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of responsible Wikipedians supporting it, not personally select which is the better policy. The closer is not expected to decide the issue, just to judge the result of the debate, and is expected to know policy sufficiently to know what arguments are to be excluded as irrelevant." (emphasis added)
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What this means in practice is although consensus is voting, it is weighted, not all votes count, nor count the same. IPs, accounts created five minutes before posting a vote, and editors who are obviously bat-shit crazy probably will not have their votes counted, or counted less than established
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It contains the advice or opinions of one or more Knowledge (XXG) contributors. This page is not an encyclopedia article, nor is it one of
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Votes of the form "support per nom" or "oppose per John Doe" would be ignored as pointlessly redundant.
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does not conform to Knowledge (XXG) rules and practice).
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Knowledge (XXG):OF
essay
Knowledge (XXG)'s policies or guidelines
thoroughly vetted by the community
Shortcut
WP:OF
weighted voting
canvassing
snow
policy page itself
information page which explains
Knowledge (XXG):WikiProject Democracy
Knowledge (XXG):Voting
no personal attacks
Categories
Knowledge (XXG) essays about consensus
Knowledge (XXG) discussion
Knowledge (XXG) surveys and polls

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