User talk:The Four Deuces/Archives/2016/February

Consensus building

Hey, TFD. How do we go about obtaining a consensus on a locked article? Do I depend on the moderators to come to a consensus? If that is the case, is there a way to see a list of who moderates a certain article? I also saw nothing on the consensus description page as to where I could find the current consensus. Do I just need to read through the talk page or edit history to see what the past consensus was? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bweazel (talk • contribs) 17:50, 4 February 2016 (UTC)

@Bweazel:, the article is not locked, it is semi-protected. Also note there is a one revert restriction. You should read the discussion pages because the fascism=socialism theory has been discussed at length over the years. It is a popular view on right-wing internet sites but has no support in reliable sources, so is covered by WP:FRINGE. For how consensus is achieved, see WP:CONSENSUS.

While that may seem like a lot of rules, articles are supposed to reflect what one would find in a standard textbook, they are not supposed to correct expert opinion, even if it is wrong and no matter how reasoned your arguments. If you disagree with that policy (WP:NPOV) then you should argue to change the policy rather than make an exception in any article.

Also, please post new comments at the bottom of talk pages, and remember to sign your posts.

TFD (talk) 18:30, 4 February 2016 (UTC)

@The Four Deuces: Thanks for all your help. Bweazel (talk) 18:35, 4 February 2016 (UTC)