The Cunctator wrote:

I didn't say that was a good option. But let me ask you; why do you ignore the explicit policy?

The policy I follow is the "de facto" policy. These are mostly based on the policy on the pages, but if I see that it is common use to do something slightly different (and by common I mean it is done by other sysops), I'll accept it as "de facto" policy. I do occasionally check for changes on the policy pages, but when these seem to be made by individuals rather than by consensus or majority vote, I take the same liberty as the person that singlehandedly updated the policy and ignore it.

No. Direct editing should be the first choice; not the only choice. And you're confusing two different threads here; I was adding to Engels' list, not delineating my own conception.

OK, from your previous mails it appeared your opinion was that direct editing was (in your eyes) the only choice - but that's apparently not what you meant.

There is an equivalent to the NPOV, and that is consensus. Your belief that changing policy to your personal opinion would automatically mess things up is based on flawed reasoning.

How exactly do we reach consensus by just editing policy pages right away?