Board Thread:Improvements and Issues/@comment-1393830-20130307045019/@comment-1268838-20130319185753

While chat is convenient for discussing issues in real time, it just isn't realistic to have every single committee member and admin on at once. Even with the aforementioned example aside, there have been times when any number of us have made certain decisions without the others' knowledge.

Another issue is that once the discussion is had on chat, it simply gets swept away without an official record. Chat logs could supplement this issue, but I myself find reading through them a little inconvenient. And then even after those who weren't present are filled in, they did not get the chance to offer input to begin with.

All of this of course, is even worse for the site's editors, users, and even just browsers, many of whom cannot even access chat.

We already use the democratic process on minor issues, such as changing the article pictures for characters. So frankly, I don't see why we can't implement a page for policies and large-scale decisions.