Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-9531161-20140217041620/@comment-9531161-20140217045924

OK, hows this? We are allowed to resolve issues within the confines of the wiki rules and guidelines without approval, but we're not allowed to instate something new or change what was there previously in order to try to fix a problem.

Here's an example: let's say two users are fighting about pokemon. You can do everything in your power to try to resolve the issue, but you can't suddenly come up with the new rule "People aren't allowed to talk about pokemon anymore" without approval. Let's say someone is vandalizing pages all over the place. You are allowed to fix the vandalization and confront the user, and after an agreed upon amount of damage or warnings, you're allowed to ban the user. However, you're not allowed to change the ban period or make up a new rule for quicker bans without the approval of everyone.