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A '''control verb''' is a [[verb]] that [[control]]s a system, including its human elements, e.g. [[ban]], [[desysop]].
A '''control verb''' is a [[verb]] that [[control]]s a system, including its human elements, e.g. [[ban]], [[desysop]].  The [[Publish:policy]] and [[Research:policy]] need a very strict set of such verbs.


A [[reflexive]] system treats control verbs very similarly to any other content.
A [[reflexive]] system treats control verbs very similarly to any other content.


A special case of a control verb is a [[command verb]] that actually is encoded in the system, such as "[[edit]]" or "[[save]]" or "[[protect]]", all of which can be applied to any [[wiki page]].
A special case of a control verb is a [[command verb]] that actually is encoded in the system, such as "[[edit]]" or "[[save]]" or "[[protect]]", all of which can be applied to any [[wiki page]]. A good [[Develop:policy]] would be to insist that all code specific to a namespace or named page goes at a page like [[code:verb]]. ''See [[talk:namespace]].''
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