In the future, such a process should be made more
formalized I think (as
we get bigger and bigger, it is harder and harder to just chat with
everyone and then make it so), and quite likely the ArbCom (who, after
all, ultimately make decisions about what "counts" as policy through
their enforcement of it) should be the ones certifying.
So you're suggesting that ArbCom have a role in policy making similar
to the role Bureaucrats have in RfAs? They come along after all the
discussion and determine if a consensus exists? I like that idea, it's
very easy to implement and would solve quite a lot of the confusion
that almost always surrounds changes in policy.
Now, the question is, how do we decide about changing the policy about
changing policy? This might be a good example of a time when it's best
for a GodKing to step in...