Talk:Assignment Zero

Article Checklist for "Assignment Zero"

Workgroup category or categories	Computers Workgroup [Editors asked to check categories]
Article status	Developing article: beyond a stub, but incomplete
Underlinked article?	Yes
Basic cleanup done?	Yes
Checklist last edited by	Derek Harkness 23:46, 2 June 2007 (CDT)

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Production

FYI--The Wired.com piece of Citizendium will run tomorrow via this announcement.--Robert W King 11:45, 2 May 2007 (CDT)

Inception

I can tackle this. --Robert W King 15:47, 24 April 2007 (CDT)

Sounds great! (If you're not actually working on AZ yourself.) --Larry Sanger 15:51, 24 April 2007 (CDT)

Whoops, nevermind then!--Robert W King 15:51, 24 April 2007 (CDT)

Wait, do you mean if I'm working for the Assignment Zero staff as in one of them who runs the project or if I'm a contributor?

Actually, I think there's a difference between staff and rank-and-file contributor. If you're the latter, I guess that's OK. After all, we want to have an article about CZ, but the Policy on Self-Promotion forbids me from working on it. Who could work on it, then? The rank-and-file, anyway. --Larry Sanger 16:02, 24 April 2007 (CDT)

My question is who could approve a CZ article. :-) ---Stephen Ewen 17:43, 24 April 2007 (CDT)

I suppose that as long as I'm documenting the project as it is, and not praising or criticizing it(keeping neutral) then it should be okay. I have no special interests in the way AZ is run as I'm not there to make it a success or not--I don't pull those strings. If you approve, then I'll create the article.--Robert W King 16:10, 24 April 2007 (CDT)

I approve! --Larry Sanger 17:30, 24 April 2007 (CDT)

Then by Sanger's Grace it will begin tomorrow. --Robert W King 21:35, 24 April 2007 (CDT)

How does it work?

No explanation of that on the article--that's what I want to know. --Larry Sanger 14:04, 25 April 2007 (CDT)

Still working on it.--Robert W King 14:43, 25 April 2007 (CDT)

US centric?

Is AZ just US centric or does it actively discourage participation by folks outwith the US of A?

I ask because of this parenthetical statement in the current article: "we're all scattered all over the U.S. and communicate electronically."

[Please don't be fooled by the datestamps after user signatures that may give the impression that the bulk of CZ contributors are located in the Central Time Zone - a decision was made to apply the time stamp of CZ's servers' location rather than use the more neutral UTC (approximates to GMT) timestamp favoured by most other international projects.] W. Frank 07:01, 26 April 2007 (CDT)

I noticed about time stamps when I got home and noticed, "well that's not my time!". There is -some- coverage about crowdsourcing concepts in brazil, but it seems like most of the coverage has been related to US-centric material; however the site does not relegate itself to covering only material that exists in the US.--Robert W King 09:07, 26 April 2007 (CDT)

Thank you for the clarification, Robert, which I will take to be that AZ is neither US centric nor actively discouraging participation by folks outwith the US of A and that you will ensure that the article does not give either impression. W. Frank 18:52, 26 April 2007 (CDT)

I thought I made sure to say that, under "Sphere of Influence" Changed to Locality.--Robert W King 00:19, 27 April 2007 (CDT)

"Editor's note"

What earthly reason could justify including the full text--or even caring about it--of the "Editor's note" added to one article, even if the first? I mean, really. Please, let's not follow Wikipedia's horrible practice of emphasizing the contentious, salacious, etc., at the expense of a coherent narrative. See CZ:Article Mechanics, please. --Larry Sanger 00:00, 3 June 2007 (CDT)

Sincere apologies. Blanked out the editor's note. Should I also erase the controversy bit as well?--Robert W King 09:03, 4 June 2007 (CDT)