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'''Citizendium''' will have standards for inclusion for its articles.  In addition to policies on [[Citizendium_Pilot:Notability Policy|notability]], [[Citizendium_Pilot:Point of View Policy|Point of View]], and others, Citizendium will have an exclusion policy based on obscenity. Citizendium is meant for readers of all ages, and so as little sexually objectionable material as possible.
'''The Citizendium 'family-friendly policy' was established by the [[CZ:Fundamentals|Statement of Fundamental Policies]] on which the project was founded. The SFP was superseded by the [[CZ:Charter|Charter]] in September 2010. The following information is included here for archival purposes only.'''


==Topics that aren't notable==
''Citizendium'' is devoted to keeping its content "family-friendly." In addition to policies on [[CZ:Article Inclusion Policy|article inclusion]], [[CZ:Neutrality Policy|neutrality]], and others, ''Citizendium'' has a policy concerning obscenity and violence.  ''Citizendium'' is meant for readers of all ages, and so should have as little sexually objectionable or gratuitously violent material as possible.
Some topics should not be counted for an article's notability.  If a subject is notable only for one of these reasons, it should not be includedHowever, if an article is notable for another reason, it should still be included.  For instance, [[Marilyn Monroe]] is a Playboy model, but she is also notable as an actress, and thus should clearly be included.


The following topics should not be considered for notability:
Obviously, "obscenity" and "sexually objectionable material" are vague, and what we will decide such phrases mean, in the long run, remains to be seen.  Probably, we will not have graphic depictions of the sex act or photographs of human sex organs; we will have few articles about pornography; we will not catalog every sex position and every fetish; we will not have gratuitous, and shocking pictures of gore (e.g., crime scene photos); and so forth.  That said, we will have articles about sex, sex organs, sadomasochism, famous murders, war atrocities, etc., and some other topics that you probably would not want to explain to your five-year-old in detail.


*Modelling in a pornographic magazine.
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*Appearing in a pornographic film.
 
*A sex act based solely on descriptions available from unreliable sources or pornographic films
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Latest revision as of 03:17, 25 February 2012

The Citizendium 'family-friendly policy' was established by the Statement of Fundamental Policies on which the project was founded. The SFP was superseded by the Charter in September 2010. The following information is included here for archival purposes only.

Citizendium is devoted to keeping its content "family-friendly." In addition to policies on article inclusion, neutrality, and others, Citizendium has a policy concerning obscenity and violence. Citizendium is meant for readers of all ages, and so should have as little sexually objectionable or gratuitously violent material as possible.

Obviously, "obscenity" and "sexually objectionable material" are vague, and what we will decide such phrases mean, in the long run, remains to be seen. Probably, we will not have graphic depictions of the sex act or photographs of human sex organs; we will have few articles about pornography; we will not catalog every sex position and every fetish; we will not have gratuitous, and shocking pictures of gore (e.g., crime scene photos); and so forth. That said, we will have articles about sex, sex organs, sadomasochism, famous murders, war atrocities, etc., and some other topics that you probably would not want to explain to your five-year-old in detail.


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