[Cz-editcouncil] request for small change in Approvals process

[John R Moffett]

Agreed. No vote necessary in my opinion.
 
John Moffett

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From: cz-editcouncil-bounces at voltaire.citizendium.org
[mailto:cz-editcouncil-bounces at voltaire.citizendium.org] On Behalf Of M.
BALDWIN-EDWARDS
Sent: Saturday, February 16, 2008 7:19 AM
To: The Citizendium Editorial Council
Subject: [Cz-editcouncil] request for small change in Approvals process


Dear colleague,
 
I am forwarding a request for a small change of rules in how we Approve
articles, made by Warren Schudy.We could pass this without voting, if nobody
finds it controversial. Please comment. THe text is below.
 
Martin Baldwin-Edwards
 
The current approval process
(http://en.citizendium.org/wiki/CZ:Approval_Process#Sysops_make_it_official_
with_the_.7B.7BApproved.7D.7D_template) asks sysops to do the following
before executing a pending approval:
"Examine the talk page. Make sure it's clear that there are three editors
who
are in agreement about the approvability of the article, or, if it seems
there
is an individual approval going on, make sure that the person approving the
article has not worked much on the article. (For that, examine the article's
history.)"

I propose replacing that text with:
"Examine the talk page. Make sure it's clear that there are three editors
who
are in agreement about the approvability of the article, or, if it seems
there
is an individual approval going on, make sure that the person approving the
article has not worked much on the article. (For that, examine the article's
history.) Also ensure that at least one editor currently supports the
approval of the article 
version mentioned in the approval template. If there is any reason to doubt
editor
support, request clarification before doing the honors. Reasons to doubt
editor
support include the nominated version not being the latest one and/or the
existence of
unanswered author critiques."

The rationale for this change is to ensure that sysops err on the side of
not approving rather than approving when editor support is unclear. For
further discussion, see
http://forum.citizendium.org/index.php?topic=1563.msg14042
<http://forum.citizendium.org/index.php/topic,1563.msg14042.html> . 

Per Larry's request, I am hereby requesting your approval for this change.

Warren Schudy
http://en.citizendium.org/wiki/User:Warren_Schudy
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