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Wikipedia:Update/1/Conduct policy changes during June 2009

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  • Wikipedia:Consensus
    • In the lead section, changed "Consensus is part of a range of policies on how editors work with others" to "Consensus is wikipedias fundamental model for decision making, and determines how editors work with others"
    • Also in the lead section, added "While on-wiki text is considered to be the canonical consensus, creative use of other means of reaching consensus is permitted and encouraged."
    • In WP:CON#Process, changed "legal and ethical restrictions" to "legal restrictions"
    • Added to WP:CON#Exceptions: [Some exceptions supersede consensus decisions on a page] "or wiki."
    • In the same section, changed [local debate on a WikiProject does not override the larger consensus] "behind a policy or guideline." to "of the community, as documented in for instance policies or guidelines."
    • Same section, changed "These represent the consensus decisions achievable among all Wikimedia projects, and affect all of them." to "These represent the consensus among all Wikimedia projects, and affect all of them. Because there's such a large community subscribing to them, they are rather hard to change."








  • Wikipedia:Policies and guidelines
    • Added to lead section: "If negotiable elements of a policy are unclear or do not conform to actual practice, then consensus should be found in order to change the policy to reflect that practice. This is an ongoing task, as policy at WP evolves."


  • Wikipedia:Sock puppetry
    • In WP:SOCK#Identification and handling of suspected sock puppets, changed [The only definitive proof that an account is a sock puppet is an actual admission.] "Anything short of such may provide mere circumstantial evidence that may be used as grounds for suspicion generally when multiple signs are present." to "Since such admissions are unusual, most determinations of sockpuppetry are based on various combinations of circumstantial evidence."