User:Eleanorg/2.2/Annotation: Wikipedia:Consensus

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Consensus

Wikipedia:Consensus is a Wikipedia policy page, describing its Consensus policy for editing page content. It explains the consensus editing process whereby "Decision-making involves an effort to incorporate all editors' legitimate concerns, while respecting Wikipedia's norms." [1] Its two main sections cover Achieving Consensus and Determining Consensus. Subsequent sections provide related notes and policies.

Achieving consensus can happen in three ways: through editing, through discussion, and (in cases of conflict) through consensus-building.

  • Consensus through editing: This is the default and most desired form. "Any edit that is not disputed or reverted by another editor can be assumed to have consensus." [2] A related essay linked from this statement, 'Silence and Consensus' [3] (though not a policy document), comments that "Consensus can be presumed to exist until voiced disagreement becomes evident... [because] In wiki-editing, it is difficult to get positive affirmation for your edits..."[4]


1. Wikipedia Editors (2013) Wikipedia:Consensus [online]. Accessed 21 Jan 2013 at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Consensus. 2. Ibid. 3. Wikipedia Editors (2013) Wikipedia:Silence and Consensus [online]. Accessed 21 Jan 2013 athttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Silence_and_consensus 4. Ibid.

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