The Sims Wiki:Policy: Difference between revisions

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===Amendment===
<ol><li>Any active user may propose a change to currently-existing policy.
:*Policy amendment proposals should be made onin the policy's[[Forum:Community relevantdiscussions|community talkdiscussions page.forum]]
:*A policy amendment is considered adopted if a sufficient consensus is gathered - simple majority support does not constitute consensus. This consensus may be gathered through informal discussion on the talk page, or through a formal consensus period.
<li>Administrators and Bureaucrats may make immediate changes to currently-existing policy as needed.
:*Any user has the right to call for discussion on a changed policy, if the change was made by an administrator or bureaucrat without prior consensus.
:*Policy amendments will remain in effect during the discussion and consensus period, unless multiple users request that the amendments be suspended.
<li>Any user may edit a policy page for the purposes of fixing errors/typos, updating links to renamed/moved pages, or making other minor changes so long as these changes do not affect the meaning of the policy.
:*Correcting minor issues does not require community consensus.
:*Alternately, a user may edit a policy's talk page to suggest revisions. Any user may choose to act upon these recommended revisions, so long as the revisions do not affect the meaning of the policy.
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===Creation===
*New policies may be proposed by any active user.
*Policy proposals should be made onin the [[The Sims WikiForum:Policy/ProposedCommunity Policydiscussions|Proposedcommunity Policiesdiscussions pageforum]]. Proposed policies go through a similar community discussion and consensus process as policy amendments.
*Once a policy has been consented to by the community, it takes effect immediately unless the proposal or subsequent consensus calls for a grace period or a certain length of time before the policy takes effect.
*All new policies must obtain community consensus before they become official policy - Administrators and Bureaucrats may not add new policies without consent.
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===Enforcement===
*Administrators and Bureaucrats are responsible for enforcing all official policies.
*If a user believes that another user has violated a policy, they may issue an unofficial warning, file a [[The Sims Wiki:ReportWarning|reportwarn the user]], and/or [[The Sims Wiki:Administrators' noticeboard|contact an administrator]].
*If a user believes that a policy should not be enforced, they may request that the policy be amended or else removed completely. This request mustshould be made on the policy'scommunity individualdiscussions talk pageforum, and must receive community consensus.
*Administrators failing to properly enforce policies may risk loss of administrator rights.