CZ:Managing Editor/2010/005 - Editorial guidance for the WikiLeaks article: Difference between revisions
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*[[CZ:Charter#Article 15|Article 15]]: Editors shall assure the quality of the Citizendium's approved content. They shall review and evaluate articles and shall have the right to | |||
#approve high-quality articles that treat their topic adequately; | |||
#resolve disputes over specific content matters when requested; | |||
#enforce style and content guidelines as established by the Editorial Council; and | |||
#identify for discussion incorrect or poorly presented content. | |||
*[[CZ:Charter#Article 40|Article 40]]: Whenever possible, disputes shall be settled informally at the lowest possible level by subject matter Editors. Specifically, the following shall apply: | |||
# Any party involved in a dispute may contact the Ombudsman for assistance in dispute resolution. | |||
# When a formal decision is necessary or demanded, the Ombudsman shall facilitate the presentation of the issue to the appropriate body — Editorial Council for content disputes, Management Council for disputes involving violation of the rules. | |||
# All Citizens shall have the right to a fair hearing, which shall include, but not necessarily be limited to, the following: the opportunity to present one's case in one's defense, the right to be heard by a fair and unprejudiced body, the right to have others offer testimony on one's behalf. | |||
# The Editorial Council and the Management Council may impose sanctions that result in blocking a citizen's access to Citizendium, removing or altering content, or terminating the citizen. The Management Council and Editorial Council may from time to time devise additional sanctions as appropriate. | |||
#Citizens shall not have arbitrary or excessive sanctions imposed upon them. | |||
=== Decisions by the governing bodies === | === Decisions by the governing bodies === |
Revision as of 11:35, 6 December 2010
Statement of problem
Please be brief and specific in your request (polar questions are best) and add relevant links if available. Please state a time frame in which you expect a decision.
The article WikiLeaks needs editorial guidance in light of disagreements between two Editors. Both the Managing Editor and the Ombudsman have been invited to intervene. --Daniel Mietchen 15:59, 6 December 2010 (UTC)
Formal restatement of problem
This section defines the section structure of the decision.
Existing applicable policy
Charter
- Article 15: Editors shall assure the quality of the Citizendium's approved content. They shall review and evaluate articles and shall have the right to
- approve high-quality articles that treat their topic adequately;
- resolve disputes over specific content matters when requested;
- enforce style and content guidelines as established by the Editorial Council; and
- identify for discussion incorrect or poorly presented content.
- Article 40: Whenever possible, disputes shall be settled informally at the lowest possible level by subject matter Editors. Specifically, the following shall apply:
- Any party involved in a dispute may contact the Ombudsman for assistance in dispute resolution.
- When a formal decision is necessary or demanded, the Ombudsman shall facilitate the presentation of the issue to the appropriate body — Editorial Council for content disputes, Management Council for disputes involving violation of the rules.
- All Citizens shall have the right to a fair hearing, which shall include, but not necessarily be limited to, the following: the opportunity to present one's case in one's defense, the right to be heard by a fair and unprejudiced body, the right to have others offer testimony on one's behalf.
- The Editorial Council and the Management Council may impose sanctions that result in blocking a citizen's access to Citizendium, removing or altering content, or terminating the citizen. The Management Council and Editorial Council may from time to time devise additional sanctions as appropriate.
- Citizens shall not have arbitrary or excessive sanctions imposed upon them.
Decisions by the governing bodies
Auxiliary policy
Draft decision
The text below is what I plan to decide in this case. Feel free to edit the text if you think this improves it. If your edits require discussion, please use the dedicated section below. Editing and discussion in this "Draft decision" section shall stop 24h after my last edit to it.'
- As a first step, three other Politics Editors - Donald C. Church, Roger A. Lohmann and Jonathan B. Rubinstein have been invited to provide editorial guidance.
Discussion of Draft decision
When reading or editing this section, please keep in mind that the current version of the draft decision might be different from the one referred to by previous commenters.