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Administrators may offer their opinion as well, but they need to take care not to sound as though they're enforcing it. Otherwise, administrators should try to get disagreeing users to discuss the situation. Administrators should only impose their opinions when the community fails to come to a reasonable consensus. Administrate users, not content When it comes to the content of the wiki, the voice of an administrator should be treated as the equal of any other user. If an edit is obviously abusive, feel free to take appropriate action, but where's there is doubt, give the editor the benefit of that doubt. The following guidelines are provided to help administrators exercise good judgment:Īssume good faith When there's doubt about whether an edit was intended to help the wiki, assume it was and treat the editor that way. This doesn't mean that every decision is voted on, but in general, decisions on a wiki should be made by reaching a consensus whenever this is reasonably possible. Public wikis successfully operate on a basically democratic level.

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