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-{{Policy Proposal}} [[Image:Consensus icon.png|right|100px|Consensus]]<br> On many wikis, community consensus must be reached before making a policy or guideline.
+[[Image:Consensus icon.png|right|100px|Consensus]]<br> On many wikis, community consensus must be reached before making a policy or guideline.
-=== Informal Consensus ===
+== Definition of Consensus  ==
-Items that might meet the need for this type of consensus:
+Consensus decision-making is a group decision making process that seeks the consent of all participants. Consensus may be defined professionally as an acceptable resolution, one that can be supported, even if not the "favorite" of each individual. Consensus is defined by Merriam-Webster as, first, general agreement, and second, group solidarity of belief or sentiment.<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consensus_process Consensus decision-making(Wikipedia)]</ref>
-A suggestion that would not change stated policy, practices, and guiding principles. But this is needed to keep the site up to date, clean or functioning.
+== Informal Consensus  ==
-=== Formal Consensus ===
+Items that might meet the need for this type of consensus:
-Items that will change policy, guiding principles or practices as states in any of our pages on [[Help:Guiding principles and policies|Guiding principles and policies]]
+*A suggestion that would not change stated policy, practices, and guiding principles.
+*The reasons for this change may be the change is needed to keep the site up to date, clean or functioning.
+*This change may help a special group like beginners, contributors or researchers
+*All in a group are asking for this change
-=== Steps to get Consensus ===
+=== Steps to Informal Consensus  ===
-*The change needs to be discussed and a clear statement that states;
+*Group that wants to reach consensus discuss the need to change til agreement and evaluate what the changes may cause
-**What needs to be changes <br>
+*They make sure that the change or changes are not against any policy, guiding principles, or practices with in the Wiki
-**How it is to be changes
+*Inform all who may be affected by this change and listen to their concerns
-**The planned results
+*Put their plan into action
-**Actions after that change.
-*Then this is presented to those over that area and discussed and agreed
- on
-*These are then put out to all concerned and are open to further discussion
-*when all is discussed and agreed on the change is made.
-=== Example ===
+Many items may fit informal consensus:
-In 2011there was a statement in the list of FamilySearch Wiki is not on the [[FamilySearch Wiki:Purpose and Appropriate Topics]] page that stated that the "FamilySearch Wiki is not a list of FamilyHistory Centers". At the time the FamilySearch Wiki Support Team was creating the present FHC pages.  They were concerned that placing these pages in the Wiki would be against this policy.  They followed the above steps.
+In a project group, a group working on a country, topic or county together, the following may apply:
-#They discussed the problem within their meeting, put the problem and the suggested solution to those concerned,
-#Presented it on the forums(the place that discussions at that time.
-#When all discussion were in consensus.
-#The policy was removed from the page.
-#Then the pages were placed into the Wiki.
-=== References ===
+*Page style, arrangement of links and tables
+*Titles of pages, section titles and sub-section titles
+*What templates would be useful on the pages
+*And many, many more
-<references />
+== References  ==
+<references />
+<br>
 {{Policies and guidelines}}
-[[Category:FamilySearch Wiki policy]]
+[[Category:Wiki_Policies_and_Guidelines]]