Wikipedia:Governance review

There have been several recent discussions about the future governance of the English Wikipedia. After a small initial discussion here, it was decided that there should be a much wider discussion to answer the following questions:


 * 1) Should Jimbo Wales continue to have any unique powers on the English Wikipedia?
 * 2) If so, what precisely should they be (or, should they be left intentionally vague)?
 * 3) Either way, should some additional/alternative governance system(s) be put in place?
 * 4) If so, what should it be?

A three-phase process is proposed:


 * 1) 6 weeks (8 July - 19 August) of general discussion where people can put forward ideas, and debate and improve them.
 * 2) 2 weeks (20 August - 2 September) of more focused discussion where people can put forward final proposals and we can decide which ones to put to a vote
 * 3) 2 weeks (3 September - 16 September) of voting

The details of this process should be discussed during the initial phase. In particular, we need to reach a consensus on how to determine which ideas are put to the vote and what format the vote takes. Such discussion should take place on the talk page.

Please make and discuss proposals at: Governance review/Proposals

Contributions are welcomed and encouraged from everyone with any interest in the English Wikipedia. Please publicise this page as widely as possible.

Historic

 * Governance reform
 * Policy Committee version 1 (talk)
 * Policy and guideline review (talk)