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Most wiki discussions do not require that participants be a member of the wiki for a certain period of time. Even a new member may have insight into a particular topic, and all opinions from all users are given equal appreciation and consideration. Wiki discussions do not require that each person involved in the discussion come up with some unique or novel thing to say - sometimes simply saying "I agree with..." is the strongest way to show support for an idea.
It may seem that only administrators are allowed to begin discussions, because they appear to be the only users that do so regularly. But in reality, discussions can and should be started by any user, to talk about any issue which has a wide-scale or community impact. It makes no difference whether a user has one edit or 10,000 edits, or whether a user is a long-time Bureaucrat or just a new user with no special user rights.
In addition to solving important issues, discussions are also used to handle user promotions, such as [[The Sims Wiki:Requests for administratorship|requests for administrator]] or [[The Sims Wiki:Requests for bureaucratship|bureaucrat rights]]. These matters are not typically put to a straight up-or-down vote, so the voices of regular community members are very important in helping to decide whether or not to promote a user to these positions.
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