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The following are common mistakes made by editors when trying to build consensus: Off-wiki discussions. Consensus is reached through on-wiki discussion or by editing. Discussions elsewhere are not taken into account. In some cases, such off-wiki communication may generate suspicion and mistrust. Canvassing, sock puppetry, and meat puppetry.
Other sources may require discussion to gain consensus that the source can be used for that particular content. In other cases, a consensus has been formed to not use a given source. In such cases, especially if the reasons for unreliability are not obvious, it may be helpful to subsequent editors if editors post a note about this (e.g., on the ...
Consensus. One of the most widely used terms on Wikipedia, and one of its bedrock principles. Astonishingly for such a basic procedural policy of the encyclopedia, by which all decisions are guided, nobody knows its true definition, for the simple reason that there have been no attempts to identify what consensus actually is. The lack of such a ...
Consensus is the key mechanism for determining what content ends up in the encyclopedia, and how editors behave towards each other. It is a long held principle, both in policy and in practice, that a consensus formed by a smaller group on a topic has less weight than one formed by a larger one.
Consensus is a group discussion where everyone's opinions are heard and understood, and a solution is created that respects those opinions. Consensus is not what everyone agrees to, nor is it the preference of the majority. Consensus results in the best solution that the group can achieve at the time. Remember, the root of "consensus" is ...
Consensus is Wikipedia's fundamental model for editorial decision-making: when it doesn't work, nothing else does either. In situations involving consensus: DO:
The breadth of a consensus is determined primarily by how easy it is to find the discussion and (later) its outcome. Consensus breadth is the extent to which it represents the community's view rather than just that of some special interest.
Rough consensus, a term used in consensus decision-making to indicate the "sense of the group" concerning a matter under consideration. Consensus democracy, democracy where consensus decision-making is used to create, amend or repeal legislation. Consensus-based assessment, the use of consensus to produce methods of evaluating information.