Consensus

Consensus is a term which describes general agreement among members of a group or community.  It also means the theory and process of bringing a group together in agreement.Shutt, Randy,  "Consensus Is Not Unanimity: Making Decisions Cooperatively," Vernal Education Project; retrieved 2013-1-25. 

 Science and technology 

 Scientific consensus
 Consensus (computer science), methods to connect and organize parts of a distributed computer system or database so they work smoothly together.
 Consensus sequence, the most common order of building blocks (nucleotides or amino acids) in a DNA, RNA, or protein sequence..
 Consensus theorem, an identity in Boolean algebra.
 Consensus or resolvent term, defined in the consensus theorem.

 Wikipedia 

The cooperative spirit of consensus is different from the competitive spirit which is brought to a point in majority voting. As per the Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales,Farber, Dan.  "Deconstructing Wikipedia at the Berkman Center,"  CNET, May 15, 2008; retrieved 2013-1-25.
We are really strongly focused on consensus. One criticism of Wikipedia is that the majority rules. But majority is not the right way to describe it. We strive for consensus rather than majority rule. If you are in a group of five or ten people working on an article, if 30 percent of those working on the article dissent, then continue to write the article until all but the most unreasonable agree. Those who continue to disagree are typically exhibiting non-collaborative, and sometimes abusive, behavior.

 Related pages 

 Bias
 Fascism
 Mob rule
 Disinformation
 Intensity of preference

 References 

Other websites
  "Basics of Consensus" at Northwest Intentional Communities Association (NICA) 

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