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==Preamble== | ==Preamble== | ||
''Hoover over the marked terms to see their definition in the context of the charter.'' | ''Hoover over the {{H:title|Yes, these!|marked terms}} to see their definition in the context of the charter.'' | ||
# Citizendium is a collaborative knowledge project, which emphasizes {{H:title|Information presented objectively is based on expert knowledge, which includes giving the context and justification for substantially supported views of the topic. When multiple responsible views exist, enough information must be given that the reader can understand the merits and weaknesses of the positions. There is no requirement to present every minority view in depth, although deprecated views may be identified.|objectivity}} and {{H:title|Each discipline has its own criteria; not even all academic fields have identical standards for expert level. Citizendium recognizes that verifiable experience in a field can be gained outside a campus.|recognition of expertise}}. The broad audience is assumed to want professional (or knowledgeable) expertise and confidence in their information. | # Citizendium is a collaborative knowledge project, which emphasizes {{H:title|Information presented objectively is based on expert knowledge, which includes giving the context and justification for substantially supported views of the topic. When multiple responsible views exist, enough information must be given that the reader can understand the merits and weaknesses of the positions. There is no requirement to present every minority view in depth, although deprecated views may be identified.|objectivity}} and {{H:title|Each discipline has its own criteria; not even all academic fields have identical standards for expert level. Citizendium recognizes that verifiable experience in a field can be gained outside a campus.|recognition of expertise}}. The broad audience is assumed to want professional (or knowledgeable) expertise and confidence in their information. | ||
# Citizendium provides a living, evolving {{H:title|A flexible environment for the storage of systematically retrievable and (“browsable”—find a better word) information of many types.|framework}} for the presentation of new knowledge sources and ideas. | # Citizendium provides a living, evolving {{H:title|A flexible environment for the storage of systematically retrievable and (“browsable”—find a better word) information of many types.|framework}} for the presentation of new knowledge sources and ideas. | ||
# Citizens commit themselves to transparent governance and responsible authorship by using their {{H:title|The default assumption will be that contributors will use verified real names for material that Citizendium will present to the public. Some exceptions may be allowed on a restricted basis. If an individual can satisfy the appropriate personnel administrators that using their real name would present a real danger, or perhaps prevent their participation due to employer rules, pseudonyms may be granted, although there still will be identity verification. If academic-style anonymous review is used, the reviewer(s) of individual articles may not be public,although their identities and credentials will have been verified, and a master list of reviewers periodically published as long as it is large enough that individual identities cannot be deduced.|real names}}. | # Citizens commit themselves to transparent governance and responsible authorship by using their {{H:title|The default assumption will be that contributors will use verified real names for material that Citizendium will present to the public. Some exceptions may be allowed on a restricted basis. If an individual can satisfy the appropriate personnel administrators that using their real name would present a real danger, or perhaps prevent their participation due to employer rules, pseudonyms may be granted, although there still will be identity verification. If academic-style anonymous review is used, the reviewer(s) of individual articles may not be public,although their identities and credentials will have been verified, and a master list of reviewers periodically published as long as it is large enough that individual identities cannot be deduced.|real names}}. | ||
# Citizendium content will bear identifiers giving the confidence of its experts on the material. Content experts will have verified real-world expertise. | # Citizendium content will bear identifiers giving the confidence of its experts on the material. Content experts will have verified real-world expertise. | ||
Revision as of 15:05, 25 October 2009
General points
- The encyclopedia author's task is to objectively recount what is already established and known about each topic, not to offer his or her own determinations about it. The composition of Citizendium articles is guided by "Editors", who have demonstrated expertise in what is established and known about the topics they oversee.
- Citizendium is a knowledge project
- We accumulate knowledge as an evolving network of theoretical concepts and practical experience
- the still fledgling Citizendium currently seems to be the closest match for a cross-disciplinary scholarly wiki anchored in the real world
- Just imagine if all authors currently writing up manuscripts about a subject were instead to coordinate their efforts by collaborating on a single but detailed and balanced citable reference in which the topic would be described in and linked to all relevant contexts, updated as new research results pass peer review.
- Citizendium is a community of people from all walks of life and all corners of the world coming together for the sole purpose of creating a reliable and credible compendium of knowledge.
- Citizendium should be a community of people who celebrate the diversity that comes with any large community and not only tolerate, but showcase, organize and discuss all the differences in culture, lifestyle and beliefs that make up what we know as Life.
- Expert guidance on Citizendium is not simply fact checking. It is providing expert perspective to contextualize and interconnect knowledge.
- the Charter's main purpose should be to dictate who (or what entity) has the responsibility to create and/or amend each policy and how they should do it, ie. - what percentage of a quorum can change a policy.
- (an example of a goal from a talk archive, describing contextualization): macro-level article on the [top-level subject] that would put the many [subtopics]] into a broad context and then linking to (not redirecting from) an article called [very important subtopic] ... Much of the article also remains at the high policy level (national politicians deciding national direction and military objectives); there is no ground-level description of the wars here.
- Knowledge should not be orphaned. Ideally, every article will have several links to and from other articles, and can be traced to a top-level article.
- Not just facts: context, explication/exposition/explanation and exploration with the goal of engendering greater understanding
- Systematic survey
- In an encyclopedia article you would probably only describe an individual study if it was exceptionally important. An encyclopedia article is a display of breadth of knowledge more than depth.
- Not a place for advocacy or "giving voices" to specific issues.
- Breadth for top level articles, levels of depth for subpages, ie student/advanced/debate or clarifying a concept from the top level.
- An expert knows both the breadth and depth of a field.
- consensus among experts vs popular consensus
- majority rule, minority rights
- Everyone is a lay person nearly everywhere
- Provide quality and naming standards.
Preamble
Hoover over the marked terms to see their definition in the context of the charter.
- Citizendium is a collaborative knowledge project, which emphasizes objectivity and recognition of expertise. The broad audience is assumed to want professional (or knowledgeable) expertise and confidence in their information.
- Citizendium provides a living, evolving framework for the presentation of new knowledge sources and ideas.
- Citizens commit themselves to transparent governance and responsible authorship by using their real names.
- Citizendium content will bear identifiers giving the confidence of its experts on the material. Content experts will have verified real-world expertise.