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 | This page in a nutshell: Don't just look at individual policies, but the interaction between them. |
It is important to consider the interaction between policies when considering complex situations. This page contains a couple of different fictional examples where multiple policies are interacting, and then moves on to real-world examples, including some WP:ARBCOM cases.