On 3/21/07, Jimmy Wales jwales@wikia.com wrote:
(b) What was not done that we should have done;
A process which has worked well in the past is a process of discussion to arrive at a specific proposal, followed by a broad public poll (or "vote"), followed by a certification of the result.
Broad is the keyword here. To really get everyone notified, a specific announcement should be made to this list, to Village pump/policy, and probably several other key on-wiki discussion pages (including User talk:Jimbo Wales). And probably on the IRC server too. Notifications during the discussion phase, and during the !voting phase.
(c) How do we gauge consensus as it relates to policy changes.
We do not have a simple clear definition of this.
Yeah. Newbies' opinions should somehow not be given equal weight.
it at all of course :) ). But I think it is important that for really major shifts of policy, we have a clear and defined endpoint.
Definition of "major shift of policy", anyone? :)
Steve, who admits to having been "baffled" but not "unhappy" by the change to WP:ATT. ymmv.