ESB:Requests for separation

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This page serves as a place to request and discuss separations.

General

The following are the policies to the requests for separations process.

• A. General

• 1. This is an optional process; administrators can separate anything they believe is needed.
• 2. If there is any controversy over separating a certain page, abstain from a separating war, do not separate the page, and bring the page in question to a separate discussion as outlined in this article.
• 3. Anyone can nominate a page (article, category, etc.) they feel should be separated.
• 4 Anyone can separate a page to as many pages as they desire.
• 5. There cannot be more than 20 separation requests open at a given time. If there are already 20 requests at one time, do not create more or the requests made over the limit will be marked as invalid.

• B. Process

• 1. Fill out a form to create a separation discussion.
• 2. Once the discussion is created, the nominator must explain why they feel the article should be separated.

• a. If no explanation is given after twenty-four (24) hours, it will be closed as invalid.

• 3. A discussion will occur, centered on that particular page.
• 4. Neutral votes do not count in the final tally for consensus (70%)

• C. Closing discussions

• 1. Administrators and assistants can close separation discussions.
• 2. Separation discussions generally last seven (7) days.
• 3 If a discussion closes and the result is separation, the page can be redirected to another article if there is a useful redirect.
• 4. Exceptions

• i. If 90% or more of votes (including neutrals) are either separate or keep combined after four (4) days, the discussion can end with a result.
• ii. If a separation discussion does not receive a consensus (70%) either way after two (2) weeks, the discussion can be closed as "no consensus" and the page is kept.
• iii. A page cannot be nominated a second time (and so on) for separation less than one (1) month after a previous request on the same page has been archived.
• iv. The creator of a separation discussion may withdraw their discussion at their sole discretion.

• D. Request Limits for Pages
  • 1. When a page has been voted to not be separated three consecutive times within three months or six consecutive times (without a bounded time for the requests be submitted it), the page will be exempt from being requested to be separated for six months.
  • 2. After the initial six month ban of requesting on a page, every request that results without a separation will result in another six-month exemption.
  • 3. A page can be exempt from any six-month exemption from separation requests if:
    • If any discussion of a page's separation that is currently exempt is found to have 3 or more sockpuppets, the six-month exemption will be lifted and an admin will create a new discussion as a redo.
    • If a proposal is passed that allows separation in a category containing pages for the purposes of housekeeping, the page can be separated without a discussion if the passed proposal is defined in conjunction with a valid reason.
  • 4. All pages currently exempt from separation requests will be put in a sub-page to be displayed and updated on the ESB:Requests for separation page. The starting date and ending date of their exemptions will also be listed.

Request form

• 1. Replace PAGE with the title of the page you believe should be separated in the box below.
• 2. Click "submit."
• 3. When you submit, fill out the information on the resulting page, then save the page.
• 4. Copy and paste the following under "requests" of this page, replacing "PAGE" with the title.

• [[ESB:Requests for separation/PAGE]]

• 5. Add the template {{Separation-request}} to the page nominated for separation.

Requests

Pages exempt from requesting

Pages exempt from requests for separation (edit)
Page	Ending Discussion	Starting Date	Ending Date
No current exemptions

Requests for separation

Requests for separation (edit)
Only 20 requests may be active at once. Any created past that limit will be closed.
Page	Discussion	Posted
No current requests

Archive

See archive here: ESB:Requests for separation/archive