CZ:Proposals/Editorial Council

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

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: Fill in next step Driver: Chris Day To be done by: Fill in target date for next step Notes: A thread on the forums wandered into discussion of this topic here.

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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: Fill in next step Driver: Chris Day To be done by: Fill in target date for next step

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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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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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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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