoning.
- Because everyone else has.
- Being nice.
- Making friends.
- Fear of retribution.
- Being a sock puppet.
- Just only trying to help someone break a voting record.
Sheep voting may also be tangentially related to or mistaken for editcountitis.
[edit] Wolf vote
The opposite of sheep vote is wolf vote. These votes are much rarer.
Speculated reasons for wolf voting include:
- Eating sheep (neutralizing their votes).
- Grumpiness.
- A desire for fame (also known as Herostratus vote).
- Eccentricity.
- The genuine belief that a candidate supported by support voter(s) X cannot possibly be worthy (Guilt by association)
[edit] Wikipedia policy
There is no policy preventing sheep or wolf voting, except by sockpuppets, although it is discouraged.
