CZ:Managing Editor/2012/005 - Importing external articles: Step One: Difference between revisions
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* the referendum specifies a 30-day period for meeting certain conditions before the article can remain in Citizendium; | * the referendum specifies a 30-day period for meeting certain conditions before the article can remain in Citizendium; | ||
* no specification is made as to the location in Citizendium where the imported article is to reside during that 30-day period. | * no specification is made as to the location in Citizendium where the imported article is to reside during that 30-day period. | ||
== Existing applicable policy== | |||
===Charter=== | |||
*[[CZ:Charter#Article 36|Article 36]] | |||
*The Managing Editor has the following duties: | |||
#to ensure by means of executive decisions that the principles and policies of the Citizendium are effectively and coherently observed; such decisions shall be based on established policy where defined; | |||
#to make interim decisions on behalf of the Editorial and Management Councils when established policy does not provide guidance; these decisions shall be overridden by the establishment of relevant policy; | |||
#to represent the Citizendium in its relations with external bodies, such as the mass media, and academic or non-academic institutions. | |||
Number 2 applies in this decision. | |||
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Revision as of 22:09, 15 September 2012
Statement of the problem
In regard to the June 2012 passage of Referendum #2, CZ:Elections June 2012/Referenda/2, rescinding the Editorial Council’s restrictions on the importation of articles from other sources to Citizendium (Editorial Council Resolution R-2010-013), it is noted that:
- the referendum specifies a 30-day period for meeting certain conditions before the article can remain in Citizendium;
- no specification is made as to the location in Citizendium where the imported article is to reside during that 30-day period.
Existing applicable policy
Charter
- The Managing Editor has the following duties:
- to ensure by means of executive decisions that the principles and policies of the Citizendium are effectively and coherently observed; such decisions shall be based on established policy where defined;
- to make interim decisions on behalf of the Editorial and Management Councils when established policy does not provide guidance; these decisions shall be overridden by the establishment of relevant policy;
- to represent the Citizendium in its relations with external bodies, such as the mass media, and academic or non-academic institutions.
Number 2 applies in this decision.