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==How are policies enforced? ==
'''''You''''' are a an [[Akvopedia:About |Akvopedia]] editor. Since Akvopedia has no editor-in-chief or top-down article approval mechanism, active participants make copyedits and corrections to the format and content problems they see. So the participants are both writers ''and'' editors.
Individual users thus enforce most policies and guidelines by editing pages, and discussing matters with each other. Some policies, such as [[Akvopedia:Dealing with vandalism|vandalism]], are enforced by [[Akvopedia:Administrators|administrators]] by blocking users. In extreme cases the [[Akvopedia:Arbitration Committee|Arbitration Committee]] has the power to deal with highly disruptive situations, as part of the general [[Akvopedia:Dispute resolution|dispute resolution]] procedure.
Some features of the software which could potentially be misused, such as deleting pages and locking pages from editing, are restricted to administrators, who are experienced and trusted members of the community.