CZ:Approval Announcements

April 27, 2007

This announcement is for the wiki hackers among us- the skin for Approved articles needs a facial.

What's needed? (All registered users should feel free to add to & edit this list)

• Approved articles need a look that tells the user that he or she is reading an approved article

• A conventional means of indicating important facts (such as nominating editor- date approved) is also needed

• A clear disclaimer

What's been said so far?

Here are threads on the forum that all deserve our attention (please add to these):

• Article Approval notice box size too large? http://forum.citizendium.org/index.php/topic,861.0.html

• Re: Proof versions of articles« Reply #32 on: April 19, 2007, 04:43:23 PM »[1]

• Should there be a Group Approval Template? [2]

Here are current pages on Citizendium that have to do with Approval templates:

• Our current Nomination for Approval Template http://en.citizendium.org/wiki/Template:ToApprove

Invitation to link sandbox trials here

( To make your own sandbox page, edit your user page and create a link to the sandbox page as if it already existed, like this: [[User:Nancy_Sculerati/Sandbox]]. After completing the edit, you'll see the red link; just click on the red link to start the new page. Any author can create a page anywhere in the same way. - as per Pat Palmer)

• Perhaps drafts of templates and styles for approved articles might be linked here?
• http://en.citizendium.org/wiki?title=User_talk:Larry_Sanger/Approved_in_pagehist&oldid=100084129

April 26, 2007

Developing articles that need editors to nominate them for approval (or indicate what is needed before such nomination can be made):

• First Punic War

Copying Jason's post from the Forums [3]: I have a favor to ask of the History Workgroup. The article First Punic War appears high on Google searches. It has been steadily climibing, currently 10 to 12 in rank on a search for first punic war. If this article can be pushed along to approved status, this would be good PR. -Jason Potkanski Tech Lead

April 24, 2007

Our first of the Tuesday Night Rundowns on approved articles begins! Our first set of announcements is itself an "announcement of firsts".

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Developing articles that need editors to nominate them for approval (or indicate what is needed before such nomination can be made):

Calling Mathematics editors to review:

• Prime number
• Complex number

These are candidates for our first Mathematics articles for nomination. Where are our editors?

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Articles newly nominated for approval:

Humanities

   

Our very first History articles to be nominated!

• Pittsburgh,_History_to_1800
• Pittsburgh,_History_since_1800

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Just Approved Articles

   

• Infant colic Our very first Health Sciences article to be approved!