Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Proposals/Policy


 * The following discussion is an archived proposal of the WikiProject below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the project's talk page (if created) or the WikiProject Council).  No further edits should be made to this page.

The resulting WikiProject was created at WikiProject Policy and Guidelines

WikiProject Policy
In a nutshell: If policy is worth having, it's worth looking after. Slightly longer: Wikipedia doesn't maintain, manage or reform policy in a way that is either coordinated (tactical) or long-term (strategic). A WikiProject Policy is needed. Detailed proposal: User:Rd232/WP

Support (Policy)

 * 1) Rd232 talk 01:22, 23 March 2009 (UTC)
 * 2) Kotniski (talk) 17:33, 27 March 2009 (UTC)

SWPP (Policy)

 * WikiProject Policy
 * Policy

Discussion (Policy)

 * I well understand the problem but what would the project do that doesn't happen currently? And might this not exacerbate the self-selecting nature of those interested in policy which currently results in policy pages attracting editors who have an agenda.  It is our policy that Wikipedia is not a bureaucracy but this project would tend to form another one. Colonel Warden (talk) 12:24, 5 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks for your input, but this is exactly what the Project isn't. Bureaucracies have power. This WikiProject would have none: it is just a more focussed, self-organising discussion forum than the Village Pump is able to be. See User:Rd232/WP. As to attracting the wrong sort - well that's precisely one of the problems this would address: by coordinating policy discussion better, those less interested in policy wouldn't need to engage in constant discussion on every policy talk page; they'd only, periodically (once a month is suggested) need to express an opinion on much more well-developed proposals, which have already been through the stages of dealing with obvious criticisms. Rd232 talk 18:16, 5 April 2009 (UTC)


 * ''The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the project's talk page (if created) or at the WikiProject Council). No further edits should be made to this page.