The Sims Wiki:Voting policy: Difference between revisions

The Sims Wiki has adopted this '''voting policy''' to govern official votes, or other methods for determining community support, on The Sims Wiki.

==Unanimous consent==

Any user who meets voting requirements may propose '''unanimous consent''' to adopt a matter that is either under discussion or that might be placed under discussion. The proposal for unanimous consent should include a description of what is being consented to. Unanimous consent may be requested at the beginning of a discussion, or during discussion on a particular matter.

Once unanimous consent is requested, any user meeting the voting requirements may object to consent. When objecting, the user should include a brief explanation of why they are choosing to object; users do not need to object to the matter under discussion itself in order to object to the use of unanimous consent. If any eligible user objects to unanimous consent, then unanimous consent fails and the proposal is discussed and handled through the normal discussion, consensus and/or voting processes. If no user objects to a request for unanimous consent within five days, then the matter being considered is deemed to have received community consensus and is adopted.

Unanimous consent may only be requested once for a particular matter under discussion, and may not be requested if users demonstrate opposition to a proposal in the discussion. Discussions in progress may continue while a unanimous consent request is being considered. Requests for unanimous consent may not be made in user rights request/nomination discussions.

This policy applies only to discussions and/or votes conducted in order to reach an official community decision. Votes for [[The Sims Wiki:Featured Content|featured content]], on-wiki games, or other informal votes or informal opinion polls are not bound by these rules.

This policy was established and voting requirements were adopted on 12 March 2008. Voting procedures were adopted on 17 January 2011. Changes to established voting procedures and the name of the policy were [[Forum:Amendment to voting policies#Bump|decided by consensus]] on 28 November 2014. A replacement of established policies was determined by [[Forum:Amendment to voting policies#Vote to adopt policy|a vote]], concluded on 21 February 2015. Previous voting policies have been repealed, but can be viewed in the [http://sims.wikia.com/wiki/The_Sims_Wiki:Voting_policy?action=history page history]. Unanimous consent rules were adopted on January 17, 2016, following a [[Forum:Procedure for unanimous consent|community discussion]].