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*'''Perfection is not Required''' - To contrast with Accuracy and Reliability, Grand Theft Wiki does not aim to be a perfect source of information. That is not to mean that we should not try to get as close as possible, but mistakes will be made and we need to allow for that to happen. | *'''Perfection is not Required''' - To contrast with Accuracy and Reliability, Grand Theft Wiki does not aim to be a perfect source of information. That is not to mean that we should not try to get as close as possible, but mistakes will be made and we need to allow for that to happen. | ||
*'''Consensus''' - This policy means that GTW is run as the users think it should be, and everybody is invited to help out and suggest edits to policies. This also applies to detail in articles, where extreme views are not supported by the rest of the community, and so are not kept in the article. | *'''Consensus''' - This policy means that GTW is run as the users think it should be, and everybody is invited to help out and suggest edits to policies. This also applies to detail in articles, where extreme views are not supported by the rest of the community, and so are not kept in the article. | ||
*'''Grand Theft Wiki is not a Democracy''' - This is the flipside to Consensus, meaning that some actions can be taken by the owners of Grand Theft Wiki without community discussion, and that some policies will stay in place even if the community disagrees. This is used mainly for security purposes, and currently only [[User:Xenon]] | *'''Grand Theft Wiki is not a Democracy''' - This is the flipside to Consensus, meaning that some actions can be taken by the owners of Grand Theft Wiki without community discussion, and that some policies will stay in place even if the community disagrees. This is used mainly for security purposes, and currently only [[User:Xenon]] has this right. | ||
*'''[[Grand Theft Wiki:Copyrights|Copyrights]]''' - Infringing copyright is stealing the work of others, and is counter-productive to Grand Theft Wiki if it has to be removed. | *'''[[Grand Theft Wiki:Copyrights|Copyrights]]''' - Infringing copyright is stealing the work of others, and is counter-productive to Grand Theft Wiki if it has to be removed. | ||