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Any edit to it should reflect <strong class="selflink">consensus</strong>. Consider discussing potential changes on the <a href="/web/20090422204145/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Consensus" title="Wikipedia talk:Consensus">talk page</a> first.</td> <td class="mbox-imageright"> <table class="shortcutbox noprint" style="float: right; border: 1px solid #aaa; background: #fff; margin: 0; padding: 1px; text-align: center; line-height: 1.1em"> <tr> <th style="border: none; background: transparent;"><span id="WP:CON"></span><span id="WP:CONS"></span><small><a href="/web/20090422204145/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcuts</a>:<br/> <a href="/web/20090422204145/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:CON" title="Wikipedia:CON" class="mw-redirect">WP:CON</a><br/> <a href="/web/20090422204145/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:CONS" title="Wikipedia:CONS" class="mw-redirect">WP:CONS</a></small></th> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> <table class="plainlinks ombox ombox-notice" style=""> <tr> <td class="mbox-image"><a href="/web/20090422204145/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Nutshell.png" class="image" title="Nutshell.png"><img alt="" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20090422204145im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/ce/Nutshell.png" width="30" height="30" border="0"/></a></td> <td class="mbox-text" style=""><b>This page in a nutshell:</b> <ul> <li>Consensus is about how editors work with others.</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Consensus is Wikipedia's fundamental model for editorial decision-making.</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Policies and guidelines document communal consensus rather than creating it.</li> </ul> </td> </tr> </table> <div class="dablink">"WP:CON" redirects here; you may be looking for <a href="/web/20090422204145/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Conflict_of_interest" title="Wikipedia:Conflict of interest">Wikipedia:Conflict of interest</a> or <a href="/web/20090422204145/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Edit_conflict" title="Help:Edit conflict">Help:Edit conflict</a>.</div> <table style="padding:0.3em; float:right; margin-left:15px; margin-bottom:8px; border:1px solid #A3B1BF; background:#f5faff; text-align:center; font-size:95%; line-height:1.5em;width:200px;clear:right; ;"> <tr> <th style="background:#cee0f2; padding:0.3em; font-size:1.1em;"><a href="/web/20090422204145/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Policies_and_guidelines" title="Wikipedia:Policies and guidelines">Wikipedia policy</a></th> </tr> <tr> <th style="padding:0.1em; font-size:0.9em; background-color:#cee0f2;">Global principles</th> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/web/20090422204145/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:What_Wikipedia_is_not" title="Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not">What Wikipedia is not</a><br/> <a href="/web/20090422204145/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Ignore_all_rules" title="Wikipedia:Ignore all rules">Ignore all rules</a></td> </tr> <tr> <th style="padding:0.1em; font-size:0.9em; background-color:#cee0f2;">Content standards</th> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/web/20090422204145/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Neutral_point_of_view" title="Wikipedia:Neutral point of view">Neutral point of view</a><br/> <a href="/web/20090422204145/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">Verifiability</a><br/> <a href="/web/20090422204145/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:No_original_research" title="Wikipedia:No original research">No original research</a><br/> <a href="/web/20090422204145/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Biographies_of_living_persons" title="Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons">Biographies of living persons</a><br/> <a href="/web/20090422204145/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions" title="Wikipedia:Naming conventions">Naming conventions</a></td> </tr> <tr> <th style="padding:0.1em; font-size:0.9em; background-color:#cee0f2;">Working with others</th> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/web/20090422204145/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Civility" title="Wikipedia:Civility">Civility</a><br/> <a href="/web/20090422204145/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:No_personal_attacks" title="Wikipedia:No personal attacks">No personal attacks</a><br/> <a href="/web/20090422204145/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Harassment" title="Wikipedia:Harassment">Harassment</a><br/> <a href="/web/20090422204145/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:No_legal_threats" title="Wikipedia:No legal threats">No legal threats</a><br/> <strong class="selflink">Consensus</strong><br/> <a href="/web/20090422204145/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Dispute_resolution" title="Wikipedia:Dispute resolution">Dispute resolution</a></td> </tr> <tr> <th style="padding:0.1em; font-size:0.9em; background-color:#cee0f2;">More</th> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/web/20090422204145/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:List_of_policies" title="Wikipedia:List of policies">Full list of policies</a><br/> <a href="/web/20090422204145/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:List_of_guidelines" title="Wikipedia:List of guidelines">List of guidelines</a></td> </tr> </table> <p><b>Consensus</b> is part of a range of policies on how editors work with others, and part of the <a href="/web/20090422204145/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Five_pillars" title="Wikipedia:Five pillars">Fourth pillar</a> of Wikipedia code of conduct. Editors typically reach a <a href="/web/20090422204145/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consensus" title="Consensus">consensus</a> as a natural and inherent product of wiki-editing; generally someone makes a change or addition to a page, and then everyone who reads the page has an opportunity to leave the page as it is or change it. When two or more editors cannot reach a reasonable agreement by immediate editing, then consensus is sought in the article <a href="/web/20090422204145/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk_page" title="Talk page" class="mw-redirect">talk pages</a>.</p> <table id="toc" class="toc" summary="Contents"> <tr> <td> <div id="toctitle"> <h2>Contents</h2> </div> <ul> <li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#What_consensus_is"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">What consensus is</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2"><a href="#Purpose"><span class="tocnumber">1.1</span> <span class="toctext">Purpose</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2"><a href="#Process"><span class="tocnumber">1.2</span> <span class="toctext">Process</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2"><a href="#Level_of_consensus"><span class="tocnumber">1.3</span> <span class="toctext">Level of consensus</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2"><a href="#Consensus_can_change"><span class="tocnumber">1.4</span> <span class="toctext">Consensus can change</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2"><a href="#Exceptions"><span class="tocnumber">1.5</span> <span class="toctext">Exceptions</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#Consensus-building"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">Consensus-building</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2"><a href="#Consensus_as_a_result_of_the_editing_process"><span class="tocnumber">2.1</span> <span class="toctext">Consensus as a result of the editing process</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2"><a href="#Consensus_building_in_talk_pages"><span class="tocnumber">2.2</span> <span class="toctext">Consensus building in talk pages</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2"><a href="#Community_discussions"><span class="tocnumber">2.3</span> <span class="toctext">Community discussions</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2"><a href="#Consensus_is_not_in_numbers"><span class="tocnumber">2.4</span> <span class="toctext">Consensus is not in numbers</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#See_also"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">See also</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#Related_information"><span class="tocnumber">4</span> <span class="toctext">Related information</span></a></li> </ul> </td> </tr> </table> <script type="text/javascript"> //<![CDATA[ if (window.showTocToggle) { var tocShowText = "show"; var tocHideText = "hide"; showTocToggle(); } //]]> </script> <p><a name="What_consensus_is" id="What_consensus_is"></a></p> <h2><span class="editsection">[<a href="/web/20090422204145/http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Consensus&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: What consensus is">edit</a>]</span> <span class="mw-headline">What consensus is</span></h2> <p><a name="Purpose" id="Purpose"></a></p> <h3><span class="editsection">[<a href="/web/20090422204145/http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Consensus&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Purpose">edit</a>]</span> <span class="mw-headline">Purpose</span></h3> <p>Articles on Wikipedia are created collaboratively by editors who have different perspectives, access to different sources, and different writing and reasoning styles. To achieve a <a href="/web/20090422204145/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:NPOV" title="Wikipedia:NPOV" class="mw-redirect">neutral point of view</a> under such conditions, editors must be willing to take discussions about article content seriously, listening to and evaluating a variety of viewpoints and concerns with due deliberation. On Wikipedia (and other WikiMedia foundation projects) this is the purpose of consensus.</p> <p>Some content issues – such as copyright violations and certain issues relating to the <a href="/web/20090422204145/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:BLP" title="Wikipedia:BLP" class="mw-redirect">biographies of living persons</a> – are not normally subject to debate or consensus, primarily because of the risk of lawsuit inherent in them. Beyond that, however, consensus is the rule on Wikipedia. Even policies and guidelines should be thought of as statements that have broad consensus in the community; it is certainly possible to question them, but any such questioning should be a matter of discussion aimed at amending or changing that consensus.</p> <p><a name="Process" id="Process"></a></p> <h3><span class="editsection">[<a href="/web/20090422204145/http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Consensus&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Process">edit</a>]</span> <span class="mw-headline">Process</span></h3> <p>Consensus discussions should always be attempts to <i>convince others</i>, using <i>reasons</i>. When a discussion breaks down to a mere polarized shouting match, there is no possibility of consensus, and the quality of the article will suffer. That said, consensus is not simple agreement; a handful of editors agreeing on something does not constitute a consensus, except in the thinnest sense. Consensus is a broader process where specific points of article content are considered in terms of the article as a whole, and in terms of the article's place in the encyclopedia, in the hopes that editors will negotiate a reasonable balance between competing views, as well as with the practical necessities of writing an encyclopedia and legal and ethical restrictions.</p> <p><a name="Level_of_consensus" id="Level_of_consensus"></a></p> <h3><span class="editsection">[<a href="/web/20090422204145/http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Consensus&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Level of consensus">edit</a>]</span> <span class="mw-headline">Level of consensus</span></h3> <p>Consensus among a limited group of editors, at one place and time, cannot override community consensus on a wider scale. In the case of <a href="/web/20090422204145/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Policies_and_guidelines" title="Wikipedia:Policies and guidelines">policies and guidelines</a>, Wikipedia expects a higher standard of participation and consensus than on other pages. In either case, <a href="/web/20090422204145/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Silence_and_consensus" title="Wikipedia:Silence and consensus">silence can imply consent</a> if – and only if – there is adequate exposure to the community.</p> <p><a name="Consensus_can_change" id="Consensus_can_change"></a></p> <h3><span class="editsection">[<a href="/web/20090422204145/http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Consensus&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Consensus can change">edit</a>]</span> <span class="mw-headline">Consensus can change</span></h3> <table class="shortcutbox shortcutbox-policy noprint" style="float: right; margin: .3em .3em .3em 1em; border: 1px solid #aaa; background: #fff; padding: 3px; text-align: center;"> <tr> <th style="border: none; background: transparent;"><span id="WP:CCC"></span><small><a href="/web/20090422204145/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Policies_and_guidelines" title="Wikipedia:Policies and guidelines">Policy</a> <a href="/web/20090422204145/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">shortcut</a>:<br/> <a href="/web/20090422204145/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:CCC" title="Wikipedia:CCC" class="mw-redirect">WP:CCC</a></small></th> </tr> </table> <p>Consensus is not immutable. Past decisions are open to challenge and are not binding, and one must realize that such changes are often reasonable. Thus, "according to consensus" and "violates consensus" are not valid rationales for making or reverting an edit, or for accepting or rejecting other forms of proposal or action.</p> <p>Wikipedia remains flexible because new people may bring fresh ideas, growing may evolve new needs, people may change their minds over time when new things come up, and we may find a better way to do things.</p> <p>A representative group might make a decision on behalf of the community as a whole. More often, people <a href="/web/20090422204145/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Policies_and_guidelines#Sources_of_Wikipedia_policy" title="Wikipedia:Policies and guidelines">document changes to existing procedures</a> at some arbitrary time after the fact. But in all these cases, nothing is permanently fixed. The world changes, and the wiki must change with it. It is reasonable and indeed often desirable to make further changes to things at a later date, even if the last change was years ago.</p> <p><a name="Exceptions" id="Exceptions"></a></p> <h3><span class="editsection">[<a href="/web/20090422204145/http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Consensus&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Exceptions">edit</a>]</span> <span class="mw-headline">Exceptions</span></h3> <table class="shortcutbox shortcutbox-policy noprint" style="float: right; margin: .3em .3em .3em 1em; border: 1px solid #aaa; background: #fff; padding: 3px; text-align: center;"> <tr> <th style="border: none; background: transparent;"><span id="WP:CONEXCEPT"></span><small><a href="/web/20090422204145/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Policies_and_guidelines" title="Wikipedia:Policies and guidelines">Policy</a> <a href="/web/20090422204145/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">shortcut</a>:<br/> <a href="/web/20090422204145/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:CONEXCEPT" title="Wikipedia:CONEXCEPT" class="mw-redirect">WP:CONEXCEPT</a></small></th> </tr> </table> <p>Some exceptions supersede consensus decisions on a page.</p> <ul> <li>Declarations from <a href="/web/20090422204145/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Wales" title="Jimmy Wales">Jimmy Wales</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090422204145/http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Board_of_Trustees" class="extiw" title="m:Board of Trustees">the Board</a>, or <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090422204145/http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Developers" class="extiw" title="m:Developers">the Developers</a>, particularly for copyright, legal issues, or server load, have policy status (see <a href="/web/20090422204145/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Policies_and_guidelines#Sources_of_Wikipedia_policy" title="Wikipedia:Policies and guidelines">Wikipedia:Policies and guidelines#Sources of Wikipedia policy</a>).</li> <li><a href="/web/20090422204145/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Office_Actions" title="Wikipedia:Office Actions" class="mw-redirect">Office Actions</a> are outside the policies of the English Wikipedia.</li> <li>Consensus decisions in specific cases do not automatically override consensus on a wider scale – for instance, a local debate on a <a href="/web/20090422204145/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject">WikiProject</a> does not override the larger consensus behind a policy or guideline. The WikiProject cannot decide that for the articles within its scope, some policy does not apply, unless they can convince the broader community that doing so is right.</li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090422204145/http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_foundation_issues" class="extiw" title="m:Community foundation issues">Community foundation issues</a> lays out the basic principles for all Wikimedia projects. These represent the consensus decisions achievable among all Wikimedia projects, and affect all of them.</li> </ul> <p><a name="Consensus-building" id="Consensus-building"></a></p> <h2><span class="editsection">[<a href="/web/20090422204145/http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Consensus&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Consensus-building">edit</a>]</span> <span class="mw-headline">Consensus-building</span></h2> <p>Consensus develops from agreement of the parties involved. This can happen through discussion, editing, or more often, a combination of the two. Consensus can only work among reasonable editors who make a <a href="/web/20090422204145/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Assume_good_faith" title="Wikipedia:Assume good faith">good faith effort</a> to work together in a <a href="/web/20090422204145/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Civility" title="Wikipedia:Civility">civil manner</a>. Developing consensus requires special attention to <a href="/web/20090422204145/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:NPOV" title="Wikipedia:NPOV" class="mw-redirect">neutrality</a> – remaining neutral in our actions in an effort to reach a compromise that everyone can agree on.</p> <p>Several processes can attract editors to resolve differences:</p> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20090422204145/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Third_Opinion" title="Wikipedia:Third Opinion" class="mw-redirect">Third Opinions</a> involve a neutral third party in a dispute among two editors</li> <li><a href="/web/20090422204145/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Mediation_Cabal" title="Wikipedia:Mediation Cabal">Mediation</a> involves a neutral third party in a dispute among multiple editors</li> <li><a href="/web/20090422204145/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:RfC" title="Wikipedia:RfC" class="mw-redirect">Requests for Comment</a> invites greater participation</li> <li><a href="/web/20090422204145/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:PUMP" title="Wikipedia:PUMP" class="mw-redirect">Village pump</a> invites greater participation</li> <li><a href="/web/20090422204145/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikiquette_alerts" title="Wikipedia:Wikiquette alerts">Wikiquette alerts</a> offer perspective on impolite or other difficult communications</li> <li><a href="/web/20090422204145/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Resolving_disputes" title="Wikipedia:Resolving disputes" class="mw-redirect">Resolving disputes</a> offers other options</li> </ul> <p>Try not to attract too many editors at once.</p> <p>To ensure transparency, consensus cannot be formed except on Wikipedia discussion pages. "Off-wiki" discussions, such as those taking place on other websites, on web forums or on <a href="/web/20090422204145/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IRC" title="IRC" class="mw-redirect">IRC</a>, are not taken into account when determining consensus.</p> <p><a name="Consensus_as_a_result_of_the_editing_process" id="Consensus_as_a_result_of_the_editing_process"></a></p> <h3><span class="editsection">[<a href="/web/20090422204145/http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Consensus&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Consensus as a result of the editing process">edit</a>]</span> <span class="mw-headline">Consensus as a result of the editing process</span></h3> <div class="thumb tright"> <div class="thumbinner" style="width:302px;"><a href="/web/20090422204145/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Consensus_Flowchart.svg" class="image" title="When an edit is made, other editors have these options: accept the edit, change the edit, or revert the edit. These options may be discussed if necessary."><img alt="" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20090422204145im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/5f/Consensus_Flowchart.svg/300px-Consensus_Flowchart.svg.png" width="300" height="256" border="0" class="thumbimage"/></a> <div class="thumbcaption"> <div class="magnify"><a href="/web/20090422204145/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Consensus_Flowchart.svg" class="internal" title="Enlarge"><img src="/web/20090422204145im_/http://en.wikipedia.org/skins-1.5/common/images/magnify-clip.png" width="15" height="11" alt=""/></a></div> When an edit is made, other editors have these options: accept the edit, change the edit, or <a href="/web/20090422204145/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Reverting" title="Help:Reverting">revert</a> the edit. These options may be discussed if necessary.</div> </div> </div> <div class="rellink boilerplate seealso">See also: <a href="/web/20090422204145/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Editing_policy" title="Wikipedia:Editing policy">Wikipedia:Editing policy</a></div> <p>Someone edits a page, and then viewers of the page have three options: accept the edit, change the edit, or <a href="/web/20090422204145/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Reverting" title="Help:Reverting">revert</a> the edit. Articles go through many iterations of consensus to achieve a <a href="/web/20090422204145/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Neutral_point_of_view" title="Wikipedia:Neutral point of view">neutral</a> and readable product. If other editors do not immediately accept your ideas, think of a reasonable change that might integrate your ideas with others and make an edit, or discuss those ideas. You can do this at the talk page, as an edit summary, or as a note to others at a user talk page or other widely read pages, such as the Village pump.</p> <p><a href="/web/20090422204145/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Edit_summary" title="Help:Edit summary">Edit summaries</a> are useful, and should contain a summary of the change made to the article by the edit, or an explanation of why the editor made the change. A short summary is better than no summary. If the reason for an edit is not clear, editors are more likely to revert it, especially when someone inserts or deletes material. To give longer explanations, use the Talk page and put in the edit summary "see Talk".</p> <p><a href="/web/20090422204145/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Edit_war" title="Wikipedia:Edit war">Edit wars</a> lead to <a href="/web/20090422204145/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Page_protection" title="Wikipedia:Page protection" class="mw-redirect">page protection</a> rather than improvements to the article.</p> <p><a name="Consensus_building_in_talk_pages" id="Consensus_building_in_talk_pages"></a></p> <h3><span class="editsection">[<a href="/web/20090422204145/http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Consensus&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Consensus building in talk pages">edit</a>]</span> <span class="mw-headline">Consensus building in talk pages</span></h3> <div class="rellink boilerplate seealso">See also: <a href="/web/20090422204145/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Talk_page_guidelines" title="Wikipedia:Talk page guidelines">Wikipedia:Talk page guidelines</a></div> <p>Be <b><a href="/web/20090422204145/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:BOLD" title="Wikipedia:BOLD" class="mw-redirect">bold</a></b> in editing; you can also use the <a href="/web/20090422204145/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Talk_page" title="Help:Talk page" class="mw-redirect">talk page</a> to discuss improvements to the article, and to form a consensus concerning the editing of the page. This <a href="/web/20090422204145/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Bold,_revert,_discuss_cycle" title="Wikipedia:Bold, revert, discuss cycle" class="mw-redirect">bold, revert, discuss cycle</a> is a common theme in Wikipedia. Wikipedia expects changes to <a href="/web/20090422204145/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Policies_and_guidelines" title="Wikipedia:Policies and guidelines">policies and guidelines</a> to achieve more participation and consensus than other pages. In cases where consensus is difficult, independent or more experienced editors may need to join the discussion. If <a href="/web/20090422204145/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Edit_war" title="Wikipedia:Edit war">edit wars</a> or <a href="/web/20090422204145/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Disruptive_editing" title="Wikipedia:Disruptive editing">disruptive editing</a> impede the editing of a page, or if consensus is impossible, formal <a href="/web/20090422204145/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Dispute_resolution" title="Wikipedia:Dispute resolution">dispute resolution</a> is available.</p> <p><a name="Community_discussions" id="Community_discussions"></a></p> <h3><span class="editsection">[<a href="/web/20090422204145/http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Consensus&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Community discussions">edit</a>]</span> <span class="mw-headline">Community discussions</span></h3> <table class="shortcutbox shortcutbox-policy noprint" style="float: right; margin: .3em .3em .3em 1em; border: 1px solid #aaa; background: #fff; padding: 3px; text-align: center;"> <tr> <th style="border: none; background: transparent;"><span id="WP:PRACTICAL"></span><small><a href="/web/20090422204145/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Policies_and_guidelines" title="Wikipedia:Policies and guidelines">Policy</a> <a href="/web/20090422204145/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">shortcut</a>:<br/> <a href="/web/20090422204145/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:PRACTICAL" title="Wikipedia:PRACTICAL" class="mw-redirect">WP:PRACTICAL</a></small></th> </tr> </table> <dl> <dd><i>Consensus is a partnership between interested parties working positively for a common goal</i>. —<a href="/web/20090422204145/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jimbo_Wales/Statement_of_principles" title="User:Jimbo Wales/Statement of principles">Jimbo Wales</a></dd> </dl> <p>Community discussion takes place on various pages: noticeboards such as at <a href="/web/20090422204145/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Incidents" title="Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents">Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents</a>; or pages such as <a href="/web/20090422204145/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_comment" title="Wikipedia:Requests for comment">Requests for comment</a> and <a href="/web/20090422204145/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_arbitration" title="Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration">Requests for arbitration</a>. These require collaborative effort and considered input from their participants to form a consensus and act appropriately upon the consensus.</p> <p>In determining consensus, consider the strength and quality of the arguments, including the evolution of final positions, the objections of those who disagree, and existing documentation in the project namespace if available. <a href="/web/20090422204145/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minority" title="Minority" class="mw-redirect">Minority</a> opinions typically reflect genuine concerns, and their (strict) logic may outweigh the "logic" (point of view) of the majority. New users who are not yet familiar with consensus should realize that <a href="/web/20090422204145/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:POLLING" title="Wikipedia:POLLING" class="mw-redirect">polls</a> (if held) are often more likely to be the start of a discussion rather than the end of one. Editors decide outcomes <i>during discussion</i>.</p> <p>Polls are structured discussions, <a href="/web/20090422204145/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:!VOTE" title="Wikipedia:!VOTE" class="mw-redirect">not votes</a>. Opinion has more weight when you provide a rationale during a poll, not just a vote. Convince others of your views, and give them a chance to convince you. <a href="/web/20090422204145/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:LASTWORD" title="Wikipedia:LASTWORD" class="mw-redirect">Pure argumentativeness</a> rarely convinces others.</p> <p><a name="Consensus_is_not_in_numbers" id="Consensus_is_not_in_numbers"></a></p> <h3><span class="editsection">[<a href="/web/20090422204145/http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Consensus&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Consensus is not in numbers">edit</a>]</span> <span class="mw-headline">Consensus is not in numbers</span></h3> <div class="thumb tright"> <div class="thumbinner" style="width:182px;"><a href="/web/20090422204145/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Consensus_zombies.png" class="image" title="Consensus zombies"><img alt="" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20090422204145im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Consensus_zombies.png/180px-Consensus_zombies.png" width="180" height="227" border="0" class="thumbimage"/></a> <div class="thumbcaption"> <div class="magnify"><a href="/web/20090422204145/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Consensus_zombies.png" class="internal" title="Enlarge"><img src="/web/20090422204145im_/http://en.wikipedia.org/skins-1.5/common/images/magnify-clip.png" width="15" height="11" alt=""/></a></div> Consensus zombies</div> </div> </div> <p>Editors can easily create the appearance of a changing consensus by <a href="/web/20090422204145/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Forum_shopping" title="Wikipedia:Forum shopping" class="mw-redirect">"forum shopping"</a>: asking again and hoping that a different and more sympathetic group of people discusses the issue. This is a poor example of changing consensus, and is antithetical to the way that Wikipedia works. Wikipedia does not base its decisions on the number of people who show up and vote; we work on a system of good reasons.</p> <p>At the same time it is normal to invite more people into the discussion, in order to obtain new insights and arguments. However the <a href="/web/20090422204145/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Canvassing#Friendly_notices" title="Wikipedia:Canvassing">invitations must be phrased in a neutral way</a> and addressed to a reasonably neutral group of people, e.g., sent to all active editors of the subject or posted at the message boards of the relevant wikiprojects.</p> <p><a name="See_also" id="See_also"></a></p> <h2><span class="editsection">[<a href="/web/20090422204145/http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Consensus&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: See also">edit</a>]</span> <span class="mw-headline">See also</span></h2> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20090422204145/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:What_is_consensus%3F" title="Wikipedia:What is consensus?">Wikipedia:What is consensus?</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20090422204145/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:How_to_contribute_to_Wikipedia_guidance" title="Wikipedia:How to contribute to Wikipedia guidance">Wikipedia:How to contribute to Wikipedia guidance</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20090422204145/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Staying_cool_when_the_editing_gets_hot" title="Wikipedia:Staying cool when the editing gets hot">Wikipedia:Staying cool when the editing gets hot</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090422204145/http://mail.wikipedia.org/pipermail/wikien-l/2005-July/026513.html" class="external text" title="http://mail.wikipedia.org/pipermail/wikien-l/2005-July/026513.html" rel="nofollow">WikiEN-l mailing list July 2005</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090422204145/http://www.usemod.com/cgi-bin/mb.pl?back=CategoryConflict" class="external text" title="http://www.usemod.com/cgi-bin/mb.pl?back=CategoryConflict" rel="nofollow">Conflict</a> and <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090422204145/http://www.usemod.com/cgi-bin/mb.pl?back=CategoryConsensus" class="external text" title="http://www.usemod.com/cgi-bin/mb.pl?back=CategoryConsensus" rel="nofollow">Consensus</a> categories on MeatBall Wiki.</li> </ul> <p><a name="Related_information" id="Related_information"></a></p> <h2><span class="editsection">[<a href="/web/20090422204145/http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Consensus&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Related information">edit</a>]</span> <span class="mw-headline">Related information</span></h2> <table class="navbox" cellspacing="0" style=";"> <tr> <td style="padding:2px;"> <table cellspacing="0" class="nowraplinks collapsible autocollapse" style="width:100%;background:transparent;color:inherit;;"> <tr> <th style=";" colspan="2" class="navbox-title"> <div style="float:left; width:6em;text-align:left;"> <div class="noprint plainlinksneverexpand navbar" style="background:none; padding:0; font-weight:normal;;;border:none;; font-size:xx-small;"><a href="/web/20090422204145/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Wikipedia_policies_and_guidelines" title="Template:Wikipedia policies and guidelines"><span title="View this template" style=";;border:none;">v</span></a> <span style="font-size:80%;">•</span> <a href="/web/20090422204145/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template_talk:Wikipedia_policies_and_guidelines" title="Template talk:Wikipedia policies and guidelines"><span title="Discussion about this template" style=";;border:none;">d</span></a> <span style="font-size:80%;">•</span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090422204145/http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Wikipedia_policies_and_guidelines&action=edit" class="external text" title="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Wikipedia_policies_and_guidelines&action=edit" rel="nofollow"><span title="Edit this template" style=";;border:none;;">e</span></a></div> </div> <span style="font-size:110%;"><a href="/web/20090422204145/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Policies_and_guidelines" title="Wikipedia:Policies and guidelines">Key Wikipedia policies and guidelines</a></span></th> </tr> <tr style="height:2px;"> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="navbox-group" style=";;">Overview</td> <td style="text-align:left;border-left:2px solid #fdfdfd;width:100%;padding:0px;line-height:1.4em;;;" class="navbox-list navbox-odd"> <div style="padding:0em 0.25em"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><a href="/web/20090422204145/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Policies_and_guidelines" title="Wikipedia:Policies and guidelines">Policies and guidelines</a> <b>·</b></span> <span style="white-space:nowrap"><a href="/web/20090422204145/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:List_of_policies" title="Wikipedia:List of policies">List of policies</a> <b>·</b></span> <span style="white-space:nowrap"><a href="/web/20090422204145/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:List_of_guidelines" title="Wikipedia:List of guidelines">List of guidelines</a></span></div> </td> </tr> <tr style="height:2px"> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="navbox-group" style=";;">Global principles</td> <td style="text-align:left;border-left:2px solid #fdfdfd;width:100%;padding:0px;line-height:1.4em;;;" class="navbox-list navbox-even"> <div style="padding:0em 0.25em"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><a href="/web/20090422204145/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:What_Wikipedia_is_not" title="Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not">What Wikipedia is not</a> <b>·</b></span> <span style="white-space:nowrap"><strong class="selflink">Consensus</strong> <b>·</b></span> <span style="white-space:nowrap"><a href="/web/20090422204145/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Dispute_resolution" title="Wikipedia:Dispute resolution">Dispute resolution</a> <b>·</b></span> <span style="white-space:nowrap"><a href="/web/20090422204145/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Ignore_all_rules" title="Wikipedia:Ignore all rules">Ignore all rules</a></span></div> </td> </tr> <tr style="height:2px"> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="navbox-group" style=";;">Article standards policies</td> <td style="text-align:left;border-left:2px solid #fdfdfd;width:100%;padding:0px;line-height:1.4em;;;" class="navbox-list navbox-odd"> <div style="padding:0em 0.25em"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><a href="/web/20090422204145/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Neutral_point_of_view" title="Wikipedia:Neutral point of view">Neutral point of view</a> <b>·</b></span> <span style="white-space:nowrap"><a href="/web/20090422204145/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">Verifiability</a> <b>·</b></span> <span style="white-space:nowrap"><a href="/web/20090422204145/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:No_original_research" title="Wikipedia:No original research">No original research</a> <b>·</b></span> <span style="white-space:nowrap"><a href="/web/20090422204145/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Biographies_of_living_persons" title="Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons">Biographies of living persons</a> <b>·</b></span> <span style="white-space:nowrap"><a href="/web/20090422204145/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Deletion_policy" title="Wikipedia:Deletion policy">Deletion</a></span></div> </td> </tr> <tr style="height:2px"> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="navbox-group" style=";;">Behavioral policies</td> <td style="text-align:left;border-left:2px solid #fdfdfd;width:100%;padding:0px;line-height:1.4em;;;" class="navbox-list navbox-even"> <div style="padding:0em 0.25em"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><a href="/web/20090422204145/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Civility" title="Wikipedia:Civility">Civility</a> <b>·</b></span> <span style="white-space:nowrap"><a href="/web/20090422204145/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Edit_war" title="Wikipedia:Edit war">Edit warring</a> <b>·</b></span> <span style="white-space:nowrap"><a href="/web/20090422204145/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:No_personal_attacks" title="Wikipedia:No personal attacks">No personal attacks</a> <b>·</b></span> <span 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