[WikiEN-l] WP:V, WP:RS, WP:NOR and WP:ATT

[Steve Bennett]

On 3/21/07, Jimmy Wales <jwales at 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.