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=== When policy changes === | === When policy changes === | ||
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Sometimes, properly accounting for a new and peculiar case which isn't properly accounted for by current policy, means that an inclusion debate will end up doing double-duty, and also being a "policy changer" in the vein of a [[Forum:The Panopticon]] thread. This is fine and expected. However, if you know ''from the start'' that what you are proposing is an alteration to policy rather than a specific debate about how to cover something in particular, it would be better to open the thread in the Panopticon to start with. | Sometimes, properly accounting for a new and peculiar case which isn't properly accounted for by current policy, means that an inclusion debate will end up doing double-duty, and also being a "policy changer" in the vein of a [[Forum:The Panopticon]] thread. This is fine and expected. However, if you know ''from the start'' that what you are proposing is an alteration to policy rather than a specific debate about how to cover something in particular, it would be better to open the thread in the Panopticon to start with. | ||
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