The Cunctator wrote:
How can one edit a policy page without changing the policy? (Barring pages like Votes for deletion that is a combination of policy-non-policy).
Well, I think what he meant is that _merely_ editing a policy page doesn't change people's actual views and behaviors. Only communication and consensus can do that.
A vandal right now could edit a policy page to say "Alwayz spel wr0ng." That wouldn't make it policy.
Similarly, editing the policy page to say "wait a week before deleting" doesn't _automatically_ make it real-world policy... only a shared consensus makes it policy.
--Jimbo