Government Web Standards
Editing policy
Consensus is an inherent part of the wiki process. Consensus is typically reached as a natural product of the editing process. Generally someone will begin a discussion and then everyone who reads the page has an opportunity to either leave the page as it is or change it. In essence silence implies consent if there is adequate exposure to the community. Registered users can use the watchlist function to receive alerts about changes to wiki pages.
When there are disagreements, these can resolved through polite discussion and negotiation on the wiki. Where appropriate, face to face meetings may be convened by the Web Standards Team to discuss issues in further depth.
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Moderation
All editable pages are moderated by the Web Standards Working Group and Web Standards Team according to guidelines outlined in the moderation policy. Edits made by logged in users will be published immediately but may be subject to moderation later if the material added is in breach of this editing policy.
Appropriate editing
All of the following are considered appropriate on this wiki:
- Questions
- Examples
- Suggestions
- Constructive criticism
- Debate
- Amending the contributions of other users
Any good-faith effort to improve Web Standards, even if misguided or ill-considered, is not vandalism. This includes:
- Mistakes
- Disagreements
- New users testing editing a page
- Archiving overly-long Talk page discussions to another page
- Apparent bad-faith edits that do not make their bad-faith nature inarguably explicit
Vandalism
Vandalism is inappropriate editing of this wiki and will be managed by the Web Standards Working Group and Web Standards Team according to the vandalism policy. Vandalism includes:
- Posting deliberately inflammatory, threatening or abusive comments
- Vandalising the contributions of other users
- Adding or linking to illegal or offensive material
Possible types of Web Standards vandalism, which may be displayed content or hidden (visible only in edit mode) content, are:
- Removing the comments of other users
- Changing the meaning of people's comments
- Adding graffiti
- Adding inappropriate external links for advertisement and/or self-promotion
- Deliberate misinformation
- Use of offensive language, including usernames
Conflicts of interest
Users should declare any conflicts of interest that apply to their contributions.
Official information
The contents of this wiki (including the edit history) may be subject to requests under the Official Information Act.
Code of Conduct for the State Services
Government employees who participate on this wiki are reminded of their obligations under the Code of conduct for the State Services - Standards of Integrity and Conduct.
