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'''Disputes over content should be resolved through consensus-building on the relevant talk page.''' While voting can be utilized, it should not act as a replacement for discussion.

If you disagree with the outcome of a dispute, please respect the community's decision and move on. ~~At the same time, consensus can change; discussions~~ can be reopened if the facts have changed or ~~if sufficient time has passed to shift~~ community opinion.

If you disagree with the outcome of a dispute, please respect the community's decision and move on. A discussion can be reopened if the facts have changed, if novel arguments are presented, or community opinion has shifted.

While a dispute is ongoing, the page in question should remain at the ''status quo ante bellum''.<ref>Latin for "status quo before the conflict"</ref> If waiting for a discussion to play out is especially untenable (e.g. the content presents a legal issue), please [[VassarWiki:Reports|report]] the page and it will be dealt with by an [[VassarWiki:Administrators|administrator]]. Reverting back and forth, known as ''edit warring'', is not tolerated (even if you're right).

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== Respect privacy ==

'''Respect other people's privacy when including information ~~about them~~.'''

'''Respect other people's privacy when including information.'''

~~The identities~~ of individuals should not be included unless at least one of three criteria are met:

Identifying information of living individuals should not be included unless at least one of three criteria are met:

# the ~~identifying~~ information is unambiguously public and of nontrivial encyclopedic value (e.g. a speaker at Commencement)

# the information is unambiguously public and of nontrivial encyclopedic value (e.g. the name of a speaker at Commencement)

# the individual provides explicit permission for that context (e.g. they contribute the identifying information themself)

# ~~such documentation~~ would ~~have~~ little social consequence (e.g. the individual and their cohort are ~~no longer alive~~)

# the inclusion would result in little social consequence (e.g. the individual and their cohort are dead)

~~Requests~~ for the removal of identifying information must be fulfilled ~~when these criteria do not apply~~.

When none of these criteria apply, requests for the removal of identifying information must be fulfilled.

== Be a good person ==

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 '''Disputes over content should be resolved through consensus-building on the relevant talk page.''' While voting can be utilized, it should not act as a replacement for discussion.
-If you disagree with the outcome of a dispute, please respect the community's decision and move on. At the same time, consensus can change; discussions can be reopened if the facts have changed or if sufficient time has passed to shift community opinion.
+If you disagree with the outcome of a dispute, please respect the community's decision and move on. A discussion can be reopened if the facts have changed, if novel arguments are presented, or community opinion has shifted.
 While a dispute is ongoing, the page in question should remain at the ''status quo ante bellum''.<ref>Latin for "status quo before the conflict"</ref> If waiting for a discussion to play out is especially untenable (e.g. the content presents a legal issue), please [[VassarWiki:Reports|report]] the page and it will be dealt with by an [[VassarWiki:Administrators|administrator]]. Reverting back and forth, known as ''edit warring'', is not tolerated (even if you're right).
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 == Respect privacy ==
 {{See also|VassarWiki:Privacy policy}}
-'''Respect other people's privacy when including information about them.'''
+'''Respect other people's privacy when including information.'''
-The identities of individuals should not be included unless at least one of three criteria are met:
+Identifying information of living individuals should not be included unless at least one of three criteria are met:
-# the identifying information is unambiguously public and of nontrivial encyclopedic value (e.g. a speaker at Commencement)
+# the information is unambiguously public and of nontrivial encyclopedic value (e.g. the name of a speaker at Commencement)
 # the individual provides explicit permission for that context (e.g. they contribute the identifying information themself)
-# such documentation would have little social consequence (e.g. the individual and their cohort are no longer alive)
+# the inclusion would result in little social consequence (e.g. the individual and their cohort are dead)
-Requests for the removal of identifying information must be fulfilled when these criteria do not apply.
+When none of these criteria apply, requests for the removal of identifying information must be fulfilled.
 == Be a good person ==