On Thursday 07 February 2008 22:47, Steve Bennett wrote:
Agreed. There is little consensus over how policy operates. Various viewpoints seem to include:
- Policy is whatever most people are doing. Policy pages simply describe
this.
This is correct.
- Policy is whatever most people think everyone should be doing.
Policy pages describe that. 3. Policy is prescriptive, and policy pages capture the current set of rules. They should only be changed through consensus.
These are incorrect.