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[Thomas Dalton]

2009/2/23 Al Tally <majorly.wiki at googlemail.com>:
> On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 6:06 PM, Nathan <nawrich at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> The question of how such a discussion would be closed is what concerns me
>> the most - I can't see allowing a meta bureaucrat to close such a poll
>> (which is what we would do in en.wp), and since the Foundation would have
>> to
>> make the changes anyway... Would it be interpreted, then, by a developer?
>>
>> Nathan
>>
>
> Normally they are closed by Meta-wiki regulars, who all happen to be trusted
> to some extent on Meta and elsewhere. I'd probably give a discussion like
> this to a steward to close. Really though, any trusted person who hasn't
> voted can close it.

If there is a consensus, then it doesn't really need closing, the
result should be obvious to everyone and a developer just needs to be
informed. If there isn't a consensus to close the project, then
nothing needs to happen.