Board Thread:Consensus Track/@comment-1251315-20151018142559/@comment-4544033-20151018212058

Common sense is a good practice, but not always possible. People will and do use unclear and unstated rules to justify their behavior. Putting it all in a nutshell would be a good way to handle this, but leaving things up to "common sense" is flawed. People's ideas of right and wrong are not always the same. I could say its wrong to talk about death metal because of the content some of it contains, while others would disagree. Currently, as I recall, our main practice is that most items are safe to discuss as long as it doesn't disrupt the chat or make people uncomfortable. Some think it is fine to curse, while others say that it needs to be kept in check. The point is we need solid rules that are not up for interpretation.

As for the Mods being able to think for themselves. They know the rules and polices, and they have all been told to handle it as they see best. We gave recommendations, and I have told them that assuming a person was blocked for good reason, odds where I would trust their judgment. We did not support our current mods applications/nominations to gain their support, but because they where trusted to protect and maintain the chat, and as an effect, the wikis integrity.

I must admit I have a concern about you starting a discussion without even having, or at least presenting an idea for the change. All that is said is a change it needed because Mods make mistakes and polices need to be rewritten and that's it. Unless a solid idea, with solid reasoning is brought up, Then we are spending time debating without a solid base when we can focus that time to bettering the wiki. We have articles that need our time and effort, not Consensus tracks lacking ideas.