Matt Brown wrote:
On 5/31/06, Raphael Wegmann raphael@psi.co.at wrote:
Yes, it's a clearly laid out warning, but it's not a policy, instead it actually contradicts [[WP:NBD]], which states:
Later objections to a decision might represent a change in consensus that may need to be taken in account, regardless of whether that earlier decision was made by a poll or other method.
It doesn't contradict WP:NBD; in fact, it tells you exactly where to go if you feel consensus may have changed. It simply says: get your consensus first, change the page second.
The practice of blocking editors for unilaterally changing the cartoon display is a violation to [[WP:NBD]], which goes on saying:
WP:NBD In order to reach the best possible decisions, we hold it important to listen carefully to each other's arguments, and to try to find mutually acceptable solutions in conflicts. Polls are the exception and not the rule, and where they do exist they are *not binding*. </WP:NBD>
Blocking editors a minute after they removed the cartoons without any warning won't ever make that possible.