Википедия:Голосования — не замена обсуждениям: различия между версиями

# [[Кодификация|Кодификации]] и формализации уже существующей, стихийно сложившейся, практики сообщества;

# Обсуждения сообществом, в ходе которого был достигнут [[Википедия:Консенсус|консенсус]] сообщества

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As discussed above, straw polling may be helpful in rare cases to confirm the existence of a consensus, or as a non-binding test of community opinion. However, because straw polling ''cannot'' create [[WP:CONSENSUS|consensus]], polling is rarely helpful in the development of policies or guidelines, and often counterproductive. Although straw polls and/or votes have been used in the adoption of a limited number of policies, including [[WP:3RR]], [[WP:AP]], [[WP:SPP]] and the older parts of [[WP:CSD]], even in those these cases, the polls were put together carefully and only after discussing the matter for a month or more. No guideline has ever been enacted through a vote.