User:Fubble/Policy

Q: What is the fundamental point of Wikipedia? A: To separate wheat from chaff; to summarise information by including relevant and excluding irrelevant


 * Q: How do we decide what we mean by "wheat" and "chaff"?
 * Q: How do we decide in a given instance that something is wheat and not chaff?

Q: Who gets to submit new material for evaluation?

Deletion reform proposal

 * One central page as now (for Articles)
 * Create Deletion Noticeboards to post additional transclusions as appropriate (eg DN:Belgium, DN:Music, etc) in date order. Users can watchlist as many DNs as they wish (WikiProject Deletion sorting/Beta)
 * Use a bot/template combination to assist listing at multiple DNs (paste one place, create in many).


 * Amend Result template to show only the result and not the discussion (perhaps with user control over this behaviour)
 * Assign one WikiProject to each subarea to maintain overview of specific guidelines and precedents in its area, especially on notability. (Should be part of an existing WP, not a new specialised one.)
 * Expedited Deletion: based on named precedent from relevant area
 * Uncontested Deletion: mark entries that may plausibly be uncontested as "Uncontested". If no-one removes the tag within a certain period, it may be deleted without further discussion.

Policy
Separate policy development from policy application

Structure

 * Develop automated knowledge maps to show structure and enable it to be improved