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

[Anthony Sebastian]

Agree. See no need for formal vote.

Anthony.Sebastian
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: M. BALDWIN-EDWARDS<mailto:baldwin at panteion.gr> 
  To: The Citizendium Editorial Council<mailto:cz-editcouncil at voltaire.citizendium.org> 
  Sent: Saturday, February 16, 2008 4:19 AM
  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<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://forumcitizendium.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<http://en.citizendium.org/wiki/User:Warren_Schudy>
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