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The Bharatpedian community [[Bharatpedia:Ignore all rules|roughly follows]] a set of [[Bharatpedia:policies and guidelines|official policies and guidelines]] (collectively often referred to simply as "policy"). Pages reflecting policy are written by ordinary editors in the "Wikipedia:" [[Help:Namespace|namespace]]. Other editors review these [[:Category:Bharatpedia proposals|proposals]] and edit to improve them and move toward greater [[Bharatpedia:Consensus|consensus]]. Over time, many things may happen to a proposal – it may be changed substantially, be moved to a new location, become adopted as a policy or guideline, be [[Template:Failed|rejected by the community]], be recast as simply a [[Template:Essay| | The Bharatpedian community [[Bharatpedia:Ignore all rules|roughly follows]] a set of [[Bharatpedia:policies and guidelines|official policies and guidelines]] (collectively often referred to simply as "policy"). Pages reflecting policy are written by ordinary editors in the "Wikipedia:" [[Help:Namespace|namespace]]. Other editors review these [[:Category:Bharatpedia proposals|proposals]] and edit to improve them and move toward greater [[Bharatpedia:Consensus|consensus]]. Over time, many things may happen to a proposal – it may be changed substantially, be moved to a new location, become adopted as a policy or guideline, be [[Template:Failed|rejected by the community]], be recast as simply a [[Template:Essay|Bharatpedian essay]], or [[Template:Historical|fail to sufficiently develop into a viable proposal]]. | ||
When a proposal is being advanced it is usual to tag the page with {{tlx|Proposed}}. Although a proposal is generally written in advisory tone, it is ''not policy'' until adopted by the community through the consensus-building process, and should not yet be tagged with {{tlx|Policy}} or {{tlx|Guideline}} (doing so pre-emptively may be viewed as [[Bharatpedia:Disruptive editing|disruptive]]). | When a proposal is being advanced it is usual to tag the page with {{tlx|Proposed}}. Although a proposal is generally written in advisory tone, it is ''not policy'' until adopted by the community through the consensus-building process, and should not yet be tagged with {{tlx|Policy}} or {{tlx|Guideline}} (doing so pre-emptively may be viewed as [[Bharatpedia:Disruptive editing|disruptive]]). | ||