User:Matty4123/Nominations/Decisions

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Closing procedure

This page contains jokes that have been closed, or are about to be. The instructions below describe how to close a nomination. Any discussion on the In review page that is more than two weeks old or is obviously snowballing may be closed by following the process below and copying the whole discussion to the top of the #Decisions (old discussions) section below. Anyone can close a discussion; you don't have to be an administrator, however to avoid conflicts of interest, we ask that you not close any nomination that you either started or commented in, when possible.

Determine consensus, if any

1. Decide if the joke should be approved, rejected, or reopened. Keep in mind:

   a) Nominations may be approved only if consensus favors support of the motto.

   b) Nominations may be reopened only once and only if: they have not received enough votes to gain supporting consensus, but promise to if given a second chance.

   c) All other nominations should be rejected, including those that have not reached consensus.

2. Try to keep closings as uncontroversial as possible. If in doubt, reopen.
3. Do not approve similar versions of the same joke. If the nomination contains edits, only approve the version with the most support. Reject the others.
   • The exception to this is if an edit is significantly different from the others, and has gained enough support to be approved on its own.

Display the result

Once the result of the discussion has been determined, add one of the following to the bottom of the discussion (without the bullet):

1. To approve: add :{{Approved}} for [[User:Matty4123/Joke/MONTH DAY, YEAR]] (optional comment) ~~~~

   If you are not certain what the next open date is, leave the link out and add the joke to the Approved list for future scheduling.

2. To reject: add :{{Thrown out}} (reason) ~~~~ or :{{Declined}} (reason) ~~~~
3. To reopen: add {{subst:relist}}

Then, move the entire discussion to the top of the Decisions (old discussions) section (direct link). From there it should be archived after a period of time. If you chose to reopen the motto, move it to the top of the In review section.

Example

Here is an example of what a reopened, then approved, nomination would look like:

=== Example joke ===
* Votes and comments. ~~~~

{{subst:relist}} ~~~~

* Additional votes and comments. ~~~~

:{{Approved}} for [[User:Matty4123/Joke/February 31, 2012]]. Enough additional votes have been added to form a consensus. ~~~~