[Cz-editcouncil] Require editor addresses?

[Dr. S N Sarbadhikari]

I too agree that the email ids of the editors should be available to all
the other editors, at least of the same Workgroup.
As Regina has pointed out, it may not be displayed publicly.
Many editors do not have the habit of visiting their talk pages regularly.
Regards
Supten

> I absolutely agree. Even on wikipedia administrators are asked to have
> their email activated. Anyone who prefers to keep things separated can
> always use a special-purpose email.  David
>
> On 10/2/07, Larry Sanger <sanger at citizendium.org> wrote:
>> Dear All,
>>
>> Here is another perhaps small matter that I would like to alert the
>> Editorial Council to, and give you the option of voting.
>>
>> An editor approached me saying he wants to contact other editors in his
>> area, only to discover that several of them aren't contactable.  He
>> makes
>> the argument that being a CZ editor must contain some minimal
>> obligations to
>> communicate--being contactable is one of them.  I am inclined to agree.
>> Note, this DOES NOT mean that you have to give out your e-mail address,
>> only
>> that you remain open to *receiving* e-mail generated by a Web form.
>>
>> So I am inclined to make this into a policy.  But would any editor like
>> to
>> call for a vote on the matter?  I could imagine someone thinking that
>> there
>> is an important privacy issue here, but if no one does, we'll just go
>> ahead
>> and make it a policy.
>>
>> The Chair