Wiki143:Historical archive/Abandoned help pages from 2001/Summarize discussion
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After a discussion on a page has died down for several weeks, you (if you can be smart and respectful at the same time) might replace the discussion with a summary of major points, as though you were (!) writing an encyclopedia article about the discussion.
If the discussion entailed opposing arguments, present the arguments from an unbiased point of view. Where possible, distinguish the common ground from the points of contention.
If anyone believes his argument has been misrepresented, he can always go back and look at the "Recent Changes" and see the old version.
Summarizing and otherwise cleaning up a discussion, and integrating results of it in with the article commented on, is called refactoring. See also editing policy.
See: Wikipedia:arguments