Editing Parliamentary procedure (section)

===Organizations and civic groups===
In the US ''[[Robert's Rules of Order]] Newly Revised''<ref>{{cite book |last1=Robert |first1=Henry |title=Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised |date=2020 |publisher=Public Affairs, Hachette Book Group |location=New York |isbn=978-1541736696 |edition=12th}}</ref> aspires to be a comprehensive guide, based on the original 1876 version written primarily to help guide voluntary associations in their operations of governance: "New editions have marked the growth of parliamentary procedure as cases occurring in assemblies have pointed to a need for further rules or additional interpretations to go by."<ref>{{cite book |last1=Robert |first1=Sarah |url=https://archive.org/details/scottforesmanr00robe |title=Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised |date=1981 |publisher=Scott Foresman and Company |isbn=0-673-15471-8 |edition=1981 |location=Glenview, Illinois |page=preface, pg. ix |url-access=registration}}</ref> ''Robert's Rules of Order The Modern Edition''<ref>{{cite book |last1=Patnode |first1=Darwin |url=https://archive.org/details/robertsrulesofo400robe |title=Robert's Rules of Order the Modern Edition |date=1989 |publisher=The Berkley Publishing Group |isbn=0-425-11690-5 |location=New York |url-access=registration}}</ref> and ''[[The Standard Code of Parliamentary Procedure]]''<ref>{{cite book |last1=Sturgis |first1=Alice |url=https://archive.org/details/standardcodeofpa00stur |title=The Standard Code of Parliamentary Procedure |date=1988 |publisher=McGraw-Hill, Inc. |isbn=0-07-062522-0 |location=New York |url-access=registration}}</ref> aspire to be concise. "This book is a basic reference book but does not claim to be comprehensive. For most organization and for most meetings, it will prove very adequate."<ref>{{cite book |last1=Patnode |first1=Darwin |url=https://archive.org/details/robertsrulesofo400robe |title=Robert's Rules of Order The Modern Edition |date=1989 |publisher=The Berkley Publishing Group |isbn=0-425-11690-5 |location=New York |page=17 |url-access=registration}}</ref> "[[Alice Sturgis]] believed that confusing or unnecessary motions and terminology should be eliminated. Her goal was to make the process simpler, fairer, and easier to understand, and The Standard Code of Parliamentary Procedure did just that ..."<ref>{{cite book |last1=Sturgis |first1=Alice |url=https://archive.org/details/standardcodeofpa00stur |title=The Standard Code of Parliamentary Procedure |date=1988 |publisher=McGraw-Hill, Inc. |isbn=0-07-062522-0 |edition=Third |location=New York |page=xxi - "To the Reader" preface, by Edwin C. Bliss |url-access=registration}}</ref>

A common text in use in the UK, particularly within [[trade union|trade unions]], is [[Walter Citrine]]'s ''[[ABC of Chairmanship]]''.

In English-speaking Canada, popular authorities include Kerr & King's ''Procedures for Meeting and Organizations''. The [[Conservative Party of Canada]] uses ''Wainberg's Society meetings including rules of order'' to run its internal affairs.

In French-speaking Canada, commonly used rules of order for ordinary societies include [[Victor Morin]]'s {{lang|fr|[[Morin code|Procédures des assemblées délibérantes]]}} (commonly known as the {{lang|fr|Code Morin}})<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/19991008181931/http://web.uvic.ca/~cpssa/morineng.htm ''Code Morin'' at University of Victoria]; retrieved 2013-1-13.</ref> and the {{lang|fr|Code [[Confédération des syndicats nationaux]]}}.