Forum:CT Archive/Talk page policy, second attempt

After the failure of Forum:CT Archive/Talk page policy, this is my second attempt. A few changes have been made to the proposed policy, currently located at User:Master Jonathan/Talk page policy, to appease the majority who opposed the first CT. The most notable of these changes was redefining off-topic posts as comments that can be removed without archiving. As a compromise for those, including myself, who still see no reason to remove off-topic posts, a footnote has been appended to that item suggesting, but in no way requiring, that users give consideration to keeping the post if circumstances allow. All changes between the last CT and now can be viewed in this diff.

The following paragraph is copied from the previous CT and still applies to this proposal without change:

As part of that proposal, Talkheader will be updated to link to the new policy and summarize key points, including at least the rules about not editing others' comments and encouraging users to create a new thread to reply to an old thread. As the talkheader template would merely explain the policy instead of being the policy itself, I am not proposing exact wording and will leave the wording to the discretion of the administrator closing this thread and anyone else he/she wishes to obtain input from or delegate the task to.

In addition to that, I forgot to mention in the previous CT that links, which may possibly involve slight rewording to draw attention to them, should also be added to msg-talk, msg-talkr, and msg-talka. A separate vote is below to determine whether it is necessary to add this policy to the list of policies in the welcome template. &mdash;MJ&mdash; Council Chambers 05:15, July 30, 2013 (UTC)

Support

 * 1) As proposer. &mdash;MJ&mdash; Council Chambers 05:15, July 30, 2013 (UTC)

Prop 2: Adding a link to the Welcome template
Do we need to add a link to this to the list of policies in the welcome template? The list has an "other policies and guidelines" link, but I think this is important enough to have its own link in that list, being a policy that practically every newbie will need to know early in their wiki-careers.

This vote is obviously dependent on Prop 1; is Prop 1 fails, this vote is moot.

Add link to policies list and in second paragraph below list

 * 1) As proposer. If it's deemed warranted to remove one to keep the columns even, I would suggest removing the privacy policy, since the real, legally binding one for all Wikia wikis is linked at the bottom of every page and ours is out of date. &mdash;MJ&mdash; Council Chambers 05:15, July 30, 2013 (UTC)