CZ:Proposals/Editorial Council

These are proposals that will go (or are now) before the Editorial Council.

Should we allow article specific subpages?

Summary: The proposal recommends that citizendium adds three new fields to the metadata template (tab1, tab2 and tab3) that can be used to specify a subpage that is not defined in the generic list of subpages. An example of this can be seen at Iron/Isotopes. The Isotopes subpage will only be used by a small fraction of clusters (typically elements). This information could live on the /Catlogs subpage but citizendium readers will find it far more intuitive if the tab actually says Isotopes rather than Catalogs. Original proposer: Chris Day 23:25, 1 May 2008 (CDT) Next step: This is functional and can already be used by authors if they desire. The next step is to agree whether this is useful for readers and authors of citizendium. Driver: Chris Day To be done by: May 21st

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Moving Forward on Obscenity

Summary: Our family-friendliness policy, as written, is unclear, and should be rewritten. Furthermore, we should move away from trying to self-censor, and work on setting CZ up so that schools, libraries and parents can filter content they find objectionable. Original proposer: Brian P. Long 07:25, 25 April 2008 (CDT) Next step: Get more feedback Driver: Brian P. Long To be done by: May 10 Notes: Also see 'Moving Forward on Obscenity', http://forum.citizendium.org/index.php/topic,1640.0.html on the forums for more discussion about this issue.

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Disambiguation mechanics

Summary: This proposal argues that all disambiguation pages should be at titles of the form "foo (disambiguation)", with a redirect at all basic names which are being disambiguated; this will allow us to easily find articles which have been linked (erroneously) to the wrong meaning of "{foo}". Original proposer: J. Noel Chiappa 09:33, 15 May 2008 (CDT) Next step: I would like to see debate on this to see what the community thinks of this; most people have been positive, but there might be some issues I haven't considered. Driver: J. Noel Chiappa To be done by: May 30th (approximately) Notes: A thread on the forums wandered into discussion of this topic here.

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Self-Correction Policy

Summary: The Citizendium should adopt a policy that requires that we list all factual errors in previous versions of our articles--including unapproved articles--at the bottom of an article. This is the same standard that newspapers and other legitimate periodicals use. We are clearly obligated to adopt the same policy. Doing so will earn us good will from the public and increase our credibility considerably. Original proposer: Larry Sanger 08:57, 28 March 2008 (CDT) Next step: Submit to the Editorial Council for approval, hopefully by acclamation Driver: Larry Sanger To be done by: May 1 or when the Editorial Council comes back online

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Citing CZ article by authors

Summary: An author X, who wants to cite a Citizendium article he contributed to, should do so in a form like "Authors and X (2008) Life ..." (summary written by Proposals Manager) Original proposer: Lee R. Berger 01:44, 5 March 2008 (CST) Next step: Create Proposal Driver: Lee R. Berger 01:44, 5 March 2008 (CST) To be done by: 5 March

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Medical Disclaimers

Summary: Add a disclaimer to drug and medical condition pages Original proposer: David E. Volk 10:21, 9 March 2008 (CDT) Next step: Decision by Editorial Council Driver: David E. Volk To be done by: August 4 Notes: See CZ:Editorial Council Resolution 0013

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Pilot to allow Citizens to take credit for pages

Summary: By popular demand, we would, to a limited extent, allow Citizens to take authorship credit of articles. This would (for now) take the form of a template placed at the bottom of the page, which would, in small and unobtrusive print, list the contributors to an article in alphabetical order. Contributors would add themselves. To avoid issues about what counts as an "important" edit, a person could take co-authorship credit for adding at least two sentences, and five people who have to be on the list before any names were displayed. We would try this out in just four workgroups (the template would be removed from articles in any other workgroup). Original proposer: Larry Sanger 22:08, 12 February 2008 (CST) Next step: Submit to Editorial Council after new Council is empanelled Driver: Larry Sanger To be done by: May 1 or when the Editorial Council comes back online

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Create workgroup style guides

Summary: To promote coherent style and subsections within each workgroup, aid new users with examples of equations, drawings and other how-to items Original proposer: David E. Volk 11:33, 29 February 2008 (CST) Next step: CZ:Editorial Council Resolution 0011, awaiting sponsors and a vote Driver: User:David E. Volk To be done by: July 1, 2008 Notes: The idea is to have a workgroup-specific style guides to aid authors and editors for consistency

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