User:SOTO/Forum Archive/Inclusion debates/@comment-1506468-20190827123101/@comment-1432718-20190911024945

In practice, especially over the last three years with the dozens of inclusion debates, the procedure you describe mostly applies to things with some closeness to DW. With something completely new, discussion must happen first. On a practical basis, it's much easier to manage a transition from invalid to valid than the other way. That's why it's always best with something new to declare invalid until/unless proven valid.

In general, the size of this wiki combined with the very small number of users/admins who do the cleanup work means that sometimes when procedures evolve (usually gradually), they are not always reflected in the written policy.