On 9/11/06, Akash Mehta <draicone(a)gmail.com> wrote:
I don't think its appropriate to rewrite policy to
suit your intentions. It
defeats the purpose of having a policy in the first place. I respect the
user as an editor, but I totally disagree with the changes simply because
they aren't approved on policy - being on MoS without any prior community
approval isn't policy.
I have a unique solution. Add Brainstorming subpages to each official
policy and guideline, keep {{brainstorming}} on the top of those
subpages, on the original, make editors aware of the subpage. Let
significant changes and discussion move forward on the brainstorming
pages, providing a sandbox. Protect the main policy pages from editing
and only move changes over from brainstorming when they reach
consensus. This should satisfy both immediatism and eventualism camps
and discourage users who make an individual change to a policy to run
around like its accepted.
-jtp Electrawn