Editing Nookipedia:Proposals

Nookipedia '''Proposals''' allow the community to vote on sitewide changes that would affect a large number of pages or users. This process is not a replacement for community-wide input (see:[[Nookipedia:The Roost|The Roost]]) or talk page discussion. Rather, it takes the final product of those discussions (in the form form of a proposal) and puts them to a vote.

==Rules==
*'''Proposals are ''only necessary'' for changes that would affect a large number of pages or users.''' Some examples: rules/policy changes, adding/removing namespaces, making major modifications to/replacing templates that affect 1000+ pages.

*Proposals are for voting on fully worked out ideas. They should be a binary yes/no choice and not have any yet-to-be-determined components: no 'option a, b, or c'. Proposals may be submitted without prior public comment or feedback, but should not receive major edits or changes once voting has started. If a proposal does not follow these rules or is otherwise deemed unfit, it may be vetoed at the discretion of a [[Nookipedia:Bureaucrats|Bureaucrat]].

*Proposals can only be submitted and voted upon by registered users. Comments or votes from unregistered users will be removed immediately. Furthermore, all votes or comments must have a signature attached ({{c|<nowiki>~~~~</nowiki>}}). Users are not allowed to vote on their own proposal, but may respond to comments.

*Proposals will be open for seven days. This voting deadline can be extended upon request, at the discretion of a Bureaucrat.

*At the end of the voting period, if the proposal has at least a 2/3 majority (66%) support and five total votes it will be considered successful. A Bureaucrat will then officially close the proposal, and either enact it themselves, or coordinate with other staff members to make sure the proposal is completed.

**If the proposal does not have five votes at the end of the voting period, the voting period will be extended for seven days.

*Once a proposal has been enacted, the [[Nookipedia:Staff|staff member]] responsible will make a note here and move the proposal to the [[Nookipedia:Proposals/Archive|Archives]].

==How to make a proposal==
All proposals must be made using the [[Template:Proposal|template]] provided below, posted under the "Current Proposals" heading: 

<pre>
{{proposal
| title       = A short, one-sentence description of the proposal.
| description = Additional proposal details/explanation.
| comments    = User commentary on proposal.
| votes       = User votes on proposal: {{Support}} or {{Oppose}} + signature (~~~~).
}}
</pre>

==Current proposals==
{{Proposal
| title = Implement new [[Nookipedia:Polls]] policy
| description = A couple of months ago, I suggested [[Nookipedia talk:The Roost#Reviving the idea of polls|reviving the idea of polls]] on the wiki, and a majority were in support of the idea. As such, I've devised a new policy in regards how the main page polls will work from now on [[User:PanchamBro/Sandbox/Black|here]]. To summarize:
* This policy will call for the switching of the poll every '''1st''' and '''15th''' of every month.
* A poll committee will be established, tasked with selecting the new poll for the main page. They will start a session to discuss what poll to use a week before the poll is switched out.
* Guidelines on what a poll should be (poll related to the {{SER}}; minimum of three choices, maximum of ten; question are straightforward, simple; lighthearted poll only, no controversial ones; users have the option to display their username for suggesting the poll).
* Guidelines on how to start a poll and how to archive a poll.
That's a lot to take in, but hopefully if this system is implemented, our main page poll system would work. -- [[User:PanchamBro|PanchamBro]] ([[User talk:PanchamBro|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/PanchamBro|contributions]]) 21:38, September 20, 2022 (EDT)
| comments =
| votes = *{{Support}} [[User:Drago|<span style="font-family:Coustard;color:green">Drago</span>]] [[User talk:Drago|<span style="font-family:Coustard;color:purple">(talk)</span>]]    [[File:Drago PC Villager Icon.png|20px]] 10:48, September 21, 2022 (EDT)
*{{Support}} {{User:Kalina70/Sig}} 19:32, September 21, 2022 (CET)
*{{Support}} [[User:Chubby Bub|Chubby Bub]] ([[User talk:Chubby Bub|talk]]) 06:55, September 22, 2022 (EDT)
| year = 2022
| month = 9
| day = 27
| hour = 21
| minute = 39
| percent = <!--Staff use only.-->
| result = <!--Staff use only.-->
| staffsig = <!--Staff use only.-->
}}

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