Board Thread:Community Discussions/@comment-5643582-20150507054144/@comment-26388356-20150511015410

To copy what I said in the other forum:

Can someone explain why this would be beneficial? What makes a person's opinions more valuable because they have 75 edits? A better way to phrase that question: What makes people with less than 75 edits opinions less valuable? I just don't see why you'd restrict the opportunity for valuable insight and dialogue in votes to people who edit more than others. This prevents the opportunity of a new user coming in from somewhere else and providing their opinions, which in all honesty could be strongly beneficial in a vote. External and foreign opinions are always a plus, as they see things from a different point of view than the internal seasoned members of this community. While they might not always be the most familiar users, that doesn't make their votes or opinions any less valuable to the point where they shouldn't be allowed to be submitted. That's just my two cents  (but none of what I said will matter if this vote passes).

SoupOrFishOil is correct in their thinking: Why should "new" (or even users banned from chat for that matter) not have a say in the policies that affect them?