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'''Initial proposal records that lost, or never gained, an active driver will be moved here.'''
'''Initial proposal records that lost, or never gained, an active driver will be moved here.'''


== Should history articles be named with general terms first? ==
Every active proposal must have a driver, somebody who drives it along. Proposals without drivers end up here (older proposals are archived; see the box to the right). These proposals can at any time be resurrected if somebody volunteers to adopt it and become its driver. Simply put your name in the ''driver'' field of the proposal record, review [[Archive:Proposals/Policy|the rules for drivers]], and you're ready to go.
 
== Separate Author registration from Editor registration ==
 
{{proposal
{{proposal
|Brief descriptive title = Should history articles be named with general terms first?
|Brief descriptive title = Separate Author registration from Editor registration
|Summary of proposal = Should general article names be written as [[France, history]] as preferred to [[History of France]] or [[French History]]?  The central points of contention is whether general articles (e.g [[France, history]]) should be called [[History of France]] or even [[French history]]. The idea is that the keyword should be first in an article such as this, with people searching for [[France]] in a general search will see a list of articles, e.g:
|Summary of proposal = To make it easier for new people to register for Citizendium:
*[[France]]
After this proposal is implement, there is a separate page for the registration of authors than there is for the registration of editors.
*[[France, history]]
|Name and date of original proposer = [[User:Christian Kleineidam|Christian Kleineidam]] 19:57, 30 November 2008 (UTC)
*[[France, politics]]
*[[France, literature]]
etc.  
|Name and date of original proposer = [[User:Denis Cavanagh|Denis Cavanagh]] 11:29, 8 February 2008 (CST)
|Username of driver =  
|Username of driver =  
|Next step =  
|Next step =
|Target date for next step =
|Notes = 
}}
 
== Removal of educational requirements for the Constabulary ==
{{proposal
|Brief descriptive title = Should we remove the educational prequisites in place in order to be considered for the Constabulary?
|Summary of proposal = This proposal argues that the educational minimum requirement (A College degree) should be dropped for those being considered for the constabulary. The rationale is two-fold; First, an attempt of increasing our pool of potential constables (Something which will become more important as we grow) and second, on moral grounds there is little distinction maturity wise (Which essentially is all it takes to make a good constable) between those who have underwent a college degree and those who haven't.
|Name and date of original proposer = [[User:Denis Cavanagh|Denis Cavanagh]] 15:57, 7 May 2008 (CDT)
|Username of driver =
|Next step =
|Target date for next step =
|Notes = 
}}
 
== Simplify Core Articles Initiative ==
 
{{proposal
|Brief descriptive title = Simplify Core Articles Initiative
|Summary of proposal = The [[CZ:Core Articles|Core Articles]] initiative has not exactly been a screaming success; it is not achieving its primary aim of getting articles started about the most important 4,000 topics in our ~40 workgroup areas.  Therefore, I propose that it be greatly simplified--even "stripped down"--in a way designed to motivate people to contribute to the effort.
|Name and date of original proposer = [[User:Larry Sanger|Larry Sanger]] 20:54, 21 March 2008 (CDT)
|Username of driver =
|Next step =
|Target date for next step =
|Notes =
}}
 
== Unified Feature-Rich Workgroup page design template ==
 
{{proposal
|Brief descriptive title = Unified Feature-Rich Workgroup page design template
|Summary of proposal = Many workgroups are highly developed; some are marginally developed, and others are not developed.  It could be beneficial to have a single flexible template that would be easy to implement for all workgroup home pages.
|Name and date of original proposer = --[[User:Robert W King|Robert W King]] 12:21, 1 April 2008 (CDT)
|Username of driver =
|Next step =
|Target date for next step =
|Notes = 
}}
 
== Self-Correction Policy ==
{{proposal
|Brief descriptive title = Self-Correction Policy
|Summary of proposal = 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.
|Name and date of original proposer = [[User:Larry Sanger|Larry Sanger]] 08:57, 28 March 2008 (CDT)
|Username of driver =
|Next step =
|Target date for next step =
|Notes =
}}
 
== Citing CZ article by authors ==
{{proposal
|Brief descriptive title = Citing CZ article by authors
|Summary of proposal = 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)
|Name and date of original proposer = [[User:Lee R. Berger|Lee R. Berger]] 01:44, 5 March 2008 (CST)
|Username of driver =
|Next step =
|Target date for next step =
|Notes = 
}}
 
== A new subpage for translations of approved articles ==
{{proposal
|Brief descriptive title = Allow translations of approved articles
|Summary of proposal = Adopt and encourage translations of approved English CZ articles to other languages. This could be done with a new article subpage called "Other languages". The pagename would be Biology/Translations/German for instance.
|Name and date of original proposer = [[User:Jens Mildner|Jens Mildner]] 03:01, 23 February 2008 (CST)
|Username of driver =
|Next step =
|Target date for next step =  
|Target date for next step =  
|Notes= This has been discussed before but deserves a fuller debate. I don't really have an opinion on the issue despite the history workgroup handily being my most active one.[[User:Denis Cavanagh|Denis Cavanagh]] 11:29, 8 February 2008 (CST)
|Notes = I see this as the perfect preparation for the international CZ.
}}
 
== Non-comprehensive fair use policy ==
{{proposal
|Brief descriptive title = Non-comprehensive fair use policy
|Summary of proposal =This is a proposal to allow six categories of media to be used under U.S. fair use on Citizendium.  The six categories of materials encompass the most commonly used materials under fair use and are widely considered fair use without controversy.  Allowing these now will free contributors in a needed way related to current articles.  This is '''not''' a comprehensive fair use policy, which can be accomplished later.
|Name and date of original proposer = [[User:Stephen Ewen|Stephen Ewen]] 23:34, 17 February 2008 (CST)
|Username of driver =
|Next step =
|Target date for next step =
|Notes = 
}}
 
== Internationalisation sandbox ==
{{proposal
|Brief descriptive title = Internationalisation sandbox
|Summary of proposal =  There have been many requests for CZ pilots to begin in other languages, but so far nothing has gotten off the ground.  Inasmuch as 1) we are losing competent authors whose first language is not English but 2) we do not have the time, personnel or expertise to begin complete CZs in other languages, I propose a sandbox type setup in which those who will can go ahead and begin articles in other languages, but these will be hidden from public view until a bona fide project can be set up in that language.  Note that unlike the "sandbox" we have now, these drafts would not be discarded when the user signs off.
|Name and date of original proposer = [[User:Aleta Curry|Aleta Curry]] 21:10, 13 February 2008 (CST)
|Username of driver =
|Next step =
|Target date for next step =
|Notes =  All internationalisation discussions have been directed to the project page.
}}
 
== Naming Conventions for Biographies ==
{{proposal
|Brief descriptive title = Naming Conventions for Biographies
|Summary of proposal = to adopt conventions for the naming of articles about people, living and dead. The basic principle proposed is: '''In general, an article about a person ought to live at the name at which the person is best-known to educated English-speaking people, with redirects from all common alternates.''' Significant levels of detail are offered.
|Name and date of original proposer = [[User:Anthony Argyriou|Anthony Argyriou]] 14:31, 14 February 2008 (CST)
|Username of driver =
|Next step =
|Target date for next step =
|Notes = originally proposed at [[CZ Talk:Naming Conventions#Names of articles about people]], with no response.
}}
 
== Involving authors in approvals==
{{proposal
|Brief descriptive title = Involving authors in approvals
|Summary of proposal = There are two aspects: 1) I see no reason why anyone should not feel able to ''nominate'' an article for approval (even their own article). Indeed I see every reason why all contributors to Citizendium should feel encouraged to read articles with potential approval in mind.
2) To approve articles requires the support of relevant editors. But I see no reason why authors should not also be able (and indeed be encouraged) to express their support or otherwise for approval, and indeed as Citizendium values fluency and style then the opinions of non-expert readers are very important too.
|Name and date of original proposer = [[User:Gareth Leng|Gareth Leng]] 07:57, 14 February 2008 (CST)
|Username of driver = [[User:Gareth Leng|Gareth Leng]] 04:01, 15 February 2008 (CST)
|Next step = Decision from Approvals and Feedback Group?
|Target date for next step = March 10th?
|Notes =  Feedback so far seems positive (March 5th); awaits endorsement by Approvals group? Then implement?
}}
 
== Change to reversion policy ==
{{proposal
|Brief descriptive title = Change to reversion policy
|Summary of proposal = [[CZ:Professionalism#Reversion and deletion as unprofessional behaviors]] says ''deletion of others' work without explanation is clearly unprofessional, and deletion of more than 50 words can result in a warning, followed by a ban.'', and similary discourages reverting of edits without explanation. The proposal is to rewrite the section to emphasize that it is the lack of explanation which is the offence, not the mere act of reverting or deleting others' work.
|Name and date of original proposer = [[User:Anthony Argyriou|Anthony Argyriou]] 14:14, 13 February 2008 (CST)
|Username of driver =
|Next step =
|Target date for next step =
|Notes =  This stems from [[User talk:Larry Sanger#possible cause of slow growth|a discussion about the growth of Citizendium]]. 
}}
 
==Enable external feedback==
 
{{proposal
|Brief descriptive title = Enable external feedback
|Summary of proposal = Each article should have a link for non-citizens to submit feedback. Feedback can be read and acted upon by any Citizen. Feedback can be read both in an additional tab for each cluster, as well as in a global queue similar to "recent changes".
|Name and date of original proposer = [[User:Warren Schudy|Warren Schudy]] 13:34, 9 February 2008 (CST)
|Username of driver =
|Next step =
|Target date for next step =
|Notes =
}}
 
== Pilot to allow Citizens to take credit for pages ==
{{proposal
|Brief descriptive title = Pilot to allow Citizens to take credit for pages
|Summary of proposal = 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).
|Name and date of original proposer = [[User:Larry Sanger|Larry Sanger]] 22:08, 12 February 2008 (CST)
|Username of driver =
|Next step =
|Target date for next step =
|Notes =
}}
}}


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Driverless proposals
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Initial proposal records that lost, or never gained, an active driver will be moved here.

Every active proposal must have a driver, somebody who drives it along. Proposals without drivers end up here (older proposals are archived; see the box to the right). These proposals can at any time be resurrected if somebody volunteers to adopt it and become its driver. Simply put your name in the driver field of the proposal record, review the rules for drivers, and you're ready to go.

Separate Author registration from Editor registration

Summary: To make it easier for new people to register for Citizendium:

After this proposal is implement, there is a separate page for the registration of authors than there is for the registration of editors.

Original proposer: Christian Kleineidam 19:57, 30 November 2008 (UTC) Next step: Fill in next step
Driver: Driver needed (i.e., someone familiar with the proposals system who will move it through the system) To be done by: Fill in target date for next step
Complete proposal


Removal of educational requirements for the Constabulary

Summary: This proposal argues that the educational minimum requirement (A College degree) should be dropped for those being considered for the constabulary. The rationale is two-fold; First, an attempt of increasing our pool of potential constables (Something which will become more important as we grow) and second, on moral grounds there is little distinction maturity wise (Which essentially is all it takes to make a good constable) between those who have underwent a college degree and those who haven't.
Original proposer: Denis Cavanagh 15:57, 7 May 2008 (CDT) Next step: Fill in next step
Driver: Driver needed (i.e., someone familiar with the proposals system who will move it through the system) To be done by: Fill in target date for next step
Complete proposal


Simplify Core Articles Initiative

Summary: The Core Articles initiative has not exactly been a screaming success; it is not achieving its primary aim of getting articles started about the most important 4,000 topics in our ~40 workgroup areas. Therefore, I propose that it be greatly simplified--even "stripped down"--in a way designed to motivate people to contribute to the effort.
Original proposer: Larry Sanger 20:54, 21 March 2008 (CDT) Next step: Fill in next step
Driver: Driver needed (i.e., someone familiar with the proposals system who will move it through the system) To be done by: Fill in target date for next step
Complete proposal


Unified Feature-Rich Workgroup page design template

Summary: Many workgroups are highly developed; some are marginally developed, and others are not developed. It could be beneficial to have a single flexible template that would be easy to implement for all workgroup home pages.
Original proposer: --Robert W King 12:21, 1 April 2008 (CDT) Next step: Fill in next step
Driver: Driver needed (i.e., someone familiar with the proposals system who will move it through the system) To be done by: Fill in target date for next step
Complete proposal


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: Fill in next step
Driver: Driver needed (i.e., someone familiar with the proposals system who will move it through the system) To be done by: Fill in target date for next step
Complete proposal


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: Fill in next step
Driver: Driver needed (i.e., someone familiar with the proposals system who will move it through the system) To be done by: Fill in target date for next step
Complete proposal


A new subpage for translations of approved articles

Summary: Adopt and encourage translations of approved English CZ articles to other languages. This could be done with a new article subpage called "Other languages". The pagename would be Biology/Translations/German for instance.
Original proposer: Jens Mildner 03:01, 23 February 2008 (CST) Next step: Fill in next step
Driver: Driver needed (i.e., someone familiar with the proposals system who will move it through the system) To be done by: Fill in target date for next step
Notes: I see this as the perfect preparation for the international CZ.
Complete proposal


Non-comprehensive fair use policy

Summary: This is a proposal to allow six categories of media to be used under U.S. fair use on Citizendium. The six categories of materials encompass the most commonly used materials under fair use and are widely considered fair use without controversy. Allowing these now will free contributors in a needed way related to current articles. This is not a comprehensive fair use policy, which can be accomplished later.
Original proposer: Stephen Ewen 23:34, 17 February 2008 (CST) Next step: Fill in next step
Driver: Driver needed (i.e., someone familiar with the proposals system who will move it through the system) To be done by: Fill in target date for next step
Complete proposal


Internationalisation sandbox

Summary: There have been many requests for CZ pilots to begin in other languages, but so far nothing has gotten off the ground. Inasmuch as 1) we are losing competent authors whose first language is not English but 2) we do not have the time, personnel or expertise to begin complete CZs in other languages, I propose a sandbox type setup in which those who will can go ahead and begin articles in other languages, but these will be hidden from public view until a bona fide project can be set up in that language. Note that unlike the "sandbox" we have now, these drafts would not be discarded when the user signs off.
Original proposer: Aleta Curry 21:10, 13 February 2008 (CST) Next step: Fill in next step
Driver: Driver needed (i.e., someone familiar with the proposals system who will move it through the system) To be done by: Fill in target date for next step
Notes: All internationalisation discussions have been directed to the project page.
Complete proposal


Naming Conventions for Biographies

Summary: to adopt conventions for the naming of articles about people, living and dead. The basic principle proposed is: In general, an article about a person ought to live at the name at which the person is best-known to educated English-speaking people, with redirects from all common alternates. Significant levels of detail are offered.
Original proposer: Anthony Argyriou 14:31, 14 February 2008 (CST) Next step: Fill in next step
Driver: Driver needed (i.e., someone familiar with the proposals system who will move it through the system) To be done by: Fill in target date for next step
Notes: originally proposed at CZ Talk:Naming Conventions#Names of articles about people, with no response.
Complete proposal


Involving authors in approvals

Summary: There are two aspects: 1) I see no reason why anyone should not feel able to nominate an article for approval (even their own article). Indeed I see every reason why all contributors to Citizendium should feel encouraged to read articles with potential approval in mind.

2) To approve articles requires the support of relevant editors. But I see no reason why authors should not also be able (and indeed be encouraged) to express their support or otherwise for approval, and indeed as Citizendium values fluency and style then the opinions of non-expert readers are very important too.

Original proposer: Gareth Leng 07:57, 14 February 2008 (CST) Next step: Decision from Approvals and Feedback Group?
Driver: Gareth Leng 04:01, 15 February 2008 (CST) To be done by: March 10th?
Notes: Feedback so far seems positive (March 5th); awaits endorsement by Approvals group? Then implement?
Complete proposal


Change to reversion policy

Summary: CZ:Professionalism#Reversion and deletion as unprofessional behaviors says deletion of others' work without explanation is clearly unprofessional, and deletion of more than 50 words can result in a warning, followed by a ban., and similary discourages reverting of edits without explanation. The proposal is to rewrite the section to emphasize that it is the lack of explanation which is the offence, not the mere act of reverting or deleting others' work.
Original proposer: Anthony Argyriou 14:14, 13 February 2008 (CST) Next step: Fill in next step
Driver: Driver needed (i.e., someone familiar with the proposals system who will move it through the system) To be done by: Fill in target date for next step
Notes: This stems from a discussion about the growth of Citizendium.
Complete proposal


Enable external feedback

Summary: Each article should have a link for non-citizens to submit feedback. Feedback can be read and acted upon by any Citizen. Feedback can be read both in an additional tab for each cluster, as well as in a global queue similar to "recent changes".
Original proposer: Warren Schudy 13:34, 9 February 2008 (CST) Next step: Fill in next step
Driver: Driver needed (i.e., someone familiar with the proposals system who will move it through the system) To be done by: Fill in target date for next step
Complete proposal


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: Fill in next step
Driver: Driver needed (i.e., someone familiar with the proposals system who will move it through the system) To be done by: Fill in target date for next step
Complete proposal


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