CZ:Moderator Group

Welcome to your friendly local Constabulary!

Constables, you might find it handy to bookmark this page!

Basic info

To "call a constable," please write constables@citizendium.com

Constables are available to resolve behavioral--not editorial--disputes and to rein in troublemakers. Please do not criticize other people's behavior on the wiki. Such criticisms may be deleted. Please bring the matter up with the Constabulary.

Since we have stopped self-registration, constables are also (again) reviewing applications and creating new accounts.

Some handy links for constables

General

Constabulary Home
Constabulary Policy (in Policy Outline)
List of all constables
MediaWiki how-to guide - note, Wikipedia's policy greatly differs from ours, but some of their technical how-tos are applicable.
Professionalism

New applicants

Pilot Project Application Review Procedure
Create an account
User list
Defunct: New Account Review Procedure

Blocking

Deletion

Misc

Vandalism

A guide to constable procedures

Constables, the following is a guide to how to do your job.

The constables mailbox

Constables require access to the constables@citizendium.org mailbox to perform their duties. To access it, request instructions from another constable.

We would like to keep it's "Inbox" emptied — have a short turnaround time for all messages, as far as possible. Most of the sub-folders should be self-explanatory. Do look in and read the contents of "For our reference".

The constables list

Constables also need to to be subscribed to an internal-only account for constables only. As soon as you became a constable, Larry Sanger (at present) should have subscribed you. Contact him if not.

Responding to rude remarks and complaints made on the wiki

Rude remarks shouldn't be tolerated; see Professionalism. If a paragraph of text contains personal attacks or other abusive language, constables should replace the whole paragraph (or a series of thus problematic paragraphs) with the {{civil}} template, which generates this message:

Text here was removed by the Constabulary on grounds of civility. (The author may replace this template with an edited version of the original remarks.)

Complaints by contributors about other contributors — authors, editors, and constables — should be made to constables@citizendium.org. Accordingly, such complaints are not permitted on the wiki. If a paragraph of text contains any such complaint, constables should replace the whole paragraph with the {{nocomplaints}} template, which generates this message:

A comment here was deleted by The Constabulary on grounds of making complaints about fellow Citizens. If you have a complaint about the behavior of another Citizen, e-mail constables@citizendium.org. It is contrary to Citizendium policy to air your complaints on the wiki. See also CZ:Professionalism.

Making repeated complaints about other users on the wiki can, after [how many?] warnings, lead to a user's at least temporary removal from the project. Abuse is dealt with much more strictly; see Constabulary Blocking Procedures and We aren't not Wikipedia.

Page deletion

To draft

For now, see Category:Speedy Deletion Requests and CZ:Article Deletion Policy.

Anti-vandalism procedures

See Anti-vandalism procedures.

The {{Approved}} template

See Approval Process with particular attention to this section.