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When editing policies and guidelines, great care must be exercised. Policies and guidelines are supposed to state what most members of the Scratchpad community agree upon, and should be phrased to reflect the present consensus on a subject. In general, more caution should be exercised in editing policies and guidelines than in editing articles. Minor edits to existing pages, such as formatting changes, grammatical improvement, and uncontentious clarification, may be made by any editor at any time. However, changes that would alter the substance of policy or guidelines should normally be announced on the appropriate talk page first. The change may be implemented if no objection is made to it, or if discussion shows that there is consensus for the change. Major changes should also be publicized to the community in general, as should proposals for new policy pages.
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