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dia s inception others developed as solutions to common problems and disruptive editing policy and guideline pages are seldom established without precedent 3 and always require strong community support policies and guidelines may be established through new proposals promotion of existing essays or guidelines and reorganization of existing policies and guidelines through splitting and merging essays and information pages may be established by writing them and adding essay information page wikipedia how to or a similar template to the page current policy and guideline proposals can be found in category wikipedia proposals and failed proposals can be found in category wikipedia failed proposals all editors are welcome to comment on these proposals proposals shortcut wp proposal further information wikipedia how to contribute to wikipedia guidance wp proposal redirects here for propose for deletion page see wikipedia proposed deletion and wikipedia deletion requests see also wikipedia polling is not a substitute for discussion policy and guidelines and wikipedia what wikipedia is not wikipedia is not a bureaucracy proposals for new guidelines and policies require discussion and a high level of consensus from the entire community for promotion to guideline or policy adding the policy template to a page without the required consensus does not mean the page is policy even if the page summarizes or copies policy most commonly a new policy or guideline documents existing practices rather than proposing a change to what experienced editors already choose to do good practice for proposals one path for proposals is developing them through steps of brainstorming draft proposal proposal policy or guideline the first step is to write the best initial proposal you can authors can request early stage feedback at wikipedia s village pump for idea incubation and from any relevant wikiprojects amendments to a proposal can be discussed on its talk page it is crucial to improve a proposal in response to feedback received from outside editors consensus is built through a process of listening to and discussing the proposal with many other editors once you think the initial proposal is well written and the issues involved have been sufficiently discussed among early participants to create a proposal that has a solid chance of success with the broader community start a request for comment rfc about your policy or guideline proposal in a new section at wp village pump policy vppol or on the proposal s talk page and advertised with a notice at vppol include the rfc policy tag along with a brief time stamped explanation of the proposal then if you want you can provide a detailed explanation of what the page does and why you think it should be a policy or guideline the proposal template should be placed at the top of the proposed page this tag will get the proposal properly categorized the rfc should typically be announced at the policy and or proposals village pumps and you should notify other potentially interested groups if your proposal affects a specific content area then related wikiprojects can be found at the wikiproject directory if your proposal relates to an existing policy or guideline then leave a note on the talk page of the related policy or guideline for example proposed style guidelines should be announced at wikipedia talk manual of style which is the main guideline for style issues try to identify the subcategory of guideline or policy see subcat guideline template proposals involving contentious subjects or wide ranging effects should normally be listed on wikipedia centralized discussion for the duration of the rfc rarely a particularly important proposal may be advertised via a watchlist notice sitenotices which are displayed to all readers not just to active editors are not used for proposals rfcs for policy and guideline proposals are normally left open for at least a week or sometimes a couple months to avoid later complaints about insufficient notice it may be helpful to provide a complete list of the groups or pages you used to advertise the proposal on the talk page be careful not to canvass and avoid non neutral wording editors should respond to proposals in a way that helps identify and build consensus explain your thoughts ask questions and raise concerns many editors begin their responses with bold font vote of support or opposition to make evaluation easier closing a discussion requires careful evaluation of the responses to determine the consensus this does not require the intervention of an administrator it may be done by any sufficiently experienced impartial editor not involved in the discussion who is familiar with all policies and guidelines related to the proposal the following points are important in evaluating consensus consensus for guidelines and policies should be reasonably strong though unanimity is not required there must be exposure to the community beyond just the authors of the proposal consider the strength of the proposed page have major concerns raised during the community discussion been addressed does the proposal contradict any existing guidelines or policies can the new proposed guideline or policy be merged into an existing one is the proposed guideline or policy or some part of it redundant with an existing guideline or policy a proposal s status is not determined by counting votes polling is not a substitute for discussion nor is a poll s numerical outcome tantamount to consensus if consensus for broad community support has not developed after a reasonable time the proposal has failed if consensus is neutral or unclear on the issue and unlikely to improve the proposal has likewise failed discussion may be closed as one of promote no consensus or failed please leave a short note about the conclusion you came to update the proposal to reflect the consensus remove the proposal template and replace it with another appropriate template such as subcat guideline policy supplement essay or failed proposal see wikipedia namespace templates for a listing of banners if a proposal fails the failed tag should not usually be removed it is typically more productive to rewrite a failed proposal from scratch to address problems or seek consensus to integrate uncontroversial aspects of it into existing pages than to re nominate a proposal demotion shortcut wp historical see also wikipedia project namespace deletion of project pages and wikipedia project namespace historical pages an accepted policy or guideline may become obsolete because of changes in editorial practice or community standards may become redundant because of improvements to other pages or may represent unwarranted instruction creep in such situations editors may propose that a policy be demoted to a guideline or that a policy or guideline be demoted to a supplement informational page essay or historical page in certain cases a policy or guideline may be superseded in which case the old page is marked and retained for historical interest the process for demotion is similar to promotion a talk page discussion is typically started the under discussion status discussion title template is added to the top of the project page and community input is solicited after a reasonable amount of time for comments an independent editor should close the discussion and evaluate the discussion and determine whether a consensus has formed to change the status the disputed tag template is typically used instead of under discussion for claims that a page was recently assigned guideline or policy status without proper or sufficient consensus being established essays information pages and other informal pages that are supported by only a small minority of the community are typically moved to the primary author s userspace these discussions typically happen on the page s talk page sometimes with an rfc but they have at times also been conducted at miscellany for deletion despite the mfd guidelines explicitly discouraging this practice other pages are retained for historical reference and are marked as such content changes shortcut wp pgchange see also wikipedia policy writing is hard policies and guidelines can be edited like any other wikipedia page it is not strictly necessary to discuss changes or to obtain written documentation of a consensus in advance however because policies and guidelines are sensitive and complex users should take care over any edits to be sure they are faithfully reflecting the community s view and to be sure they are not accidentally introducing new sources of error or confusion keep in mind that the purpose of policies and guidelines is to state what most wikipedians agree upon and should be phrased to reflect the present consensus on a subject editing a policy guideline essay page does not in itself imply an immediate change to accepted practice it is naturally bad practice to recommend a rejected practice on a policy or guideline page as explained below you may update best practices by editing boldly or by working toward widespread consensus for your change through discussion substantive changes further information wikipedia be bold wikipedia namespace implement before making substantive changes to policy and guideline pages it is sometimes useful to try to establish a reasonable exception to the existing practice to try to update the existing best practices this way you may directly deviate from the established practice following the wp ignore and wp bold principles and make the change to mainspace pages after some time if there s no objections to the change and or if a widespread consensus for your change or implementation is reached through discussion you can then edit policy and guideline pages describing the practice to reflect the new situation shortcut wp talkfirst talk first talk page discussion typically precedes substantive changes to policy changes may be made if there are no objections or if discussion shows there is consensus for the change minor edits to improve formatting grammar and clarity may be made at any time if the result of discussions is unclear then it should be evaluated by an administrator or other independent editor as in the proposal process major changes should also be publicized to the community in general announcements similar to the proposal process may be appropriate if wider input on a proposed change is desired it may be useful to mark the section with the tag under discussion section talk discussion title if the proposal relates to a single statement use under discussion inline discussion title immediately after it shortcut wp pgbold or be bold although most editors find prior discussion especially at well developed pages very helpful directly editing these pages is permitted by wikipedia s policies consequently you should not remove any change solely on the grounds that there was no formal discussion indicating consensus for the change before it was made instead you should give a substantive reason for challenging it either in your edit summary or on the talk page bold editors of policy and guideline pages are strongly encouraged to follow wp 1rr or wp 0rr standards editing a policy to support your own argument in an active discussion may be seen as gaming the system especially if you do not disclose your involvement in the argument when making the edits conflicts between advice pages shortcut wp polcon see also wikipedia content forking internal policy forks if policy and or guideline pages directly conflict one or more pages need to be revised to resolve the conflict so all the conflicting pages accurately reflect the community s actual practices and best advice as a temporary measure during that resolution process if a guideline appears to conflict with a policy editors may assume the policy takes precedence more commonly advice pages do not directly conflict but provide multiple options for example wikipedia reliable sources says newspaper articles are generally considered to be reliable sources and wikipedia identifying reliable sources medicine recommends against newspaper articles for certain technical purposes editors must use their best judgement to decide which advice is most appropriate and relevant to the specific situation at hand naming the page names of policies and guidelines usually do not include the words policy or guideline unless required to distinguish the page from another see also criticism of wikipedia excessive rule making wikipedia list of policies and guidelines wikipedia requests for comment wikipedia policies and guidelines a listing of policy and guideline proposals advertised through wikipedia requests for comment wikipedia centralized discussion a centralized list of ongoing policy discussions wikipedia perennial proposals proposals that come up very often wikipedia product process policy the place of policies in wikipedia help introduction to policies and guidelines major policies and guidelines for very new users wikipedia principles an index of essays about the community s principles and values wikipedia simplified ruleset an explanatory supplement of key policies and guidelines wikipedia wikimedia proposals links to proposals at the wiki for wikimedia notes many historical essays can still be found within meta s essay category the wikimedia foundation s meta wiki was envisioned as the original place for editors to comment on and discuss wikipedia although the wikipedia project space has since taken over most of that role there is no prohibition against including appropriate external references to support and explain our policies or guidelines but such sources are not authoritative with respect to wikipedia and should be used only to reinforce consensus office declarations may establish unprecedented policies to avoid copyright legal or technical problems though such declarations are rare further reading mission statement the wikimedia foundation wikimedia values the six values of the wikimedia foundation wikimedia founding principles principles generally supported by all the wikimedia communities v t e wikipedia key policies and guidelines five pillars ignore all rules content p verifiability no original research neutral point of view what wikipedia is not biographies of living persons copyright copyright violations image use article titles g notability autobiography citing sources reliable sources medicine do not include copies of lengthy primary sources plagiarism don t create hoaxes fringe theories patent nonsense external links conduct p civility consensus harassment vandalism ignore all rules no personal attacks ownership of content edit warring dispute resolution sockpuppetry no legal threats child protection paid contribution disclosure g assume good faith conflict of interest disruptive editing do not disrupt wikipedia to illustrate a point etiquette gaming the system please do not bite the newcomers 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