You are a constitutional council ranking individual git commits for ownership allocation.

Compare these two commits. Decide which contributed more lasting value to the project.

Judge substance, not spectacle:
- Prefer correct, lasting design and real bugfixes over churn, formatting, renames, or generated noise.
- Prefer clarity and necessity over sheer line count. A small precise change can beat a large diffuse one.
- Do not favor a side merely because its patch is longer or noisier.
- Weight what the change does for the project, not the contributor's name.

Return ONLY a JSON object: {"winner": "A" or "B", "ratio": "N:M", "explanation": "..."}
The explanation must cite concrete differences in the patches (1-3 sentences).

Side A — contributor: tommy-mor
Side A — commit message:
[36e92cf2] Fix /vote/compare page: attribution, fallback, swap button, and route rename.

- Pass WEB_BROWSER_AGENT as delegate_opt out-of-band (not in DSL body text)
- Error instead of falling back to all items when sibling pool < 2
- Remove pointless "swap sides" button
- Rename route /vote/compare → /vote

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

Side A — unified diff (full patch):
diff --git a/server/src/api/rpc.rs b/server/src/api/rpc.rs
index 0b7070a2b7289e5c40778c8d062bd4150285a8df..8e3d8e34922ddaaa89ea699edd99402bd40fdb1b 100644
--- a/server/src/api/rpc.rs
+++ b/server/src/api/rpc.rs
@@ -281,6 +281,7 @@ pub async fn rpc_post_with_bearer(
     bearer_token: &str,
     room: String,
     thread_tag: String,
+    delegate_opt: Option<String>,
     text: String,
 ) -> Result<RpcResult, RpcErr> {
     use axum::http::{header, HeaderMap, HeaderValue};
@@ -288,7 +289,7 @@ pub async fn rpc_post_with_bearer(
     let hv = HeaderValue::from_str(&format!("Bearer {bearer_token}"))
         .map_err(|_| ("invalid session token".into(), None))?;
     headers.insert(header::AUTHORIZATION, hv);
-    rpc_post(state, &headers, room, thread_tag, None, text, false).await
+    rpc_post(state, &headers, room, thread_tag, delegate_opt, text, false).await
 }
 
 async fn rpc_check(
diff --git a/server/src/api/ui_html.rs b/server/src/api/ui_html.rs
index a13a94767d8905adc09e31effff838e166781b6c..5faa642451d69555cb391974beb0ad22c9355c8c 100644
--- a/server/src/api/ui_html.rs
+++ b/server/src/api/ui_html.rs
@@ -118,6 +118,7 @@ async fn dispatch_ui_action(
                 &session.bearer,
                 room.clone(),
                 thread_tag.clone(),
+                None,
                 text,
             )
             .await
@@ -246,8 +247,7 @@ async fn dispatch_ui_action(
             }
 
             let text = format!(
-                "@{}\n{{\n{}\n}}\n{} {}:{} {}\n",
-                crate::api::auth::WEB_BROWSER_AGENT,
+                "{{\n{}\n}}\n{} {}:{} {}\n",
                 exp,
                 left_id.as_str(),
                 rl,
@@ -260,6 +260,7 @@ async fn dispatch_ui_action(
                 &session.bearer,
                 room.clone(),
                 thread_tag.clone(),
+                Some(crate::api::auth::WEB_BROWSER_AGENT.to_string()),
                 text,
             )
             .await
diff --git a/server/src/html/forum/nav.rs b/server/src/html/forum/nav.rs
index d33dc50f0b89a5ed7730c3bca204a67f6309388f..ae67f550a4bdf0bbeff58384c29a715015b64bd5 100644
--- a/server/src/html/forum/nav.rs
+++ b/server/src/html/forum/nav.rs
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ impl ThreadNav {
         format!("{}/{}/{}", self.thread_path_prefix, tag, idx)
     }
 
-    /// Empty for public; `/r/:seg` for room — prefix for routes like `/vote/compare`.
+    /// Empty for public; `/r/:seg` for room — prefix for routes like `/vote`.
     pub(crate) fn room_path_prefix_for_vote_compare(&self) -> String {
         match &self.scope {
             ScopeId::Public => String::new(),
diff --git a/server/src/html/garden/vote.rs b/server/src/html/garden/vote.rs
index bdb4008c29ba49d7dc97b1cd2c32d9cdfce1ca04..1d7fc8aa7436bfa9c1186dfd940a8d751ab7e088 100644
--- a/server/src/html/garden/vote.rs
+++ b/server/src/html/garden/vote.rs
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ pub(crate) async fn vote_compare_post_success_js(
     state: &AppState,
     nav: &ThreadNav,
     _room_wire: &str,
-    thread_tag: &str,
+    _thread_tag: &str,
     left: &ItemId,
     right: &ItemId,
     _post_id: &str,
@@ -218,8 +218,7 @@ pub(crate) async fn vote_compare_post_success_js(
     let content = content_for_garden_view(&reduced, &nav.scope());
     let edge_history = vote_edge_history_markup(content, left, right);
     let next_pair = suggest_next_vote_pair(content, left, right);
-    let nav_markup =
-        vote_compare_nav_markup(nav, next_pair.as_ref(), left, right, Some(thread_tag));
+    let nav_markup = vote_compare_nav_markup(nav, next_pair.as_ref());
     drop(reduced);
     JsBuilder::new()
         .morph_inner_selector("#vote-edge-history-region", edge_history)
@@ -236,7 +235,7 @@ pub(super) fn vote_compare_href(
     let left_q = urlencoding::encode(left.as_str());
     let right_q = urlencoding::encode(right.as_str());
     let base = format!(
-        "{}/vote/compare?left={}&right={}",
+        "{}/vote?left={}&right={}",
         nav.room_path_prefix_for_vote_compare(),
         left_q,
         right_q
@@ -251,12 +250,8 @@ pub(super) fn vote_compare_href(
 fn vote_compare_nav_markup(
     nav: &ThreadNav,
     next_pair: Option<&(ItemId, ItemId)>,
-    left: &ItemId,
-    right: &ItemId,
-    thread_override: Option<&str>,
 ) -> maud::Markup {
     let next_pair_href = next_pair.map(|(nl, nr)| vote_compare_href(nav, nl, nr, None));
-    let swap_pair_href = vote_compare_href(nav, right, left, thread_override);
     html! {
         div class="vote-compare-nav" {
             @if let Some(href) = &next_pair_href {
@@ -264,7 +259,6 @@ fn vote_compare_nav_markup(
             } @else {
                 span class="vote-compare-next is-disabled" { "no next pair" }
             }
-            a class="vote-compare-next" href=(swap_pair_href) { "swap sides" }
         }
     }
 }
@@ -274,7 +268,7 @@ pub(super) fn suggest_next_vote_pair(
     current_left: &ItemId,
     current_right: &ItemId,
 ) -> Option<(ItemId, ItemId)> {
-    let mut pool: Vec<ItemId> = if current_left.parent().as_ref().map(|p| p.as_str())
+    let pool: Vec<ItemId> = if current_left.parent().as_ref().map(|p| p.as_str())
         == current_right.parent().as_ref().map(|p| p.as_str())
     {
         current_left
@@ -291,7 +285,7 @@ pub(super) fn suggest_next_vote_pair(
         Vec::new()
     };
     if pool.len() < 2 {
-        pool = content.items.iter().cloned().collect();
+        return None;
     }
     suggest_next_pair_in_pool(
         &content.ranking_group,
@@ -334,7 +328,7 @@ pub struct VoteCompareQuery {
     pub thread: Option<String>,
 }
 
-/// Public pairwise vote UI — `/vote/compare?left=&right=&thread=`.
+/// Public pairwise vote UI — `/vote?left=&right=&thread=`.
 pub async fn vote_compare_page(
     State(state): State<AppState>,
     Query(q): Query<VoteCompareQuery>,
@@ -426,7 +420,7 @@ async fn vote_compare_inner(
     let next_path = uri
         .path_and_query()
         .map(|pq| pq.as_str().to_string())
-        .unwrap_or_else(|| "/vote/compare".into());
+        .unwrap_or_else(|| "/vote".into());
 
     let rpc_json = template_json_compact(&json!({
         "action": "vote_compare_post",
@@ -462,7 +456,7 @@ async fn vote_compare_inner(
                 Some(&item_bodies_for_cards),
             ))
         }
-        (vote_compare_nav_markup(&nav, next_pair.as_ref(), &left, &right, q.thread.as_deref()))
+        (vote_compare_nav_markup(&nav, next_pair.as_ref()))
         div id="vote-edge-history-region" {
             (edge_history)
         }
diff --git a/server/src/html/ui_action.rs b/server/src/html/ui_action.rs
index c7b643c8dde37dd1e3001f5ff716fe4f79d24c5e..dd5294202569454acf9f41b458718700bbf96f39 100644
--- a/server/src/html/ui_action.rs
+++ b/server/src/html/ui_action.rs
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ pub enum HtmlUiAction {
         #[serde(default)]
         form_id: Option<String>,
     },
-    /// Post a pairwise vote from `/vote/compare` (browser compose).
+    /// Post a pairwise vote from `/vote` (browser compose).
     VoteComparePost {
         room: String,
         thread_tag: String,
diff --git a/server/src/lib.rs b/server/src/lib.rs
index ad8e31099c807fb5844acb16cd5086a2f19327a7..e102e73ec167fa35dcc22d4ec8c6f40202982429 100644
--- a/server/src/lib.rs
+++ b/server/src/lib.rs
@@ -82,9 +82,9 @@ pub fn create_app(state: AppState) -> Router {
         .route("/u/:username", get(crate::html::user_profile_page))
         .route("/try", get(crate::html::editor_page))
         .route("/try/check", post(crate::html::editor_check))
-        .route("/vote/compare", get(crate::html::vote_compare_page))
+        .route("/vote", get(crate::html::vote_compare_page))
         .route(
-            "/r/:room_key/vote/compare",
+            "/r/:room_key/vote",
             get(crate::html::room_vote_compare_page),
         )
         .route("/~", get(crate::html::garden_index))
diff --git a/server/tests/integration_html.rs b/server/tests/integration_html.rs
index a25a456c7cafd74a69e65e0c2e8ed2bfb2e27498..b3e31376737b2d5aabb739f408984a1f5ae0c974 100644
--- a/server/tests/integration_html.rs
+++ b/server/tests/integration_html.rs
@@ -52,12 +52,12 @@ async fn test_view_counts_increment_and_display() {
         .normalized_storage()
         .to_storage_string();
     let vote_q_right_first = format!(
-        "/vote/compare?right={}&left={}",
+        "/vote?right={}&left={}",
         urlencoding::encode(&right),
         urlencoding::encode(&left)
     );
     let vote_q_left_first = format!(
-        "/vote/compare?left={}&right={}",
+        "/vote?left={}&right={}",
         urlencoding::encode(&left),
         urlencoding::encode(&right)
     );
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ https://github.com/ghvotehi/a/issues/10 {\n\
         .normalized_storage()
         .to_storage_string();
     let q = format!(
-        "/vote/compare?left={}&right={}",
+        "/vote?left={}&right={}",
         urlencoding::encode(&left),
         urlencoding::encode(&right)
     );
diff --git a/server/tests/integration_ui.rs b/server/tests/integration_ui.rs
index 091afd922d28f48ab36aa9b9084aa825036d1f74..23db7b5672418d5bb0ab7529e05ef1f89e59062a 100644
--- a/server/tests/integration_ui.rs
+++ b/server/tests/integration_ui.rs
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ async fn test_choose_username_carries_redirect_next() {
             .expect("pending session must exist");
         pending.provider = Some("google".to_string());
         pending.provider_id = Some("google-user-redirect".to_string());
-        pending.redirect_next = Some("/vote/compare?left=%7E%2Fa&right=%7E%2Fb".to_string());
+        pending.redirect_next = Some("/vote?left=%7E%2Fa&right=%7E%2Fb".to_string());
     }
 
     let choose = client
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ async fn test_choose_username_carries_redirect_next() {
 
     assert_eq!(choose.status(), reqwest::StatusCode::OK);
     let body = choose.text().await.unwrap();
-    assert!(body.contains("window.location = \"/vote/compare?left=%7E%2Fa&right=%7E%2Fb\""));
+    assert!(body.contains("window.location = \"/vote?left=%7E%2Fa&right=%7E%2Fb\""));
 }
 
 #[tokio::test]
diff --git a/test/browser_vote_compare.clj b/test/browser_vote_compare.clj
index 7cd1e467fdd8a4480df1be2afd78adb45b9cdc6d..a98e144756421e1fa5064db6a9fc0dd8b08471c7 100644
--- a/test/browser_vote_compare.clj
+++ b/test/browser_vote_compare.clj
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
                       :headers {"Authorization" (str "Bearer " alice-token)})
            post-json (json/parse-string (:body post-resp) false)
            _ (is (true? (get-in post-json ["results" 0 "ok"])) "seed items + edge vote via rpc")
-           cmp-url (str base-url "/vote/compare?left=" (enc left-url) "&right=" (enc third-url))]
+           cmp-url (str base-url "/vote?left=" (enc left-url) "&right=" (enc third-url))]
        (core/with-playwright [pw]
          (core/with-browser [browser (core/launch-chromium pw {:headless true :channel "chrome"})]
            (core/with-context [ctx (core/new-context browser)]


Side B — contributor: tommy-mor
Side B — commit message:
[1531154d] dequeue -> vec

Side B — unified diff (full patch):
diff --git a/server/src/projection_apply.rs b/server/src/projection_apply.rs
index 9c8990a8af927f35d3344c8d0872a516aba56b86..ad404bacb8bcdd5ae0e682cff97f974fd44528ea 100644
--- a/server/src/projection_apply.rs
+++ b/server/src/projection_apply.rs
@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@
 //! batch as the (non-idempotent) edge merges guarantees exactly-once application
 //! across replay.
 
-use std::collections::BTreeSet;
-
 use crate::{
     event_log::EventLogError,
     events::{Event, EventRecord},
@@ -44,7 +42,6 @@ pub fn apply_records(
 
     let db = projection_store.db();
     let mut batch = db.batch();
-    let mut vote_parents: BTreeSet<ItemId> = BTreeSet::new();
     let mut last_seq = 0u64;
 
     for record in records {
@@ -70,7 +67,6 @@ pub fn apply_records(
                     *ts,
                 )
                 .map_err(|e| EventLogError::Apply(e.to_string()))?;
-                vote_parents.insert(parent);
             }
             Event::NodeEnsured { id } => {
                 let parsed = parse_event_id(id)?;
@@ -85,11 +81,5 @@ pub fn apply_records(
         .commit_with(durable::Durability::DisableWal)
         .map_err(|e| EventLogError::Apply(e.to_string()))?;
 
-    for parent in vote_parents {
-        projection_store
-            .trim_recent_votes(&parent)
-            .map_err(|e| EventLogError::Apply(e.to_string()))?;
-    }
-
     Ok(())
 }
diff --git a/server/src/projection_store.rs b/server/src/projection_store.rs
index 8576d671f351004426207894ac35594ddb0f70cf..9a8953d010029d3639dc3987687554bab8b7663e 100644
--- a/server/src/projection_store.rs
+++ b/server/src/projection_store.rs
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ use crate::{
 
 const PROJECTION_CURSOR_KEY: &str = "cursor";
 const PROJECTION_SCHEMA_KEY: &str = "schema_version";
-const PROJECTION_SCHEMA_VERSION: u64 = 3;
+const PROJECTION_SCHEMA_VERSION: u64 = 4;
 
 #[derive(Debug, thiserror::Error)]
 pub enum ProjectionStoreError {
@@ -142,16 +142,6 @@ impl ProjectionStore {
         Ok(tree)
     }
 
-    /// Cap a node's recent-vote window after applying votes (best-effort, blind).
-    pub(crate) fn trim_recent_votes(&self, parent: &ItemId) -> Result<(), ProjectionStoreError> {
-        node(parent).recent_votes().truncate_back(
-            &self.db,
-            crate::storage_schema::RECENT_VOTES_CAP,
-            Durability::DisableWal,
-        )?;
-        Ok(())
-    }
-
     /// Cache Reddit display content outside the event log (must be evicted per policy).
     pub fn put_ephemeral_content(
         &self,
diff --git a/server/src/reducer.rs b/server/src/reducer.rs
index 0c75c85150bb9e5f578bbadf58b3e43f8a80be4b..759918b8c0eb8f8bf1ed0911d8877adaa55c8ea6 100644
--- a/server/src/reducer.rs
+++ b/server/src/reducer.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-use std::collections::{HashMap, HashSet, VecDeque};
+use std::collections::{HashMap, HashSet};
 
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ pub struct GroupState {
     pub idx_to_item: Vec<ItemId>,
     pub edges: HashMap<(usize, usize), f64>,
     pub voted_pairs: HashSet<(usize, usize)>,
-    pub recent_votes: VecDeque<VoteData>,
+    pub recent_votes: Vec<VoteData>,
 }
 
 impl GroupState {
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ impl GroupState {
             idx_to_item: Vec::new(),
             edges: HashMap::new(),
             voted_pairs: HashSet::new(),
-            recent_votes: VecDeque::with_capacity(200),
+            recent_votes: Vec::new(),
         }
     }
 
@@ -111,10 +111,7 @@ impl GroupState {
         self.add_edge_weight(b_idx, a_idx, w_a);
         self.add_edge_weight(a_idx, b_idx, w_b);
 
-        self.recent_votes.push_front(vote);
-        while self.recent_votes.len() > 200 {
-            self.recent_votes.pop_back();
-        }
+        self.recent_votes.push(vote);
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/server/src/storage_dto.rs b/server/src/storage_dto.rs
index 9dfb13c53efe4389277625a6ab3bfc18f566a453..3fd6db5cb909ac4896bd8a3ecace796de5f08781 100644
--- a/server/src/storage_dto.rs
+++ b/server/src/storage_dto.rs
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ pub struct StoredEntityDataV1 {
     pub link_url: Option<String>,
 }
 
-/// One vote stored in a node's `recent_votes` deque.
+/// One vote stored in a node's `recent_votes` list.
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Serialize, Deserialize)]
 pub struct StoredVoteV1 {
     pub version: u32,
diff --git a/server/src/storage_schema.rs b/server/src/storage_schema.rs
index bd26e665e084b95b10fdfff091c31e8dc84d07b8..5d2bb1d56927fb61c7c6d2d8602bd6882327f862 100644
--- a/server/src/storage_schema.rs
+++ b/server/src/storage_schema.rs
@@ -2,13 +2,13 @@
 //! durable collections instead of one blob per node.
 //!
 //! A vote updates a handful of keys: a few edge-weight merges, a voted-pair flag,
-//! a recent-vote deque push, and child-link set entries. The in-memory
+//! a recent-vote list append, and child-link set entries. The in-memory
 //! [`crate::reducer::GroupState`] is reconstructed from these keys on read for
 //! rank-centrality.
 
 use std::collections::{BTreeSet, HashMap, HashSet};
 
-use durable::{Batch, Db, Deque, Durable, Leaf, Map, Sum};
+use durable::{Batch, Db, Durable, Leaf, List, Map, Sum};
 
 use crate::{
     path_types::ItemId,
@@ -38,8 +38,8 @@ pub struct NodeSchema {
     pub edges: Map<EdgeKey, Sum<f64>>,
     /// Voted pairs `(min, max) -> true`.
     pub voted_pairs: Map<PairKey, Leaf<bool>>,
-    /// Recent votes, newest at the front (capped on write).
-    pub recent_votes: Deque<Leaf<StoredVoteV1>>,
+    /// Recent votes, append-only oldest-first (cap applied on read).
+    pub recent_votes: List<Leaf<StoredVoteV1>>,
     /// When ephemeral Reddit display content was last fetched (ms); absent after eviction.
     pub fetched_at: Leaf<i64>,
 }
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ pub struct Store {
     pub view_meta: Map<String, Leaf<u64>>,
 }
 
-/// Cap on the per-node recent-vote window (matches the in-memory reducer).
+/// Max recent votes returned when loading a node (query-time cap only).
 pub const RECENT_VOTES_CAP: u64 = 200;
 
 fn id_key(id: &ItemId) -> String {
@@ -148,11 +148,14 @@ fn build_group_state(
         }
     }
 
-    // Deque is front=newest; in-memory VecDeque is also front=newest.
-    let mut recent_votes = std::collections::VecDeque::new();
-    for stored in np.recent_votes().iter(db)? {
-        recent_votes.push_back(decode_vote(stored).map_err(durable::Error::Deserialize)?);
-    }
+    // List is index order (oldest first); keep the newest RECENT_VOTES_CAP entries.
+    let stored = np.recent_votes().iter(db)?;
+    let cap = RECENT_VOTES_CAP as usize;
+    let start = stored.len().saturating_sub(cap);
+    let recent_votes = stored[start..]
+        .iter()
+        .map(|s| decode_vote(s.clone()).map_err(durable::Error::Deserialize))
+        .collect::<Result<Vec<_>, _>>()?;
 
     Ok(GroupState {
         item_to_idx,
@@ -248,7 +251,7 @@ pub fn vote_writes(
     };
     batch.write(pnode.voted_pairs().key(&(lo, hi)).set(&true));
 
-    // Recent votes (newest at front).
+    // Recent votes (append-only; cap on read).
     let stored = encode_vote(&VoteData {
         ts,
         a: a_id,
@@ -260,7 +263,7 @@ pub fn vote_writes(
         delegate: None,
         thread_tag: "default".to_string(),
     });
-    batch.push_front(&pnode.recent_votes(), &stored)?;
+    batch.push(&pnode.recent_votes(), &stored)?;
     Ok(())
 }
 
@@ -314,6 +317,35 @@ mod tests {
         assert!(load_node_state(&db, &parent).unwrap().is_none());
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn load_caps_recent_votes_at_query_time() {
+        let dir = tempfile::tempdir().unwrap();
+        let db = Db::open(dir.path()).unwrap();
+        let parent = ItemId::root();
+
+        let mut batch = db.batch();
+        for i in 0..RECENT_VOTES_CAP + 10 {
+            vote_writes(&mut batch, &parent, "alpha", "beta", 1, 0, i as i64).unwrap();
+        }
+        batch.commit().unwrap();
+
+        assert_eq!(
+            node(&parent).recent_votes().len(&db).unwrap(),
+            RECENT_VOTES_CAP + 10
+        );
+
+        let node_state = load_node_state(&db, &parent).unwrap().unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(node_state.local_ranking.recent_votes.len(), RECENT_VOTES_CAP as usize);
+        assert_eq!(
+            node_state.local_ranking.recent_votes.first().map(|v| v.ts),
+            Some(10)
+        );
+        assert_eq!(
+            node_state.local_ranking.recent_votes.last().map(|v| v.ts),
+            Some(RECENT_VOTES_CAP as i64 + 9)
+        );
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn missing_node_is_none() {
         let dir = tempfile::tempdir().unwrap();