User:TheSatanicSanta/Councils

A council communist response to User:Retep998/Constitution

Editor council
The editor council is all of the dedicated editors. Editors should talk with each other regularly regarding the future of the wiki, what ever that may mean, in order to make policymaking a democratic process. Editor councils make decisions on basis of consensus, or by majority-rule voting.

The editor council is responsible for all decision making on the wiki. They hold all of the "power" on the wiki. All power to the people.

Editors who have edited at least 10 times in the past 30 days are applicable to be in the editor council, and must be included in all voting and decision-making. Editors may opt-out of being a part of the editor council, and can rejoin at any time (assuming they meet the previously described criteria). Members active on communication channels but who have not edited in the aforementioned period can still be considered members of the editor council, but they must opt-in and remain active in voting and discussion pertaining to the council.

Members of the editor council can be in the administrative council. Members who are in both councils are given no special privileges in the editor council.

Actions to be taken that do not modify or violate any existing rules are considered non-controversial, and do not need an editor council consensus to be made. For example, blocking a user who creates inappropriate or attack pages is non-controversial, as creating such pages is against the rules.

Majority rule definition
Majority-rule does not mean majority of the vote but majority of the council. Council members who neglect to vote are assumed to vote against any action being taken. The majority must be at least 75% of the council for the action to be taken, in order to prevent slight-wins or slight-losses which are inherently undemocratic and problematic.

Unanimous agreements do not require a formal vote, however these must be made public in order to encourage transparency and discourage decision-making fraud.

Administrative council
The administrative council is responsible as an intermediary group to contact Gamepedia staff for technical issues, and any other bureaucratic and administrative issues that the editor council cannot enact.

Other than that, the administrative council has no authoritarian power over the editor councils. There is no hierarchical difference between the two. Administrators' and bureaucrats' personal beliefs will not override the decisions and consensuses made by the editor council.