CZ:Charter
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Mission statement
The Citizendium is an online environment in which knowledge is structured collaboratively by polite contributors — henceforth Citizens — who use their real names and recognize expertise.
Fundamental policies
See also CZ:Fundamentals.
The Citizendium will be devoted to simplicity, both in presentation of content and in the organization of the community.
Real names
All Citizens must register using their real names, which will define their account. When appointed for special functions in the community, Citizens or robots operated by Citizens may be required to use a separate, dedicated account when they act in this capacity. Limited possibilities may be provided for non-registered users to contribute to the project, in which cases the real name requirement may be dropped.
Objectivity
Expertise
Collaboration
See also CZ:How to Collaborate.
Authors
Editors
See also CZ:Editors.
Approving content
Workgroups
Structuring content
Oversight of Editors
Granting External Expert status
External Experts
Fair Governance
Special roles will not be created without excellent reason, and bureaucracy will be kept to the absolute minimum necessary.
CEO/Academic President
COO/Academic Provost
Executive Committee
Election
Appointing
Appointing Administrators
Appointing Constables
Appointing Task Managers
=Approval Manager=
==Oversight of Approval==
=Editorial Personnel Managers=
==Granting Editor status==
==Granting External Expert status==
=Robots=
Oversight
Oversight of Administrators
Oversight of Constables
Oversight of Task Managers
Partnering with other organizations
Editorial Council
Election
Oversight of Workgroups
Professionalism
Behaviour
Constables
Chief Constable
Administration
Technical
Financial
Legal
Being Bold
See also CZ:Be bold.
License
The content of the Citizendium will always be freely accessible and reusable. Content originating at the Citizendium is available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license. Content that originated elsewhere may also be incorporated into the Citizendium if such reuse is permitted by the copyright owners.
Legal status
The Citizendium will be owned and ultimately controlled by a non-profit organization.
Languages
The Citizendium currently operates solely in English. Chapters started in other languages will have to be based on a direct translation of the then current English version of this charter, and shall be listed in this section thereof.
Electorate
All Citizens are entitled to vote on the adoption or modification of this charter.