Archive:Media Assets Workgroup
This is a proposal for a workgroup and should not be relied upon in any way. It is conjunctive to the proposal for Fair Use Policy, Media.
Overview
The Media Assets Workgroup is Citizendium's "Media and Permissions Department". Staffed by both expert editors and author specialists, its mission is
- To improve and safeguard Citizendium by serving its editors, authors, readers, media content-providers, and re-users.
While deferring to other content editors in nearly all cases, the Media Assets Workgroup has its own editorial purvey over media within certain narrow limits. The Media Assets Workgroup is governed and organized as other workgroups, but with several "tweaks" to streamline its functioning and to better facilitate its interactions with outside content-providers.
For the purposes of The Media Assets Workgroup, "media" is defined as all visual, audio, video, and template materials on all Citizendium pages.
Activities
- Content and permissions assistance
While not in any way replacing the function of other contributors in obtaining their own media content, The Media Assets Workgroup shall function as Citizendium's "go to" place for contributors who seek assistance with such. In cases where open content images are available, the Media Assets Workgroup can be enlisted to to obtain the images released anew under open content licenses, or by permission when open content substitutes are unavailable, not substantially equivalent, or impractical to obtain or request.
To carry out the above, The Media Assets Workgroup shall maintain help pages of sources that contributors may access to obtain appropriate images for themselves. For when this proves inadequate, The Media Assets Workgroup shall maintain an image request system, and a permission request system for obtaining and documenting releases. It shall maintain an IMAP account or tagging account, media-assets@citizendium.org or permissions@citizendium.org to do this.
As well, the workgroup shall negotiate with content providers to obtain block permission for Citizendium to use such content in approved articles.
- Media policy and help pages
Members of the workgroup shall, in a non-exclusionary manner (any CZ contributor can still contribute), work together to author media policy and help pages.
- Templates
The workgroup will, in a non-exclusionary manner (any CZ contributor can still contribute), have purvey over all media templates within Citizendium. However, the workgroup will have the ability to approve or disapprove of such templates.
- Group communication
The workgroup shall maintain a mailing list for general announcements.