User:Lumenos/WikiIndex (unwritten) policies

Advice for those involved in disputes

There is a kind of policy that we are to be "nice". This means the wiki articles are more or less written in a viewpoint that is sympathetic to the wiki (unless no one disputes any critical comments that are added). Lumenos 03:44, 30 September 2009 (EDT)

The reason for this is that WikiIndex administration does not wish to play host to edit "warring" or debates, even debates about the content of articles. For example, if your edit is repeatedly deleted (in apparent defiance of the "no delete policy") you may still face administrative discipline for trying to rewrite a "controversial" edit, or enforce this "no delete policy" yourself. If you find yourself in a dispute that you cannot quickly resolve, it is recommended that you post a link to another wiki, forum, chatroom, etc, to do your debating, negotiating, or long dialogs. Lumenos 03:44, 30 September 2009 (EDT)

If you persist in "arguing" (or even what may seem to you to be polite debate or discussion) a consequence may be that articles are moved to talk pages and locked without much warning. The judgment you get from WikiIndex administration may be surprising, or take a superficial view of your dispute. Lumenos 03:44, 30 September 2009 (EDT)

One alternative is to ask your opponent if they will agree to arbitration. If you can find anyone who is willing to judge your issue, you are likely to get a judgment that is more to your satisfaction. It might help to decide on a limit (in terms of number of characters, for example) that each side will be able to post in a formalized debate, before this judgment is made. Lumenos 03:44, 30 September 2009 (EDT)

The old policy development page

The most recent version of the old "policy development" page can be found at Lumeniki, here. I may get around to separating out the policy proposals and the observations of "unwritten" policies and editors influences over WikiIndex. Comments of others, appearing on that page, I plan to move to WikiIndex_talk:Policies_and_Guidelines. Lumenos 03:44, 30 September 2009 (EDT))