Moderation:Policy Discussion

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This wiki attempts to work on the same guidelines as most wikis - policy is made by the users, not by the gatekeepers. In light of this, here is the place for people to discuss hot-topics regarding what we should consider acceptable and unacceptable. The community should keep track of what's going on here, and work to ensure that any guidelines or policy statements are indicative of the general mood described here.

1 How to start a policy discussion
2 Policy Discussion
- 2.1 Under Discussion
- 2.2 Under Voting
3 Archived Policies

[edit] How to start a policy discussion

To start a policy discussion, you must follow the following steps:

Create a page for that policy.
This is meant so this page doesnt get lengthy and unreadable. Create this page as a subpage of the Policy Discussion page, like Moderation:Policy Discussion/Your Policy.
Write a draft about your policy.
This draft is not the final text for your policy, but rather the general idea of that for which you want to vote.
Link this page here.
In the Under Discussion header. Write a few words about what you want to discuss in this policy.
Discuss it on the talk page.
The policy's talk page. People will be able to elaborate on the written draft, and add their opinions concerning what should be changed so this draft can get approved by the community. Any policy should remain at least 3 days under discussion before it goes for voting. Any discussion which doesn't go to voting in 2 weeks will be archived.
Write the final text on your policy.
Write the final text for your policy based on what was discussed on the policy's talk page.
Start voting.
The policy must then be moved to the Under Voting header here. A Voting header should be added to the policy page. Only for and against votes are valid, and any discussion MUST go to that policy's talk page. To easily add all of the necessary voting information, just type {{subst:PolicyVoting}} at the bottom of your policy's page.
Voting closed!
Voting closes after it has remained 2 weeks under voting. Any policy must have 66% or more for votes to pass. Policies that get approved are then added to the Approved Policies header, and a notification is placed on the Community Announcements box on the main page.