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== Sources of Akvopedia policy ==
Policy change comes from three sources:
# Documenting actual good practices and seeking consensus that the documentation truly reflects them.
# Proposing a change in practice and seeking consensus for implementation of that change.
# Declarations from the [[Akvo:Managing Director | the Akvo Foundation ]] Managing DIrector]], [[Akvo:Board of Trustees|the Akvo Foundation Board]], or [[Akvo:Developers|the Akvo Developers]], particularly for copyright, legal issues, or server load.
=== Policies ===
=== Guidelines===
A '''[[Akvopedia:Naming conventions|naming convention]]''' or general guideline'''is that the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:List_of_policies Wikipedia policies] serve as guidelines for the Akvopedia:Style unless they have specifically been superseded by guidelines]]''' or policies in this document. The reason for doing this is that the Wikipedia policy set is so large and comprehensive that it covers nearly every aspect of a specific kind wiki, however, as they are changing outside of our control we can't refer to them as policy. But they are a good guideline, related to proper naming, or the way articles should be writtenwhere there is no specific Akvopedia policy.
A '''[[Akvopedia:Naming conventions|naming convention]]''' or '''[[Akvopedia:Style guidelines|Style guidelines]]''' is a specific kind of guideline, related to proper naming, or the way articles should be written === Akvopedia guidelines ===* [[Akvopedia:Copyrights]] is a guideline on how we implement the copyright license.* [[Akvopedia:Naming conventions | Naming conventions]]* [[Akvopedia:Style guidelines | Style guidlines]]* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:List_of_policies Wikipedia policies] as general Akvopedia guidelines ==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.
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