CZ:Managing Editor Announcements

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CZ Council passes motion to replace the existing Forums with a wiki-based Forum [20-Sep-2014]

The Citizendium Council has passed a motion to replace the existing Forums with a wiki-based Forums. The text of the motion can be found at: http://en.citizendium.org/wiki/CZ:Council#2014.

I repeat the text below for your convenience:

• The Citizendium Council moves to authorize Constable John Stephenson to develop on the main wiki forum boards to replace those of the current non-wiki Citizendium forums. The old archives of the existing forums should be kept as a read-only archive until an alternative is found.
• The Council directs John to comply with the existing rules regarding the structure of the forums as delineated by the ruling of the previous Management Council.
• Also the Council directs John to mimic the current non-wiki Citizendium forums as closely as possible. Notices should be placed at the top of Council boards to prohibit non-members posting, on pain of Constabulary sanction. (Two strikes = ban)
• Regarding the issue of providing for input from non-users, Council requests John to set up a venue for that using Google Groups.
• The Council also moves that the Constabulary monitor the new forums on the wiki for abuses that they currently monitor on the main wiki.
• The Council directs the technical staff to create a Space on the wiki for the forum so no forum functionality will be lost (advisory by John Stephenson).
• When John has completed the development of the forums on the wiki, the Citizendium Council will evaluate and approve or make suggestions for improvement.

Because only a small fraction of active users utilize the existing forums, the Council hopes that more users will avail themselves if the forums are available on the main wiki.