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 I ([[User:Lumenos|Lumenos]]) searched for some policy pages and found only [[WikiIndex:Editing_etiquette]]. A block policy doesn't exist (aside from "[[Spam_Control_Policy|spam]]") and is being discussed on [[WikiIndex_talk:Blocking_Policy]]. This seemed to be a source of confusion and conflict so I made this article to sort through a number of these specific issues. Please add your suggestions or questions here or on the [[WikiIndex_talk:Policies_and_Guidelines|talk page]]. (You can create user name links easily with <nowiki>"~~~"</nowiki> or <nowiki>"~~~~"</nowiki>.)
+== Temporary purpose of this article ==
+Eventually this article should describe "the polices" of WikiIndex, but there is more than one way "the policies" may be defined or created.
+Being that the majority of WikiIndex articles are [[OpenEdit]], and these sorts of wikis generally claim to favor consensus, I ([[User:Lumenos|Lumenos]]) have taken the initiative to try to build consensus and measure consensus. In so doing I realize that this will have to be broken into the following projects:
+*Describe the policy of active administration:
+**The claimed or idealistic policies of active administrators.
+**A description of how the administration actually behaves (from the view of editors or critics who intend to alert people of the "actual" policies or the way the wiki is actually run).
+*Describe consensus among editors (this is particularly important in an [[OpenEdit]] wiki, in light of "editors powers" listed in the section "Enforcement against editors". Editors do seem to have a say in some policies, even when certain sysops do not agree.):
+**Describe the claimed or idealistic policies of the wiki editors by the following criteria:
+*** "Measured" by petitions (if they participate in this process).
+*** "Measured" by requests or ideals expressed a dialogs such as talk pages (if the editors are not directly participating in petitions).
+**A description of how the editors actually behave (based on edit histories of active editors) and how this may influence the content or "policy" of WikiIndex.
 == Enforcement policies ==